Steve Dawson brought in some artists from his Black Hen label for some live performances. This video is from legendary bluesman Jim Byrnes doing a song called "Jailbird".

Check out other great Black Hen artists at

blackhenmusic.com/

Jim Byrnes Live at Tractorgrease from Jeff Bonner on Vimeo.

We had a Tractorgrease Session with Black Hen artists The Sojourners.

Americana UK reviewed Lee Harvey Osmond Live at Tractorgrease, we filmed Tom WIlson and Ray Farrugia in Oct 2008 and released the DVD about 1 month ago.

"Artfully shot by a team helmed by director Jeff Bonner, these are bare bones performances that spark new insights into LHO's songs. It's that most rare visual accompaniment for music that enhances the experience of the songs."

Here's the review

http://www.nodepression.com/profiles/blogs/review-lee-harvey-osmond-live

Here's a blog by Trent Reznor about how to be successful in today's music business. One of the suggestions he made:

"Give people a reason to return to your site all the time. Put up a bulletin board and start a community. Engage your fans (with caution!) Make cheap videos. Film yourself talking. "

We're set up at Tractorgrease to make great live videos or interviews at a reasonable price.

If you are an unknown / lesser-known artist trying to get noticed / established:

We had our first open mic at Tractorgrease Studio and what a selection of original tunes. Justin Wiebe's eclectic Chicken Song, Andrew's great guitar playin, Greg Storm singin well crafted tunes and 15 yr old Blake Pinder with this song "Spring"

Some other guy got up on stage with him as well, rumour has it he's a Reluctant bass player but there's no proof of that yet.

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