#Troy Redfern

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Troy Redfern - Invocation

Release Date: 17 May 2024

"Invocation" is the name of the exhilarating and highly anticipated brand-new 11-track album from slide guitar virtuoso Troy Redfern.

One of the many standout songs on "Invocation" is "The Strange", a song that explodes with bold, powerful guitars and a slide guitar melody. This is blues rock, but not as we know it. Troy is known for taking his disparate array of influences and throwing them into his fiery musical furnace to forge something that is both authentic and unique.

There are elements of blues, glam, and hard rock but the result is a sound that is unmistakeably his own. Everything recorded is organic. No drum samples or studio trickery, just pure, unadulterated rock ‘n’ roll.

Troy has proved time and time again that his cup of inspiration is overflowing. He has been writing and releasing albums at an unprecedented pace.

For Invocation, Troy headed to the west Wales coast with his trusty 1929 National Triolian resonator guitar for a week of solitude in a remote Sheppard’s hut to sketch the initial song ideas for the new album.

He says, “It was important for me to really clear my mind of all distractions so I could really focus on what I wanted to write on this album and the direction I wanted to take it in.

“I tried some unorthodox approaches to song writing that included meditation where I would imagine hearing a song in my mind, as complete as possible including visualising the performance live. Next, I would pick up the guitar and capture the idea on my phone. That way I wasn’t led by what I would usually do when I pick up the guitar. It was a very freeing, powerful experience, and a discipline that I’ll use again to write more songs in the future."

Due to the streamlined process that Troy and producer Dave Marks employed on the previous album, Invocation was written, recorded, and mixed in just under six weeks.

Troy says, “It really was great to be able to realise and bring to fruition these songs as quickly as we did. It kept the ideas fresh and stopped them from becoming overworked and tired.”

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TROY REDFERN Live at the Komedia, Brighton @TroyRed @KomediaBrighton

TROY REDFERN Live at the Komedia, Brighton @TroyRed @KomediaBrighton #LiveShow #LiveReview #ShowReport

After releasing an unprecedented six albums in just under two years, the most recent album from British slide-guitar supremo TROY REDFERN The Wings of Salvation, has been recognised as his most compelling work to date. The album showcased Redfern’s intensely saw-edged vocal performance, his condensed and urgent songwriting style, his precise arrangements, and of course, his amazing pyrotechnical…

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George taking a photograph from the side of the stage at a Crosby Stills Nash & Young concert at Wembley Stadium in September 1974 (photo by Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns/Getty Images); with David Crosby in 1967 (photo by Leslie Bryce); George and Stephen Stills in the studio, 1970 (scanned from the CD liner notes for Doris Troy‘s Apple Records album).

“I first met George in 1959. We kept in touch throughout our lives, meeting up over the years. I miss him very much. He was a good friend. He was a gentleman, and I don’t say that lightly.” - Graham Nash, Liverpool Echo, November 28, 2011

“Some of the stuff we did in the studio [for Troy’s self-titled Apple album], I’d be messing around on the piano and somebody would walk over and say, what is that? I’d say, this is what I got so far. And they’d go, okay, try this, try this, and that’s how come on the [songwriting credits] you see Ringo [Starr] on some of it, Stephen Stills on some of it, and George.” - Doris Troy, Unknown Legends of Rock ‘n’ Roll (1998)

"I’d worked on a Doris Troy album for Apple. And I was hanging out with George Harrison, Ringo and Eric Clapton, among others when I made my first solo album, Stephen Stills. Eric was coming by the house for a tickle, and a lot of work got done in between a two-year party at Ronnie Wood’s place. Not that Ronnie ever invited me. Going to Apple while The Beatles were breaking up was heavy for a kid from Florida. I’m in a studio with the fucking Beatles? Huh? It was very affirming when they told me: 'Go ahead and do your thing.' But then they’d say: 'But don’t get too successful. This is a small island, there’s not enough room at the top for everyone.'" - Stephen Stills, Louder, May 12, 2014

“George would invite me over for dinner. Actually, George was the one I connected with the most. He was my best friend in that band, although I'm still really good friends with Ringo.” - David Crosby, Music Radar, February 8, 2014

“[George] was my favorite Beatle” - David Crosby, Twitter, February 20, 2015

Q: “memory of George Harrison?” David Crosby: “Wonderful man” - Twitter, March 22, 2015

“They were much more real than we thought, and they were much nicer to us. And particularly George, who’s like, was just the nicest guy you could ask for. He was tough and he was smart and he didn’t kiss your butt, but he was — he was a kind human being, right? I became friends with George to the point where he started talking to me about stuff that mattered. I had just been turned on to Ravi Shankar. Somebody gave me his record, and I had it in my suitcase. And I gave it to George. And that had repercussions. He goes to India because he loves Indian music, and he meets this teacher, right? The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. […] And I wanted to tell him, ‘Take it with a grain of salt.’ Hell, I wanted to tell him, ‘Take it with a whole shaker full of salt,’ I wanted to say that to George, I wanted to say, ‘Be skeptical.’ […] I was afraid I’d blow the friendship, absolutely. Because he was so valuable to me, and the guy was — he knew everything that I needed to know, he was doing what I wanted to do, he was nice about it, he was, like, my hero. So I couldn’t tell him the truth. Well, so I wrote him a song, I wrote him a song called ‘Laughing.’” - Storytime With Seth Rogen, October 12, 2021 (x) (x)

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2023

2023 - WHAT A YEAR for DOSEprod Graphic Studio!

Thankful to be doing graphic design and digital art for a living - still blows my mind even after being a freelancer since 2005!

This is to say a massive and sincere THANK YOU to all the great people around the world I got to work with this year. See you on the other side. Bring on 2024! THANK YOU MERCI BEAUCOUP! x Mr DOSE x

DOSEprod 2023 collaborations includes:

Infinity Scores (France) Andy Taylor (UK) Skindred (UK) Thomas Bergersen (Norway) Twisted Jukebox (UK) Alive Music Production (UK) Manuel Federici Music composer (Italy) Brand X Music (USA) Cavendish Music (UK) New Earth Project / NEP (France) A Ritual Spirit (UK) Sonoton Music (Germany) De Wolfe Music (UK) Mr Flay (USA) Pride Rock Festival (UK) Epitome Music / 3rd Apex (USA) Costa Pantazis / Metamorph Recordings (UK) Christophe Goffette (France) Stone Angels (UK) Breed Machine (France) The John Irvine Band (UK) Birdseye Maple | Toon Habraken Music composer (Netherlands) Seven Webster @ 7pm Management (UK) MYMA / Justement Music (France) Troy Redfern (UK) Art Du Monde Music (UK) Dice People (UK) Rumble head (Netherlands) SIMPLY Music (UK) Colin Aguiar Music Composer (USA) BMG Production Music (UK) Damien Deshayes Music composer (France) Anarchist Music (UK) Red cola music (USA) Bobby Cole (UK) Kevin Wu @ Tien Yin Men 天音門 & UJoySound Inc. (China) Patrick Gill Music composer (UK) Raphael Sommer Music Composer (Switzerland) Last Sonic Frontier (Italy) Wave Alchemy (UK) Avalon Zero (USA) ……..

Thanks again!

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Turn it up with Gerry Casey Show #249

Making a Scene Brings you Turn it Up with Gerry Casey Show #249 and his Guest Jimi Fiano Jimmy C And the Blues Dragons  Everybody Gets The Blues Worley The Pirate  Fat Ride Scarlet Rebels  Grace Slash / Demi Lovato  Papa Was A Rolling Stone The Medicine Company  Ain’t The Rock n’ Roll Troy Redfern  Take Me High Mojo Brothers Band  Long Shot Sammy Kershaw  Oh Well Pt 1 Platinum…

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When The Rivers Meet play Saving Grace Live Gracefully

When The Rivers Meet play Saving Grace Live Gracefully plays The Garage, London with support from Troy Redfern.

With Troy Redfern in support at The Garage, London, 12th May There was a definite buzz in the air on this evening in North London, and with good reason.  The most excitement you get in the blues world is normally confined to an overseas artist (normally coming from the US) making a rare appearance at a venue near you.  It’s quite something to have a home-grown duo making a big splash and getting…

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When Rivers Meet announce new album/single, 2022 UK Headline Tour

When Rivers Meet announce new album/single, 2022 UK Headline Tour

WHEN RIVERS MEETNew Sophomore Album “Saving Grace”Released Friday 19th November 2021Available on Coloured Vinyl, CD & DigitalPre-Order the AlbumNew Single “Testify”Released Friday 10th SeptemberPre-Save the SingleAPRIL & MAY 2022 HEADLINE UK TOURPlanet Rock 48-Hour Ticket Pre-saleWednesday 8th September 2021Planet Rock TicketsWITH SPECIAL GUESTTROY REDFERNTickets On General Sale Friday 10th…

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Troy Redfern - Lemon Tree - Aberdeen - 16th Oct 2021

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Tracklist: 1 Jan 2025

Rock Review of the Year. Playing tracks from some of the best rock releases of 2024.

7pm Magnum - Blue Tango (2024) Philip Sayce - It's Over Now (2024) Blackberry Smoke - Hammer And The Nail (2024) Judas Priest - Crown Of Horns (Radio Edit) (2024) Big Wolf Band - Six Strings Loaded (2024) FM - California (2024) Troy Redfern - The Fever (2023) Joanne Shaw Taylor - Black Magic (2024) Black Country Communion - Stay Free (2024) Axel Rudi Pell - Guardian Angel (2024) Robert Jon & The Wreck - Trouble (2024)

8pm The Commoners - Shake You Off (2024) Mr. Big - As Good As It Gets (2024) Mojo Thunder - Step By Step (2024) Steve Louw - Giants Walk The Land (Feat. Jim Moginie) (2024) The Dead Dasies - Love That'll Never Be (2024) Sweet - Don't Bring Me Water (2024) D-A-D - Live By Fire (2024) Lions In The Street - Moving Along (2024) Storace - Rock This City (2024) Sunstorm - Shot In The Dark (2024) Tak Matsumoto Group - Guitar Hero (2024)

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PHILIP SAYCE— Rare UK Shows

PHILIP SAYCE— Rare UK Shows

The Welsh born musician PHILIP SAYCE (originally from Aberystwyth) was two years old when his family relocated to Canada, so he grew up playing in Toronto. Eric Clapton, Ry Cooder, and Dire Straits were among the musicians that his parents, Kenneth and Sheila, liked to listen to. His love of the guitar, as well as over ten years piano and trombone playing, were both motivated by his parents’…

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TROY REDFERN: The King of Slide Guitar Returns

TROY REDFERN: The King of Slide Guitar Returns

THE KING OF SLIDE GUITAR RETURNS WITHNEW ALBUM “THE WINGS OF SALVATION”RELEASED SEPTEMBER 23, 2022PRE-ORDER THE ALBUM ALBUM AVAILABLE ON LIMITED EDITIONYELLOW AND RED SPLATTER VINYL NEW SINGLE “COME ON” OUT NOWBUY & STREAM THE SINGLE WATCH THE “COME ON” MUSIC VIDEO HERE “Backlit with blazing white light; dressed like a member of Fields of the Nephilim,Troy both sounds like one of the Horsemen…

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New Release: Troy Redfern - The Wings of Salvation

Troy Redfern – The Wings of Salvation   THE KING OF SLIDE GUITAR RETURNS WITH NEW ALBUM “THE WINGS OF SALVATION” RELEASED 23 SEPTEMBER 2022 PRE-ORDER THE ALBUM: https://troyredfern.com/shop/ ALBUM AVAILABLE ON LIMITED EDITION YELLOW AND RED SPLATTER VINYL Hot on the heels of his critically acclaimed 2021 album ‘The Fire Cosmic,’ blues-rock slide guitarist and singer-songwriter Troy Redfern…

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