The Blessings

                    
 
Hey Loves! Hoping all of you are having a Awesome day today, I know I am here on the blog! Super stoked to be featuring a band that I love listening to and have been really excited to be posting about "The Blessings"!!!!

 

Today I will be interviewing Lead Vocals, Guitar, and Harmonica band member "Jeremy White"!!! But before we get into the Interview questions can we just take a minute to listen and check out this video down below of "The Blessings" song "So Hard to be your Friend". (Totally has been on my repeat list for this whole post editing and many times before that and I'm sure many more times to come haha! Love it!) Also check out another one of my favs!!! -"She Thinks She Loves Me" So if you haven't already Check out their vids on YouTube or find/purchase their music on iTunes, Facebook & Instagram: @the_blessings

And ya see what did I tell you! I know y'all had to have loved that.

The Blessings Band Members: Jeremy White -Lead Vocals,Guitar,Harmonica Mike Gavigan - Guitar Frank Scimeca - Bass Jason Upright - Drums Jeffrey Howell - Keys & Organ Lavone Seetal - Backing Vocals

So I just want to take a quick moment to give a special Thank you to "The Blessings" especially Jeremy for taken the time out to answer my questions THANK YOU so much Darlin! I know some of my questions actually no let me rephrase that, I know probably most of my questions are the most random questions ever (Incase you loves haven't noticed it already in my other features already, my personal fav is the Alien question!!!) haha but I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did reading your answers!

"The Blessings" are a Deep Rooted Rock N Roll band that has a whole lot of Soul!! If your a classic rock & blues music lover this is the band/music for you! A while back I came across Jeremy's Instagram account and thought he as well as his pics were really cool. And just FYI this guy is super talented in Photography by the way might I add. (SPOIL ALERT!) I will also say it may have to do with next months Blog Theme!! (HINT. . . HINT) Then later on found out about his band (The Blessings) and as soon as I heard pretty much the first couple of seconds I was hooked! It's seriously really catchy and will for sure catch your attention first hearing it, and not to mention good lyrics! I don't know anyone who doesn't like some good and clever lyrics so that's also a major plus! The Blessings released "The Tomahawk Inn" in 2011, and now recently have been working on some new things!!

One being the video shooting for their new upcoming Music Video "Ship Wrecked". (Yeah I know I'm excited to!) And another the band is counting down the days to their New EP "Ship Wrecked" being releasde on May 30th! Sooooooo, since I wrote a whole novel like usual lets just get to the Questions already dang It Liv! Ok! So here's on to the Questions!

First off, I have to say how amazingly talented you are in music, you not only sing in your band The Blessings but as well as play the guitar and harmonica.
Q: At what age did you begin to become musically involved, did you start off singing and it lead to playing instruments? A: I started playing guitar at 15 but ended up singing for a band. Foolishly I put the guitar down for many years . I picked it back up again in my twenties. I had a band with my good friend Ronnie Younkins who also plays in Kix. We had written a song that he wanted harmonica on . I didn’t know how to play so he asked the lead singer from Kix, Steve Whiteman  to teach me a few blues licks. Steve is a phenomenal harp player and was able to show me a few tricks that made it easy to learn more.
Q: How did the Blessings form? A: Mike and I started trying to put a band together years ago. We were writing songs with another guitar player named Gitano at the time and I was just the vocalist.  When he moved away Mike and I continued on writing songs until we found the right batch of musicians.
Q: Also I'm very curious as of How did the band name "The Blessings" come to be, was there anything specific that influenced the name? A: I was in Tennessee driving to California and I passed through a town called Blessing.Tn. The sign post for that town kept flashing in my head and it dawned on me that it should be the name of my band.

Q: Has there been any special music influences/inspirations, that you have had possibly growing up that have helped form your sound in music today? A: Yes. Tons. I get very excited and inspired by listening to other artists. It’s no secret that the Faces and the Stones have had a huge impact. I love early J. Geills Band. They were such a high energy band and Peter Wolf is one of the best front men of all time. Very underrated. I’m a huge fan of Aerosmith, Humble Pie, Small Faces, Bob Seger, Billy Thorpe, Dr. Feelgood. There are so many people that influence me . Bo Diddley , Chuck Berry, Little Richard and Young Jessie. There’s a lot of country artists too. Some of the best lyricists are country singers . Old country singers, like Eddie Noack, George Jones, Hank Sr. Ferlin Husky, Don Gibson. I could list them all day.
Q: If you could work with any artist or band of your choice who would you choose and why? A: Probably Tom Petty. I think there’s a lot that could be learned from a guy like him . He’s one of the greatest songwriters of all time, a music historian, shrewd business man, and doesn’t take any shit from anyone.

**** LIV: What I love most about your music is that it's so full of Rock 'N' Roll / Soul, I do have to say so myself my favorite is "So Hard To Be Your Friend" JEREMY: Thank you Liv Vee. That’s one of my favorites too. That song means a lot to me.****

Q: When going into write a song, what do you tend to pay more of attention to first the lyrics? A: It’s different every time. Sometimes Mike or me will come up with a riff and then we build around it , sometimes the lyrics and melody come first or often it all happens at once. There are a few songs that have come to me in dreams. Mike has had the same experience with songwriting. There’s one on the new E.P. we have coming out called Shipwrecked. Mike had a dream that he was watching the Stones play this song live. When he woke up he quickly grabbed a guitar and recorded the guitar parts from his dream. A few days later I wrote the words and melody.

Ok last but not least, let's throw in some fun and random questions to add into the mix!

Q: If you had a chance to ask an Alien one question what would it be?! A: Is the anal probing just a vicious rumor, and if not why all the anal probing? what knowledge do you hope to gain? I realize that's more than one question but the truth needs to be revealed.

Q: Ok, Let's just say If you were driving out in the middle of nowhere and your car stalled. You walk some distance and realize there is a free admission front row seats, just happened to be available just for you with Aerosmith playing all of your favorite tunes. But then you see across the street The same free front row show headlining the Rolling Stones playing all of their songs that happen to be your favorite songs of theirs, who would you choose to go see?!
A: The Rolling Stones. I love Aerosmith but the Stones will always be my favorite.

Q: If you could choose to be a guitar or a harmonica which instrument would you choose to be and why?! A: Guitar. There are too many germs on a harmonica.

 

Hahaha! Good answers! As usual my personal fav is the Alien question gets me every time! And there you have it loves the talented and amazing band "The Blessings"!!! Thank you again to Jeremy and the Blessings for letting me feature you and for harassing you with questions ha!  

Make sure to find "The Blessings" on Facebook & Instagram: @the_blessings Also make sure if your in the area to show your support and help Celebrate the release of their upcoming EP "Ship Wrecked"!!!