Neon Summer, a power-house trio, consisting of Marty and Angela Short and Anna Ash are literally taking the country music circuit by storm. Already making a name for themselves with a harmony blend that will send chills through you with a unique sound and stage presence that will captivate any audience. Neon Summer has appeared on the Grand Ole’ Opry during the CMA Fest week in Nashville Tennessee with country music icon, Marty Stuart. Stuart stood there absolutely motionless watching and listening as this young group lit up the faces of thousands people, while on the Grand Ole' Opry stage! They received two thunderous standing ovations one being in the middle of their performance, the other at the end. They definitely brought the house down! Neon Summer has over 250,000 social media followers and has remained consistantly a top 10 Reverbnation national artist!
Neon Summer Recently partnered with Nashville Producer-Songwriter Billy Austin, who wrote many top charting songs, one being "Leave The Pieces" song by The Wreckers, sky rocketing to #1 in Pop and Country! He produced Neon Summer's brand new project, which is second to none, only one word to describe it, AMAZING!
One of the things that make Neon Summer special is their down-to-earth attitude towards people. With their drive, quick wittedness, and determination there is no slowing them down. Given the opportunity this group will take you on one of the most exciting musical journeys of a lifetime. You, too, will realize within the first few notes of Neon Summer hitting the stage. that this band is destined to be the next big thing. So buckle up, hold on and get ready to take this ride!
As you can imagine our desks get flooded with new music and invites to shows all of the time
but sometimes a band slips by our radars and it takes a good friend to introduce you to them.
For me, my friend Tom Diebold from back in my hometown of Chicago was the one that
introduced me to Neon Summer on his recent trip to town. He had seen them back home at a
venue called the Sundance Saloon and saw that when he was going to be in Nashville they
would be playing and told me he wanted to go so we did.
When you are playin a live set down on Broadway there is always constant competition to
maintain a crowd due to the countless other venues in that area all featuring music. Its a
perfect spot for a bar hopping as none of the honky-tonks have cover charges, but for a band
it is very difficult to keep a crowd in the venue for an extended period of time. On this
particular night, not only did Stony Run, a trio featuring husband and wife, and the
husband's sister, have to compete with the other bands but also with a soccer game happening
just three blocks away at nearby LP field as well as the UFC a few blocks away at the Bridgestone Arena.
So due to circumstances the crowd was pretty scarce at the beginning of their
performance, however that doesnt mean that the band didnt bring it all to the table.
As if the place was packed to a standing room only crowd, Neon Summer delivered the first
half of their set with utmost enthusiasm and musicianship that I havent seen in a longtime from a band on Broadway and quickly captured my interest. In between some familiar
covers from the likes of George Strait, Brooks & Dunn, and Jason Aldean, they fused in
Original songs like the up-tempo "Ready or not", and used it early on in their set to showcase
they're extremely tight harmonies
Anna Ash, one of the two girls in the band also very unexpectedly called Tom up on stage
to share a dance with her as they played Keith Whitley's "Dont Close Your Eyes". Not bad
first night for my buddy Tom in Nashville, eh?
But then midway through their set something great began to happen. As the soccer game came
to a close, and the UFC fights ended, the people at those events werent done partying quite
yet and began to make their way to Broadway and more inportantly to the Cadillac Ranch.
As the venue began to pack in with people, some all the way from Trinidad, the band
contined to pour it all out on stage and maintain the crowd that had now arrived.
The crowd was singing along as Angela Short took the microphone and belted out her version
of Sarah Evans "Suds in the Bucket" and the popular Dolly Parton hit 9-to- 5", while Anna
wasnt afraid to bring some folks on stage to teach them how to dance a "Boot Scoot Boogie" as
they played a popular Brooks and Dunn tune.
They also began to show a bit more of their rock side as the night went on as they included
Pat Benatar's "Hit me with your best shot" and Heart's "What about love" into their set. But
being the professionals that they are and never forgetting the reasons they play shows, they
made sure to save some of their best original material for the second part of the set and with
the crowd already into the show and staying put in the venue they played "In a little while"
and the outstanding "If i had my way", a song written by popular songwriter James House
(A Broken Wing, Aint That Lonely Yet).
The Combination of original material filtered in between classic country songs and modern
era country songs seemed to be a wining set list for the band and for the fans alike. It gave the
fans a chance to sing-a-long with the familiarity of the set, but also gave Stony Run the
opportunity to present their original material which is what they are building their name on
and the fans seemed to take to the original material very well,almost as if they have known
it for years.
After seeing so many performances I am a stubborn guy myself at times when it comes to what
I like in a performance, but they did everything right with this one. Their Personalities on
stage and original material is what really kept me interested. Cover songs are a dime a dozen,
so great originals and personality is a key in this buisness and Neon Summer presented both.
You felt like you were hanging out and watching old friends even if you had just come in off
of the streets. Their welcoming personalities invited you to be a part of the show, which is a
difficult aspect to control in a live show and Anna literally had people coming up to her and
talking to her while she was performing songs when the musical breaks were happening.
@ Cadillac Ranch, Nashville TN
For more on Neon Summer visit them:
www.neonsummer.com
Nice introduction and the guitar is good and on key. Vocalist is on key and she jumps right into the song. Good harmony at 39 seconds and nice vocals on the hook. Instruments: violin, Country Guitar, drums, and 2nd guitar-Electric, and background vocals. Great harmony and ensemble. The band seems to work very well together. The track is in sync and it seems that this entire band is a perfect match up. The song is more of a Country or Pop, Dixie Chicks style. Clean Ending very sharp and Bam... cut. Good articulation and the musicians are blowing the sound out of the water and I love it. This group is spectacular and there is definite marketability here and they could definitely be a hot new group in the music industry as they are always looking for young, energetic voices, that are polished and sound perfect. Things that I like about this song 1. It's a great dance tune 2. the 13 to 45 age group can totally enjoy this song, and add to their playlist. 3. I think that this is a song that a huge number of people could enjoy and love.
Janice Matloch
As you can imagine our desks get flooded with new music and invites to shows all of the time
but sometimes a band slips by our radars and it takes a good friend to introduce you to them.
For me, my friend Tom Diebold from back in my hometown of Chicago was the one that
introduced me to Neon Summer on his recent trip to town. He had seen them back home at a
venue called the Sundance Saloon and saw that when he was going to be in Nashville they
would be playing and told me he wanted to go so we did.
When you are playin a live set down on Broadway there is always constant competition to
maintain a crowd due to the countless other venues in that area all featuring music. Its a
perfect spot for a bar hopping as none of the honky-tonks have cover charges, but for a band
it is very difficult to keep a crowd in the venue for an extended period of time. On this
particular night, not only did Stony Run, a trio featuring husband and wife, and the
husband's sister, have to compete with the other bands but also with a soccer game happening
just three blocks away at nearby LP field as well as the UFC a few blocks away at the Bridgestone Arena.
So due to circumstances the crowd was pretty scarce at the beginning of their
performance, however that doesnt mean that the band didnt bring it all to the table.
As if the place was packed to a standing room only crowd, Neon Summer delivered the first
half of their set with utmost enthusiasm and musicianship that I havent seen in a longtime from a band on Broadway and quickly captured my interest. In between some familiar
covers from the likes of George Strait, Brooks & Dunn, and Jason Aldean, they fused in
Original songs like the up-tempo "Ready or not", and used it early on in their set to showcase
they're extremely tight harmonies
Anna Ash, one of the two girls in the band also very unexpectedly called Tom up on stage
to share a dance with her as they played Keith Whitley's "Dont Close Your Eyes". Not bad
first night for my buddy Tom in Nashville, eh?
But then midway through their set something great began to happen. As the soccer game came
to a close, and the UFC fights ended, the people at those events werent done partying quite
yet and began to make their way to Broadway and more inportantly to the Cadillac Ranch.
As the venue began to pack in with people, some all the way from Trinidad, the band
contined to pour it all out on stage and maintain the crowd that had now arrived.
The crowd was singing along as Angela Short took the microphone and belted out her version
of Sarah Evans "Suds in the Bucket" and the popular Dolly Parton hit 9-to- 5", while Anna
wasnt afraid to bring some folks on stage to teach them how to dance a "Boot Scoot Boogie" as
they played a popular Brooks and Dunn tune.
They also began to show a bit more of their rock side as the night went on as they included
Pat Benatar's "Hit me with your best shot" and Heart's "What about love" into their set. But
being the professionals that they are and never forgetting the reasons they play shows, they
made sure to save some of their best original material for the second part of the set and with
the crowd already into the show and staying put in the venue they played "In a little while"
and the outstanding "If i had my way", a song written by popular songwriter James House
(A Broken Wing, Aint That Lonely Yet).
The Combination of original material filtered in between classic country songs and modern
era country songs seemed to be a wining set list for the band and for the fans alike. It gave the
fans a chance to sing-a-long with the familiarity of the set, but also gave Stony Run the
opportunity to present their original material which is what they are building their name on
and the fans seemed to take to the original material very well,almost as if they have known
it for years.
After seeing so many performances I am a stubborn guy myself at times when it comes to what
I like in a performance, but they did everything right with this one. Their Personalities on
stage and original material is what really kept me interested. Cover songs are a dime a dozen,
so great originals and personality is a key in this buisness and Neon Summer presented both.
You felt like you were hanging out and watching old friends even if you had just come in off
of the streets. Their welcoming personalities invited you to be a part of the show, which is a
difficult aspect to control in a live show and Anna literally had people coming up to her and
talking to her while she was performing songs when the musical breaks were happening.
@ Cadillac Ranch, Nashville TN
For more on Neon Summer visit them:
www.neonsummer.com
PLEASE go check out my friends Anna Ash, Marty, and Angela and the band, Neon Summer!! I've watched these three REALLY grow into one amazing trio over the years! They were already great and now AMAZINGLY great!!! Im SOOOO proud of them! Love you All!!!!!! Congrats! I can't wait to see what the future holds for yall! ♥
TiffanyJones Alexander
I have had the privilege of working with these guys in a few areas. They've ALWAYS put on an incredible show and was always well received and loved. Those of you who have had the opportunity to listen to them know their vocals are unparalleled. I wish these guys all the best.
Glenn Zacek