Florida/Georgia rockers Voodoo Moonshine - a “bluesy groove rock band”, was
formed in Memphis, TN in 2003 by lead guitarist, Jeff Losawyer. The debut album,
Decade of Decay, was released in March 2005, and was well received throughout
Europe. A tour was booked, including shows in England, Ireland, and Scotland. Due to
the album’s success they were voted “Number One Band” seven times in England, and
six times in Japan. In mid-2005, Voodoo Moonshine was introduced in Dublin, Ireland
and quickly became one of the top three requested bands there.
Their debut album received rave reviews in many music publications including R.I.P. Magazine.2006 saw the band’s popularity continue to rise, and rock radio around the world stoodup and took notice. Voodoo Moonshine could be heard in Portugal, Greece, Canada and of course, at home in America. Many times, during the year, the band’s songs charted ahead of some of rock's so-called heavy hitters, like Bon Jovi, Skid Row, Guns N Roses and the Scorpions. The album Decade of Decay continued to do extremely well deep into 2007, more than two full years after its release. As the year wound down, the band took some much needed, and well deserved, time off. This eventually led to guitarist Jeff Losawyer's work on a solo album. Jeff continued to write music during this time, and never gave up his passion to play.
Fast forward, and suddenly 12 years had passed. Interestingly enough, he heard Pedrosinging in a YouTube video and really liked what he heard. He took a chance and reached out to Pedro to see if he would be interested in singing some of his songs. Initially he didn’t receive a very warm response. As a matter of fact, he was mostly ignored, but he knew he had found the right man for the job, so he was persistent. His persistence paid off and Jeff was invited to Daytona Beach Bike Week 2018 to jam with Pedro and his bandmates in his cover band. Needless to say, things went well with Pedro, Hector Acevedo, and Rick Gatheman merging to bring back Voodoo Moonshine.
Pedro Espada on vocals, Jeff Losawyer on guitar, Hector Acevedo on bass, Rick Gatheman rounds out the rhythm section. Voodoo Moonshine released their full length sophomore CD "Bottom of the Barrel" on February 4, 2022.
Their song "Give it to me recently charted at #28 on Billboards Mainstream Rock Chart, while their song "Bring It Down" charted at #201. They recently won an award for "Album of the Year" at The 8th Annual Josie Music Awards 2022 in Nashville, TN, plus two gold awards at the International Singer Songwriters Awards Show 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia for "Band of the Year" and "Band Single of the Year" for the song "Bring it Down", and “Best Rock Song” for “Bring It Down” at the World Songwriting Awards - Spring 2022, in addition to many other awards.
“Future plans…shows, shows, and shows. Fans can expect a set of big energy versatile songs that everyone should like. Working on songs for the next album already and continued growth of the band and fan base.”
Voodoo Moonshine was recently featured on:
Interviews:
• Max 1 on 1
• Flirt Magazine – May and August Issues
• Not the Girl Next Door Radio Show
• Allmusicmagazine.com
• The Rockin House
• Ecuador 96.9 FM
• Riccardo Ball – Wrecking Ball Media
• Scott Johnson – Rock Titan
• Radio Vegas Rocks
• Shaking the Rafters with Michelle
• The Music Box with Tony Arteaga
• Power Rock Podcast with Jim Madonna
• Bravewords.com
• Sleaze Roxx – Canada
• Shadows In The Limelight #24 with David Ledbetter
• The Rock Casserole with Jeff Dbury
• Scars and Guitars Podcast Series
• La Frontera Del Silencio/Raul Alvarez Akira - Spain
• Chaotic Riff’s Magazine
• Ace’s Space Radio on Radio Valencia
Radio:
• The Generator FM – (New Zealand)
• LA Rocks Radio
• Metal Mayhem Radio(UK)
• Kaos New Zealand
• Ecuador 96.9 FM
• KSGV 95.5 FM (Texas)
• KFTW 97.5 FM (Texas)
• Boston Rock Radio
• Hard Rock Hell Radio – Mikki’s Midnight Madness
• Hard Rock Radio – Crim Radio (NC)
• Fryday Night with Fry – ARFM (UK)
• Rock Addict Radio – Norm’s Brain and The Wizard
• Mike James Rock Show – Hard Rock Hell Radio – (London,England)
• Outlaw Renegade Radio – (Canada & UK)
• Valley FM 89.5 – (Australia)
• Nightmares with Malice Cooper
• Cowboy Joe Radio
• The Mosh/Rock 95 FM KMKO - Mankato, MN
• WCSF - 88.7FM/Chicago, IL
• WDCE - 90.1 FM/Richmond, VA
• KXCI - 91.3/Tucson, AZ
• WWSP - 90 FM/Steven Points, WI
• WCNI - 90.9 FM/New London, CT
• KGRR - 97.3 FM/Dubuque, IA
• WVBR - 93.5 FM/Ithaca, NY
• WDWN - 89.1 FM/Auburn, NY
• WHWS - 105.7 FM/Geneva, NY
• WRKC/88.5 FM - Wilkes-Barre, PA
• Lucky Star Radio
• Metal Authority
• The Foundry
• Zero DB Radio
• Native Noise w/Supa Dave WJRR/101.1 FM
Charts:
• Billboard Mainstream Rock - #28 “Give It To Me”
• Foundations Chart - #21“Give It To Me”
• Billboard Mainstream Rock - #201 “Bring It Down”
• Metal Contraband Most Added - #7
• Mediabase Rock and Metal Chart - #99
• #5 on WRKC/88.5 FM - Wilkes-Barre, PA
• The Foundry #6
• Metal Authority Radio #20
• #65 on KGRR - 97.3 FM/Dubuque, IA
• Brews Radio – Locked and Loaded #1
• 97Underground.com – “Bring it down” #1 for three consecutive weeks
• The Generator FM – The single “Give it to me” made the charts top 50 at #36
• Boston Rock Radio – “Bring it down” charted at #2
• Valley FM 89.5 – “Bring it down” chartered #1 in Australia
Internet/Streaming Platforms:
• Locked and Loaded Video Premiered live on Facebook and YouTube 12/15/2020
• Bring It Down Video Premiered live on Facebook and YouTube 1/27/2022
• “Unplugged for You” Live Acoustic Performance on Facebook & YouTube 2/27/2022
• Premiered Live on Facebook and YouTube – “Let Freedom Scream”
• The singles “What a way to go”, “Bring it down” and “Give it to me” are available on
Itunes, Amazon Music, and all other streaming formats.
• Released Full Album “Bottom of the Barrel” 2/4/2022 on all platforms Worldwide
• The Killer Movie Channel – “No Amps Required” Live Acoustic Concert, ROKU, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV as well as Network of Roku Channels
• Leon Jonjock – Red Rocket T.V. Productions “REBELTV” played in 160 countries on Roku’s TV’s Biggest Music Channels, RebelTV, Otel TV Productions, KNOBTV Music Channels
Announcements/Endorsements:
• Pre-Order New Album 1/2022
• Sinister Guitar Pick Announcement
• CD Release Show at The Haven 2/18/2022
• Bottom of the Barrel CD Release 2/4/2022
Awards:
The John Lebang Show - Winner of 2021 "Crank It Up Award" for "Bring It Down"
The John Lebang Show - 2022 5th Annual Banger Music Awards - Winner "Best Male Vocalist"
The Epic Show - Winner of The Epic 100 Voters Choice Poll
Rela Radio 3rd Annual Rela Radio Awards - Voted "Artist of the Year"
2022 ISSA Awards Show - Finalist in Four Categories:
Gold Winner - Band of the YearMale Album of the Year
Gold Winner - Band Single of the Year
The 8th Annual Josie Music Awards 2022 - Nominated in two Categories:
Winner of Album of the Year
World Songwriting Awards Spring 2022 (WSA)
Best Rock Song – “Bring It Down”
Rave Reviews on "Bottom of the Barrel":
This is a masterpiece album that deserves a big welcome after so many years 100/100. - TheMetalMag.com
The purchase of this disc is already mandatory. - ClassicHardRock80
I’m glad bands like this are still around, sometimes you get tired of the angst-ridden modern rock, Voodoo Moonshine is easy on the brain and dare I say “fun” to listen to! - RockYouShow.com
The first four tracks are simply brilliant. - SleazeRoxx.com
