MUSIC

Rudyard's presents Samuel Barker * Huke Green & The Hard Truth * The Lavens.

Samuel Barker - (Baytown, TX) When I was growing up, I listened to punk rock and hardcore a lot, but I also spent a lot of time listening to Alt. Country bands, Classic Rock, Folk and Bluegrass. Part of having a mother who was a child of the 60s and a father who was raised through the Depression is that you get pretty eclectic influences. I hope to gather some of those influences in my songs. I hope you enjoy some of what you hear.

Huke Green & The Hard Truth - (Houston, TX) Huke Green is a man whose music can make you smile with impish delight, stare despondent into the void, and bring you back to life all within the same tune. The purity of his heart and lyrics is contrasted with his coarse earth ridden vocals. Huke can and will arrest you with hard fought lyrics and delivery. A relatively new talent to the Houston area one should consider themselves privileged to watch him continue gain more experience and well deserved attention. ~ Ben Hall

The Lavens - (pictured, San Antonio, TX) Niko Laven has been playing professionally since he joined The Krybabies on drums with Will Owen-Gage and Tyler Phillips in 2002. The boys were 16, 14, and 13 respectively and were one of the hottest blues bands in San Antonio. They became The Ashlee Rose Band and won a spot in Seventeen Magazine's Top Ten Teen Bands in the nation. He has also played with Will and Tyler in other musical ventures before and during the last five years with The Lavens as lead guitarist-singer-songwriter. Rachel Laven took the stage at the age of ten with three songs she wrote after learning nine chords that her brother taught her in one evening. At the age of seventeen she has penned dozens of songs and sung for thousands of people in hundreds of gigs these last seven years. After playing in cover bands for the last two decades, Andreas and Jana are proud that their kids let them play with them. We also haul the gear and book the gigs.