Twisted South Radio welcomes The Bear, Bigd Ledbetter(The Redneck Minute) & Husky Burnette

The Blues are a religion and Brian "Husky" Burnette sho nuff preaches it. He blends Mississippi Delta guitar licks with Rock n Roll, Electric Blues and Attitude. His music is gritty, soulful, southern, deep-fried, low-down and dirty. Husky, following in the family footsteps of Rockabilly Kings Johnny Burnette and Dorsey Burnett. Bigd Ledbetter is the creator of the viral videos "The Redneck Minute" where he gets drunk and reviews all the great music of the south, in his traditional "redneck " fashion. The Bear formed in The Shoals area of Alabama in 2006. The members are Louisa Murray (vocals, banjo), Nathan Pitts (vocals, guitar, banjo, pedal steel), Ben Tanner (keys), Kyle Minckler (percussion & drums), & Ben Stedman (upright bass). The band began as a duo of Murray and Pitts. After a couple of years the other members joined the band. As well as playing keys, Tanner (who works at Fame studio in Muscle Shoals as an engineer) also recorded and mixed the album. The majority of the album was recorded over two marathon weekends during the summer of 2010 and was self released in January of this year.