Book of Job - Jay Berndt, Broadside Basement Sessions

Our pal Jay Berndt is back at it again. Here is brand new footage of the song "Book Of Job" recorded at the soon to be legendary Moto Destructo Studios.

God's Gonna Cut You Down - Jay Berndt

Great songs get re-recorded and redone by many an artist, but what we find quite interesting is when you can start to see the individual personalities come out of the song. Have a listen to Jay Berndt's version that was just recorded for the Broadside Basement Sessions. Brian, Bill and Jay give the song more of an uplifting approach compared to another more famous version done by Johnny Cash. With Johnny close to the end of his life in the recording, you can feel him saying goodbye and that contrasts in a great way to the composition of Jay Berndt's. Maybe its just a passing of the torch, but any which way ya shake it, god might just cut ya down.

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Jay Berndt - New Photos By Heidi Finn

With the amount of plays and accolades that the Broadside Basement Sessions is starting to achieve, some new photos of Jay Berndt were needed. Thanks to the amazing eye of Heidi Finn behind the lens, we have some great new promotional shots.

Broadside Basement Sessions - When The Fire Comes Down

Another episode of Jay Berndt's, Broadside Basement Sessions, filmed at Moto Destructo Studio, has just been posted on the Rusty Knuckles Youtube page. If you haven't had a chance to check out the sessions, gotta say, you have been missing out. But, fear not friends, you can always slide over to our 24/7 streaming page and listen to all the videos that we post. We are working on a plethora more and have quite the channel in the works, so stay tuned. Also look for a feature video from our pal Jay Berndt later this summer.

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Jay Berndt - Broadside Basement Sessions

Word has been spreading quite far and wide about Jay's latest CD, Sad Bastard Songs. If yall haven't had the chance to really dig into it just yet, never fear. Jay has been working on a project to get out in front of the masses and damn if we aren't proud. Tune into our youtube page for regular updates and posts from Jay Berndt for his Broadside Basement Sessions. Also, a huge thanks to Michael Chevalier for such a great album package design, we are damn proud to have put our name on this piece of history.

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Broadside Basement Sessions - Episode 1

With absolute delight, I am proud to be able to post the first full version of the Broadside Basement Sessions, with Jay Berndt of Moto Destructo Studios. This project has been a long road in the making and damn if I don't feel proud as all hell, to see Jay assemble an amazing ensemble of musicians, to create a vibe based solely upon the measured sum of its parts and how great they all gel together.

The Broadside Basement Sessions are an ongoing project, so check our YouTube page, Jay's Facebook page or this here blog to find out about updates. Each session will involve a revolving cast of musicians and the songs will eventually be available through itunes for immediate download after each session goes live. Look for upcoming episodes with a few musicians you might have heard of. More details on that soon and trust us when we say you might not quite believe who might pop up in a Broadside Basement Session.

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Broadside Basement Sessions with Jay Berndt have arrived!!

Here at Rusty Knuckles, we're very pleased to introduce the first clip from the Broadside Basement Sessions!! Now the "Broadside Basement Sessions" is a video series of collaborations with fellow musicians and friends on original music and other favorite songs. The songs are briefly rehearsed and then recorded in hi-definition video and multi-track audio at Jay's Moto Destructo Studios.

For this session Jay was joined by his former Brimstone Assembly bandmate, Jim Almo on drums... Mike Laurello on keyboards.. (Both of whom you can hear on Sad Bastard Songs)..... former Bass player for the Amazing Royal Crowns, Jack Hanlon on upright... And singer/songwriter Chris Fullerton on acoustic guitar and vocals.

This first clip, "Five Empty Chambers" is a brand new song by Jay and was taken from the first session that was recorded on 12/12/10. We'll be releasing the full episode in the upcoming weeks. This project already has a lot of folks talking and we're looking forward to seeing what else Jay has rolled up his sleeve. 


Enjoy!


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Broadside Basement Sessions - Jay Berndt

The final touches are being put together on the long awaited Jay Berndt - Broadside Basement Sessions. What we have cookin' is this, Jay rounds up a collaborative group of musicians and they plan out a few songs to jam on while hi-def digital cameras are rollin' capturing all the action. We are working to drop about 1 - 2 songs a month and or jam sessions. This project already has a lot of folks quite interested in showing up and being part of future sessions and we are quite amazed about the roster. It will definitely be a who's who type of scenario as the amount of talent is quite staggering. We will be releasing the first basement session this friday.

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