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Brad Shepik: Hard Believer
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Brad Shepik
guitar
Sam Minaie
bass
John Hadfield
drumsThe influences are the music of South Indian and Balkan grooves, traditional Armenian folk songs and Middle Eastern shadings. These are mixed into a brew of hard rock, jazz and

Frank Zappa
guitar, electric1940 - 1993
Compositional contributions are shared. Shepik wrote and contributed four tunes; Hadfield and Minaie each brought in one and

Steve Swallow
bassb.1940

Ernest Ranglin
guitarb.1932
The weave of sound in this relatively simple configuration is tightly textured in the Shepik-Minaie-Hadfield triangle. Sometimes a good guitar trio diving deep into the music with passion and grit is what the ears crave and the world needs. With, at this writing, as an American coup unfolds, the Believers who believe in the music are good medicine. ">
Track Listing
Hard Believer; Broken English; In the Weeds; Corduroy; Falling Grace; Ranglin; Pilgrimage; Rocinante.
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Title: Hard Believer | Year Released: 2025 | Record Label: Shifting Paradigm Records
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