ZACH DEPUTY + Christopher Hawley

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Moe's Alley

Moe's Alley welcomes back Zach Deputy for a Friday night dance party.  Special guest Christopher Hawley supports.

https://www.zachdeputy.com/http://www.christopherhawley.net/ABOUT ZACH DEPUTY:In making his fourth album Wash It in the Water, Zach Deputy dreamed up a sunny and soulful new sound that fuses hip-hop, funk, and folky pop with the spirited rhythms of Soca and Calypso. With that sound embodied by the album's brightly melodic and richly textured title track, Wash It in the Water finds the Georgia-based singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist mining his Puerto Rican and Cruzan heritage for inspiration."Because of the music I was raised on, I've always heard rhythm in a very tropical, Latin-esque way it's something that resonates in the deepest parts of me," says Deputy, who grew up in South Carolina. When I was a kid my grandma would play a lot of salsa and soca and make me get up and dance to it, so in a way this is me putting my own spin on all that and bringing those sounds into a whole new era."With Deputy playing every instrument on the album, Wash It in the Water was self-produced in spontaneous sessions that took place in studios and homes and sometimes in Deputy's garage. "Each time I recorded it was mostly just for fun," he says. "I wasn't trying to make anything happen, I was just going with what felt good." As a result, Wash It in the Water bears a warm, natural feel that permeates everything from the intricate guitar work and tender vocals of "Jump in the Water" (a serenade to Deputy's seven-year-old daughter) to the groove-heavy funk of "Put It in the Boogie" (a celebration of the joyfully chaotic life of a musician) to the piano-driven balladry of "Loving You" (a powerful meditation on unconditional love).Despite the spur-of-the-moment approach, Wash It in the Water emerges as a gracefully arranged effort that owes much to the musicianship and songcraft Deputy's honed since getting his first guitar at age 13. By his mid-teens he'd started up a series of garage bands, balancing his own projects with playing in local big bands and soul groups. "I was this 16-year-old white kid crushing it in a Motown band, and because of that I got to learn a lot about respecting the composition," Deputy recalls. "To me music is a bunch of small pieces fitting together to form this beautiful castle."In his early 20s, Deputy experienced a major turning point that would take his music in an entirely new direction. "I was playing in a band but I wasn't inspired, music wasn't bringing me the joy that it used to, and I felt like I might be done with it altogether," he says. Along with quitting the band mid-tour, Deputy traded in his electric guitar and amp for a nylon-string acoustic and moved back home to work construction with his dad. "At work all day I'd have this music in my head, and as soon as I got home I'd go straight to the guitar," he says. Serendipitously landing a solo gig by walking into a bar just after that night's featured artist had bailed, Deputy soon introduced the world to the sound he'd eventually dub "island-infused, drum 'n' bass, gospel-ninja-soul." By 2008 he'd released his debut album Out of the Water and, thanks to his ingenuity in looping, made his name as an unforgettable one-man-band live act.In reflecting on his path as a musical artist, Deputy likens that creative awakening to the message at the heart of "Wash It in the Water." That song's about cleansing yourself from all the nonsense of the world, starting fresh, a rebirth of sorts," he says. And whether performing live or creating new music, Deputy aspires to guide listeners toward a renewal of their own. "I try to give people a little soul massage," he says. "In music you get so raw and make yourself naked to the world, and hopefully people can find themselves in that and realize they're not alone. For me touching someone's life in a positive way is the best thing about making music, and that's what's kept me going with it for all these years."ABOUT CHRISTOPHER HAWLEY:Christopher Hawley makes music in major metropolises, ski towns, artist communities, beach and college towns all over the world, solo acoustic and with his band, the Rollers. Warming hearts in even the coldest of places, Hawley has a gift of making people feel good with his music. The Los Angeles-based artist has mastered this with the perfect combination of genuinely positive vibes, inspiring lyrics, transcendent guitar work, and danceable grooves within well crafted songs. Elements of Little Feat, Bob Marley, Johnny Cash, Duane Allman, and Andres Segovia abound.The fifth album, Rise and Shine, showcases unique songwriting, groovy finger picking, and a delicious blend of percussion, acoustic guitar, piano, and vocals. The Christopher Hawley Rollers have played everywhere from LA’s Greek Theatre to the local dive bar in your hometown, having toured internationally for the last ten years, you’ve seen the band and heard the music on a national commercial and on numerous films and TV shows.The sixth album is a live set from the legendary Stronghold in Venice Beach. It’s available on iTunes here: Download Live at the Stronghold here.Venice Beach is famous for the performers who grace the boardwalk, the stoners and street characters who hang on the beach, and the surf culture that spawned a whole California sound. Christopher Hawley, a devoted surfer, guitarist, and singer-songwriter, is a Venice musician through and through. His new album Stories reads like a series of miniature character studies, washed in California Roots Pop.After studying classical guitar as a child and playing in the jazz band in high school, Hawley co-founded Mucis, a Colorado jam band whose members signed to a label and toured nationally in a retrofitted school bus. He could never get enough of being on the road performing original music, so when the band broke up, Hawley became a solo roots rock singer-songwriter and forged on in Los Angeles.As a solo artist and with an expansive collective known as The Christopher Hawley Rollers, he has had music licensed for Fox’s “The Good Guys,” NFL’s “NFL A.M.,” and several independent films. The band was featured in an H&R Block commercial playing two of Hawley’s songs. Over the years, he has played everywhere from LA’s Greek Theatre to yoga retreats in Bali and dive bars in ski and surf towns.Hawley is a devoted yogi, with a steady practice that influences the way he lives his life. “My yoga practice has inspired me to be more conscious about what I consume and how I consume it. The idea is to put an increasingly smaller footprint on the planet.”His dedication to surfing echoes a similar sentiment. He learned to surf while with a girlfriend in Hawaii, and that experience was part of the impetus for his move from Colorado to California. “Surfing, like yoga, is a great meditational workout,” says Hawley. “It’s a full-body experience in the ocean…. You’re trying to tune in to the waves and, ultimately, become one with Mother Nature. Both activities force you to practice being present, just like when you’re playing music.”A few years back, Hawley’s friend, Randy Wooten, offered to produce a few tracks in exchange for surf lessons for his girlfriend’s son. Hawley and Wooten began writing together on a regular basis. Their prolific partnership produced a long list of songs. One song, “Sidewalks and Bars,” was conceptualized during one of those surf lessons.What began as a casual collaboration between two friends in Venice soon became a full-length album.“The approach was collaborative, from the songwriting all the way through the recording process,” Hawley says, “It felt like a weight was lifted off my shoulders with Randy in the producer’s chair: In the past, I’d done almost everything myself, so to be able to show up focused on the music was liberating.”Hawley is spreading his wings in a way he never has before. The album is beautifully produced: Wooten did his job well, taking a roots rock palate and adding memorable touches like barrelhouse piano, reverb-soaked guitar, and even modern synth sounds. Hawley’s up-front vocals lend the songs a remarkable sense of intimacy.However, it’s the collaboration between the two songwriters that makes Stories shine. The songs are smart and compelling, and there’s a depth to the tales they tell that makes you want to listen more closely.Back | View All Upcoming Shows

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