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Roots-rock combo the Freewheelers shaped in LA in 1989, buying a lineup of singer/guitarist Luther Russell, bassist Jason Hiller, pianist Chris Joyner, keyboardist Dave Sobel, and drummer John Hofer ahead of saving their self-titled 1991 Geffen label debut. Despite great reviews, the recording didn’t make much industrial impact, in support …

Luther Russell have been dynamic with both Federale as well as the Freewheelers for a long time, however in 1999 he recorded the funky, soulful Straight down in Kit’s to announce the brand new stage of his profession. In 1997, he returned with a good bit of sunlight pop, the …

Called from a term inside a Shakespeare sonnet, Those Pretty Wrongs can be a collaboration between Big Star founding member and drummer Jody Stephens and Luther Russell of root base rockers the Freewheelers. The duo met up when Stephens asked Russell to become listed on him in shows of his …