When Brian Wiltsey arrived on the Atlanta singer/songwriter circuit in the summer of 2001 he was looking to start over and re-establish himself. It is now 2006 and with his latest and most talked about album, Rain and Flies just released, Brian is finally receiving the attention and recognition he deserves. But for Brian, the road to success has no end. The possibilities are endless when you can consistently write great songs, melodies, and lyrics... just as Brian has proven he can do.

Armed with a self-produced CD entitled Painting Footsteps the CD was as much about finding himself as it was finding a fan base. Fresh off of a move from North Carolina where he fronted the rootsy pop outfit MBB, Wiltsey settled into the Atlanta music scene and began re-creating his new solo career and new musical direction.

Bret Hartley, co-founder of country/rock band Sugarland immediately began helping out, and introduced him to onetime John Mayer co-collaborator Clay Cook. The three instantly formed a bond and began putting together the makings for a band. The group, along with drummer, Shawn “Bass” Malone, began work on Brian’s solo debut, the radio friendly Ghost on the Outside. A bristling album filled with crunchy sing-alongs, danceable grooves, and epic ballads. The album established Wiltsey as not just the acoustic based singer he portrayed on Painting Footsteps, but rather a full-on rocker.

Opening for popular artists: Angie Aparo, John Mayer, Maroon 5, Jeffery Gaines, and building friendships with fellow Atlanta artists such as, Gareth Asher, of the hard-rock band Illbreak, pushed Wiltsey to new borders and the singer began finding his groove. Due in part to both a kinetic and breathtaking live show and a flair for accessibility the record sold well and even garnered him comparisons to early Lenny Kravitz. On the heels of the album’s success, Wiltsey began gigging full-time around Atlanta and the Southeast establishing residency at some of Atlanta's hottest music venues.

In the spring of 2003 Wiltsey began writing new material and penned the album Mind's Made Up. The result was a singer/songwriter based effort that married the accessibility of AAA formats with a flair for modern rock. The album even caught the attention of Atlanta-based Shuteye Records, who included the song “Meet Me In the Lobby” on their Buzzlighter compilation album, and later named Wiltsey their artist of the year 2004.

Now with 3 albums under his belt and a reputation as one of Atlanta's most reliable rock songwriters, Wiltsey has put together his latest disc, the fiery rocker Rain and Flies. Along with co-producer, Hartley, Wiltsey is joined on the record by John Faye, of the once-famous Caulfields, and Train keyboardist Brandon Bush who lends his talents to almost every track on the record. The result is a jam-packed array of catchy hooks, mid-tempo grooves, and aching ballads. The album is easily Wiltsey's most consistent, most polished, and most successful one yet.

Just as Brian has repeatedly mentioned in the past, “It’s all about writing a great melody and putting on a live show that will give the audience goose bumps. If you can achieve this, people will like you!”

www.myspace.com/brianwiltsey

Brian’s random favorites:

Top 10 Albums:
1. Achtung Baby – U2
2. XO – Elliott Smith
3. Everybody Loves A Happy Ending
   – Tears For Fears
4. Grace – Jeff Buckley
5. Wildflowers – Tom Petty
6. The Bends – Radiohead
7. White Album – The Beatles
8. Mama Said – Lenny Kravitz
9. Siamese Dream – Smashing Pumpkins
10. Joshua Tree – U2

Top 10 Bands/Artists:
1. The Beatles
2. U2
3. Tears For Fears
4. Lenny Kravitz
5. Stone Temple Pilots
6. Ours
7. Pearl Jam
8. Radiohead
9. Elliott Smith
10. Jeffrey Gaines

Top 10 Vocalists:
1. Jeff Buckley
2. Bono
3. Scott Weiland
4. Angie Aparo
5. Chris Cornell
6. Jimmy Gnecco
7. Paul McCartney
8. Freddie Mercury
9. Robert Plant
10. Sade

Top 5 Guitarists:
1. Prince
2. George Harrison (The Beatles)
3. Dean DeLeo (S.T.P.)
4. David Gilmour (Floyd)
5. The Edge (U2)

Current 3 IPOD/CD Rotations:
1. Secret World Live – Tears For Fears
2. V.S. – Pearl Jam
3. Fresh Wine For The Horses – Rob Dickinson

Top 3 Favorite Venues:
1. CJ’s Landing (Atlanta, GA)
2. 10 High (Atlanta, GA)
3. Tin Angel (Philly, PA)

Top 5 Movies:
1. Kill Bill 1 & 2
2. All Star Wars
3. Donnie Darko
4. Buffalo ‘66
5. High Fidelity and Caddy Shack (tie)

Top 3 Movie Quotes:
1. “You shut your mouth when you talk to me!”
   – Wedding Crashers
2. “They were still booing him when we came on stage.” – This Is Spinal Tap
3. “You'll get nothing, and like it.” / “I was born to love you, I was born to lick your face, I was born to rub you, but you were born to rub me first... What do you say we take this out on the patio? ” - Caddyshack

Shawn "Bass" Malone was born in Washington DC and grew up in Florida. At 15, he began playing drums. He took a few lessons, but learned mostly by playing to records in his bedroom. Almost immediately he began forming bands with friends and during his high school days would play at local parties or wherever he could. With the desire to make a career out of music, he then attended a few semesters of college pursuing a music degree before he decided to get into the music business as an audio engineer. He attended an engineering school in Orlando, Florida and upon graduation moved to Atlanta to find work as an engineer. He spent about 8-9 years working as an audio/video engineer in the Atlanta area, whilst playing in various bands and musical projects. In the past year or two, he has left the engineering field to work in the family business and continues his playing as the drummer for the Brian Wiltsey band.

www.myspace.com/bassmalone

Bass’ random favorites:

Top 10 Albums:
1. Yes - Fragile
2. Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
3. King Crimson - Discipline
4. Van Der Graaf Generator - Godbluff
5. The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta
6. Rush - Signals
7. Thomas Dolby - The Flat Earth
8. Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
9. The Beatles - Revolver
10. Yellow Magic Orchestra
    - Solid State Survivor

Top 10 Bands or Artists:
1. Yes
2. Genesis
3. King Crimson
4. Van Der Graaf Generator
5. Frank Zappa
6. The Police
7. Thomas Dolby
8. Kate Bush
9. Rush
10. The Beatles

Top 5 Vocalists:
1. Jon Anderson
2. Peter Hammill
3. Peter Gabriel
4. Kate Bush
5. Phil Collins

Top 5 Drummers:
1. Bill Bruford
2. Phil Collins
3. Terry Bozzio
4. Stewart Copleand
5. Art Blakey

Currrent 3 IPOD/CD Rotations:
1. Rush - Signals
2. Van Der Graaf - The Quiet Zone/
   The Pleasure Dome
3. U.K. - Danger Money

Top 3 Favorite Venues:
1. My Basement (Altanta, GA)
2. CJ's Landing (Atlanta, GA)
3. Madison Square Garden (New York, NY)
   (I've heard it's nice)

Top 5 Movies:
1. Star Wars
2. Raiders Of The Lost Ark
3. Fletch
4. Young Frankenstein
5. Monty Python & The Holy Grail

Top 3 Movie Quotes:
1. "Love your body Larry." - Fletch
2. "Well they were wrong weren't they?"
   - Young Frankenstein
3. "Welease Woger!" - The Holy Grail

I remember bouncing around on the bed with my entire left leg in a cast. Broken right at the kneecap from that ramp that Solórzano told me was "sturdy". I vaguely remember my mom saying "you're gonna break the other one!" What I do remember is my radio cranking out Boston's "Don't look back" and I couldn't get enough. I might have been 8 but I was hooked. Enough with the boring-ass Rachmaninoff that the old man was shoving down my throat. Enough with the Barry Manilow that my mother would clean the house to. Fast forward 2 years, cruising round town with my cousin Brad and in goes "Dirty Deeds" how cool was he?? Whistling at girls, chirp'n gears, with Bon singin 'bout concrete shoes and neckties. I was sold sold sold and thats how it began.

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Top 10 Albums:
1. Col. Bruce Hampton & the Aquarium
2. Rescue Unit: Live @ the Georgia Theater
3. Bleu - Redhead
4. Metallica - Master of Puppets
5. Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
6. Anything by Fishbone
7. Jaco Pastorius - Word of mouth
8. John Scofield/Medeski Martin
   & Wood - a go go
9. Nil Lara - Nil Lara
10. Rufus Waignwright - Poses
11. Stan Getz & João Gilberto - Getz-Gilberto

Top 10 Bands/Artists:
1. Fishbone
2. Nil Lara
3. Sting
4. Megadeth
5. David Ryan Harris
6. Zepplin
7. The Pretenders
8. Dylan
9. Van Halen
10. Marley

Top 5 Vocalists:
1. Chaka Kahn
2. Jeff Buckley
3. Sam Cooke
4. Karen Carpenter
5. Aretha Franklin

Top 5 Bassists:
1. Jaco
2. Otiel
3. Juan Nelson (Ben Harper)
4. Danyel Morgan (Robert Randolph
   & the family band)
5. Matt Mangano.

Currrent 3 IPOD/CD Rotations:
1. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
2. Doyle Bramhall – Jellyroll
3. Wilder Embry - Hotel bar

Top 3 Favorite Venues:
1. Roseland Ballroom (NYC, NY)
2. The Gusman Theater (Miami, FL)
3. CJ's Landing (Atlanta, GA)

Top 5 Movies:
1. SuperTroopers
2. Caddy shack
3. Death to Smoochie
4. The Big Lebowski
5. The Towering Inferno

Top 3 Movie Quotes:
1. “What the fuck?”
   Samuel Jackson: Pulp Fiction
2. “And who the fuck is this?”
   Samuel Jackson: S.W.A.T
3. "What the fuck is a wookie?"
   Samuel Jackson: Star Wars I