Rusty's solo show is a high energy, freewheeling tour-de-force of Bladen originals, songs from the radio, and classic rock tunes. "Ride That River" appeared in the "Madison" movie, and was recorded with members of Mellencamp's band.
A veteran of the Indiana music scene, Bladen has played many of the clubs, theatres, bars and festivals in Indiana to build his career. Bladen powers the crowd at his shows with an atmosphere of party songs, sing-alongs and a whole lot of audience participation.
With seven original CD's, Bladen ranks as one of the best-selling independent artists in the state.His most recent solo album, Homegrown Treasures, was released in 2010 and features 11 original songs.
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Gig Length: 45 - 150 minutes
Bladen plays from a song list of over 400 popular cover songs and original music, performing solo or full band (Rusty Bladen and the Mighty River Kings). It is a high-energy show, that brings the crowd into the show, with familiar songs and a fun performance from Rusty.
.Bladen is one of the best selling independent artists in Indiana, with a large mailing list and geographical fan demographics. Anchored by (link hidden), Rusty also uses e-newsletters, Twitter, Facebook and Reverb Nation to promote his performances, letting his fans know where the next Rusty Bladen show is.
Rusty has headlined such festivals as the Jasper Strassenfest, Swiss Wine Festival, the Mount Adams Music Fest in Cincinnati, Ohio, at Salem Speedway, annually at the WJAA Radio Bustock in Seymour, Muscatatuck Blues Festival, and Bedford Fall Festival. Rusty has also played at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Verizon Wireless/Klipsch Music Center.
"Rusty Bladen is a familiar one to anyone who has spent any amount of time in the live music establishments of Indianapolis. It's for good reason that he's one of the most popular live acts: Audiences love him." -- NUVO
Rusty's solo show is a high energy, freewheeling tour-de-force of Bladen originals, songs from the radio, and some excellent hippie country-rock tunes. The band show is an exhibition of what five guys holding onto the same roots rock and roll rope can pull an audience into. The band shows are fun, rockin' and loud. The solo shows are fun, rockin' and almost as loud.
A veteran of the Indiana music scene, Bladen has played many of the clubs, theatres, bars and festivals in Indiana to build his career. Bladen powers the crowd at his shows with an atmosphere of party songs, sing-alongs and a whole lot of audience participation.
His latest album, One Live Night, (released in 2011) became legendary to his fans via YouTube. The complete audio from the concert was mixed and released as an album available on iTunes. Rusty Bladen brings his full band for 18 songs, including "Uppacrick", "Smoke Like a Train", "Ride That River", and "Are You Happy Now?" The band rips through the songs in front of an audience at the historic Scott Theatre in Scottsburg, Indiana. It is the complete show, recorded live. It is what Rusty Bladen does best: homegrown American rock and roll.
With seven original CD's, Bladen ranks as one of the best-selling independent artists in the state.
His most recent solo album, Homegrown Treasures, was released in 2010 and features 11 new, original songs.
We bring a portable, one person stage, including lights, speakers and everything else needed for a show. Can also perform on an existing stage and plug into a setup already in place.
PARTIAL SONGLIST -see full list at (link hidden)
After Midnight - Eric Clapton
Against The Wind - Bob Seger
Ain't Even Done With The Night - John Mellencamp
Aint No Easy Way- Black Rebel M. Club
All Along The Watchtower - Bob Dylan
All For You - Sister Hazel
All I'm Thinkin' About - Bruce Springsteen
All My Rowdy Friends - Hank Williams, Jr.
All Right Now - Free
All Summer Long - Kid Rock
Alright Guy - Todd Snider
American Girl - Tom Petty
American Pie - Don McLean
Amy - Pure Prairie League
Another Saturday Night - Cat Stevens
Bama Breeze - Jimmy Buffett
Back In The USA - Chuck Berry
Bad Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce
Bad Moon Rising - CCR
Ball Of Kerrymuir - Jim Croce
Bartender - Rehab
Bathroom Window - The Beatles
Beast Of Burden - The Rolling Stones
Beautiful Loser - Bob Seger
Beer Drinking Songs - Mac Davis
Beth - Kiss
Big Ol' Goofy World - John Prine
Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
Black Water - Doobie Brothers
Boat Drinks - Jimmy Buffett
Boondocks - Little Big Town
Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
Bright Lights Big City - Jimmy Reed
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Bubble Toes - Jack Johnson
Burning Down The House - B. Raitt
Bye Bye Love - Everly Brothers
Cadillac Ranch - Bruce Springsteen
Can't You See - Marshall Tucker Band
Casey Jones - Grateful Dead
Cat's In The Cradle - Harry Chapin
Cecelia - Paul Simon
Centerfold - J. Geils
Cheeseburger In Paradise - Jimmy Buffett
Cherry Bomb - John Mellencamp
Closer to Fine - Indigo Girls
Come Monday - Jimmy Buffett
Come From The Heart - Guy Clark
Comes A Time - Neil Young
Copperhead Road - Steve Earl
Crossroads - Lynyrd Skynrd
Dance Naked - John Mellencamp
Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen
Dancing In The Moonlight - King Harvest
Don’t Let Me Down - The Beatles
Dead Flowers - The Rolling Stones
Desperado - Eagles
Down On The Corner - CCR
Drift Away - Dobie Gray
Drops Of Jupiter - Train
Dukes Of Hazard - Waylon Jennings
Eighteen - Alice Cooper
Enjoy Yourself - Todd Snider
Everything - Ben Harper
Family Tradition - Hank Williams, Jr.
Fat Bottomed Girls - Queen
Feelin' Alright - Joe Cocker
Fire - Bruce Springsteen
Fire & Rain - James Taylor
Fire On The Mountain - Marshall Tucker Band
Fishing In The Dark - Dirt Band
Follow Me - Uncle Kracker
Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield
Forever In Blue Jeans - Neil Diamond
Free Falling - Tom Petty
Friend Of The Devil - Grateful Dead
Friends In Low Places - Garth Brooks
Garden Party - Ricky Nelson
Girl On LSD - Tom Petty
Girl I Want To Lay You Down - Zach & Jack
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cindy Lauper
Glory Days - Bruce Springsteen
Goin' Up The Country - Canned Heat
Gone - John Haitt
Good To See You - Neil Young
Grandpa Was A Carpenter - John Prine
Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
Guitar Town - Steve Earle
Hand Jive - George Thorogood
Hangin' Around - Counting Crows
Hard To Handle - Black Crowes
Heart Of Gold - Neil Young
Help Me Rhonda - Beach Boys
Helpless - Neil Young
Hey Hey What Can I Say - Led Zeppelin
Hey There Delilah - Plain White Tees
High And Lonesome - Jimmy Reed
Homegrown - Neil Young
Homegrown Tomatoes - Guy Clark
Honky Tonk Woman - Rolling Stones
Hot Time In The Od Town Tonight - Traditional
Hotel California - The Eagles
How Sweet It Is - James Taylor
I Can Drink Any Woman Pretty -Todd Snider
I Feel The Earth Move - Carole King
If I Only Had A Brain - Ray Bolger
I Wanna Be Sedated - The Ramones
I Want You Back - Jackson Five
I Want You To Want Me - Cheap Trick
I'd Love To Change The World - Ten Years After
If I Could - John Prine
I'm A Believer - The Monkees
I'm A Hog For You - John Lee Hooker
I'm Still Here - Paul Thorn
Imagine - John Lennon
In A Little While - Uncle Kracker
In My Life - The Beatles
In The Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry
Indian Reservation - John D. Loudermilk
Indiana Wild Man - Jerry Reed
Indianasong - Bill Wilson
It Don’t Matter - Donovan Frankenreiter
It’s Only Rock And Roll - Rolling Stones
Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
Jack And Diane - John Mellencamp
Jambalaya - Hank Williams
Jefferson's Theme
Joy Of My Life - John Fogerty
Joy To The World - Three Dog Night
Just Like A Woman -Bob Dylan
Kawliga - Hank Williams
Kentucky Woman - Neil Diamond
Key West Intermezzo - John Mellencamp
King Of The Road - Roger Miller
Knee Deep – Zach Brown
Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan
Landslide - Fleetwood Mac
Last Kiss - J. Frank Williams
Late In The Evening - Paul Simon
Lawyers Guns And Money - Warren Zevon
Lay Down Sally - Eric Clapton
Let It Be - The Beatles
Let Somebody Else Drive - John Anderson
Let's Talk Dirty In Hawaiian - John Prine
Life By The Drop - Stevie Ray Vaughn
Like A Hurricane - Neil Young
Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
Lips Of An Angel - Jack Ingram
Living For The City - Stevie Wonder
Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull
Lodi - CCR
Long December - Counting Crows
Long Haired Country Boy - Charlie Daniels
Looking Out My Back Door - CCR
Love & Happiness - John Mellencamp
Love Is A Rose - Neil Young
Love The One You're With - Stephen Stills
Making Memories Of Us - Keith Urban
Maggie May - Rod Stewart
Magic Carpet Ride -Steppenwolf
Main Street - Bob Seger
Man Of Constant Sorrow - Soggy Bottom Boys
Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett
Mary Jane's Last Dance - Tom Petty
Me & Billy The Kid - Joe Ely
Me & Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
Me & Julio - Paul Simon
Melissa - Allman Brothers
Michigan - Bruce Springsteen
Midnight Special - CCR
Millionare - Solomon Burke
Mind Your Own Business - Hank Williams
Money - Barrett Strong
Moonshadow - Cat Stevens
Move It On Over - George Thorogood
Mr. Bojangles - Jerry Jeff Walker
Mr. Spaceman - The Byrds
Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel
Muddy Water - Stonewall Jackson
My Old Kentucky Home - John Prine
My Hometown - Bruce Springsteen
My My, Hey Hey - Neil Young
Needle And The Damage Done-Neil Young
Never Been To Spain - Three Dog Night
Night Moves - Bob Seger
Norweigen Wood - The Beatles
Not Fade Away - Buddy Holly
Obla Di Obla Da - The Beatles
Oh Boy - Buddy Holly
Ohio - CSN&Y
Okie From Muskogee - Merle Haggard
Old Man River - Jim Croce
Operator - Jim Croce
Oreo Cookie Blues - Lonnie Mack
Out On The Weekend - Neil Young
Outlaw Man - The Eagles
Paradise - John Prine
Passenger Side - Wilco
Peaceful World - John Mellencamp
Piano Man - Billy Joel
Picture Show - John Prine
Pink Houses - John Mellencamp
Pirate Looks At 40 - Jimmy Buffett
Poor Poor Pitiful Me - Warren Zevon
Powderfinger - Neil Young
Power Windows - Billy Falcon
Proud Mary - CCR
Quinn The Eskimo - Bob Dylan
Rain On The Scarecrow - John Mellencamp
Rainy Day Woman - Bob Dylan
Ramblin' Man - Allman Brothers
Red Headed Woman - Bruce Springsteen
Redneck Yaght Club- Craig Morgan
Revolution - The Beatles
Ring Of Fire - Johnny Cash
Rock And Roll Heart - Eric Clapton
Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley
Rockin' Pneumonia - Johnny Rivers
Rocking In The Free World - Neil Young
Rocky Racoon - The Beatles
Rocky Top - Bill Monroe
Roller Derby Queen - Jim Croce
Rumbleseat - John Mellencamp
Runaway - Dion
Second Hand News - Fleetwood Mac
Secret Agent Man - Johnny Rivers
She Talks To Angels - Black Crowes
Shooting Star - Bad Company
Signs - 5 Man Electrical Band
Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynrd
Sister Golden Hair - America
Slip Sliding Away - Paul Simon
Slippin' & Slidin' - Little Richard
Slow Down - The Beatles
Small Town - John Mellencamp
Smile – Charlie Chaplin
Sneaky Snake - Tom T. Hall
Someday - Steve Earle
Soulshine - Warren Haynes
Southern Cross - CSNY
Spiders & Snakes - Jim Stafford
Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum
Springsteen – Eric Church
Squeeze Box - The Who
Stand By Me - Ben E. King
Starfish - Sister Hazel
Staying Alive - Bee Gees
Steal My Kisses - Ben Harper
Stuck In The Middle - Stealers Wheel
Sugar Mountain - Neil Young
Summer Of '69 - Bryan Adams
Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran
Sunshine - Jonathan Edwards
Sunspot Baby - Bob Seger
Superman - REM
Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Sympathy For The Devil - Rolling Stones
Take It Easy - The Eagles
Take The Money And Run - Steve Miller
Teach Your Children - CSNY
Thank God I'm a Country Boy - John Denver
That'll Be The Day - Buddy Holly
The Apartment Song - Tom Petty
The Ballad Of Curtis Lowe - Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Bartender - Rehab
The Battle Of New Orleans - Johnny Horton
The Factory Song - Warren Zevon
The First Cut Is The Deepest - Cat Stevens
The Joker - Steve Miller
The Letter - The Box Tops
The Middle - Jimmy Eat World
The Motorcycle Song - Arlo Guthrie
The No No Song - Ringo Starr
The Pilgrim - Kris Kristofferson
The Road Goes On Forever - R.E. Keen
The Scrotum Song - Asylum Street Spankers
The Wanderer - Dion
The Weight - The Band
This Land Is Your Land - W. Guthrie
Three Little Birds - Bob Marley
Thrift Store Chair - Everclear
Ticket To Ride - The Beatles
Tiny Dancer - Elton John
Travelin' Band - CCR
True Colors - Cindy Lauper
Tuesday's Gone - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Tupelo Honey - Van Morrison
Turn The Page - Bob Seger
Twentieth Century - Steve Goodman
Two Dogs In Heat - Paul Thorn
Upside Down - Jack Johnson
Unknown Ledgend - Neil Young
Upside Down - Jack Johnson
Valentine's Day - Steve Earle
Video Tape - Steve Goodman
Wake Up Little Susie - Everly Brothers
Walkin' After Midnight - Patsy Cline
Walkin' The Dog - Aerosmith
Way The World Goes Round - John Prine
Weed With Willie - Toby Keith
Werewolves Of London - Warren Zevon
When Will I Be Loved - Linda Rondstat
When You Say Nothing -Keith Whitley
Whisky Drinkin' Woman - Nazareth
Who Got The Hooch - Everything
Why Don't We Get Drunk - Jimmy Buffett
Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones
Wild Night - Van Morrison
Wild World - Cat Stevens
Wildwood Weed - Jim Stafford
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
With A Little Help From My Friends - The Beatles
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
Won't Back Down - Tom Petty
Unwell - Matchbox 20
You Can't Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones
You Don't Have To Call Me Darlin' - David Allen Coe
You Don't Know How It Feels - Tom Petty
You Get Me High - Tom Petty
You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
Your Mama Don't Dance - Loggins & Messina
Your Song - Elton John
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