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| Vernon Neilly in the Billboard Top 10 Retail Chart Small Los Angeles area label Boosweet Records has defied the all the odds with its current CD release G-Fire II by Vernon Neilly. The new single by Neilly Unconditional Love which is playing nation and world wide in a number of formats, has been the most added at AC (adult contemporary) commercial radio, CMJ radio, and is currently heating up at UAC (urban adult contemporary) with R&R indicator and monitored stations being added weekly. This week the upward swing of radio activity has catapulted Vernon Neilly's G-Fire II, and Boosweet Records into the Top 10 Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums Chart, leaving in its smoke many major labels and artists. When commenting on the success of his project Neilly said, "it has been, and continues to be a lot of hard work competing with major and major independent labels who have incredible monetary resources to promote and market their products. Boosweet Records has assembled a team of experienced industry veterans though, who are experts in their respective positions, and as you can see they are getting the job done". Vernon Neilly is a two-time consecutive jazz award winning guitarist/producer who has cut his teeth in the music industry the old school way by touring, and performing with legendary artists such as Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Billy Paul, The Dramatics, Luther Ingram, Charles Brown, Etta James, Teena Marie, Howard Hewitt, and many more, and by hitting the road with his own band building a fan base not only nationally, but internationally. This has also enabled him to align himself with major music gear and software sponsors that he represents which include Seymour Duncan, Tagima Guitars, Giannini Guitars and strings, Levys Leathers, Morely, Digitech Electronics, Meteoro Amplifiers, Xotic Effects, Cakewalk, Sony Music Products, Aphex, and Jim Dunlop Manufacturing. Vernon will be soon headlining a series of concert dates in the Southern California area beginning with the Juneteenth Festival Celebration sponsored by the Santa Ana Chapter of the NAACP on June 10th, 2006 in the city's Carl Thorton Park. June 17th, 2006 he will co-headline the Black Music Month Festival sponsored by the City Of Los Angeles and Ms. Barbara Morrison, with the legendary jazz guitarist Phil Upchurch at one of city's most well known parks, Leimert Park in the Crenshaw District of Los Angeles. June 25th, 2006 Vernon will join blues diva Ms. Barbara Morrison and her sizzling band "The Bu Crew", to open for the legendary blues singer "Bobby Blue Bland" once again at Leimert Park in Los Angeles. Tickets for these events can be purchased through Ticket Master. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |