Dennis Churchill Dries - Singer/Songwriter/Bassplayer - Solo Artist, Tattoo Rodeo, White Sister

Tonight's Episode

Singer/Songwriter/Bassplayer - Dennis Churchill Dries of legendary L.A. Bands, White Sister and Tattoo Rodeo joins Non-Stop Rock Talk to discuss his latest solo release entitled 'Crazy Is This Life' on AOR Blvd Records.

The discussion begins with Tyson posing the question as to why White Sister didn't become more of a household name. Dennis goes into detail of playing on the L.A. circuit at renowned venues like The Troubadour, The Whiskey and The Roxy in the early days of the band.

Dennis discusses a great version of Warrant's 'Blind Faith' from the Classic 'Cherry Pie' release that he recently recorded a piano version of that is absolutely incredible.

The conversation of course discusses Tattoo Rodeo. How impactful the song 'Been Your Fool' has been in Tyson's home life.

The bands second release 'Skin' is also discussed. The production side of the release which is done by Sir Arthur Payson . How a Fender Champ Amplifier was used on the album instead of a big old Marshall.

'Crazy Is This Life' eventually circles back into the conversation. Dennis talks about the songs and how losing White Sister/Tattoo Rodeo bandmates guitarist Rick Chadock and drummer Richard Wright inspired 'A Different Sun'. The opening track 'Angeline' is explained to Tyson. This was a song that Dennis had started writing with Rick Chadock and is not based on a fictional character which will be explained. 'Bring Back Yesterday' is another song that gets attention where Dennis describes the meaning behind this great track.

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