A Mixed Bag–From Honky To Tonk

Featuring the incredibly versatile Greg Brayton playing the songs of Art Fettig.

A Mixed Bag is a collection of songs by Art Fettig. It includes Country, Blues, Spirituals, Heavy Metal, Comedy, Jazz and some love songs that might be country but we can’t figure out which country. This CD might have been called “Songs to lift your spirits high” because you will laugh and cry and just feel better about yourself and the world after you listen to this unusal collection.

Ever buy a CD where every song sounds the same? Not this one. From the opening song, Karaoke, you will discover something new and exciting. Every lyric is out there where you can hear and understand it. Fettig captures the scene; from a Honky Tonk in Nashville to the Arctic Ocean and Prudhoe Bay. Rollin’Thunder captures the spirit of everyone who ever rode a Harley. Contrast that with the moving spiritual Let It Flow or the gut level blues Fire In My Belly. Dancin’ Rag even has a with Fettig, age 70, tap dancing like a kid again. Fettig has been entertaining audiences world-wide for over a quarater of a century as a “motivational-humorist.” Welcome To The 21st Century is perfect if you’ve faced corporate downsizing. An Instrument Of Thy Peace is an all new rendition of The Prayer of St.Francis of Assisi. Another rendition just bugged Fettig in church one day and so he wrote his own.

If you want more fun and a wider perspective of the world then Mixed Bag is for you.

Tracks

1. Karaoke
2. Our Hummin’ Love Song
3. Welcome To The 21st Century
4. Rollin’ Thunder
5. Somebody Threw A Bottle
6. Widow Women At Roger’s Cafe
7. Growin’
8. The Dancin’ Rag
9. Nashville Lament
10. Bein’ Together
11. Let It Flow
12. Appreciatin’
13. Fire In My Belly
14. Thank You Jesus
15. I’ve Recovered
16. Boo Coo Caribou
17. I Like Me Better
18. An Instrument Of Thy Peace

About Greg Brayton

Greg Brayton has a unique gift that enables him to crawl inside Art Fettig’s mind and draw out the songs that have been rolling around there for over a half a century. This music challenged Greg Brayton to his outer limits. He sings with passion and love. The backgrounds provided by Brayton on guitar and synthesizers demonstrate his musical genius and if you like a wide range of musical styles then this is it. Greg married to his highschool sweetheart, Sally and they have two teen age sons.

Greg’s younger brother Scott gained fame as an Indy driver where he took the pole position (fastest car in tryouts) twice. Scott was killed at Indy on a practice run the day before the big Indianapolis race.

Brayton toured nationally with his own band, Blind Man’s Bluff for eight years before opening his recording studio in Coldwater, Michigan where he has now recorded over 200 artists.

Band Members: Art Fettig, motivational-humorist, author and songwriter-producer has been entertaining audiences world-wide for over a quarter of a century. He wrote one song in highschool and one when he was in the United States Army coming home on a troopship from a combat assignment in Korea. It took him some 44 years to find Greg Brayton, the man who could help him capture those songs inside him. Within 3 years they have now recorded over 50 songs and have performed together for corporations and associations in California,Michigan, Washington and Ohio. He has a new book titled “Songwriter.”