National Airplay
The SideKix Band's song "Please, Mr. Bush(Won't You Give Me A Push? My Car Ran Out of Gas.)" has been played on radio stations from Dallas to Detroit, and Florida to Arizona.
Reviews
The Kokomo Tribune
Erin Shultz
" they tear the roof off the bar with their distinct country sound..."
Honors
Voted best country band by the readers of the Kokomo Tribune 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007.
The SideKix Band has also earned a spot on the 2008 Country Festivals Compilations CD. "Featuring today's hottest new country stars". This CD is getting great reviews and features some excellent artists including:
Sean Patrick McGraw from "Nashville Star" and "Ten Days On Tour" on CMT. Also included in the line up is Dove and Grammy Award nominee Steve Zuwala, Steve has had several chart topping songs in the UK. The Jeremy Graham Band is on of the South's hottest country bands. Debbie Hennessey has won a WHOLE bunch of awards as a songwriter including TWO ASCAPlus awards. Nashville recording artist Tim Cooper is very well know in The Music City. We are honored to be included in the lineup. To find out more or buy your own copy, just click on the picture below.
The Sidekix Band is proud to be included on the new Colt Records CD "Indie Country Gold 2008" featuring the best independent country artists of the year. Click the CD cover to order yours.
The SideKix Band in the News
The South Bend Tribune:
Article published Jul 19, 2008
To hear the song
"Please Mr. Bush," written by South Bend's Gary Edwards and Bart Oglesby and recorded by the SideKix Band based in Kokomo, can be heard at or downloaded for 99 cents from www.thesidekixband.com. Also, the song will be available on the SideKix Band's "Secret to Life'' album scheduled for release in two weeks. Cost is $12, with an additional $2.95 assessed for shipping and handling. Anyone interested can call Spotlite Records at (765) 210-1887.
High gasoline prices inspire songwriters from South Bend
They're hoping 'Please Mr. Bush' gets some airtime.
By LOU MUMFORD Tribune columnist.
'Please Mr. Bush'
Words by Gary Edwards, music by Bart Oglesby
Got me a car, can't go very far.
Got me a boat, can't keep it afloat.
Got my RV, parked under a tree.
No I'm not squawkin', but I'm tired of walkin'.
Chorus:
Please Mr. Bush.
Please Mr. Bush.
Please Mr. Bush, won't you give me a push,
My car ran out of gas.
Got holes in my shoes, I'm singin' the blues.
Don't want to complain, I'm goin' insane.
Don't like to moan, throw me a bone.
This song may be funny, but I ain't got no money.
Buy me a horse, get a divorce.
If that won't do, I'll move in with you.
Please Mr. Bush, won't you send a limo, my wife's arms are getting tired.
Believe it or not, some people are having fun with high gas prices
No, they're not oil barons or oil company executives. They're songwriters, and they live in South Bend.
Gary Edwards and Bart Oglesby collaborated recently on a song that makes light of the issue. Titled "Please Mr. Bush,'' the chorus alone is likely enough to make listeners smile if not laugh out loud.
"Please Mr. Bush, won't you give me push? My car ran out of gas,'' part of it goes.
A former Niles resident who collaborated nearly 30 years ago with the late Larry Clymer on a song commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall, Edwards, 67, said his most recent song stemmed from a scene he took in while he was driving by an Admiral Service Station."They had this big line -- I guess gas was down (cheap) that day -- and there was this guy pushing his car into the gas station. His wife was driving (steering). The car had run out of gas,'' he said.
"The next day, it dawned on me. 'Please Mr. Bush, won't you give me a push. ...'"Edwards said he put in a call to Oglesby, a singer and guitar player he has known since the 1960s, and the two quickly came up with the basics of the song. More fine tuning came after Edwards and Oglesby contacted members of the SideKix Band, a country blues group based in Kokomo.
"I think the RV line ('Got my RV, parked under a tree') came from one of the guys in the band. ... Everybody contributed,'' Edwards said.
"Everything about that song seemed to fit. I threw it at Side- Kix ... they went in their studio and they knocked it out.
"If a song comes together pretty quickly, it's usually a pretty good song.''
The owner of Spotlite Records, Edwards said he has written many songs -- "Good ones? Not many. A lot of bad ones,'' he said, chuckling -- but "Please Mr. Bush'' is unique."Of all the songs I've written, this is the only one that affects everyone in the country,'' he said. "Once it gets exposure, I think it'll mushroom.''
He has contacted radio stations both locally and throughout Indiana, he said, in hopes of landing the song some airtime. "Imus in the Morning'' has heard from Edwards, as has David Letterman or at least someone on Letterman's staff, so it could be just a matter of time before the song takes off.
At least, that's Edwards' hope.
"Sure, I'd like to get some national exposure. But I know if you don't have a lot of money behind you, you kind of shoot in the dark. You just throw something up and hope that it sticks,'' he said. "Right now, all I've got is promises, but the promises look real good to me.''
For his part, Oglesby, 59, said he knows for certain listeners will relate to the song."If we can get it out quick, it could see some national play. Everyone who hears it loves it. They say it's really funny,'' he said.
Edwards said he's not anticipating any political fallout. It's simply a fact, he said, that people look to Washington for help when confronted by an issue as exasperating as $4 a gallon gas.
"We didn't want to insult anyone, beat up anyone. We just wanted to enlighten this subject,'' he said.
Edwards and Clymer did make some "noise,'' as Edwards puts it, with "Tear Down the Berlin Wall,'' which Edwards later rewrote and retitled "Glory to the Red, White and Blue.'' Third party presidential candidate Ross Perot had the latter tune played at a few of his rallies, Edwards said, but the song didn't yield any big financial rewards.
But maybe "Please Mr. Bush'' will be different."The one thing about being a songwriter is you have the privilege of being the first one to hear it (after it's recorded),'' Edwards said. "You just don't want to be the only one.''
Pendleton-Gazette August 2008
Pendleton-Gazette 2008
About The SideKix Band
The SideKix Band from Kokomo, Indiana has been playing all over Indiana since 1996. The core of the Band:
Jeff Sheline,
Roger Francis, and
David Glassburn, have been together from the start.
In 2000,
Tracy McKee came over from Jason Pitts and the Pitt Crew.
Tom Johnson has been on board since 2004.
Patrick Vowell brought his brand of southern country vocals to The SideKix Band early in 2008.
This group of professionals entertains crowds all over with their own style of country music. Their guitar oriented sound is nicely complimented with some good old honky tonk keyboards and that lonesome pedal steel guitar. Their strong vocals and rich harmonies set their sound apart. At a typical SKB show you will hear the top country songs of today, and some great old favorites with an updated sound. A real friendly crowd may also get a couple original songs from the latest projects.
You can be sure that you will see a high energy show filled with hard drivin country music. The SideKix Band will bring you not only a great visual show, but will also impress audiences with their great sound.
The guys have been writing and recording songs for the next CD. Some cuts are already available for download on the music page.
