Hidden Gems from the B-Side — ⛽️ Fuel (Week 24)

Bittersweet 🎶 Jesus… or a Gun

Sup yall… it’s that time again…
more from Fuel…

In my opinion… they’re just so good—
so many super songs…

As I’ve been running this series…
I’ve also been playing their stuff every day when I practice 🎸
I do that with most artists I post about…

I think it’s because the songs get stuck in my head…
and I find myself singing them all day—
so I might as well grab my guitar…
and give those melodies somewhere to land…

Today… I’ve got two cool ones for you…

🎶 Bittersweet (Sunburn 1998)
🎶 Jesus or a Gun (Sunburn 1998)

I also included an interview with Brett Scallions…
turns out… we’ve got something in common—
the band Cinderella…

I’ve been a huge fan of theirs for years…
they really shaped me back when I was a young teenager…
just learning my way…

hope yall enjoy—
and thanks for listening… always.

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Hidden Gems from the B-Side — ⛽️ FUEL (Week 22)

Falls On Me 🎵 Sunburn

Hey yall… thanks for joining me again…

So before Fuel was even Fuel…
they moved through a couple early names like…
“ReelTooReal”…
and “Small the Joy”…
before everything finally settled into place.

And right at the center of it all—

was Carl Bell.

Lead guitarist…
but more than that—the architect.

The one writing the songs…
lyrics… music… structure…
building the sound from the ground up…

and even producing along the way.

Because Fuel…
was never just a band…

it was Carl Bell’s vision—
brought to life through the voice of Brett Scallions.

Today—I’ve got two good ones for you 🎧🔥

🎵 Falls On Me — Natural Selection (2003)
🎵 Sunburn — Sunburn (1998)

I’ll be here a while with these guys…
hope yall enjoy 🔥

Carl Bell… the mastermind

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Hidden Gems from the B-Side — ⛽️ FUEL (Week 20)

Shimmer 🎶 Bad Day…

So today I’m moving on… FUEL anyone?…

Man… I’m so loaded up with music and bands… sometimes I just sit there like… who’s next?… there’s just too many…

But yeah… Fuel… one of my favorites.
They’re a little different… some songs are slower… easy… almost laid back… but when they decide to… they can come in hard and rock the absolute crap out of you.

I’ve seen them a few times… but here’s a cool one…

I lived in Leesburg, Florida from 2o16–2o21… little old house… about two blocks from downtown. Leesburg is known for Bikefest every year… bands playing all week long…

And I’m not kidding… I could always hear it all from inside my house… loud and clear.

So it’s 2o17… I’m laying on my bed one day… windows open… just chilling…

Then all of a sudden…

music cuts through the silence…

this band starts rocking… hard… sounding really good…

I’m laying there like… hold up… who is that?…

then it hits me…

duuuude… it’s Fuel !!! 😁🥳😎

So yeah… I just laid there… in my bed… and listened to their whole set that evening…

super cool.

I got two for you now…

🎧 Shimmer — Sunburn (1998)

🎧 Bad Day — Something Like Human (2oO0)

Shimmer is the song that put them on the map… these 2 are a little more chill… in coming weeks… I’ll let them rock harder for you… thought I’d take it easy on you for starters 😏…

The concert I heard from my bedroom evening

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