Ted Fox nods to Bob Dylan and Joan Baez as his major influences. He considers his music to represent the “landscape of American music” with a twinge of educated sadness.
Originally from Nashville and educated at Belmont University, Ted C. Fox “combines the sounds of dark bluegrass and the ether and epic guitars of post rock.”
Listening to other country, bluegrass, Americana greats like Hank Williams Jr. and Bill Monroe Ted began listening to as many old versions of country covers and performing them.
Fox’s favorite story is about Bill Monroe, the singer and guitar play who is reknowned as “The
Grandfather of American Music.”
During the great folk revival of the 1960’s and 70’s Monroe’s tunes were blaring on record players
everywhere, but he had no idea his level of fame so many years after his early recordings.
If you looked into a crystal ball, perhaps that is where Ted’s own career (like Monroe before him) is
going near-silent fame and amazing finger pickin’ technique.
Fox’s new album “A Gospel of Dirt” took four years to make and is set to release June 24th along with a release party and new music video very soon.
He just released the very sad and low melodic tune “Maiden” out on his facebook page and website.
The song is reminiscent of old country westerns, it’s not a stretch to think one day it’ll be on the
soundtrack to a great new age spaghetti western (I’m looking at you Tarentino.)
He just released the very sad and low melodic tune “Maiden” out on his facebook page and website.
The song is reminiscent of old country westerns, it’s not a stretch to think one day it’ll be on the
soundtrack to a great new age spaghetti western (I’m looking at you Tarentino.)
Fox also has a few shows coming up that he is “very excited about.”
Fox juggles a day job, making music, and pouring into music history, (something he has done since
college) for musical inspiration and from his angst of starting out rebelling against popular country music to falling for the sweet melodies of bluegrass, folk and Americana.
As we follow Fox and his CD release, we may just be on the verge of one very foxy folk revival of our own.
You can follow Ted on instagram @tedcfoxmusic and www.facebook.com/TedCFox.
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