Ratcliff Bailey

RATCLIFF-BAILEY Ratcliff Bailey is Tim Ratcliff and Ken Bailey, long time collaborators with over 180 songs to their credit in the Rock, Blues, and Pop styles, working out of a 24 track recording studio in Ironton, Ohio, USA. They are the winners of the Viking Radio Artist of the Year award. Their music is posted on many sites on the Internet, and has been featured on over 70 stations in the United States, The United Kingdom, France, Spain, Norway, Australia, Canada, and Argentina. Ratcliff Bailey features a blues-rock approach to music, and they are very interested in airplay and promotional opportunities for their material. They call the Ashland, Kentucky – Ironton Ohio area their home, and have benefited from the rock, blues, folk and soul influences of the Beatles, the Doors, the Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and blues greats such as John Lee Hooker and Howlin’ Wolf. Their second cd “DEUCE” has been released on the Westfield Label, and can be made available for review and airplay. Ratcliff Bailey is represented by the Westfield Recording Company, are the featured artists on Westfield Radio. All contact information is included below. Contact: director@westfieldrecording.com Website: www.westfieldrecording.com Westfield Radio: www.live365.com/stations/337784

Transcript from an Interview with Ratcliff Bailey

Tim Ratcliff and Ken Bailey (Professionally known as "Ratcliff Bailey") are independent songwriters based in Ironton, Ohio..

We are especially interested in songwriting and publishing, and would love to talk to anyone interested concerning that. (Plus, we LOVE to play!) ORIGINAL music has influences, but this sounds unique..
After years of the dead-end bar band scene, we decided we just couldn't do one more rendition of "Sweet Home Alabama" again. We built a multi-track studio, and have been concentrating on original music since then. Our only rules are keep it radio length, and try to constantly get better, but we feel most at home in the rock and blues veins

Why this name?

Our parents actually chose those names for us.

Do you play live?

There are only two of us, it is a studio only operation. Our best moment was getting an audience for our stuff with Phil Collins' Hit and Run Music Publishing in London. Still waiting, Phil...

How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?

It gives artists a chance to continue to breathe life into music, after clear channels have done their level best to KILL it

Would you sign a record contract with a major label?

We would consider anything legal (or mostly legal!)

Your influences?

Tim is a great fan of the Doors. Ken grew up playing and listening to the blues, harder stuff like John Lee Hooker and Howlin' Wolf, he is also a big fan of the Beatles

Favorite spot?

Amsterdam is the coolest place on earth, where freedom actually rings, Ashland Kentucky, because it's home

Equipment used:

We record thru a dedicated rack of equipment, fed into a Tascam 2488 24 track recorder. We primarily use Gibson gutiars, DBX processors and anything else that we think will work

Anything else...?

We have released an original 12 track cd called BLOOD FROM A TURNIP in July of 2006. Only 1 track from this list appears on the CD, because we are constantly writing new material. Our website is www.westfieldrecording.com, and we can be reached at director@westfieldrecording.com WE NOW HAVE A RADIO STATION CALLED "WESTFIELD RADIO" ON LIVE365, THE URL IS http://www.live365.com/stations/337784 CHECK IT OUT!


Official Website: http://www.westfieldrecording.com/

MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/ratcliffbailey