Video Blog Week #2

Hey there FANS... Hope you are all doing well and enjoying your new year! My new year has started off in an amazing way, and partly because of this very exciting announcement that I have for you all.

I have brought on an additional guitar player and I think that a lot of you may know him. I am so excited to welcome Mike Hill (formally of Whiskey Basin) to the band! I'm so fortunate and so blessed to be able to have Mike join our band family. I have been courting him for months now but the timing was never right until now. If you have never heard Mike rip up a guitar solo, then you are missing out! Mike brings with him a plethora of musical knowledge, skill and a great fan base of his own. So let me also say to the new fans, WELCOME and THANK YOU for your continued support! Having Mike join us means that I now have one hell of a bad ass band! Mike... thank you so much for choosing me. I know that there are plenty of projects you could have taken on. I'm thrilled to have you and look forward to making beautiful music together for a long, long time.




In addition to Mike playing lead electric guitar, he will also be singing backup harmonies. After hiring my new female backup singer Tiffany a few months ago, this now means we have THREE PART VOCAL HARMONY! Tiffany is beautiful and an amazingly talented singer. That girl can hit notes that will make you want to smack your momma! Kevan, our band manager and my guitar player for over two years, is still playing guitar and will now also be playing acoustic guitar and mandolin! Tim Pope, my kick butt drummer who has been with me for just over a year, is still banging on the drums behind me. Tim is a character, and if you have never had the pleasure of meeting him in person, come say hi at the next show you attend. He loves hanging with the fans and is truly a super nice guy and a great friend to me. We have recently added a new 6 string advanced bass player to the mix also. I think Doobie has been playing bass since he was born, and is absolutely amazing. He has taken on the role of our music director and is helping us make music like we have never made before. I've also brought on a new keys player! Warren is unbelievable and is one of the most gifted keys players I have ever met.




Just as Cinderella is proof that a new pair of shoes can change your life, so is this band. As far as I'm concerned, it doesn't get any better then these guys. I am the luckiest country singer in the world! Their loyalty and commitment to me and to this dream we are living is just unheard of. This is our year... you mark my words. I hope you will all come out and support us at as many shows as you can. I'm so blessed to have fans and friends that come to shows, buy my music and send fan mail. For those of you who buy beer koozies and show up wearing your April Phillips t-shirts... I see you... I know you're there... and I am so grateful for you all.

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• April Phillips
• Mike Hill
• Florida Country Music
• Nashville Recording Artists
• Apopka
• Orlando
• Whiskey Basin
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