{"id":17625,"date":"2014-10-24T13:11:10","date_gmt":"2014-10-24T18:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=17625"},"modified":"2014-10-27T11:55:08","modified_gmt":"2014-10-27T16:55:08","slug":"the-zediker-brothers-square-debut-at-ajax-diner-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/the-zediker-brothers-square-debut-at-ajax-diner-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"“The Zediker Brothers \u201cSquare Debut\u201d at Ajax Diner” – by Lloyd Allen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oxford, Miss (TLV) \u2013 There\u2019s been a buzz around town about two young musicians, and it\u2019s been getting louder. Since their solo debut at the Oxford Blues Festival<\/strong> this past summer, The Zediker Brothers<\/strong> have been gaining momentum, and support. Matthew<\/strong> (16) and Charlie Zediker<\/strong> (13) have teamed up with Oxford musician, Mikey Namorato<\/strong> (aka \u201cJudas Cooter,\u201d the long-time drummer for The Cooters<\/strong> and Hawgwash<\/strong>), to form a power trio. Matthew is lead guitar, Charlie is behind the kit, and Mikey is on bass. All three contribute for vocals.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"KONICA<\/a>Their first full-blown rock show is at Ajax Diner<\/strong> on Friday, October 24<\/strong>. Show starts at 11 pm<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

So how do a couple of kids from Water Valley get on the music radar in Oxford?<\/span><\/p>\n

The short version of a long story: Their father, Glen<\/strong>, developed a friendship with Mikey Namorato. That led to enlisting his teaching expertise to work with his son, Charlie, in learning martial arts. Over the next few months of kickboxing instruction, Charlie continually eyed the drum kit at Namorato\u2019s house. One afternoon, Charlie was a little under the weather and wondered if they could just play the drums instead of working out\u2026 That was nearly four years ago, and that became his focus. Matthew began joining in about two years ago to back up Charlie, and to gain experience. Beginning with that first session, the trio started to develop a set, and Namorato told them they all needed to plan to \u201cget out and do a show.\u201d They kept playing, kept preparing, and they\u2019re launching that full show this Friday. Says Namorato, \u201cI\u2019ve never seen kids with that kind of talent, and the dedication to make it all happen. It\u2019s been an amazing experience to be able to share what I know, and for them to make me better on top of it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\"ZedikerBrothers\"<\/a>The music started early. Matthew: \u201cWhen we were little, my dad played a lot of music for us, a lot of different music, a lot of rock from the 60s, and a lot of Metallica… I guess it all gets \u2018in there\u2019 and comes out in different combinations when we do our own things.\u201d Self-taught, Matthew started playing guitar at age ten. His dad says, \u201cI remember very clearly him sitting at the kitchen table a few days after he got his first guitar and doing the riff from Iron Man. I said, \u2018whoa,\u2019 do that again\u2026\u201d He did, and hasn\u2019t stopped working on guitar since. The brothers put many hours into their music each week.<\/span><\/p>\n

Beyond the Oxford Blues Festival experience, The Zediker Brothers have performed at Foxfire Ranch<\/strong>, the Grenada Afterglow Film Festival<\/strong>, and numerous gigs in North Mississippi, including several performances with Cadillac Funk<\/strong>. The Ajax show will be their \u201cSquare debut,\u201d and an opportunity to turn loose the sound that\u2019s created all the buzz! Charlie: \u201cAt Ajax you\u2019ll hear the music we love, a lot of the music we\u2019re doing on our own. It\u2019s kind of funny, to everyone there it\u2019s a rock and roll show, but to us it\u2019s like a dream. It\u2019s really cool that I get to play the same things that John Bonham <\/strong>played.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Zediker Brothers have been recording at Bruce Watson<\/strong>\u2019s Dial Back Sound<\/strong> studio, and their plan is to keep moving with their original music. They play their own brand of \u201cevil blues\u201d as well as other original music that has a clear influence from their favorites, like Black Sabbath<\/strong>, Pink Floyd<\/strong>, Metallica<\/strong>, and Led Zeppelin<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

What about their young ages? Just points in time to The Zediker Brothers. Namorato says, \u201cThese guys are serious\u2026 I\u2019m happy to be able to pass on the same professionalism that The Cooters have developed over the past 20 years. There\u2019s no doubt about it, these kids can play.\u201d If you are in a mood for serious rock and roll, come see The Zediker Brothers at Ajax.\u00a0\"The<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Online: facebook.com\/TheZedikerBrothers\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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