Interview: Flying High with the North Country Flyers

The North Country Flyers have been making waves on our charts and beyond, we catch up with the storied band and get the scoop on their hit and more!

Who are you?

We are a Country / Southern Rock Band out of Lansing, MI….With a nod to and respect for country and southern rock, the NC Flyers are proud of their Great Lakes heritage.

From Roots Rock to Contemporary Country, their album is one you will play every day, as you peel back the layers of each song.

Genre: Eagles meet Alabama Alt. Roots Rock Jam band.

How did you get into making music?

I have been touring since 1977…3,500 concerts later… here we are..

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What’s the inspiration behind the song and music video?

Brian, our guitar player, song writer and producer often took his family up to Michigan’s upper peninsula to get away from it all. On one such trip, he was setting up camp, and his young grandson just couldn’t wait for pappy to take him fishing; so he told him to “get out of those clothes, and I’ll take you down to the lake” – what he meant was, change your clothes. Next thing he knew, the little guy was in his birthday suit, up to his buns in the Lilly Pads with Brian’s fishing pole…not a care in the world. Any worldly stress he was wearing slipped off his shoulders as he realized, metaphorically, that we all could use a little “Naked Time”.

What should fans look out for?

Here is some info on what we have been doing…..
Our Drummer Scott Bates was inducted into The Michigan Country Music Hall of Fame in 2014

We are on over 440,000 websites

2014 is starting off with a bang. Our song “One Good Ride” was just picked up by a major TV show. Details coming soon…..

We are #7 in the Top 40 New Country Artist Countdown…”One Good Ride”

We are #5 in the top 100 in the U.K. with “Blue Water Country”

We are #26 on the Iceman Top 40 Countdown with “Naked Time”

We are #20 with one if our songs on N1M Charts…”Get Back to Back”…

We have had 3 invites to this years CMA Fest, 2014… We played three shows on the Tunesmith Music Stage @4:45 in Nashville

Our very own North Country Flyers Songwriters/composers, Brian Cole and Mark Oliverius, have just been notified that their instrumental orchestration “Lover’s Charge” is being used for a film and tv placement. More details to follow.

Just did The ABC Channel 12 Morning show segway into Good Morning America

Also the Hallmark Movie Channel took one of our very own North Country Flyers song penned by Brian Cole with Megan Sloane Linville and Nashville producer Mark Oliverius…. for the November and December Movie… the Movie is called “Snow Bride” starring Patricia Richardson…. the song is called “Wrapped up in love… They played the movie 17 times last year…

Country music legend Lorrie Morgan cut a single of ours, “Wrapped Up In Love”… penned by our very own North Country Flyer, Brian Cole with Megan Sloane Linville and Nashville producer Mark Oliverius. Video will be on CMT and GAC. We are Honored..

We have worked hard to create a value-added entertainment option for the club owners, fairs and events.
Just Google up “Michigan country band” and you’ll see our top Google ranking – over 2 million listeners and counting – that’s the kind of social networking clout we would love to share with you!

North Country Flyers

Members:
Scott Bates / Drums / Vocal / Road Manager
TJ Kelly / Guitar / Led Vocals
Tom Dickson / Bass Guitar / Vocals
Ronnie David / Lead Guitar / Steel Guitar / Saxophone / Harmonic / Lead Vocals / Vocals
Brian Cole / Guitar / Vocals

Label: Paint River Records

Manager: Scott Bates

Band Members have played or opened for:
Toby Keith
Eric Church
LoneStar
Lee Brice
Justin Moore
Chris Young
Josh Gracin
Zac Brown Band
Bret Michaels
Blake Shelton
Sawyer Brown
Bomb Shell
Ronnie Montros
Neil Young Crazy Horse
April Wine
Mitch Rider
Dotty West
and the list goes on…….

Anything else to share? How can fans get in touch?

They can find us on http://www.northcountryflyers.com/

Our tour schedule: http://www.northcountryflyers.com/north_country_flyers_tour.html

You can download on music::
http://www.cdbaby.com/AlbumDetails.aspx?AlbumID=northcountryflyers2
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/icy-hot-roots-rock/id655805855
http://www.amazon.com/Icy-Hot-Roots-Rock/dp/B00DH76L7E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1372633968&sr=8-1&keywords=north+country+flyers