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MuzikMafia
is a group of friends whose passion in life is
to make great muzik. Founded by Warner Brothers
recording artists John Rich, Kenny Alphin (Big
Kenny), Jon Nicholson and muzik publisher and
industry exec, Cory Gierman (affectionately referred
to as The Godfathers), the Mafia started with
the simple, yet powerful idea of bringing a group
of artists together, regardless of race, religion,
background or muzikal genre’, to make muzik. “It’s about putting a blue grass
guy up there with a Rock n’ Roll guy and seeing what happens” says
Big Kenny. “It’s about getting people to open their minds to
all types of muzik”, explains Jon Nicholson. “It’s about
muzik without prejudice”, says Cory Gierman.
The idea came to life in October 2001, when the MuzikMafia played its
first official show at the Pub of Luv in Nashville, TN. “We had all
been beat up pretty good by the “industry” and we told ourselves,
if nothing else, we might as well be playing muzik”, explains Big
Kenny. So, with a few die hard fans, a mission of sharing the love of muzik
and enough insanity to think people would listen, MuzikMafia was born.
And for the next 76 straight Tuesday’s in a row, the artists in the
MuzikMafia played to ever-growing crowds of fans with their simple passion
of sharing their love of muzik.
Five years, several tours, 6 Grammy nominations
and 11 million records sold later, MuzikMafia
now includes a family of artists including founding
members Big and Rich, Jon Nicholson and Cory
Gierman along with Gretchen Wilson, Cowboy Troy,
James Otto, Shannon Lawson, Damien Horne (Mista
D), Two-Foot Fred, Rachel Kice, Chance and several
more in development, all potential breakthroughs.
Some have compared the Mafia to the 1970s outlaw movement in country muzik,
which saw the emergence of “out of the mold” artists like Willie
Nelson and Waylon Jennings – whatever it is, it is still about making
great muzik, and sharing it with all who care to join in.
“We are together, what none of us could be alone” - Gretchen
Wilson
“This is friends getting together to share their love of muzik, that’s
it” - Big Kenny
And that’s the Mafia.
Learn More about:
- The Artists
- The Godfathers
- Our Mission
- How we are helping in the Community
- Becoming a Mafia Soldier and helping our cause
- Where to see the artists in the Mafia play
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