About Me
We need your votes folks! We have made it to the FINAL round of the BRIGGS AND STRATTON BATTLE OF THE BANDS! You can vote 10x/day/email and 20x/day/computer, IP Address or 2 emails. Voting continues thru Sunday, 6/7/2009, at 11:59P. We REALLY need your help folks! VOTE EVERYDAY! TELL EVERYONE!! Thanks so much! Vote HERE: http://www.myspace.com/briggsbattleofthebands RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS - BRIEFS: Selected as Kenny Chesney's Next Big Star 2008, Regional airplay and webplay including the charting of all three singles from debut CD "Born and Raised" in the Mediabase top 100 from mid-2006 thru mid 2008, Selected to perform at the CMA Music Festival in June 2008. Has opened for or supported over 100 national artists including Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, Leann Rimes, Rascal Flatts, Brooks & Dunn, Toby Keith, Big & Rich, Craig Morgan, Little Big Town, George Jones, Neal McCoy, Van Zant, Gary Allan, Jimmy Wayne, Jake Owen, Luke Bryan, Sara Evans, Rissi Palmer, David Allen Coe, The Lost Trailers, Lee Ann Womack, and many more. Tours regularly throughout the year including regular trips to Nashville, and popular tourist destinations Ocean City, MD, Myrtle Beach, SC, and others such as the Pocono's and regional fairs and festivals. Performances and relationships with major sports organizations incl. Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Pittsburgh Pirates, University Of Pittsburgh, Wilkes-Barre Penguins, Steubenville Stampede, and more. Works with many charitable organizations incl. Relay For Life, From Alex With Love, Rockin' Country Cares, and many individual causes. BIOGRAPHY: North Of Mason Dixon, aka NOMaD, made a tremendous splash on the regional country scene in late 2004 after placing third in a highly publicized, country showdown competition; Since then, this steadily climbing, beyond high energy act has garnered a great deal of success and shows no signs of slowing down. Opening for national acts like Brooks and Dunn, Toby Keith, and Rascal Flatts (to name a few), being solicited by several tourists destinations such as Ocean City, MD and the Poconos, having performed as a featured artist at some of the areas biggest events and venues (Dollar Bank Jamboree, Post Gazette Pavilion, and the Pepsi-Cola Roadhouse), and performing for such organizations as the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Pittsburgh Penguins, this Pittsburgh based band delivers a refreshing and unique sound they call "Hard Rockin' Modern Country" that defies any other description. After independently releasing their debut CD "Born and Raised" and having charted nationally with their first two singles (#78 and #82 respectively), NOMaD has been featured and performed on nationally syndicated radio shows and continues to receive local and regional airplay. This innovative band combines infectious lyrics and melodies with the energy, passion, and ambition that promise to carry them far beyond the Mason-Dixon line and solidify them a spot in the music industry of the future