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Starfish And Coffee
12+ albums
rockpoppop punklesser known yet streamable artistsross childress
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Lead singer and guitarist Ross Childress once again teams up with raw musical talent from the Atlanta, Georgia area, this time with Andrew Carter on guitar, Bo Bentley on bass and Thomas Michael on drums. Ross Childress, probably most widely known as the lead guitarist in the multi-platinum selling group Collective Soul from 1994 to 2001, has since been working on a number of projects that have culminated in Starfish and Coffee. In the early 2000's, Ross worked with Trevor Hurst of Econoline Crush on his solo album "Wanderlust," together producing and writing over 40 songs. Four of those songs are included in this album, with the track "Not Broken" included in both projects. More recently, after being casually asked by a member of a band he was then producing in Atlanta to be a part of a musical charity event, Ross found that his noncommittal reply had been taken as a definite "Yes." Ross recalls he was playing golf a few days later with friends Bo Bentley and Thomas Michael and they asking, "Did you know you're playing that charity show?" and he being like, "No." Yet between shots they were laughing, "Well, you're on all the posters." In true Ross fashion, he replied, "Oh My… Well, can you guys play with me?" "We all grew up together," says Bo. "So, we already knew the friendship thing was there. But when Ross was accidentally booked to play that show, we figured, 'Heck let's give it a shot.' Ross didn't even know if he wanted to pursue that life anymore, but when we hit
