New album from Californian hard-rockers Shotgun Sawyer. SHOTGUN SAWYER originally formed under the moniker “Thunderchief” in January of 2015. Childhood friends, Brett and Dylan began playing music together in high school. They only just started to consider pursuing their first formal project together when Brett asked experienced local musician David Lee to sit in with them during a jam session. The result was so explosive, the trio began to book shows that very same week. Over the next year and a half, Thunderchief became a local sensation in the rural Gold Country towns they played, appearing at several community events, playing sold-out bar shows, and receiving glowing reviews from local press for their energetically charged live performances. While it became clear in 2016 that the name Thunderchief would need to be scrapped to avoid confusion with other up-and-coming musical acts, the debut album they recorded that year, “Thunderchief,” pays homage to those excited, early days. The album consists of the very first songs Brett and Dylan ever wrote together, along with the rest of the originals that made up the band’s ever-expanding live set. Having settled on their new name, SHOTGUN SAWYER began to broaden its scope and reach on the West Coast. The band evolved musically as well, maturing in their sound, and becoming something more than the sum of their inspirations; something their own. Appearing at festivals like GremFest and Off Beat in Reno or First Festival in Sacramento, by the summer of 2018, Brett, Dylan, and David felt ready for a new challenge: Europe. SHOTGUN SAWYER signed a deal with Ripple Music, and “Bury The Hatchet” was released in 2019 to rave reviews, topping charts and breaking records for units sold.