PHOENIX RISING is energy and contagious FUN while being a professional band of dedicated musicians who play ROCK-N-ROLL. Their originals have a ROCK/BLUES nature to them. Phoenix Rising’s performance is not strictly music. WILD stage performance make the show an EXPERIENCE rather than just a show.

Their debut release Sunday Morning Catastrophe, broke Phoenix Rising out into the music scene.

Phoenix Rising released their second CD From the Hip - a soulful set of six songs... on April 25, 2001.

Phoenix Rising will be releasing their thrid CD Phoenix Rising in 2005. Both From the Hip and the new self titled CD Phoenix Rising are available at all performances and on the website at "Get Stuff".

Three Amarillo, TX stations have Shake your Head on regular rotation.  FMX and KTXT in Lubbock, TX play requests for our CD – and Kclassic in Clovis, NM plays Get It Together. Guymon, OK plays Train Wreck on regular rotation.  PR was also featured on Local Licks on FMX in Lubbock, TX. Reaching far onto another continent, PR is being played in Latvia!  They have been featured on two major TV network stations in Amarillo, TX. The band directory in Musician Magazine, DigitalCity.com, Tourdates.com, New Rock Review (featured 6/99) and UnsignedMusic.com contain PR info.

PR has played for the NHL team, Nashville Predators and their 16,000 fans at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in March 2000.  National acts that PR have opened for include, Grand Funk Railroad, Nazareth, Ted Nugent (on Levi’s Stage in Nashville, TN), Memory Dean, Fool’s Progress, Soak, and Amazing Rhythm Aces. In TN, they have played many of the great stages in Nashville, Knoxville, and St. Louis.  While in Texas, they traveled to Amarillo, Wichita Falls, Austin, Odessa, San Angelo, Abilene, Dallas, and Midland.  In New Mexico, they played at Clovis & Albuquerque. In Oklahoma, they have played in Stillwater and Guymon. 1,000 people receive postcards regarding gig dates.

The band currently is based out of Nashville, Tennessee where they are writing new material and playing dates in Nashville and surrounding cities.
Amy Brown

is the front "man"- in the form of a 5'8" blonde woman. "Crazy", "full of energy", and "that chick can wail" are the most common comments. Favorite songs to perform are all the originals along with "Think" by Aretha Franklin and "Piece of My Heart" by Janis Joplin. Believe it or not, Amy has found time to complete her undergraduate degree in Psychology, Master in Sociology, hold down a full-time job, gig as much as humanly possible, and marry the man of her dreams.

photo by Rick Malkin

 Brian Brown

(aka the man of Amy's dreams) is the guitarist and main songwriter of Phoenix Rising. He is native to Texas, where he and Amy first formed the band. He draws musical inspiration from such artists as Muddy Waters, The Rolling Stones, The Clash, Hank Williams, and Elton John. No matter what style of music Brian plays, he likes to incorporate a bluesy sensibility.
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photo by Rick Malkin

 Mark "Mac" McMasters

(aka “Da Big Boy,” “Big Mark” or “Hey You”) hails from Akron, OH and has lived in L.A., Chicago, and Houston playing with various acts. His early influences were lots of da Funk i.e. Sly and the Family Stone, Tower of Power, and Stax recording artists. Heavy 2 and 4 or what they used to call Fat Back are Mac’s strongest attributes.

photo by Rick Malkin

 Brady Young

Brady was born in Indiana to parents caught between bohemia and the straight life. At twelve he was abducted by physicists and forced to live and travel with the grateful dead. Upon return to his family and after much counseling he moved to west virginia where he first discovered funk music and was later to be photographed in jr. high school dressed as George Clinton. Early in adult life he worked in the peace corps teaching the 3rd world poor the basics of standup comedy, while later he would be found living in San Francisco disrupting the social structures of several communes. Today Brady calls Nashville home and is happy to be the low-end bass shaman for Phoenix Rising.