QUICKDRAW
QUICKDRAW BAND MEMBERS:
STEVE RONSEN - LEAD VOCALS, LEAD GUITARS
KEVIN HAWKINS - BASS GUITARS, Backup vox
MIKE NUGENT - LEAD GUITARS, Backup vox
DAVE GLATTER - LEAD & SLIDE GUITARS
TOM PANTALEO - DRUMS , Backup vox
- (a.k.a. DJ Rocky from WBAB 102.3)
DEE MURPHY - BACKUP VOCALS
MTV, CMT, FOX, ABC, USA, Discover, Style, We, TNT, WB network shows are all featuring QUICKDRAW songs since they signed a three song deal with Viacom’s Extreme Music. Shows like Tyra Bank's 'AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL' are using music written by QUICKDRAW’s Kevin Hawkins & Steve Ronsen.
MTV and MTV2 shows ‘CRIBS’, ‘PARENTAL CONTROL’, ‘DOUBLE SHOT AT LOVE’, ‘EXPOSED’, ‘NEXT’ and 'ROB AND BIG" feature QUICKDRAW songs including "SAY GOODBYE;I'M GONE" and "RUNNING FROM THE LAW".
CMT is the biggest user of QUICKDRAW music, using it on 9 shows to date including CMT INSIDER, TOP 20 COUNTDOWN, their CMA AWARDS coverage shows, also CAN YOU DUET, MY BIG REDNECK WEDDING, DALLAS COWBOY CHEERLEADERS: MAKING THE TEAM, THE ULTIMATE COYOTE UGLY SEARCH, GATOR 911, CMT CRIBS.
The show "SECRET LIVES OF WOMEN" on the 'We (WOMEN"S) NETWORK features their song "RUNNIN' FROM THE LAW". ABC's soap opera " ONE LIFE TO LIVE" used “AMERICA AND ME”.
The movie "MOVING McALLISTER" starring JON HEDER(Napoleon Dynamite & Blades of Glory) MILA KUNIS(that 70's Show & Family Guy) RUTGER HAUER(Batman Begins & Blade Runner) written by and starring Ben Gourley and now available at BLOCKBUSTER, features QUICKDRAW's writers Hawkins & Ronsen song "AMERICA & ME".
AWARDS:
Winner- Music Excellence Award for Outstanding Americana/ Country Act- Musician Exchange Magazine.
Winner - Good Times Magazine Music Festival Competition
Winner - Best Country Act-The Voice Readers Poll
Winner - Denim and Diamonds Playoff Talent Showcase
Winner – Best Country Act- LI Music Awards
Winner- Stephen Talkhouse Band Competion
1sr Runner up- National All American Superstar Competition
Nominated for a PBS Award for writing and producing WLIW spot
Featured on ABC’s Good Morning America in a live performance and on the NBC morning show of Nashville legend Charlie Chase of Crook and Chase.
Great tunes and a sack full of awards aren’t all these boys bring to the table. They are also seasoned professionals being no strangers to big stages, they have toured and shared dates with:
Charlie Daniels Band, The Marshall Tucker Band, Delbert McClinton, Kentucky Headhunters, Asleep at the Wheel, Chris Cagle, Gary Allen, Dierks Bentley, Blake Shelton, Kathy Mattea, Steve Wariner, Brian White, Jessica Andrews, Buddy Jewell, Suzy Boggus, The Kinleys, Stephanie Bentley, Victoria Shaw, Andy Griggs to name a few, as well as performing Songwriter showcases with Beth Neilsen Chapman, Hugh Prestwood, Steve Sesskin and Richard Bach.
STEVEN SPIELBERG's "ON THE LOT" tv show on the FOX NETWORK featured QUICKDRAW's song "SAY GOODBYE I'M GONE"& FOX NETWORKS show "NASHVILLE" used 2 QUICKDRAW songs in a couple of episodes including the "Welcome to Nashville " episode and " Shootout At Tootsie's"
Kevin and Steve were nominated for BEST INDEPENDENT SONG OF THE YEAR by the internet music association Just Plain Folks for their song ”Say Goodbye; I’m Gone”.
After leading a pop/ rock band with Tony Award winning singer Idina Menzel (Broadway shows “Wicked” & “Rent”), the boys founded the band QUICKDRAW, released 2 independent albums “Quickdraw” and “America and Me”
QUICKDRAW is currently working on their new album QUICKDRAW: RELOADED
Their music is used in movies, on television and in commercials including:
MTV& MTV2’s
'CRIBS'
'DOUBLE SHOT AT LOVE'
‘EXPOSED’
‘NEXT’
‘ROB AND BIG’
CMT’s
‘CMT INSIDER’
‘TOP 20 COUNTDOWN’
‘CMA NOMINEE REPORT’
‘CMA RECAP’
‘DALLAS COWBOYS CHEERLEADERS: MAKING THE TEAM’
‘MY BIG REDNECK WEDDING’
‘CAN YOU DUET’
‘THE ULTIMATE COYOTE UGLY SEARCH’
'CMT CRIBS'
'GATOR 911'
ABC’s ‘ONE LIFE TO LIVE’
‘CAVEMEN’
CW’s ‘AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL’
‘FARMER WANTS A WIFE’
CW KIDS ‘TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES’, ‘YU-GI-OH!’, ‘DINOSAUR KING’, ‘CHAOTIC’, ‘VIVA DINATA’ Promos
FOX Network’s
STEVEN SPIELBERG’s ‘ON THE LOT’
‘NASHVILLE’
We Network’s
‘SECRET LIVES OF WOMEN’
DISCOVERY Channel’s
‘FACTORY MADE’
SPIKE Network’s
‘MANswers’
STYLE Network’s
‘HOT GUYS WHO COOK’
TNT’s ‘ALIAS’
Movies:
‘MOVING McALLISTER’ starring Mila Kunis, John Heder, Ben Gourney, Rutger Hauer
Commercials Include:
PRILOSEC
NASCAR
USA NETWORK’S ‘CHARACTER’S WELCOME’
PBS CHANNEL 21
WINDEX