The Oldest Profession
Memphis, TN
Blues / Indie
Bio
Cold was an understatement. It was one thing to live in a big house. It was another thing to live in a big house, without functioning heat, in the dead of a Memphis winter. When residing in a place where freezing temperatures are regularly read on the thermostat, productivity is generally hard to come by. However, the passion and drive put forth by The Oldest Profession lit the flame that would warm the house all winter long. During those five frigid months, scores of songs were written ...
Press
“Tennessee-born, blues-rock band The Oldest Profession was conceived within the cold confines of a Southern mansion. For $800 a month, guitarist Tyler Mehlhaff and bassist Scott Housman rented a six-bedroom, historic mansion in Memphis, Tenn. While the house was a steal, there was no heat. The winter of 2011 was the coldest Mehlhaff and Housman, both California natives, had ever experienced.
"We would still practice, and we could see our breath while we practiced, so we developed a very high-intensity, fast-paced, physical practice that carried over into our live show," Mehlhaff says. "It helped us develop our stage persona."
"I had never been to a place with those demographics, where poverty and race were in your face," he says.
The group's most recent project is "1208 North Parkway," due out in December. The full-length album features the band's signature, fast, high-energy, danceable rock.”
Artist Stats
Fans: 310
Song Plays: 977
Visits: 3,427
Video Plays: 182
Status
Status:
The Oldest Profession has a show on 02/24/2012 at 08:00 PM @ The Eve... in Olympia, WA http://www.reverbnation.com/c./poni/90852884 #concert




