California country, what could be better? Brawley is a mix of San Diego-based working musicians with decades of history and music projects, including the Hacienda Brothers, Smith’s Ranch Boys, The Forbidden Pigs, and Rancho Deluxe. Their original songs blend seamlessly with country classics, and while being throughly modern, the influence of honky-tonk heroes like Faron Young, Merle Haggard, Ray Price, and Buck Owens is clearly there. Melodic harmony vocals by Nena Anderson and Adrian Demain are accented by the expressive pedal steel work of David Berzansky. For dancers, a solid rhythm section keeps things rocking! Brawley will make you smile while you’re crying in your beer and have you signing up for those two-step classes you always wanted to take.

BUZZ CAMPBELL is an American guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He is the founding member of the storied '90's rockabilly group, Hot Rod Lincoln, and current guitarist for the Stray Cat Lee Rocker. In 2000, Buzz was asked to join Shanana, 1950's revival group whose legacy includes performing at Woodstock, a cameo in the movie Grease, and their own TV show from 1975-1981. Buzz left Shanana in 2004, after Lee Rocker, legendary bass player of the Stray Cats, asked him to join his group. Buzz has been touring the world with Lee ever since and is on all of Lee's releases since 2004.

During recent breaks from touring, Buzz would spend his free time surfing with his long time friend and bass player Joe Wizzy. They had collaborated on projects before, and talked often in the water about their mutual love of vintage California surfing, the Bakersfield sound, twangy guitars, long boards, Buck Owens, Gene Vincent, Roy Orbison, and Ricky Nelson. Ideas were shared, food was eaten, songs were written, waves were caught, laughs were plenty, guitars were painted, suits were made, and Buzz Campbell & the Heartaches was born.

Buzz Campbell & the Heartaches has a roots "California Country" sound influenced from the 1950's & 1960's golden age of Honky Tonk, Rockabilly, and Rock n Roll music. Current Lee Rocker drummer and long-time country stalwart Larry Mitchell (Jan Brown) was added, along with pedal steel master, Dave Berzansky (Hacienda Brothers). Buzz and his group of all-stars are players from other long time national/ international acts that come together to play and entertain audiences with their retro sound and original music. One fan has so eloquently described there sound as, "the happiest sad songs ever...“