Featured Artist:  Brian Haner

Brian Haner’s career is eclectic, energetic, diverse, and filled with success.  Brian chooses SongCast to release his indie music.

Brian Haner has carved out an amazing career, appearing on Showtime, Comedy Central, recording for major record labels, touring, doing stand-up comedy, and more.  Brian continues to produce amazing music, distributed by SongCast.  His son is Synyster Gates, from the legendary metal band Avenged Sevenfold.

Brian Haner’s career has taken many twists and turns and shows that he is a multi-talented and creative individual.  Brian started playing guitar at age 5.  His high school summers were spent touring with bands like Sam The Sham and the Pharaohs, well known for their smash hit “Wolly Bully.”  He was a session player for Motown star Normal Whitfield, resulting in his guitar work being heard on the smash hit “Car Wash” and the soundtrack of the movie of the same name.  “Car Wash” reached #1 on the U.S. charts and sold over 2 million copies.  Haner also appeared on the soundtracks to classic movies Which Way Is Up (1977) and Animal House (1978).  Brian signed his first major label deal in 1980 and released the soft rock album Don’t Stop Now under the name of the Brian West Band.  Don’t Stop Now reached gold status in several countries and was popular in Europe.  Haner recorded and toured heavily in Europe in the 1980s.  In the 90s and 2000s, while continuing to score movies and TV shows and work as a session musician.  He released two CDs in the early 2000s and began a successful run as a stand-up comic, appearing on Comedy Central TV specials with notable comedians such as Jeff Dunham, Lisa Lampanelli, and Ralphie May.  He has also written two books and has over 80 tracks distributed by SongCast.  

We will feature two of those tracks here.  First is the iconic and
side-splitting “Fistfight At The Wafflehouse,” the title track from Hamer’s 2010 release.  The video for that track is comedy gold and stars Haner’s son and Avenged Sevenfold guitarist Synyster Gates.  Brian has also recorded some session guitar parts for Avenged Sevenfold. 

Click here for the video “Fistfight At The Wafflehouse.”

Click the links below to purchase and stream “Fistfight At The Wafflehouse.”
Amazon – Apple Music – Spotify

Second is a really great rock song called “Walkin’ With The Moon.”  The guitar and keyboard solos at the end of this track are off the charts.

Click the links below to purchase and stream “Walkin With The Moon.” (High Volume Recommended!)
Amazon – Apple Music – Spotify.

Brian Haner.  Distributed by SongCast. 

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