#1 WITH A BULLET! DREAM CRUISE RELEASES NEW, OFFICIAL SONG!
Drive On! debuts from soon-to-be released ’08 Woodward Dream Cruise CD

ROYAL OAK, MI—Motor City artists, musicians and producers with links to the early days of Motown and Detroit rock n’ roll, have collaborated to create a new, original song—Drive On!—for the Woodward Dream Cruise, as the group continues to work on completion of an entire CD of official cruisin’ music.

Drive-On!, the CD’s title and first single, is the brainchild of long-time Detroit performer, writer and producer RG Dempster, on who’s Detroit Rocks! label the tribute to classic cruisin’ appears. Dempster began his musical career in the mid-60s, opening for legendary groups the Yardbirds and the MC5 at the old Olympia Stadium in Detroit.

Also involved with the project are two Motor City recording legends—Johnny Trudell and Richard Becker. One of Berry Gordy’s hand-picked, Motown Records musicians, Johnny Trudell was a staple of Hitsville’s Studio A in the 60s as a member of the Funk Brothers—the label’s official backup band. Serving as lead trumpet player, Trudell played on more number one hits than Elvis and the Beatles, recording with such greats as Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, The Supremes, The Temptations, and The Four Tops.

Engineer Richard Becker has been adeptly putting sound to vinyl for over 40 years, including for Diana Ross, Mitch Ryder, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Paul Anka and Del Shannon. Drive-ON! Is being recorded at Becker’s Pac 3 Recording Studios in Dearborn, Michigan.

The Drive On! CD will feature original music written and arranged by Dempster as well as covers of classic cruisin’ songs. The music will be available at select record outlets, Dempster Designs on Woodward Avenue in Royal Oak and online at woodwarddreamcruise.com and detroitrocks.cc, where downloads will also be available.

“These songs rock with the power, spirit and energy of Detroit,” said RG Dempster. “Everyone associated with this production have lived the sound and excitement that we are recreating. We’re making classic memories that will last!”

Added Don Tanner, Executive Director, WDC, Inc., “While we all have soundtracks indelibly etched into our memories, we wanted to offer Dream Cruise lovers and participants an opportunity for a shared, new musical experience—Drive On!—to complement our common love of the automobile. Put it on and turn it up!”

The Woodward Dream Cruise is the world’s largest one-day celebration of car culture, attracting more than 1 million visitors and over 40,000 muscle cars, street rods, custom, collector and special interest vehicles. The 14th annual Dream Cruise is scheduled for Saturday August 16, 2008. Visit www.woodwarddreamcruise.com.
The Woodward Dream Cruise is the world’s largest one-day celebration of car culture, attracting more than 1 million visitors and over 40,000 muscle cars, street rods, custom, collector and special interest vehicles. The 14th annual Dream Cruise is scheduled for Saturday August 16, 2008. Visit www.woodwarddreamcruise.com.