Preston Wright Long III (aka Preston Cleveland) is an American
musician, journalist and documentary filmmaker.He is best known as
lead singer and guitar player for the groups Wig, Mule and P.W. Long's
Reelfoot; most of his recorded work has been released and/or
distributed by Touch and Go Records. Long has released four solo
albums; slice-of-life narratives typically delivered as hard rock with
country music flourishes. Critic Zac Johnson favorably compares Long's
music to iconic Johnny Cash, writing, "both share the same kind of
working-class, tough-guy, busted-knuckle, rattlesnake-eyed
persona."P.W. Long, who is particularly discreet with personal
details, appears to have been raised in Las Vegas, Nevada; Ypsilanti,
Michigan (see Mule's "Obion," and its reference to an "Ypsilanti
Man"); and for periods in Virginia. He was stationed in Norfolk while
serving in the US Navy's Atlantic Fleet. He eventually wound up in
Detroit. Purported to be the brother of the frontman of The Laughing
Hyenas but this is untrue.His earliest work was with the band Wig, and
it is his voice that you hear on the Lying Next to You record.
Sometime in the early 1990s, Long began a side project with the
Laughing Hyenas' rhythm section, Kevin Munro and Jim Kimball. They put
together a concoction of field hollers, backwoods legends, hellbilly
canon and mixed it with a semi-punk, semi-metallic musical assault
that was best described as northern redneck, but intelligent, clamor.
musician, journalist and documentary filmmaker.He is best known as
lead singer and guitar player for the groups Wig, Mule and P.W. Long's
Reelfoot; most of his recorded work has been released and/or
distributed by Touch and Go Records. Long has released four solo
albums; slice-of-life narratives typically delivered as hard rock with
country music flourishes. Critic Zac Johnson favorably compares Long's
music to iconic Johnny Cash, writing, "both share the same kind of
working-class, tough-guy, busted-knuckle, rattlesnake-eyed
persona."P.W. Long, who is particularly discreet with personal
details, appears to have been raised in Las Vegas, Nevada; Ypsilanti,
Michigan (see Mule's "Obion," and its reference to an "Ypsilanti
Man"); and for periods in Virginia. He was stationed in Norfolk while
serving in the US Navy's Atlantic Fleet. He eventually wound up in
Detroit. Purported to be the brother of the frontman of The Laughing
Hyenas but this is untrue.His earliest work was with the band Wig, and
it is his voice that you hear on the Lying Next to You record.
Sometime in the early 1990s, Long began a side project with the
Laughing Hyenas' rhythm section, Kevin Munro and Jim Kimball. They put
together a concoction of field hollers, backwoods legends, hellbilly
canon and mixed it with a semi-punk, semi-metallic musical assault
that was best described as northern redneck, but intelligent, clamor.
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