Blake Mogabgab – New Orleans, LA
songwriter, lead vocals, acoustic guitar 

Jackson Purvis – Ellisville, MS
drums, percussion

Michael Saucier – Laurel, MS
bass guitar 

Tom Queyja – Oxford, MS
electric guitar, backup vocals 



      

       Since their first show in February of 2007, RiverLeft has anxiously awaited the completion of their first studio album, ‘Stranger Things,’ soon to be released on April 19, 2008. The band has enjoyed a dedicated local following in Oxford, MS, touring for the most part in the Mississippi area, but hopes that the new album will give people all over the South and maybe even farther a chance to personally experience RiverLeft’s music. 

      The album emerges from the unique songwriting of front man Blake Mogabgab and showcases an amazing group of young musicians. When RiverLeft began recording at Tom Queyja’s studio The Lip last August, by day three the group knew they had something truly special on their hands. ‘Stranger Things” previews Queyja’s inevitable success as a music producer and features an array of Oxford talent including Lucas Leigh, Lannie Byers (Maria y el Sol, Salt Sea Pirates), Christophe Ambrosino (Maria y el Sol), Dave Woolworth (Pithecanfunkus Erectus), and Robert Chaffe (P-Rex). In producing this album, Tom Queyja successfully wove a unique blend of music from song to song into a cohesive professional work of art. The complex instrumentation of songs like Song for Francis, Incredible It, and Goergia Skies reveals not only the talent of the artists on the album but Tom’s ability to organize sound into clean, beautiful music.