Russ Ives - The Overextended_singer, songwriter, Americana_2025-06-20_KZSC_Bushwhacker's

"The Overextended" is a band that, with longtime collaborator (and keyboardist extraordinaire) Ben Jacobs' encouragement, was born before COVID, with songs released in the lead up to the 2020 election; Russ' day job is in musical production as part of the Bay Area union; upcoming festival gigs, including Rogue River 'Fest; "We're Alright" was written in 2018 in the lead up to the 2020 election to both highlight political things going on and to inspire hope (and action) - it's relevant again today! deep dive into tropical diseases and malaria, which Russ got not once, not twice, but three times in Tanzania, with the 3rd time serious enough that he got medi-vac''d to London; truly making lemonade out of lemons, Russ wrote a song about it (with a chorus that includes 4 different anti-malarial medications - a musical first!); "World Keeps Spinning" is a song to daughter Eliana about being her father, particularly during the teen years. An interview on "The Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club" with "Dangerous Dan", airing Friday mornings on KZSC Santa Cruz, California.