"Butterflies & Snakes" By Crooked Eye Tommy Climbing National Radio Charts, Receiving Great Reviews From California To Croatia!
Ventura County Blues Society Nominates "Butterflies & Snakes" In
'Best Self-Produced CD' Category, 2016 International Blues Challenge
"The World's Gonna See...What A Crooked Eye Can Do"
- from "Crooked Eye Tommy" on Butterflies & Snakes
When Tommy Marsh and Crooked Eye Tommy released Butterflies & Snakes in
August of 2015, little did the Ventura County-based blues musician
realize how well the band's debut album would be received. An indication
of what lie ahead:
Winning "Best Blues Band" at the 2015 Ventura County Music Awards this
past Summer. Tommy's third consecutive VCMA is quite the accomplishment,
considering the number of talented blues artists who call Ventura
County their home!
In less than five months, Butterflies & Snakes
has ascended as high as #30 on the National Roots Music Report Blues
Chart, a strong barometer for radio airplay where hundreds of on-air
deejays submit their weekly playlists to. For the week beginning
December 6, B&S was a very respectable #21 on the RMR Top 50 California Album Chart. Two singles off the record - "Crooked Eye Tommy" and "I Stole The Blues" - were at #14 and #38 respectively on the California RMR Blues Singles Chart (Week of November 29). Butterflies & Snakes
is making waves Down Under, too, moving up to #5 on the Australian
Blues and Roots Airplay Charts International Blues Chart for the month
of November, 2015 up from #8 in October.
In September, Butterflies & Snakes was featured on back-to-back weeks by nationally-syndicated radio show, Blues Deluxe, heard on over one-hundred terrestrial stations with a 1.5 million listenership. "Depend on Crooked-Eye Tommy to set you straight about great blues and good music!", said Blues Deluxe Host, David Johnson.
Most Recently, Influential taste-maker Blues 411 bestowed Butterflies & Snakes
with a "Best Debut Release" nomination, while also making their
"Baker's Dozen" for the week of December 7, 2015. "Crooked Eye Tommy and
his release ‘Butterflies & Snakes’ will please ya in a rockin’
soulful way", asserts Blues411 head honcho, Chefjimi Patricola.
Butterflies & Snakes made waves in the UK this year, as well: the eleven-song disc is nominated for a 2016 Doc's Blues Award in the "Best Band" category.
In January, Butterflies & Snakes proudly represents the Ventura County Blues Society in the "Best Self-Produced CD" category at the 2016 International Blues Challenge
(IBC), the famed yearly competition in Memphis bringing the world's
best blues artists from sixteen countries across the globe together
where they compete for "best of" honors.
Butterflies & Snakes has been universally praised:
"Stories told only the way bluesmen do, with reverence and soul"
"Packed full of authentic blues, sensual and raw"
"Sticks to the Blues while stretching what the genre can hold"
"Impressive specimen of dynamic guitar playing and lively rhythm...this band means business right from the start"
"Slinky
slide guitars, arpeggio riffs, spot-on vocal harmonies...terrific
introduction to a band ready to break out of Southern California and
bring their brand of Blues and Roots music to the masses"
"Brings a comfortable approach to their art with vocals and guitars that tell the story convincingly"
"Marsh
brothers are both fine guitar players, as heard when Tommy plays the
slide on the opening number 'Crooked Eye Tommy', while brother Paddy
shows good range and a touch of soulfulness on the snaky blues 'Come On
In'"
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