Last chance to catch HAMILTON LOOMIS & band!

TEXAS: This weekend is your last chance to catch Hamilton & Band before their Sept. Europe tour! All tour dates are at www.hamiltonloomis.com/schedule.html 8/28/14 Kemah, TX Jackie's Brickhouse 8pm 832-864-2459 8/29/14 Corpus Christi, TX Executive Surf Club 9pm 361-884-7873 8/30/14 Tomball, TX Main Street Crossing 8pm 281-290-0431 TICKETS Please forward this email to any of your friends/family in these cities!!

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HAMILTON LOOMIS -- August 2014 Schedule

More great shows this month...Want to be on the radio? Join Hamilton & Band for a special LIVE radio recording for "Real Life Real Music" Radio on Tue Aug 19 at Dosey Doe Big Barn in Houston TX! Details and tickets available in listings below... Be sure to check the full performance schedule at http://www.hamiltonloomis.com/schedule.html to see when Hamilton & Band are in your town! 8/7/14 Casper, WY Conwell Park 6pm - 9pm 8/8/14 Littleton, CO Toad Tavern with guests JJ Sugar! 8:30pm TICKETS 8/9/14 Beausejour, MB CANADA Great Woods Music Festival 12mid - 1:30am 8/12/14 Olympic Valley, CA Village At Squaw Valley - Tuesday Bluesday 6pm 8/14/14 Fruita, CO Concert Series @ Fruita Civic Center Pavilion 7:30pm - 9:30pm 8/15/14 Dillon, CO Dillon Amphitheatre 7pm - 9pm 8/16/14 Longmont, CO Dickens Opera House 8pm TICKETS 8/19/14 Spring, TX Dosey Doe (south) Big Barn - Real Life Real Music Radio Show 8pm - 9:30pm TICKETS 8/28/14 Kemah, TX Jackie's Brickhouse 8pm 8/29/14 Corpus Christi, TX Executive Surf Club 9pm 8/30/14 Tomball, TX Main Street Crossing 8pm TICKETS Please forward this email to any of your friends/family in these cities!!

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HAMILTON LOOMIS -- July 2014 Schedule

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Welcome back Hamilton from UK/Europe! He & the Band will be flying all over the country this summer, so stay tuned for shows in YOUR area... Be sure to check the full performance schedule at http://www.hamiltonloomis.com/schedule.html to see when Hamilton & Band are in your town! DISCOUNT TICKETS are available for select shows below...Thanks again for your support! 7/4/14 Topeka, KS Spirit of Kansas Festival 8pm 7/11/14 Beaumont, TX Madison's 9pm 409-924-9777 7/12/14 Ganado, TX Rear Window Listening Room 8pm Click for Tickets 7/17/14 Kemah, TX Rock The Dock @ Kemah Boardwalk 7pm 7/18/14 Ephrata, WA Basin Summer Sounds Festival 8pm 7/19/14 Walla Walla, WA Sapolil Cellars 9pm 509-520-1273 Click for Tickets 7/20/14 Boise, ID Boise Blues Society Annual Sunday Festival 4:30 - 6pm 7/25/14 La Crosse, WI The Helm 9pm 608-782-6324 7/26/14 Saint Paul, MN Lowertown Blues Festival @ Mears Park 6:30 - 8pm Please forward this email to any of your friends/family in these cities!!

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HAMILTON LOOMIS -- May 2014 Schedule

Before Hamilton's June UK/Europe tour, catch him this May in Texas, or the Chautauqua Hills Fest in S.E. Kansas! Be sure to check the full performance schedule at http://www.hamiltonloomis.com/schedule.html to see when Hamilton & Band are in your area... 4/5/8/14 Houston, TX MUCKY DUCK 7:30pm 713-528-5999 Click for Tickets! 5/9/14 Port Arthur, TX DYLAN'S 9:45pm 409-722-1600 5/10/14 Austin, TX ONE 2 ONE 11:30pm 512-473-0121 Click for Tickets! 5/16/14 Tomball, TX MAIN STREET CROSSING Grant Harrison opens @ 7:30pm, HL @ 8:15pm Click for Tickets! 5/17/14 Port Bolivar (Crystal Beach), TX SHIP'S WHEEL 9pm 409-684-4036 5/25/14 Sedan, KS CHAUTAUQUA HILLS BLUES FESTIVAL 10pm Click for Tickets!

HAMILTON LOOMIS -- April 2014 Schedule

April brings Hamilton & Band to MO, NE, IA, WA, and TX! Be sure to check the full performance schedule at http://www.hamiltonloomis.com/schedule.html to see when Hamilton & Band are in your area! 4/4/14 Galveston TX CROW'S CANTINA 9pm 4/5/14 Fischer TX PRIVATE EVENT 4/10/14 Kansas City MO KNUCKLEHEADS 7pm-10pm Tickets 4/11/14 Des Moines IA GAS LAMP 8pm Tickets 4/12/14 Omaha NE 21st SALOON 6pm-9pm Tickets 4/13/14 Cedar Falls IA THE HUB 6pm-8pm Tickets 4/17/14 Kemah TX JACKIE'S BRICKHOUSE 8pm 4/18/14 Houston TX LAST CONCERT CAFE with special guest GRANT HARRISON 8pm Tickets 4/19/14 Spring TX WILD STALLION VINEYARDS 6pm 281-748-0054 4/25/14 Wenatchee WA BOILING POINT 212 with special guests 60Hz BAND 8pm 509-663-3606 Tickets 4/26/14 Walla Walla WA PRIVATE EVENT Please forward this email to any of your friends/family in these cities!!

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HAMILTON LOOMIS -- March 2014 Schedule

This month: a quick California run, then more TX shows! Be sure to check the full performance schedule at http://www.hamiltonloomis.com/schedule.html to see when Hamilton & Band are in your area! Tickets are available for select shows below...Thanks again for your support... 3/7/14 Sacramento CA TORCH CLUB 9pm 916-443-2797 3/8/14 Santa Cruz CA PRIVATE EVENT 7pm 3/9/14 Santa Cruz CA MOE'S ALLEY 4pm - 7pm Tickets 3/14/14 Beaumont TX MADISON'S 9:30pm 409-924-9777 3/15/14 Conroe TX DOSEY DOE MUSIC CAFE 8:30pm Tickets 3/21/14 Corpus Christi TX EXECUTIVE SURF CLUB 9pm 361-884-7873 3/22/14 To Be Announced...

HAMILTON LOOMIS -- February 2014

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Updated the last weekend of February...correct dates are below. There's still room in the Harmonica Class!! Hamilton hosts a 2-day HARMONICA WORKSHOP in Houston on consecutive Mondays -- "Part 1" on Feb 10 and "Part 2" on Feb 17.  Click www.hamiltonloomis.com/harpworkshop.html for details, and to sign up! Tickets are available for select shows below...Thanks again for your support...full performance schedule is at http://www.hamiltonloomis.com/schedule.html 2/6/14 Ganado TX REAR WINDOW LISTENING ROOM 7:30pm Click here for tickets! 2/7/14 Tomball TX MAIN STREET CROSSING 8pm 281-290-0431 Grant Harrison opens show Click here for tickets! 2/8/14 Hitchcock TX MISTER CALVIN'S 9pm 409-986-9208 2/10/14 HARMONICA WORKSHOP (part 1) Houston TX Click here to learn more! 2/17/14 HARMONICA WORKSHOP (part 2) Houston TX Click here to learn more! 2/27/14 Houston TX WILLIE'S JERSEY VILLAGE "BEER, BUGS, & BLUES" 6:30pm 713-937-0456 2/28/14 San Antonio TX WILLIE'S HILL COUNTRY VILLAGE "BEER, BUGS, & BLUES" 6:30pm 210-490-9220 3/1/14 Houston TX RODEO BBQ COOKOFF @ DIMCOOKERS 7pm Please forward this email to any of your friends/family in these cities!!

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HAMILTON LOOMIS -- December 2013!

Looking for some great Christmas gifts? How about tickets to a HAMILTON LOOMIS December show: Fri Dec 27 DOSEY DOE Conroe TX CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS! Sat Dec 28 BRYANT'S Katy TX CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS! Or maybe Harmonica Lessons with HAMILTON: Mon Feb 10 Harmonica Workshop Part 1 @ Last Concert (Houston) Mon Feb 17 Harmonica Workshop Part 2 @ Last Concert (Houston) CLICK HERE FOR RESERVATIONS OR FOR MORE INFO! Or how about some cool HAMILTON LOOMIS merchandise: www.shop.hamiltonloomis.com We hope you have a very Happy Holiday Season, Merry Christmas, and a wonderful New Year...we hope to see you soon!!

HAMILTON LOOMIS -- November 2013 Schedule

Hamilton and Band head to Europe/UK this month thru December, so last chance to catch the band in Texas before the big trip! Thanks again for your support...full performance schedule is at http://www.hamiltonloomis.com/schedule.html 11/7/13 Ganado, TX Rear Window Listening Room 7:30pm CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS 11/8/13 Tomball, TX Main Street Crossing 8pm CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS 11/9/13 Katy, TX Private Event 11/15/13 Santa Fe, TX Marguerite's 9pm 409-925-1070 11/16/13 Houston, TX Private Event 11/20 thru 12/15 EUROPE/UK TOUR Click here for details! Please forward this email to any of your friends/family in these cities!!

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HAMILTON LOOMIS -- October 2013 Schedule

We've improved the new website!  Check out the new www.hamiltonloomis.com today... Hamilton hosts another 2-day HARMONICA WORKSHOP in Houston on consecutive Mondays -- "Part 1" on Oct 21 and "Part 2" on Oct 28.  Click www.hamiltonloomis.com/harpworkshop.html for details, and to sign up! Tickets are available for select shows below...performances listed here are CD release parties!  Thanks again for your support...full performance schedule is at http://www.hamiltonloomis.com/schedule.html 10/4/13 Wichita, KS School Workshop @ Anderson Elementary (Private) 11am 10/4/13 Wichita, KS SOGGY BOTTOMS TOO 8pm - 10:30pm 10/5/13 Wichita, KS Kids Harmonica Workshop (Private) 10/5/13 Topeka, KS UNCLE BO'S 785-234-4317 8pm 10/6/13 Kansas City, MO KNUCKLEHEADS SALOON 816-483-1456 7pm Click for Tickets 10/10/13 Helena, AR KING BISCUIT BLUES FESTIVAL 4:35pm - 5:55pm Click for Tickets 10/11/13 Houston, TX DAN ELECTRO'S 713-862-8707 9pm 10/12/13 Katy, TX RICE HARVEST FESTIVAL 10:30pm 10/18/13 Galveston, TX CROW'S CANTINA 409-766-9995 9pm 10/19/13 Port Arthur, TX DYLAN'S 409-722-1600 9:45pm 10/21/13 Houston, TX HARMONICA WORKSHOP PART 1 @ Last Concert Cafe 6pm Click for Details 10/24/13 Kemah, TX JACKIE'S BRICKHOUSE 832-864-2459 8pm 10/25/13 Corpus Christi, TX EXECUTIVE SURF CLUB 361-884-7873 9pm 10/26/13 League City, TX Private Event 10/28/13 Houston, TX HARMONICA WORKSHOP PART 2 @ Last Concert Cafe 6pm Click for Details Please forward this email to any of your friends/family in these cities!!

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Hamilton Loomis – CD Release Party – Frederick, MD - Stilladog: Guest Writer

As all readers know, I always encourage outside news but it's particularly cool when my longtime friend "Stilladog" has the time to write up a review on one of my favorite performers on the blues scene today, Hamilton Loomis. Stillog is a musician and long time blues aficionado and here is his coverage of Mr. Hamilton Loomis in concert near his home in Maryland! 

Hamilton Loomis – CD Release Party – Frederick, MD 9/08/2013 SOLD OUT!

Hamilton Loomis, making his second appearance at Jekyll & Hyde's in Frederick, MD delivered a very entertaining show last night. The venue was quickly sold out by long time fans and many people who were captivated by Hamilton’s appearance at the 2011 Western Maryland Blues Festival in Hagerstown, MD and those who had seen his gig at Jekyll & Hyde's last year were in attendance.

As you might imagine, most folks were familiar with many of his songs excepting those that were from his new release, Give It Back and he had the audience singing with him on several of his numbers. Since this was a CD Release Party for that album, there was a generous sprinkling of tunes from the release in both sets. The Hamilton Loomis Band  treated new and existing fans to his unique brand of blues, funk, soul, jazz, and rock all mixed into a blender with the emphasis on the funk!

The Give It Back release is a way for Loomis to pay homage to the mentors he had before him and a way to begin to give back to those who follow.  Good advice for all of us really. Hamilton’s exposure at a young age  to the musicians of Houston’s Third and Fifth Wards (a who’s who of soul and blues) has helped mold his sound and it is plainly evident, particularly in the second set when he had the house rocking with a Bo Diddley medley and with the first set closer, Johnny “Guitar” Watson’s Bow Wow, which for me was the highlight of the show.

As Bman noted in his review of the band when they hit Phoenix earlier this year, all the musicians are darn near virtuosos in their own right. The first set started out with a smoking jazz instrumental featuring saxophonist, Fabian Hernandez. 

It was followed by Best Worst Day,  and then a series of funk infused songs from the new album, the most memorable of which was Stuck In A Rut. Then back to a few of what are becoming standards for his sets, My Pen, Take A Number, and Pull Strings. When Loomis wasn’t knocking them dead with guitar licks or his smooth soul voice, Hernandez was absolutely wowing them with saxophone pyrotechnics on both alto and tenor.

The evening opened with a nice set by local blues band Rudy and The Bluefish.  Loomis had some difficulties with what appeared to be the wireless on the PA which delayed his first set a good 15-20 minutes.  As a result the first set extended way beyond plan going well over an hour even after they got it cranked up. At the break, nearly everyone in the house lined up to buy the new CD and other various items of swag. 

I did my best to promote his Live In England CD to those around me as well, which is an awesome representation of his live show albeit with some different sidemen.

One of the most ear-catching tunes of the second set was the song Eternally about the prediction of the end of the world by the Mayan calendar which of course didn’t happen. It’s on the new CD. My favorite for the second set was Workin’ Real Hard. A surprise for many was Loomis’ rendition of Prince’s Purple Rain which he identified as one of his all-time favorite songs that he just wanted to play. The funk was popping, and the rock was rocking, and the blues was flowing.  The extended drum solo by percussionist Armando Aussenac was icing on the cake. Aussenac’s drums, combined with the lines bass man Dante Ware laid down, well the foundation could not have been any stronger.  Even when a local DC bassist sat in on a tune the lower register remained as entertaining as it was solid. At one point Loomis left the stage jumped on a table and proceeded to inject everything from Led Zeppelin to Chuck Berry riffs into an extended solo walking about the room on a pathway of chairs the audience cleared out before him.  

As the funk drifted off into the night and the patrons slowly made their way home it is safe to say a good time was had by all.  Just about every face in the place was smiling like the butcher’s dog! 

"Seeing Hamilton Loomis live is very highly recommended by Stilladog!  And that’s a fact, Jack!!!  "
    

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