Iris Music Group: Michael Packer - I Am The Blues - My Story Vol 3 - New Release review

I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, I Am The Blues - My Story Vol 3, from Michael Packer and it sums up the stories of his life in song. Fields of Sorrow, sung by Ed Jackson and Irving Louis Lattin has an island feel accompanied by Packer and Jack O'Hara. Yo Staten Island (The Violence Has Got To Stop) has a Booker T, Born Under A Bad Sign remix, stripped down to almost a work song. Packer's rugged voice with band members Guy Powell on drums, Ed Jackson and John Belton on bass is a definitive fell of hardships endured in captivity. Deep blues, Chicago, features Mike Wheeler on guitar, Roosevelt Purifoy on piano, Melvin Smith on bass and Willie Hayes on drums. Taped live at Buddy Guy's Legends, this track features some of the best vocals by Packer with a super guitar solo by Wheeler and super piano work by Purifoy. Wrapping the release is R&B track, Mr Packer and purifoy delivers with great Leon Russell feel. Packer died may of 2017 of liver cancer having lived a full life dedicated to the blues.

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John Pagano Band: One More Round - New Release Review

I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, One More Round, from John Pagano Band and it's a funky rocker. Opening with Bottoms Up, John Pagano Band (formerly JP Blues) hits the ground running with contemporary vocal styling, slide guitar and snappy drums. With a reggae beat, Ain't Mine is a cool track with tension and a lot of polish.  With a lumbering rock sense Pagano shows a bit more smoke on guitar backed by Shiloh Bloodworth on drums and Tony Hossri on bass. With a contemporary pop edge, rocker Ain't Gonna Lose You has a springy beat and radio rated vocals. One of my favorite tracks on the release, 99 Problems is a straight up rocker with solid guitar riuffs rooted in the blues. A heavy foot by Bloodworth and heavy reinforcement by Hossri gives the track just the right oomph.  Wrapping the release is driving rocker, Catch That Train. With a heavy bottom, slashing guitar work and powerful drum attack, these guys mean business. This is a definite change for Pagano with a solid rock stance. 

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Compass Records artist: Shannon McNally - Black Irish - New Release review

I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Black Irish, by Shannon McNally and it's quite good. Opening with You Made Me Feel For You, McNally on lead vocal delivers the blues with a country flair backed by Jerry Roe on drums, Michael Rhodes on bass, Micah Hulscher on keys and Audley Freed and Colin Linden on guitars. A solid opener. Stevie Wonder's I Ain't Gonna Stand For It with a country twist is nicely enhanced by closely matched backing vocals  featuring Wendy Moten and Rodney Crowell and the steel guitr riffs of Jim Hoke. Original track, I Went To The Well, is rooted in the blues with a note of Elmore James and reinforced by Lex Price on bass. Another self penned track, Roll Away The Stone has a rock feel and wailing sax by Jim Hoke. J.J. Cale's Low Rider has a soothing touch, enhanced nicely by McNally's smokey voice.  Chapman/Crowell ballad, Isn't That Love, is really a nice track and McNally delivers the goods. On Muddy Waters' Stuff You Gotta Watch, McNally throws a curve giving it country swing. A cool harp solo by Hoke works nicely with interwoven instrumental by Freed, Linden and Hulscher. My favorite track on the release is Robbie Robertson's It Makes No Difference. It's not only an excellent composition but an excellent choice for McNally's voice, complimented by backing vocalists Tanya Hancheroff and Kim Keys. Wrapping the release with Pop Staples track, Let's Go Home, McNally maintains a spiritual feel but adds country spunk. Very nice closer for a cool release. 

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PegLeg Records artist Roy Book Binder - In Concert: Road Songs & Stories - New Release Review

I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, In Concert: Road Songs & Stories, from Roy Book Binder and it's very entertaining. Opening with St. Pete Blues Book shows his super story telling skills and well as his strong influence by Rev. Gary Davis. Excellent opener. Rag, Black Dog Blues, is a strong track with a faster tempo, originally recorded by Bayless Rose in the 20's. Sounds fresh as the day it was written. New Age Woman Blues is a funny little track with a good story and quick riffs. Rev. Gary Davis' Candyman is next and Book not only does a real nice job on it but also elaborates on his history with Davis. Another great track is Can't Do That No More. Book tells of all of the stuff you have to do without as you get older.The theme has been covered many times but Book does a particularly entertaining run at it. Blind Boy Fuller's Rag Mama is a perfect track for this set with Books vocal and picking style. Excellent. Travis-Davis Rag is another of my favorites on the release. Book says it is the best of what he learned from Rev. Davis and Merle Travis. Crisp. The first song that Book ever wrote, Travelin' Man Blues, is next and shows that Book was spot on from the very beginning with solid melody and nice bottleneck slide. Wrapping the release is Electricity, written by Jimmy Murphy in 1949. Book really grinds down on this pseudo spiritual track with tight riffs and tempo. This is a real solid conclusion to a totally enjoyable release.

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Blind Pig Records artist: Altered Five Blues Band - Charmed & Dangerous - New Release Review

I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Charmed & Dangerous, from Altered Five Blues Band and it's quite good. Opening with title track, Charmed & Dangerous, a funky blues track, powerhouse lead singer, Jeff Taylor is off to  great start. Lead guitarist, Jeff Schroedl is on top with a modern day Albert King style flair joined by Mark Solveson on bass, Tom Hambridge on drums and Raymond Tevich on keys these guys pack a powerful punch.   and Hambridge as always sets great pace. An excellent opener. On shuffle track, Mint Condition, Trevich sets a great sound on organ and Schroedl's Texas style blues riffs are spot on. With a nod from Howlin' Wolf, On My List To Quit absolutely struts. Taylor is on top of his game with solid vocals and Schroedl's riffs are crisp. Out of the gate like "Mad Dogs", Gonna Lose My Lady is a strong blues rocker. One of my favorite tracks on the release Cookin' In Your Kitchen, gives Schroedl a super opportunity to show his chops and he does a nice job. Taylor's vocals are strong and soulful with a super bass line from Solveson. Another of my favorites, is bluesy ballad Eighth Wonder, with it's warm melody, super lead vocals and balance. This track is my absolute choice for radio airplay. Three Alarm Desire has a great boogie beat powered by bass player Solveson. and Hambridge on drums. Scorching double stops by Schroedl gives the track real heat. Wrapping the release is low slung shuffle track, Look What You Made Me Do, with great balance by Tevich on keys and slick jazzy guitar work by Schroedl. Showing the best vocals on the release Taylor makes this a fine closer for a super release.

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Multi-Blues Music Award Nominee Al Basile Makes a Loud Statement on New CD, "Quiet Money," Coming September 15 from Sweetspot Records

Multi-Blues Music Award Nominee Al Basile Makes a Loud Statement on New CD,

Quiet Money, Coming September 15 from

Sweetspot Records

RUMFORD, RI – Sweetspot Records announces a September 15 release date for Quiet Money, the new CD from multiple Blues Music Award nominee Al Basile. Quiet Money was produced by Duke Robillard, recorded by Jack Gauthier at Lakewest Recording Studio in West Greenwich, Rhode Island, and features a baker’s-dozen 13 songs, all penned by Al Basile.

It’s been 44 years since Al Basile joined Rhode Island’s legendary jump blues band Roomful of Blues as its first trumpet player, and while his last few solo releases have moved closer musically to the styles Roomful played in: jump blues, urban and Texas blues, swing, and classic R&B, Quiet Money draws directly from that template. Its songs were inspired musically by Buddy Johnson, Lowell Fulson, Jimmy McCracklin, Saunders King, Charlie Rich, and even the Coasters and the Pilgrim Travelers, but as always Al marries the music to his own personal storytelling lyrics, creating songs that are musically familiar to original Roomful fans, but range in theme from the current state of blues in the music business (“Blues Got Blues”) to classic double-entendre blues (“Put Some Salt on It”) to several songs on taking stock near the end of life (“Not Today,” “Who’s Gonna Close My Eyes?”), and in the title song, wondering why money seems to leave the many and hang out with the few (a song influenced by the hipster ‘50s vibe of the Coasters’ classic, “Shopping for Clothes”).

Having his old Roomful boss, perennial producer, and guitar wizard Duke Robillard on board, along with original Roomful alums Rich Lataille and Doug James in the horn section, ensures that the sonic fingerprints will match up for older fans of that band. The rhythm section from the current Duke Robillard Band: Mark Teixeira on drums; Brad Hallen on bass (with the addition of Bruce Bears on piano and Jeff “Doc” Chanonhouse on trumpet) has provided the underpinning for most of Al’s albums over the last ten years, and they continue to nail every style Al asks them to.

“After a few recent songs based on classic R&B models like Louis Jordan, I went into full nostalgia mode for my old Roomful of Blues days when I wrote this group of new songs,” Basile says about the sessions. “We used to listen to all the flavors of ‘40s and ‘50s R&B, and every kind of blues and jazz, especially from swing to bop, in that band, and our set lists reflected that. I decided to write in that spirit musically, but with my modern lyrical bent as usual, and here’s the result. Of course having Duke, Doug, and Rich along didn’t hurt!”

Al’s unusual combination of singer/songwriter/cornetist continues to come to the fore. In 2016, he was nominated for the 6^th time as best horn player by the Blues Foundation, and his 2016 album, Mid-Century Modern, was nominated as best contemporary blues album. His even-more-rare combination of musician and prize-winning poet was underscored by the recent publication of his second poetry book, Tonesmith, by Antrim House.

Al's reviews consistently comment on his strengths as a writer. He uses his lyrics to tell stories with universal appeal, bringing to the task his poet's skills but keeping the words strong, simple, and evocative. There is often a teaching or sharing-of-lessons-learned element in his lyrics. His ease and strength as a singer continues to grow with each release, and his cornet playing is rich, nuanced, and succinct, informed by jazz but instantly communicative as an alternate voice. His songs are all lyrically and melodically deep, and the characters and situations are like compressed theater.

Al is often referred to as the “Bard of the Blues” – he's a rare combination of formal poet and singer/songwriter. He's a model for his generation in showing how to have sequential careers, remain independent, and produce work that is both accessible and thought-provoking. His music sounds good – you can put it on while making dinner – but if you have time for a careful listen – the deeper you look, the more you'll find.

Tres Lobas Enterprises artist: Antry - Devil Don't Care - New Release Review

I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Devil Don't Care, from Antry and it's full set of diverse melodic music. Opening with title track Devil Don't Care, a smooth shuffle track featuring Steve Antry on lead vocal, harmonica and guitar, Greg Morrow on drums, Michael Rhodes on bass and Rob McNelly and Pat Buchanan and Brent Mason on guitars.  Always With Me is as smooth and mellow a pop track gets. With warmly blended vocals and easy backing, this track has radio all over it. Leon Russell's dynamic, Prince of Peace gets a stylistic remake with a bit more bite on the vocals and some crisp guitar attack displacing the hammering piano work of Russell. Shaun Murphy's soulful vocals really add nicely maintaining the rowdy feel of Russell's original recording. Antry shows over and again the he has a really warm voice capable of doing most anything he wants, demonstrated nicely on the somber ballad, Borrowed Angels. Anthony Gomes sits in on Devil Gone Fishin' with some scorching hot modern blues riffs. Antry does a modern pseudo blues/reggae track, Get Up, pairing his own vocals with a nicely woven backing by David Smith and Mike Rojas on keys and Shaun Murphy on excellent backing vocals. Very nice. Wrapping the release is an update on Jimmy Duncan's fifties hit, My Special Angel. Antry has an incredibly clear voice and uses it to close hit debut release. 

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Jon Spear Band - Hot Sauce - New release review

I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Hot Sauce, by Jon Spear Band and I quite like it. Opening with Bottom of the Bottle, Jon Spear Band gets into a really nice groove somewhat like Come and Go Blues but with more texture, cooler guitar riffs and better vocals for my taste. With Dara James on guitar, harp and vocal, Jon Spear on guitar and vocal Andy Burdetsky on bass and vocal John Stubblefield on drums and vocals, this is a super opener. Geographical Cure has a more pop styling, clever rhythm and warm vocal harmonies making it an ideal radio track. Title track, Hot Sauce is a spicy track with smoking sax work from Ron Holloway trading on guitar riffs and and great vocals. One of the top tracks on the release. With it's R&B/Blues feel (Help Me/Green Onions) this track is really smoking hot and in your face. The vocals are strong, the percussion is tight and the guitar riffs tasty. With a uptempo, jazzy feel, Hit The Quarter really gets you moving with driving bass lines and grooving guitar riffs. Very cool. Bluesy ballad, Wintertime seems a parallel to classic, Summertime. This is a real nice track with soulful vocals and really nice guitar lead. Super. Wrapping the release is Natchez Burning, a really nice spiritual like or work track. This is a really cool closer with acapella vocals, stomps, claps, dobro and atmosphere. This track blows up into a heavy lumbering track with searing electric guitar lead. Excellent closer! 

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Stacy Jones - Love Is Everywhere - New Release Review

I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Love Is Everywhere, from Stacy Jones and it's a cool mix of blues, folk, country and pop. Opening with Mojo Potion #61 & 49, a cool rocker with just a touch of country western, Stacy Jones on lead vocal, harmonica and guitar leads the way backed by Jeff Menteer on guitar, Rick Bowen on drums and Tom Jones on bass. Seaan Denton steps up on second lead guitar and Angelo Ortiz adds cool rhythm on washboard for a tight opener. Wait For Heaven has a definite southern rock/Toy and Tommy Caldwell feel. One of my favorite tracks, Can't Find Love, is a strong alt rock track sounding like a mix of Frank Black and the Catholics and Fiona Apple. A great melody with a cool beat and guitar/strong vocal combination. A real nice instrumental, Stomp Jump Boogie features the infamous Lee Oskar joining on harmonica. Super twin harps and a great walking bass line makes for a terrific track. One of the strongest melodies on the release is Can't You Be Mine with hints of Paul McCartney. With a bluesier feel and soulful guitar soloing, another cool number.  With Fiona Apple like style and Curtis Mayfield undertones, title track, Love Is Everywhere, shows yet another side of Jones. On jump track, One Stop Light, Mike Marinig really blows out the sax and sets the road to a cool guitar solo by Jones. Wrapping the release is, I'll Be On My Way, a rambling blues track along the lines of Are You Ready For The Country. With snappy drums by Bowen, cool resonator and harp work by Jones and a solid bass line by Tom Jones, this is a solid closer for a solid release.

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Devestunes & LI'L. T. artist: The Halley DeVestern Band - Keep On Playin' - New Release Review

I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Keep On Playin', from The Halley DeVestern Band and it has a cool sound. Opening with title track, Keep On Playin', Halley DeVestern on lead vocal is joined by David Patterson with creamy guitar tones, Rich Kulsar on drums, Heinig on bass and Steve Jabas on guitars, keys and backing vocals.  A lumbering blues rocker, this track has strong bones and R&B style backing vocals. Time For You To Light Things is one of my favorite tracks on the release with a cool guitar riff at it's core. Patterson is featured nicely and really add great texture. Bangin' has an easy tempo with Latin undertones. Probably the best showcase for DeVestern's vocals, and with a solid melody, this track has the strongest radio potential. Wrapping the release is Hit Twice with it's slinky bass line, crisp drums and sliding guitar riffs. DeVestern really works the track showing her influences with Big Brother. A solid closer for a solid release. 

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Reference Recordings artist: Doug MacLeod -Break The Chain - New release review

I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Break The Chain, from Doug MacLeod and it's a cool, textural documentary of contemporary observations. Opening with boogie rocker, Goin' Down To The Roadhouse, Doug gets into a real nice groove with slide on resonator joined by Denny Croy on bass and Jimi Bott on drums. On Lonesome Feeling, Doug really gives his National steel body a rough workout. His wailing and slide work nicely together creating a feeling of solitude and emptiness. Very nice. Another stand out track is One For Tampa Red featuring a solid walking bass line by Croy and Doug sliding out the melody on his National "O". Boogie track, Who's Driving This Bus is another stand out track with a great driving rhythm and clever lyrics. A very nice track, Church Street Serenade has a really sweet melody and strong guitar articulation. One of my favorites. Wrapping the release is title track, Break The Chain, a simple stripped down rocker with Jesse Macleod on guitar, Doug on vocal and slide, Oliver Brown on percussion and Denny or bass. Cool closer to a simply cool release. 

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Jonny Lang & Black Stone Cherry

JONNY LANG EXTENDS SIGNS WORLD TOUR

Twenty-Five New North American Shows Added

Tickets On Sale This Week

Signs To Be Released On September 8^th In North America

Los Angeles, CA --- Jonny Lang’s brand new studio album, Signs, will be released in North America on September 8th via SayRai / Concord Records.  The album (his sixth major label release) is his first in four years. The European release for Signs will be on August 25 via Provogue Records / Mascot Label Group.

The new album is available to pre-order here: http://amazon.com/dp/B071FPWNS6.  All pre-orders will include both “Bitter End” and “Make It Move” as instant gratification tracks.

This morning, twenty-five new shows in North America have been added to Jonny’s World Tour in support of Signs.  Tickets for most of these shows will go on sale this week.  VIP tickets will be available starting this Tuesday via www.jonnylang.com

Anyone who originally discovered Jonny Lang through his searing instrumental work will revel in the huge guitar tones and go for broke solos on Signs, while those who have appreciated his growth as an honest and passionate songwriter will find that honesty and passion unabated. Though he long ago left blues purism behind, Lang has never abandoned its spirit of universal catharsis through the relating of personal trials. Signs reaffirms his commitment to the blues and the guitar without sacrificing the modern approach that has made him such a singular artist. 

It is hard to believe that at only 36 years old Jonny Lang has already had a successful career for two decades. Easier to believe when you learn he released his first platinum record at 15—an age when many young people are just beginning to play music. Lie to Me revealed a talent that transcended the crop of blues prodigies floating around in the late Nineties. No flashy re-hasher of classic blues licks, even at that early age Lang was a full-blown artist with a style of his own. Also, setting Lang apart from the wunderkind crowd was a 15-year-old voice that sounded like a weathered soul shouter. Actual life experience was yet to come, and has been subsequently chronicled in a series of five uniformly excellent recordings.

Since the release of his debut album, Grammy Award winning Jonny Lang has built a reputation as one of the best live performers and guitarists of his generation. The path Lang has been on has brought him the opportunity to support or perform with some of the most respected legends in music.  He has shared the stage with everyone from The Rolling Stones and B.B. King to Aerosmith and Buddy Guy, who he continues to tour with today.

Jack Broadbent and Guthrie Brown have been confirmed as direct support on a majority of the appearances scheduled for August through October in North America. Both artists will appear solo.  For appearances in Spokane on November 27 through January as announced below, support will be announced in the coming weeks.

Guthrie Brown is a Nashville transplant by way of Montana who began playing the guitar at age six. By the age of seventeen, he left high school for Nashville to pursue his dream of being a professional recording artist. Now at twenty-two Guthrie has toured the country relentlessly, signed a publishing deal with BMG and is currently recording his first full length album with GRAMMY® Award winning producer, Jacquire King (Kings of Leon, Dawes, Of Monsters and Men, James Bay).  For more information http://www.guthriebrownmusic.com/. 

Jack Broadbent was hailed “The new master of the slide guitar” by the Montreux Jazz Festival, and “The real thang” by the legendary Bootsy Collins.  He has spent the past year wowing international audiences with his unique blend of virtuosic acoustic and slide guitar, and poignant folk and blues inspired vocals. Born and raised in rural England, Jack grew up listening to artists such as John Lee Hooker, Peter Green, Robert Johnson, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell, to name a few. These legends of rock, blues, roots and folk influenced his distinctive song writing, singing and performance style, which have a depth and heart that defies strict musical genres. Broadbent‘s performances exude a warmth, humor and energy that has electrified audiences worldwide. For more detail: http://www.jackbroadbent.co.uk or https://www.facebook.com/JackBroadbentMusic.

JONNY LANG SIGNS WORLD TOUR

8/10     Los Angeles, CA                                                                    The Grammy Museum

8/11     Los Angeles, CA                                                                    Teragram Ballroom

8/13     Arlington, WA                                                                        Stillaguamish Festival

8/19     North Thornton, NH                                                               White Mountain Boogie

8/20     Alexandria, VA                                                                      The Birchmere

8/22     New York, NY                                                                       Highline Ballroom #

8/23     Philadelphia, PA                                                                     World Café Live #

8/25     Toronto, ON                                                                           Danforth Music Hall #

8/26     Trois-Rivieres, QUE                                                               Trois-Rivieres en Blues 

9/08     Aspen, CO                                                                              Belly Up+

9/09     Boulder, CO                                                                           Boulder Theater +

9/10     Arvada, CO                                                                             Arvada Center +

9/12     Tulsa, OK                                                                               Cain’s +

9/14     Dallas, TX                                                                              House of Blues +

9/15     Houston, TX                                                                           House of Blues +

9/16     Austin, TX                                                                              ACL Live +

9/18     Kansas City, MO                                                                    Knuckleheads #

9/19     St. Louis, MO                                                                         Pageant #

9/21     Milwaukee, WI                                                                       Potawatomi Casino #

9/22     Milwaukee, WI                                                                       Polawatomi Casino #

9/23     Chicago, IL                                                                             House of Blues #

9/24     Louisville, KY                                                                        Bourbon & Beyond Festival 

9/26     Indianapolis, IN                                                                      The Vogue #

9/30     Hartford, CT                                                                           Infinity Hall +

10/01   Fairfield, CT                                                                           Warehouse +

10/03   Boston, MA                                                                            The Wilbur Theater #

10/04   Portland, ME                                                                          Aura #

10/06    Cranston, RI                                                                          Park Theatre #

10/07   Hampton Beach, NH                                                              Hampton Beach Casino #

10/08   Reading, PA                                                                           Reading Blues Festival

10/19   Huntington, NY                                                                      Paramount

10/22   Zwolle, NL                                                                             Hedon

10/23   Cologne, Germany                                                                 Gloria

10/25   Berlin, Germany                                                                     Columbia Club

10/27   Hamburg, Germany                                                                Mojo

10/29   Copenhagen, Denmark                                                           Amager Bio

10.30   Oslo, Norway                                                                          Rockafeller

10/31   Stockholm, Sweden                                                                Nalen

11/04   London, UK                                                                            SBE (London Folk and Roots Fest)

11/05   Leuven, Belgium                                                                    Hep Depot (Leuven Blues Festival)

11/07   Cleon, France                                                                         La Travene (Blues de Travene)

11/09   Marseille, France                                                                    Espace Julien

11/10   Six-Fours-les-Plages, France                                                  Espace Malraux

11/11   Paris, France                                                                           La Cigale

11/13   Prague, Czech Republic                                                         Lucerna

11/14   Vienna, Austria                                                                       Porgy and Bess

11/16   Sumperk, Czech Republic                                                      House of Culture (Blues Alive Fest)

11/27   Spokane, WA                                                                         Bing Crosby

11/28   Seattle, WA                                                                            The Neptune

11/29   Vancouver, BC                                                                       Commodore Ballroom

12/01   Grants Pass, OR                                                                      Rogue Theatre

12/02   Tahoe, NV                                                                              Montbleu

12/03   Sacramento, CA                                                                     Crest Theatre

12/05   Santa Cruz, CA                                                                       The Catalyst

12/06   Solana Beach, CA                                                                  Belly Up

12/08   Pasadena, CA                                                                         The Rose

12/09   San Juan Capistrano, CA                                                        Coach House

12/10   San Juan Capistrano, CA                                                        Coach House

1/09     Buffalo, NY                                                                            Tralf

1/10     Cleveland, OH                                                                        House of Blues

1/12     New Buffalo, MI                                                                    Silver Creek Event Center

1/16     Jacksonville, FL                                                                     FL Theater

1/18     St. Petersburg, FL                                                                   Palladium

1/19     Lake Buena Vista, FL                                                            House of Blues

1/20     Myrtle Beach, SC                                                                   House of Blues

1/22     Atlanta, GA                                                                            Centerstage

1/23     New Orleans, LA                                                                    House of Blues

1/25     Lafayette, LA                                                                         Acadiana PAC

1/26     San Antonio, TX                                                                    Aztek Theater

1/27     Oklahoma City, OK                                                                Diamond Ballroom

2/01     Agoura Hills, CA                                                                    Canyon

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Planetary Blues Band Performing at Prairie Magic Music Festival

PLANETARY BLUES BAND PERFORM AT PRAIRIE MAGIC            MUSIC FESTIVAL, AT SUNSET HILL FARM COUNTY PARK Saturday, August 12/ Showtime: 1:00pm/ Tickets: $15.

(Valparaiso, IN) - The Planetary Blues Band are one of the headliners at the Prairie Magic Music Festival, Sunset Hill Farm County Park, 775 Meridian Rd., Saturday, August 12. Festival begins at 1:00 pm. Tickets are $15. (Adults), $10. with Student I.D. Children 12 and under free with a ticketed adult. Info/tickets: (219) 548-0219 or http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2977487.   The Prairie Magic Music Fest is a celebration of rock, bluegrass, folk, and Americana music nestled in the heart of a beautiful County Park just minutes from the expressway. Also performing: The Crawpuppies, Foster Ross & Young, and the Blues Project, and the Nicholas Tremulis Orchestra.   The festival will also highlight Craft Food and Beer vendors. Valpo Velvet Ice Cream and Bartlett's Gourmet Grill will be satisfying hunger while a beer garden will make local microbrews available to those 21 and over.                              About...The Planetary Blues Band Michael Schaefer-Murray: guitar and vocals Martin Schaefer-Murray: guitar and vocals Bobby Schaefer-Murray: bass guitar Nick Evans: drums   The Planetary Blues Band consists of the trio of brothers Martin Schaefer-Murray (guitar and lead vocals) Bobby Schaefer-Murray (bass) and Michael Schaefer-Murray (guitar), with their longtime friend Nick Evans on drums. The band is based in Valparaiso, IN and has been paying dues in Midwest bars and at local festivals for over fifteen years. They've shared the stage with some of their biggest influences, such as Son Seals and Buddy Guy, including opening up for Buddy Guy at his own club, Legends. The PBB is influenced by a wide range of musical styles. Like most rock bands worth their salt, Planetary got their start playing, and being influenced by, the Blues. The band was born in 1999 in “Mom’s basement”, where countless hours were spent learning entire albums by Chicago Blues greats like Buddy Guy and Son Seals. Over the course of the past fifteen-plus years, Planetary has held onto those roots, while expanding outward into various other corners of the musical universe. The Planetary Blues Band recorded and produced their most recent album, Once Upon A Time In The South Loop, all “in-house” (engineered by Michael S-M), and it received stellar reviews both nationally and internationally. www.planetaryblues.com https://www.facebook.com/theplanetarybluesband Join us on Facebook      Follow us on Twitter       Send us an Email