What's Hotter Than
July?
Blowin' Smoke & The
Fabulous Smokettes
(St. Louis-Style Rhythm & Blues Revue)
(St. Louis-Style Rhythm & Blues Revue)
Saturday, July
20@Harvelle's/Santa Monica
"Blowin' Smoke began their evening's musical journey through
their own world of electric rhythm and blues, funk, rock, and Southern
soul...the dance floor was packed, and everyone fell under the spell of Larry
"Fuzzy" Knight's band and his soulful sirens, the Smokettes."
L.A. Music Examiner
"Larry 'Fuzzy' Knight and band deliver the goods on "Beyond
The Blues Horizon"...great tracks, great instrumentation, great vocals and great
energy."
(Santa Monica, Calif.) - What's hotter than July? Try the always-rousing
blues, R&B and soul music of Blowin' Smoke and the Fabulous
Smokettes, who return to iconic blues club by the beach, Harvelles, Saturday, July
20. 1432 S. 4th St., Santa Monica. 9:30 p.m.-1:00 a.m. 21 and over. $10. Info:
(310) 395-1676 or www.santamonica.harvelles.com.
"Blowin'
Smoke has its very own signature style of taking classic R&B, blues, and
blues-rock songs and rearranging them, turning them all into their own style of
songs - adding new energy along with the (vocals of the) sassy, sultry and sexy
Smokettes - Lyrica Garrett, LaQuita Davis and Madame 'Dee' (Dwanna Parker),"
explains longtime band front-person and bassist-vocalist, Larry "Fuzzy"
Knight.
"Cross Soul Train with American Bandstand and you get a
good idea
of what a Blowin' Smoke Rhythm & Blues Revue show
is like!"
The Blowin' Smoke rhythm section - Larry "Fuzzy" Knight
(bass); David Raven (guitar); Don Littleton (bass); and John 'JT' Thomas
(keyboards) - perform on two songs, "Hush" and "Burnt Biscuits," that appear in
the motion picture release "The Sapphires" - an
inspirational tale set in the heady days of the late '60s about a quartet of
young, talented singers from a remote Aboriginal mission, discovered and guided
by a kind-hearted, soul-loving manager. The film - which won awards at the
Aspen, Palm Springs, Portland, San Jose, Key West and St. Louis International
film festivals among others - was released domestically in the U.S. this past
March.
For nearly two decades, Blues/R&B/Soul group Blowin' Smoke has been
one of the most in-demand, successful bands on the Southern California live
music circuit. Front and center in Blowin' Smoke is its creator,
bandleader/bassist/vocalist, Larry "Fuzzy" Knight -
whose impressive musical resume' includes a decade-plus stint as bassist for one
of the great SoCal bands to emerge from the psychedelic era of the Sixties,
Spirit. Knight has also recently launched a new band project, Sky King,
featuring some top-name musicians, all the while keeping Blowin' Smoke going
strong
Here's Blowin'
Smoke Rperforming Aretha Franklin's "Won't Be Long" recently at Harvelle's in
Santa Monica.
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