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YEARS AND COUNTING: LARRY "FUZZY" KNIGHT'S BLOWIN' SMOKE RHYTHM &
BLUES REVUE FEATURING THE FABULOUS SMOKETTES - STILL GOING STRONG AFTER
TWO DECADES
Catch This Most Superb R&B/Blues/Soul/Party Band In Concert, Saturday, February 21 At Harvelle's Blues Club in Santa Monica
(SANTA
MONICA, CA) - Two decades ago - 1995, to be exact - a gallon of
gasoline was $1.09, a dozen eggs were 87 cents, postage stamps were 32
cents each, and the average cost of a new car was $15,500.00. Also that
year, longtime Southern California musician Larry "Fuzzy" Knight formed
the Blowin' Smoke Rhythm & Blues Revue,
a unique, multi-instrumental band with a big lineup and an even larger
sound, augmented by three superb female vocalists collectively known as
The Smokettes. Their debut album "Beyond The Blues Horizon"
was hailed by the L.A. Times, L.A. Weekly, Music Connection and more
for it's smart blend of blues, R&B, and soul, utilization of a
rich-sounding horn ensemble and of course, those ever-present Smokettes
on vocals.
Two
decades later, much has changed (especially those aforementioned
prices!). but one thing has remained constant - Knight and Blowin' Smoke
are still going strong, entertaining audiences at festivals and better
nightclubs throughout the Southland, often accompanied onstage by
renowned guest musicians. "Blowin' Smoke conveys a welcome reminder to
all people with a beating heart that putting a full horn section in
front of a smoking rhythm section, then layering three charismatic and
powerful vocalists on top of that - all live and at the same time - is
music at its most enriching," writes MUSIC CONNECTION. "Bandleader Larry
"Fuzzy" Knight reminds all of us in the modern technological era that
real people with real instruments and real personalities are playing
music that hits the gut and forces the knees to bend."
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 - recently announced the addition of a new member to the Blowin’ Smoke lineup, Don Preston. Preston is a former original member of Frank Zappa’s Mothers of Invention and co-founder of the “GrandMothers”, of which he recorded a total of thirty-plus albums.
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