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(CAMARILLO,
CA) - The Ventura County Blues Society is proud to present a very
special
concert with "Chicago Blues Royalty," Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials, Sunday, June 21 (Father's
Day) at Studio Channel Islands Art Center, 2222 Ventura Blvd. in Camarillo. Showtime is 2 p.m. (doors
open 1 p.m.). Tickets $30. (General Admission), $50. VIP (includes early 12:30 p.m. entry, two drink tickets, and
seating in the first five rows). Info: (805)
501-7122 or www.venturacountybluessociety.org. Opening the show is VCBS
Band Challenge winner and IBC semi-finalist, the always-enjoyable, Lightnin'
Willie.
Also win two
tickets to attend the four-day The Big Blues Bender in Las Vegas, the "largest gathering of
national blues acts in the world," in our special drawing. Only $10. to enter
(good for 2 entries), and you need not be present to win! Click here to enter. Proceeds benefit the Ventura County Blues
Society.
"A bazooka
assault of foot-stompin' blues and slow-burnin'
knee-bucklers."
-
Chicago Sun-Times
"Full
of fire, Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials hit the floor running and accelerate
from there. High-octane, expressive, fiercely articulated, harrowing intensity,
raucous slide." -
Living Blues
"The
world's #1 houserocking blues band." - Boston
Globe
"With
a jumping band pumping behind him, Lil' Ed blasts wild, passionate, blazing-hot
slide...powerful, raucous boogie blues that's utterly devoid of rock, jazz or
fusion influences ." - Guitar
Player
"Raw-boned,
old-fashioned Chicago blues has a new young master--Lil' Ed
Williams." - New
York Times
"Ed
plays slide guitar like a back-alley shiv...high-decibal, gutbucket blues at its
most brutally honest." -Chicago Sun-Times
"The
liveliest blues showman alive, with an explosive, good-rocking guitar sound and
the stage moves to match. Raw, gutbucket blues sure to get you up and
dancing." - Philadelphia
Daily News
"A
party band in the best sense of the word...the hottest purveyors of bottleneck
boogie to come out of Chicago since Hound Dog Taylor
."
- Boston
Globe
"The
meanest bottle neck boogie blues around. This roughhousin' stage spitfire will
ignite any crowd... rollicking good fun and raw
intensity."
- Austin Chronicle
ABOUT LIL ED
& THE BLUES IMPERIALS
Lil' Ed
& The Blues Imperials released six Alligator albums between 1989 and 2008.
With each one, the band's stature grew as their fan base continued to expand.
With 2006's Rattleshake, Ed and company reached a whole new audience.
Die-hard "Ed Head" Conan O'Brien brought the band before millions of television
viewers on two separate occasions. Then, in June 2008, celebrating the release
of Full Tilt, Ed hit the main stage at The Chicago Blues Festival,
performing in front of 100,000 screaming fans, as he whipped the overflowing
crowd into a blues-induced frenzy. The band won the prestigious Blues Music
Award for Band Of The Year in both 2007 and 2009 and also took home the Best
Live Band Award in the 2011 Living Blues Critics' Poll. Blues
Revue said, "Listen and hear how a great blues player can make a guitar
weep...Lil' Ed is a blues master at the top of his game.
Now,
with Jump Start, Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials will continue bringing
their seriously inspired and wildly fun Chicago blues to "Ed Heads" new and old,
wherever they may be. After almost a quarter century together, Lil' Ed, Pookie,
Mike and Kelly have played thousands of gigs, logged tens of thousands of miles
and have no plans to slow down anytime soon. According to Littleton, "The
journey has been amazing. We melded right away and have kept growing." Garrett
agrees, saying, "It's a perfect fit. And we keep getting better." Young adds,
"We are way stronger now, and we're still having fun. My dreams have all come
true.
ABOUT THE
VENTURA COUNTY BLUES SOCIETY
The Ventura
County Blues Society was founded June of 2011. The Society is dedicated to
supporting America’s music in addition to supporting others in need by providing
funds generated from the society’s events which will be scheduled throughout the
year.
The society
will strengthen and bring value to the Southern California Blues scene by
working with other organizations. This will be accomplished through scheduled
events based here in Southern California. This is the heartbeat of what VCBS is
about with the core of helping others.
We
encourage everyone to get involved; even if you don’t have the time to
volunteer, or you are hundreds of miles away, you can still be a part of this
unique organization. Becoming a member of the Ventura County Blues Society is a
big way of showing your support.
The Ventura
County Blues Society (VCBS) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that depends
on memberships, contributions, event sponsorships and volunteers to operate. The
Ventura County Blues Society is an all-volunteer organization. We need your help
to grow and maintain the Blues scene. You can help make a difference by
becoming a member. Please go to our membership page and be a part.
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