No August Summer Dog Days Here:
Blowin' Smoke & The Fabulous Smokettes
(St. Louis-Style Rhythm & Blues Revue)
(St. Louis-Style Rhythm & Blues Revue)
Saturday, August
24@Harvelle's/Santa Monica
Featuring Special Guest, Blues Hall
of Fame member
Joe Sublett on Tenor Sax
"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.
Joe Sublett on Tenor Sax
"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.) - There's no August Dog Days of Summer in sight
with the always-rousing Blues, R&B and Soul musical cocktail of Blowin' Smoke and the Fabulous Smokettes, who
return to iconic blues club by the beach, Harvelles, Saturday, August 24. 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. Performing with the
band that evening is tenor sax great, Joe Sublett - recently inducted into the
Blues Hall of Fame as a member of the Phantom Blues Band (the great Taj Mahal's
group).
"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.
Watch for a live review of the Blowin' Smoke and the Fabulous Smokettes
in the September issue of nationally-distributed publication, Music
Connection.
"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.
