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Showing posts with label Pop-Up Blues Festival. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pop-Up Blues Festival. Show all posts
Rising
Long Beach r&b/blues/soul vocalist-singer-songwriter Shy But Flyy
(pictured) performs at the first Blind Lemon Peel Pop-Up Blues Festival
on Thursday, June 9.
Performing on June 9: Long Beach-based music acts, Shy But Flyy (r&b/blues/soul vocalist); The Regular Guys (blues); and the Blind Lemon Peel Blues All-Stars.
Subsequent Pop-Up Blues Festivals are scheduled for Harvelle's/Long
Beach (July 21, August 18, September 15, October 20, November 17,
December 15); Rusty's Surf Ranch in Santa Monica (July 8); and the Blue
Beet in Newport Beach (July 7, August 4, September 1, October 6,
November 3, December 1).
"The Pop-Up Blues Festival is to promote, feature, and give exposure to
local artists. We had been offered to do a monthly third-Thursday at
Harvelle's in Long Beach, which I didn't want to be just about (our
band), explains Blind Lemon Peel front-man David Hale, on how the Pop-Up
Blues Festival concept was conceived. "I saw it as an opportunity to
really reach and focus on local musicians and give them the opportunity
to play on that stage. That, to me, was my dream come true. When I
mentioned it to my publicist, he said, "why don't you position it as a
pop-up blues festival? You can tweak it around and it can pop up in
different places." Confirmed to perform at upcoming Pop-Up Blues
Festivals: New Blues Revolution; Bluespower; SoCal Blues Club; Betty
Rose; Mark Wein; The Hurricanes; BullDawg Band; Celso Salim; Shure Thing
Band; and more.
Blind Lemon Peel All-Stars put on a high-octane blues show second to none.
Blind Lemon Peel All-Stars: Some Background
"This
ain't no sittin' around cryin in your beer blues band", insists
front-man/lead vocalist, Blind Lemon Peel. "We're a kick-a**, funky, get
up and shake your love thang, boogie-woogie blues machine". Blind Lemon
Peel All-Stars have recently headlined some of the top blues rooms in
L.A., including Harvelle's, Catalina Jazz Club, and The Mint.
The
sextet consists of the aforementioned Blind Lemon Peel, self-described
as "an old black man trapped in an ever older white man's body", a
brawny-voiced blues shouter in the same tradition as his heroes, Big Joe
Turner and Howlin' Wolf. Bassist Ray Brundidge toured for eight years
with the legendary James Brown and, says Peel, "is the glue that holds
it all together. He puts the bass in its place and the jump start in
your soul". Guitarist Lucky Lloyd plays a Detroit/Chicago style of
blues, with a taste of Mississippi thrown in. Lloyd attributes his music
style to the influences of Albert king, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and BB King,
among others. "His live performances and killer vocals are authentic
and energized", says Peel. "Lucky is an All-Star among All-Stars".
Renowned drummer Craig Kimbrough "brews up his own blend of magic while
keeping the beat with his fatback grooves", asserts Peel. Kimbrough has
played with greats including Solomon Burke, Swamp Dogg, Jimmy McCracken,
and Lowell Fulson, to name a few. Lead guitarist D.J. Ison is "the
masters of guitar stylings - some Stevie Ray Vaughn here, a little Billy
Gibbons there, a pinch of BB King for spicin' and a whole lotta his bad
old self all over the place", explains Peel. "You never heard nuthin'
like D.J. before; doubt you ever will again". Regarding vocalist Alyssa
Baron, Peel says, "this little fireball brings the stage to life,
embodying influences such as Etta James and Janis Joplin. Don't let her
size fool you - she may be petite, but her voice is like a hard right
jab to your solar plexus".
