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Festivals Exclusive is now gearing up for the 2014 festival season. Let Festivals Exclusive help book your entire festival or event with Delta Groove artists, a Delta Groove showcase, or a select group of Delta Groove talent. If you're looking for headliners, Festivals Exclusive has them for you.
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VIDEOS:
"BABY FORGIVE ME"
B'Jazz Festival Burghausen Germany Featuring Sugaray Rayford, Kirk Fletcher, Franck Goldwasser, Jimi Bott, Randy Chortkoff, Erkan Odzmuller
"BLOODY TEARS"
Performing at The B'Jazz Festival, Burghausen Germany featuring the incomparable Finis Tasby and Franck Goldwasser
"BABY PLEASE COME BACK TO ME"
At The B'Jazz Festival, Burghausen Germany featuring Ana Popovic & Big Pete.
"DRIVING WHEEL"
At B'Jazz Festival, Burghausen Germany, March 17th, 2012. Featuring Sugaray Rayford & Kirk Fletcher
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The Mannish Boys live revue has been proclaimed as "a self-contained, traveling blues festival in one band." Reminiscent of the legendary Ike Turner and Johnny Otis revues, each band member is spotlighted. Whether it be the guitar stylings and fire of Kirk Fletcher and Franck "Paris Slim" Goldwasser, the hypnotic grooves of one of the world's best rhythm sections featuring Jimi Bott and Willie J. Campbell, the powerful voice and showmanship of newest addition, blues and soul sensation Sugaray Rayford, coupled with the direction and harmonica playing of Delta Groove chief and band leader Randy Chortkoff, The Mannish Boys performance is bound to be a highlight of your event.
"The band wowed the audience at our festival with a set that brought
the house down to close our first sold out Saturday night."
- Edmonton's Labatt Blues Festival
"...they are easily one of the best blues shows going...Rayford was one of those exciting surprises that comes along every once in a while...Rayford grabbed you and shook you with huge sound from his magnificent pipes."
- Tampa Bay Blues Festival / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"The Mannish Boys revue could have been a festival all on its own."
- Simi Valley Cajun & Blues Festival / Blues Blast Magazine
"...an infectious revival of both '40s jump and '50s to '60s
Chess-like styles from a band that lives inside the music..."
– Wall Street Journal
"The Manish Boys seem to be in command of virtually every classic, neo-classic, obscure, and almost-unknown riff and lick in the postwar cannon, and they approach it all with unfettered enthusiasm and commitment."
– Living Blues Magazine
"…no finer collection of blues talent exists today in one band."
– Blues Revue Magazine
"An all-star blues band with an authentic spirit, The Mannish Boys have what it takes to preserve the music that deserves to be called our national treasure."
– Southland Blues Magazine
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VIDEOS:
"SOMEDAY, SOMEWAY"
Sugar Ray Norcia and the Bluetones cover a Ronnie Earl and the Broadcaster song, that was written by Ray Norcia.
"THE GIRL THAT RADIATES
THAT CHARM"
Rendition of Arthur Alexander's 1960 blues classic performed at the Beaches International Jazz Festival.
"UNION HALL"
At the 25th Beaches International Jazz Festival in Toronto.
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Singer and harp man Sugar Ray Norcia's career kicked into high gear in 1979 when he formed the original Sugar Ray & the Bluetones with guitar giant Ronnie Earl, and it has stayed there ever since.
Norcia has appeared on nearly 50 albums including discs with the Bluetones, Earl, Otis Grand, Ann Peebles, Michelle Willson, Sax Gordon, Duke Robillard, and his 1999 "Best Traditional Blues" Grammy nominated collaboration with fellow harmonica virtuosos James Cotton, Charlie Musselwhite and Billy Branch called Superharps.
In the '90s Norcia spent seven high-profile years with the legendary Roomful of Blues. He cut five albums with the group including 1996's Turn It On, Turn It Up, which also received a "Best Traditional Blues" Grammy nod.
Today Norcia's élan and robust tone makes his voice one of the most distinctive, well-defined and recognizable instruments in modern blues.
He continues to tour the world with his durable Bluetones and make acclaimed albums like his fourth Severn release 2007's My Life, My Friends, My Music — which drew Blues Music Award nominations for "Album of the Year," "Instrumentalist — Harmonica," " Instrumentalist — Bass" and "Song of the Year" (for "Last Words of a Fool"). That disc's sequel is in the works.
"Sugar Ray has great tone and great phrasing, singing and playing the harp. One of my favorites!" - Charlie Musselwhite
"Sugar Ray is the real deal. There is nobody better to represent this music."
- Kim Wilson - The Fabulous Thunderbirds
"His approach to the harp is straight from the heart of Chicago Blues but he's not just recycling Little Walter licks. Ray is clever and innovative and he knows how to be flashy without overdoing it."
- David B. Watts- The Daily Hampshire Gazzett
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 Featuring - by availability (from Left to Right):
Lynwood Slim, Big Al Blake, Mitch Kashmar, Rod Piazza,
Randy Chortkoff, Bob Corritore, RJ Mischo, Big Pete, Jason Ricci,
and many more.
An arsenal of the heaviest harmonica players that Delta Groove has to offer, the Delta Harp Blast is sure to be an exciting addition to your festival's lineup. With a backing band packed of stellar Delta Groove talent including Kirk Fletcher on guitar, Willie J. Campbell on bass, and Jimi Bott on drums, the Delta Harp Blast can accommodate any size festival or event and budget level. Simply customize the lineup to appeal to your target audience demographics by selecting any combination of the following harp blasters (based on availability) Rod Piazza, Mitch Kashmar, Lynwood Slim, Al Blake, Big Pete, Randy Chortkoff, Bob Corritore, RJ Mischo, and Jason Ricci. The Delta Harp Blast packs heat that's guaranteed to leave your festival's stage smoldering and your patrons drenched in the blues!
ROD PIAZZA
"I'M A KING BEE"
Performling at the Irvine Lake Blues Festival.
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MITCH KASHMAR
"NICKELS & DIMES"
Mitch Kashmar & Igor Prado Trio performing "Nickels and Dimes" live at Sesc Pompéia - IX International Harp Festival.
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RANDY CHORTKOFF
"THE SUN IS SHINING"
Randy Chortkoff and The Mannish Boys on the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise (Main Stage).
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BIG PETE
"EARLY IN THE MORNING"
Big Pete performing "Early In the Morning" with Kirk Fletcher (guitar), Willie J Campbell (bass), and Jimi Bott (drums), in Basel, Switzerland at the Blues Now! Festival 2011.
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AL BLAKE
"THE LAND OF CALIO"
Al Blake performing "The Land of Calio" - Amanda's Roller Coaster at the Rhythm Room - Phoenix, AZ
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BOB CORRITORE
Bob Corritore and Dave Riley at the Cognac Blues Passion Festival.
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LYNWOOD SLIM
(SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS)
Lynwood Slim at the Rumble of Harmonicas - Texas.
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RJ MISCHO
RJ Mischo at Bischofsmühle Hildesheim.
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VIDEOS:
"HOW LONG WILL THIS LAST"
Sugaray Rayford with The Mannish Boys featuring Kid Ramos at the Hondarribia Blues Festival in Basque County, Spain
"DRIVIN' WHEEL"
Sugaray Rayford &The Mannish Boys featuring Shawn Pittman and Kid Ramos, at the Hondarribia Blues Festival in Basque County, Spain
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"Sugaray Rayford is a revelation as he powerfully moans the blues…"
– Blues in Britain Magazine
"Whether it's rompin Chicago blues, Memphis Stax-powered
soul, scorching Texas blues or New Orleans-tinged jazz,
Sugaray fields whatever's his way with confident versatility."
– DAN WILLGING - Holler / Colorado Blues Society
"Sugaray has a strong, soulful, bluesy voice."
– Don Vecchio - Blues Society of Western Pennsylvania
"Not many singers can take us from the delta to the modern chitlin' circuit as easily as he does. A big man with a big voice and plenty of personality..."
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VIDEOS:
"FIRE ON TEH BAYOU"
At the Rogue Theatre in Grants Pass, Oregon.
"FOURTY DAYS & FOURTY NIGHTS"
Kara Grainger and Jonny Lang at the Historic Rogue Theatre in Grants Pass Oregon.
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"Kara sung me back to life"- Billy's Bunker
"For my money, something in Grainger's passionate performance reached out through the door, grabbed people by the figurative scruff of the neck, and propelled them inside." - John T. Davis, SXSW 2009
"Kara Grainger puts an irresistibly funky stamp on 12-bar standards"
- Tony Hillier on the Woodford Folk Festival
"There's a whole lot of mid- and latter-day Bonnie Raitt in songs on Kara Grainger's debut full-length recording Grand and Green River… Grainger's alternately throaty and honeyed voice floats over a slickly produced bed of bluesy accompaniment" - The Tennessean, Nicole Keiper
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VIDEOS:
"HAVE YOU SEEN MY MONKEY?"
At the Galaxie Agency / Nashville Blues Society Showcase as part of the International Blues Challenge. February 2, 2012, at B.B. King's, Memphis TN.
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"Andy was a great musician when we started and I think he's an even better player now. His dedication to the music that he loves is unstoppable…And Nick is one of the greatest singers in blues today. When people hear his voice, they are moved." – Anson Funderburgh
"Andy T Band, featuring James "Nick" Nixon is one of those amazing artists that rarely surface today." – Bman's Blues Report
"Nick and Andy T are both world class performers with
a show that offers something for everyone."
– Peter Fleming co-founder, Nashville Office – AirPlay Direct
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VIDEOS:
"FRESH OUT OF LUCK"
Music Video
"RAZOR BLADES"
Music Video
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Reminiscent of the Black Keys and White Stripes
this powerful duo is sure to please blues and rock fans alike!
"They play hard-hitting rock 'n' roll with a bluesy twist."
- Mary-Justine, Mountain News
"This duo sends out the sounds of bluesy Rock 'n Roll infused with some Metallic elements." - Alyssa Lynne Love, West Coast Smog
"It's nitty, gritty, dirty, bluesy, ballsy, and downright unpolished. It's raw, brash, almost cliché rock and roll - all cigarettes and distortion and bad love."
- Holly Interlandi, Whiskey Tones
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Festivals Exclusive is also booking:
MITCH KASHMAR |
NATHAN JAMES |
KIRK FLETCHER |
TERRY HANCK |
THE MIGHTY MOJO
PROPHETS |
KAL DAVID |
BIG PETE |
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