SOHO Southern Hospitality, (Damon Fowler, Jp Soars, Chris Peet & Matt Walker), performed in front of thousands of fans during the BIG BLUES BENDER in Las Vegas. European fans were just as excited to see them at Blues Now Basel in Switzerland and at the 100th anniversary show of Blues Station, in Tournon d'Agenais, France. Click Here to read more...
Victor Wainwright Theater Tour
In just a few days, the WildRoots and I will be hitting the road on our first ever theater focused tour (SEE BELOW), spanning from the North East and into Canada. We are incredibly excited and we're really looking forward to the whole experience! Please SHARE this post! Special thanks go to Harty Wiedemann and Brian Slack for their tireless efforts and hard work in bringing together this special tour for us. This is just the beginning! We'd also like to thank all our friends and family for their continued love and support smile emoticon Below, you'll find our schedule for this tour, with the theaters in caps. Hope to see you guys out there soon!
10/22 Lizzie Rose, Tuckerton, NJ
10/23 Treme Islip, Long Island NY
10/24 LARCOM THEATRE, BEVERLY, MA w/ Eli Paperboy Reed Openinghttp://goo.gl/MRlhhe
10/25 Brickhouse, Portland ME
10/27 Nectars, Burlington, VT
10/28 Funk N’ Waffle, Syracuse, NY
10/30 VIOLETS THEATER, BARRIE ONTARIO, http://www.violetsvenue.com/
10/31 SHOWPLACE THEATRE, PETERBOROUGH, ON www.showplace.org/
11/5 MARINE CABARET, SOREL-TRACY, QC https://goo.gl/0AHDcm
11/6 LA BASOCHE, GATINEAU, QC http://goo.gl/S3Zdoj
11/7 JEAN-PIERRE-HOUDE, CHATEAUGUAY, QC, http://goo.gl/eIeBTk
11/10 THEATRE OUTREMONT, MONTREAL, QC https://goo.gl/KyhE5l
11/12 THEATRE LE PATRIOTE, ST-AGATHE DES MONTS, QChttp://goo.gl/xtHoSq
11/13 SALLE JEAN-LOUIS-MILLETTE, THEATRE DE LA VILLE, LONGUEUIL, QC https://goo.gl/x6f0i2
11/14 MAISON DE LA CULTURE FRANCIS BRISSON, SHAWINIGAN, QChttp://goo.gl/wYl3nG
11/18 Pub Limoilou, Limoilou, QC https://goo.gl/y4UiCA
11/19 SALLE PAULINE JULIEN, ST-GENEVIEVE, QC http://goo.gl/Rxze7Z
11/20 CENTRE CULTUREL DE BELOEIL, BELOEIL, QChttp://goo.gl/LJdWKg
11/21 LA PETITE EGLISE, ST-EUSTACHE, QC http://goo.gl/dR4bZR
11/22 Blueseed Studios, Saranac Lake NY
11/22 30 City Hall Place, Plattsburgh NY
*Photo by Donna Criswell
Victor Wainwright's New Bus!
Be on the lookout for the Victor Wainwright bus! The new van, a 2015 Mercedes Sprinter, should be pulling to a town close to you! For dates, check here: http://www.vwwroots.com/tour/
Victor Wainwright's New Album Top 10 Billboard!
Victor Wainwright and the WildRoot's new album, "Boom Town" debuted on Top 10 Billboard! This is a huge accomplishment, and we are very proud of Victor and his band. It is incredibly rare for any artist to be on the Billboard Charts, and Boom Town knocked it out of the park hitting #5!
Other accomplishments for the album so far include:
Living Blues Radio Debut at #5
RMR - Roots Music Report - #3 "Top 50 Blues" 2015
Roots Music Report "Tennessee" - #1
Sirius XM 74 "Bb King's Bluesville" #2 Pick to Click
Victor Wainwright and The WildRoots New Album and HUGE PARTY!
BLIND PIG RECORDS RECORDING ARTIST: VICTOR WAINWRIGHT & THE WILDROOTS RELEASE NEW CD AND THROW HUGE PARTY
Victor Wainwright & The WildRoots New Album Boom Town
Available worldwide May 26th | Pre-Order Now!
iTunes: https://goo.gl/4XHgSi
Amazon: http://goo.gl/TC2PkT
CD RELEASE PARTY MAY 30th, Daytona Beach, FL
Buy your tickets and select your seats here;
http://www.tix.com/Event.asp?Event=753867
800-595-4849
PERFORMING
Victor Wainwright – Lead Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Piano, Hammond Organ
Stephen Dees – Bass, Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Vocals, Tambourine
Patricia Ann Dees – Tenor Saxophone, Vocals, Co-lead Vocal
Nick Black – Electric Guitar, Vocals, Co-lead Vocal
Billy Dean – Drums
Charlie DeChant – Baritone Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
Ray Guiser – Tenor Saxophone
Stephen Kampa – Harmonica
Terrence Grayson - Bass Guitar
Guest appearances:
Rev Billy C Wirtz - Opening The Show
Beth McKee [Vocals] & Juan Perez [Percussion] from the Beth McKee Band
Anthony 'Packrat' Thompson - [Vocal/Harmonica] from Smokehouse
Robert 'Top' Thomas - [Guitar/Vocals] from Smokehouse and the WildRoots Records family of artists
Gerard Guido - [Hammond B3 Organ]
Presenting Sponsors For the Evening:
Pamela and Frank Carbiener
Mick Kolassa - Endless Blues Productions
Daytona Estate Jewelry
Wade and Trish Caldwell
Homewood Suites
'Boom Town' ALBUM CREDITS:
Victor Wainwright – Lead Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Piano, Hammond Organ
Stephen Dees – Bass, Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Vocals, Tambourine
Patricia Ann Dees – Tenor Saxophone, Vocals, Co-lead Vocal [Track 8]
Nick Black – Electric Guitar, Vocals, Co-lead Vocal [Track 3]
Billy Dean – Drums
Charlie DeChant – Baritone Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
Ray Guiser – Tenor Saxophone
Stephen Kampa – Harmonica
Special Guests on album
Chris Stephenson – Hammond Organ [Track 1]
Beth McKee – BG Vocals [Track 5]
Juan Perez – Percussion [Track 5]
Ernie Lancaster – Slide Guitar [Track 6]
JP Soars – Acoustic Lead Guitar [Track 10]
Robert ‘Top’ Thomas – Guitar [Track 12]
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Produced, Arranged, & Engineered by: Stephen Dees
Co-Engineered by: Patricia Ann Dees & Rick Bailey
Mixed by: Rick Bailey
Recorded at WildRoot Farm Studios, Edgewater FL
Additional Recording at Soul Sway Studios, Memphis TN
Mastered by: Bryan Bassett
Art Direction: Stephen & Patricia Ann Dees
Design & Photography: Patricia Ann Dees
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Tracks
Boom Town
Saturday Night Sunday Morning
Stop Bossin’ Me Baby
If It Ain’t Got Soul - Part 1
When the Day is Done
Genuine Southern Hospitality
Two Lane Blacktop Revisited
WildRoot Farm
Piana’s Savannah Boogie
The Devil’s Bite
Reaper’s on the Prowl
Back on Top
WildRoot Rumble
All songs written by Stephen Dees except
[Tracks 2&7] Stephen Dees/Victor Wainwright
[Track 9] Victor Wainwright
“When the Day is Done” is dedicated to Stephen Dees father, mother, and brother [Carl, Bettye, and Michael]
“Genuine Southern Hospitality” is dedicated to Ernie Lancaster - Rest in Peace
A Holiday Wish
During this time of year, when families and friends are coming together to rejoice for the Holidays, we also want to remember that many Americans, some of them children, who are not included in the American Dream. The marginalized poor have no home to illuminate, no tree to decorate and no table to set with a Holiday Feast.
Somehow we have to spread cheer to them, one kindness at a time, one person to another at a time, not just during the Holidays, but throughout the year, until we bridge the gap and they can fulfill their true potential.
I feel blessed to be working with such a great team of Artists. They are people who genuinely care about the the less fortunate and are aware of their day to day struggles to survive and become whole. I sincerely wish that all of us can be part of this process, to help one another with Love & Kindness
Happy Holidays from all of us at Blues Pros Talent
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Harty Wiedemann
Blues Pros LLC
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Blues Pros Talent welcomes "Markey Blue" Blues, R&B, and Soul roots band to the National Talent roster for 2015
★ Nominated for Best Blues Artist in the 2013 NIMA Awards. Bandleaders Markey and Ric Latina weave elements of timeless blues, soul and R&B with hook-smart pop-songwriting, cool grooves and fire-breathing performance! Together, with the help of an A-list cast of 'Music City' Nashville studio and stage musicians, Markey Blue has crafted a dozen songs that feature Jack Pearson, the former Allman Brothers guitarist, and esteemed producer Steve Cropper on the New CD Release "Hey Hey" It scored #1 on the Blues Debut Chart and hit the ground running on the Roots Music Review Chart. At least five of the tracks have been broadcast on satellite radio in the United States, indicating its variety and depth. A Nashville news channel has used some of the songs for “bump music,” which is played to leads in and out of stories. Randy Chortkoff and Delta Groove Records is marketing the record, which appears on the Soul Sound Label. Grammy-award winning songwriter and legendary Stax Records songwriter, artist and producer Steve Cropper had a hand in assisting with vocal production of the closing track. He offers this ringing endorsement: “What do you get when you have a great singer, a great band and great songs? You get a great project. Markey definitely has the chops for this powerful album: Strong melodies, strong lyrics and a strong performance – what a concept!”
Markey is quickly becoming known as a rising talent in the roots music world — performing with, Taj Mahal, Candye Kane, Walter Trout, Delbert McClinton, Anson Funderburgh, and Bobby “Blue” Bland — before joining with Ric Latina to form Markey Blue. Latina has a longstanding reputation as an inspired studio and stage guitarist, and as a songwriter and studio craftsman. Besides his session credits, his extensive touring history includes roadwork with Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams III, Collin Raye, Suzy Bogguss, Billy Dean, John Berry, Vern Gosdin, Kirk Whalum, Sherrié Austin, Gary Puckett and Rhonda Vincent.
JP Soars releases new album "Full Moon Night in Memphis"!
Keeping comfortably on the top 5 RMR weekly blues radio charts, JP's new album is a MUST HAVE!!
Radio Interview: https://soundcloud.com/confessingtheblues/interview-jp-soars-complete-edit
JP Soars & The Red Hots Official Website: http://www.jpsoars.com/
Brandon Santini to perform on Bonamassa Cruise!
Blues Pros Talent artist Brandon Santini will have the honor of performing on "Keeping the Blues Alive at Sea;" the Joe Bonamassa Cruise! Thank you Joe and Roy Weisman, for inviting one of the best blues harmonica players on the scene, nominated for two Blues Music Awards just this year! Presented by Keeping the Blues Alive Foundation, Joe Bonamassa, and Sixthman, this is a jam-packed 4-day music festival at sea from February 17th - 21st, 2015 that sails in the Caribbean from Miami to Key West and Nassau, Bahamas! See the Full details at http://bluesaliveatsea.com/, and like the FB page: facebook.com/bluesaliveatsea, Instagram: shipstagr.am/events/bluesaliveatsea, and twitter: twitter.com/bluesaliveatsea, Tickets and pricing: http://www.bluesaliveatsea.com/prices/
BluesPros welcomes Southern Hospitality!
BluesPros is proud to announce we will be handling all bookings for Southern Hospitality
The South has long been known for hospitality and down home music. Recently the region has seen the emergence of a musical group of young musicians who are masters of their craft and embody the soul and spirit of Dixie.
The Band creating all the buzz, called Southern Hospitality, is comprised of lap steel guitar master Damon Fowler, guitarist extraordinaire J.P. Soars, and 2013 Blues Music Award Winner for Pine Top Perkins Piano Player of the Year Victor Wainwright.
The three artists are musician’s musicians, each bringing a unique style and fresh translation of the great Southern soul, blues, and rock music that came before them. Together, their mutual chemistry, high energy and skill sets create a cohesive vision, with echoes of Muscle Shoals and Macon, that organically flows together into an entirely original and dynamic form of Americana, Southern soul roots music with a modern sensibility.