Chicago Blues Bash!
at the
Flagstar Strand Theatre
Saturday, May 19, 2018 -7:00 PM - 10:30 PM
- Three of the Windy City’s top blues acts --
Nick Moss Band
featuring
Dennis Gruenling,
Corey Dennison Band
Mike Wheeler Band
-- together in one spectacular show
includes a V.I.P. meet-and-greet package with many great perks,
all at the fabulous Flagstar Strand Theatre
in
downtown Pontiac
on
Saturday, May 19, 7 p.m.
CABS (Capital Area Blues Society);
AABS (Ann Arbor Blues Society) --
The blues society you choose will get 10% of the ticket value!
---
Nick Moss is a bona fide bluesman with 12 solo releases to his credit,
Moss is a 30-year veteran guitarist
in Chicago's West and South side blues clubs
under the tutelage of some of the city's greatest blues luminaries.
He learned directly from, and toured with, blues giants
Jimmy “Fast Fingers” Dawkins,
Jimmy Rogers.
New Jersey’s Dennis Gruenling is considered among the very top blues harmonica players today.
As a teen, Gruenling heard the Alligator recording Harp Attack!
featuring
Junior Wells,
Carey Bell,
James Cotton
Billy Branch
and decided the harmonica was his calling.
A self-taught player, his fat-toned harp work, soulful singing and raw-boned, untamed energy are a perfect foil for Moss' hair-raising guitar playing and commanding vocals.
Blues Revue called Gruenling
“a leading light among a new generation of harp players...a true innovator.”
The two just signed with Alligator Records and will release their label debut,
The High Cost Of Low Living, in March 2018.
The new album is a return to the classic Chicago blues ensemble sound Moss knows, lives and loves.
MIKE WHEELER
Mike Wheeler has a vast knowledge of music
and a voice that's reminiscent of the late Sam Cooke.
He can sing and play everything so well that
you may forget what the original record even sounds like.
From jazz to rock, from popular music to Top 40,
he slides in and out of musical genres
Wheeler is a brilliant staple in the Chicago blues community,
playing and writing songs for a variety of Chicago artists including,
Nellie Tiger Travis,
Peaches Staten,
Sam Cockrell,
Demetria Taylor,
Big Ray
Cadillac Dave.
...
Wheeler was a well-known member of
Big James &The Chicago Playboys,
a notable band in Chicago and recorded five albums with the group.
He has travelled the world as an ambassador for Chicago blues music.
He's been to
Monaco,
France,
Switzerland,
Spain
Belgium,
...
He's also shared the stage with the most elite musicians the world has known, including Willie Kent,
Koko Taylor,
Buddy Guy,
B.B. King,
George Benson,
Jimmy Johnson
Shemekia Copeland.
...
Mike was inducted in the Chicago Blues Hall of Fame in 2014.
COREY DENNISON BAND
Formed in 2013, The Corey Dennison Band has become a favorite attraction at Chicago blues venues, including twice-weekly appearances at Kingston Mines.
Led by Corey Dennison’s soulful voice and muscular guitar,
the band released its self-titled studio debut for the legendary Delmark Records in 2016
Corey’s decade-long stint with Carl Weathersby and Gerry Hundt’s tenure with Nick Moss are evident on the disc but blend effortlessly into a dynamic new Chicago sound, anchored by
Aaron Whittier
Joel Baer.
Critics and radio polls responded favorably as the album garnered glowing reviews and constant worldwide airplay, netting chart positions on the Roots Music and Living Blues Radio Reports.
Nominations followed suit, with a nod for Best Emerging Artist from the Blues Music Awards, a pair from Blues Blast Magazine, and Grammy balloting.
The strength of the band’s repertoire is matched only by the charisma of the stage show; it’s not uncommon to see Corey belting out the blues, unamplified, in the heart of the audience while the band steps in time to the groove.
--------------------------------------------------------------
https://midwestmusicmafia.blogspot.com/
https://midwestmusicmafia.wordpress.com/
https://midwestmusicanddance.blogspot.com/
https://swingandsalsa.blogspot.com/
https://gmusicanddance.wordpress.com/
MidwestMusicMafia at GMail … Dot Com
- 4 our fellow Twits –
- Three of the Windy City’s top blues acts --
Nick Moss Band
featuring Dennis Gruenling,
Corey Dennison Band
Mike Wheeler Band
-- together in one spectacular show
includes a V.I.P. meet-and-greet package with many great perks,
all at the fabulous Flagstar Strand Theatre
in
downtown Pontiac
on
Saturday, May 19, 7 p.m.
DBS (Detroit Blues Society);
CABS (Capital Area Blues Society);
AABS (Ann Arbor Blues Society) --
The blues society you choose will get 10% of the ticket value!
CABS (Capital Area Blues Society);
AABS (Ann Arbor Blues Society) --
The blues society you choose will get 10% of the ticket value!
Reserved seating is $19-$49.
---
---
NICK MOSS BAND featuring DENNIS GRUENLING
Nick Moss is a bona fide bluesman with 12 solo releases to his credit,
Moss is a 30-year veteran guitarist
in Chicago's West and South side blues clubs
under the tutelage of some of the city's greatest blues luminaries.
He learned directly from, and toured with, blues giants
Jimmy “Fast Fingers” Dawkins,
Nick Moss is a bona fide bluesman with 12 solo releases to his credit,
Moss is a 30-year veteran guitarist
in Chicago's West and South side blues clubs
under the tutelage of some of the city's greatest blues luminaries.
He learned directly from, and toured with, blues giants
Jimmy “Fast Fingers” Dawkins,
Willie “Big Eyes” Smith
Jimmy Rogers.
New Jersey’s Dennis Gruenling is considered among the very top blues harmonica players today.
As a teen, Gruenling heard the Alligator recording Harp Attack!
featuring
Junior Wells,
Carey Bell,
James Cotton
Billy Branch
and decided the harmonica was his calling.
A self-taught player, his fat-toned harp work, soulful singing and raw-boned, untamed energy are a perfect foil for Moss' hair-raising guitar playing and commanding vocals.
Blues Revue called Gruenling
“a leading light among a new generation of harp players...a true innovator.”
The two just signed with Alligator Records and will release their label debut,
The High Cost Of Low Living, in March 2018.
The new album is a return to the classic Chicago blues ensemble sound Moss knows, lives and loves.
MIKE WHEELER
Mike Wheeler has a vast knowledge of music
and a voice that's reminiscent of the late Sam Cooke.
He can sing and play everything so well that
you may forget what the original record even sounds like.
From jazz to rock, from popular music to Top 40,
he slides in and out of musical genres
Wheeler is a brilliant staple in the Chicago blues community,
playing and writing songs for a variety of Chicago artists including,
Nellie Tiger Travis,
Peaches Staten,
Sam Cockrell,
Demetria Taylor,
Big Ray
Cadillac Dave.
...
Wheeler was a well-known member of
Big James &The Chicago Playboys,
a notable band in Chicago and recorded five albums with the group.
He has travelled the world as an ambassador for Chicago blues music.
He's been to
Monaco,
France,
Switzerland,
Spain
Belgium,
...
He's also shared the stage with the most elite musicians the world has known, including Willie Kent,
Koko Taylor,
Buddy Guy,
B.B. King,
George Benson,
Jimmy Johnson
Shemekia Copeland.
...
Mike was inducted in the Chicago Blues Hall of Fame in 2014.
Led by Corey Dennison’s soulful voice and muscular guitar,
the band released its self-titled studio debut for the legendary Delmark Records in 2016
Corey’s decade-long stint with Carl Weathersby and Gerry Hundt’s tenure with Nick Moss are evident on the disc but blend effortlessly into a dynamic new Chicago sound, anchored by
Aaron Whittier
Joel Baer.
Critics and radio polls responded favorably as the album garnered glowing reviews and constant worldwide airplay, netting chart positions on the Roots Music and Living Blues Radio Reports.
Nominations followed suit, with a nod for Best Emerging Artist from the Blues Music Awards, a pair from Blues Blast Magazine, and Grammy balloting.
The strength of the band’s repertoire is matched only by the charisma of the stage show; it’s not uncommon to see Corey belting out the blues, unamplified, in the heart of the audience while the band steps in time to the groove.
Jimmy Rogers.
New Jersey’s Dennis Gruenling is considered among the very top blues harmonica players today.
As a teen, Gruenling heard the Alligator recording Harp Attack!
featuring
Junior Wells,
Carey Bell,
James Cotton
Billy Branch
and decided the harmonica was his calling.
A self-taught player, his fat-toned harp work, soulful singing and raw-boned, untamed energy are a perfect foil for Moss' hair-raising guitar playing and commanding vocals.
Blues Revue called Gruenling
“a leading light among a new generation of harp players...a true innovator.”
The two just signed with Alligator Records and will release their label debut,
The High Cost Of Low Living, in March 2018.
The new album is a return to the classic Chicago blues ensemble sound Moss knows, lives and loves.
MIKE WHEELER
Mike Wheeler has a vast knowledge of music
and a voice that's reminiscent of the late Sam Cooke.
He can sing and play everything so well that
you may forget what the original record even sounds like.
From jazz to rock, from popular music to Top 40,
he slides in and out of musical genres
Wheeler is a brilliant staple in the Chicago blues community,
playing and writing songs for a variety of Chicago artists including,
Nellie Tiger Travis,
Peaches Staten,
Sam Cockrell,
Demetria Taylor,
Big Ray
Cadillac Dave.
...
Wheeler was a well-known member of
Big James &The Chicago Playboys,
a notable band in Chicago and recorded five albums with the group.
He has travelled the world as an ambassador for Chicago blues music.
He's been to
Monaco,
France,
Switzerland,
Spain
Belgium,
...
He's also shared the stage with the most elite musicians the world has known, including Willie Kent,
Koko Taylor,
Buddy Guy,
B.B. King,
George Benson,
Jimmy Johnson
Shemekia Copeland.
...
Mike was inducted in the Chicago Blues Hall of Fame in 2014.
COREY DENNISON BAND
Formed in 2013, The Corey Dennison Band has become a favorite attraction at Chicago blues venues, including twice-weekly appearances at Kingston Mines.Led by Corey Dennison’s soulful voice and muscular guitar,
the band released its self-titled studio debut for the legendary Delmark Records in 2016
Corey’s decade-long stint with Carl Weathersby and Gerry Hundt’s tenure with Nick Moss are evident on the disc but blend effortlessly into a dynamic new Chicago sound, anchored by
Aaron Whittier
Joel Baer.
Critics and radio polls responded favorably as the album garnered glowing reviews and constant worldwide airplay, netting chart positions on the Roots Music and Living Blues Radio Reports.
Nominations followed suit, with a nod for Best Emerging Artist from the Blues Music Awards, a pair from Blues Blast Magazine, and Grammy balloting.
The strength of the band’s repertoire is matched only by the charisma of the stage show; it’s not uncommon to see Corey belting out the blues, unamplified, in the heart of the audience while the band steps in time to the groove.
--------------------------------------------------------------
https://midwestmusicmafia.blogspot.com/
https://midwestmusicmafia.wordpress.com/
https://midwestmusicanddance.blogspot.com/
https://swingandsalsa.blogspot.com/
https://gmusicanddance.wordpress.com/
MidwestMusicMafia at GMail … Dot Com
- 4 our fellow Twits –
- Main stage - 
- Accoustic stage -
