Festivals Exclusive, LLC is a booking agency specializing in booking Blues, Roots & Music Festivals worldwide. Festivals Exclusive will initially focus solely on booking artists on the Delta Groove Music and Eclecto Groove Records labels. They are dedicated to providing the highest quality in live music and performances. They will work in conjunction with the Delta Groove and Eclecto Groove labels to assure you the highest level of professionalism and an assortment of jaw dropping packages that will include various artists from the labels. Whether you book a solo act or a monster package, your festival is guaranteed to get an unbelievable show!
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The Mannish Boys with Sugaray and the Delta Groove Harp Blast recently shook the stage at the Tampa Bay Blues Festival. The website Community Voices said "Rayford was one of those exciting surprises that comes along every once in a while at a festival, where you get to see performers for the first time.", and "Ramos scorched the stage with his guitar work".
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THE MANNISH BOYS RETURN TO THE STUDIO
So how exactly do The Mannish Boys plan to top five critically acclaimed CDs when preparing to record their next highly anticipated studio album? Easy… they simply call up all their friends, invite them over, and make it a double! Yes, you heard correctly. This month The Mannish Boys head into the studio to record a 2-CD set and follow up to the band's 5th anniversary recording "Shake For Me," released back in March 2010. The current lineup will feature powerhouse vocalists Finis Tasby and newcomer Sugaray Rayford, the dynamic six-string duo of Kirk Fletcher and Franck "Paris Slim" Goldwasser on guitars, Randy Chortkoff on harmonica, along with the propulsive rhythmic support of Willie J. Campbell on bass and Jimi Bott on drums. Rounding out this star-studded extravaganza will be special guests Elvin Bishop, Mud Morganfield, Jackie Payne, Rod Piazza, James Harman, Kid Ramos, Junior Watson, Mike Finnigan, Rob Rio, Fred Kaplan, Nathan James, Bob Corritore and Bill Stuve. The sparks will fly as The Mannish Boys tackle classics and B-side rarities for what is sure to become another quintessential recording in their ever-growing catalog. Look for the new Mannish Boys album, produced by Randy Chortkoff and Jeff Scott Fleenor, coming out on Delta Groove this May 2012
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
The 23rd Annual Simi Valley Cajun & Blues Music Festival will be held on Saturday and Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, May 26th & 27th, 2012. This year also marks our third year producing the Blues Stage at the festival in Simi Valley (produced by the Rotary Club of Simi Sunrise) and as the years before, the talent is phenomenal. The lineup includes:
The Fabulous Thunderbirds, James Cotton, Rod Piazza & The West Coast Sheiks featuring Junior Watson , Candye Kane , The Mannish Boys, James Harman, Mud Morganfield, Darrell Nulisch, Bob Margolin, Paul Oscher, Johnny Dyer, Mitch Kashmar, Bob Corritore, Big Pete, Terry Hanck, Nathan James & The Rhythm Scratchers, Shawn Pittman, R.J. Mischo, Jason Ricci, Paul Size, Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King, John Marx, Adrianna Marie, Marco Pandolfi, The Mighty Mojo Prophets, and more!
Mark your calendars now for Memorial Day weekend, Saturday May 26th and Sunday, May 27th and stay tuned for forthcoming announcements regarding additional artists and a complete festival lineup. For more information visit:
www.cajun-blues.com
The all-star super group The Mannish Boys recently returned home from tearing up the stage in Burghausen Germany at the the B'Jazz Festival. Check out footage of them performing with new vocalist Sugaray Rayford.
THE MANNISH BOYS "DOUBLE DYNAMITE" |
NATHAN JAMES & THE RHYTHM SCRATCEHRS
"WHAT YOU MAKE OF IT" |
TAIL DRAGGER &
BOB CORRITORE
"LONGTIME FRIENDS
IN THE BLUES" |
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Powerhouse blues vocalist Finis Tasby was born in Dallas, Texas in 1940,and grew up immersed in the vital Texas blues tradition. As a teenager, Finis got his first professional music experience as drummer with the swinging local combo The Blues Blasters. By the early 1960s he'd switched instruments, and was playing bass and singing backup with local legends The Thunderbirds, working regularly with Z.Z. Hill, and also backing Clarence Carter, Lowell Fulson, and Freddie King on regional tours.
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"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."
– Colorado Blues Society
When Sugaray belts out a song, you not only hear it, you feel it. The excitement in the room is palpable when he takes the stage; he is a superb vocalist and entertainer. His dynamic voice is large just like the man. With his old school vocal style, echoes of Muddy Waters, Otis Redding and Teddy Pendergrass can be heard. At 6'5" he is a big man, but he moves with grace and energy. His fluid dance steps will remind you of the Legendary James Brown.
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"…Holland's best kept secret…"
– Blues In The Northwest
Dutch blues vocalist and harp master Pieter "Big Pete" van der Pluijm may not be a familiar name to American blues audiences, but he's already well-established in the Netherlands – his native home base in North-West Europe. At 23, Pete was handpicked for a European memorial tour to honor the music and memory of legendary harmonica player and vocalist Lester Butler (the Red Devils and Thirteen), backed by several of Lester's original bandmates. The project was met with great success and critical acclaim, so more tours and a CD by the Lester Butler Tribute Band soon followed, securing Pete's arrival on the scene as one of the premier next generation blues performers in the Benelux region.
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"No band makes the old new again
better than The Mannish Boys."
- Blues Revue Magazine
Reviving the spirit of such legendary revues of the past as the Johnny Otis Show, the Ike Turner Revue, or even the much celebrated American Folk Blues Festival, The Mannish Boys carry this grand tradition forward into the 21st century with an assembly of extraordinary talent that represents the very best of both the younger generation, as well as the deep-rooted veterans. The Mannish Boys have been universally praised as one of the most exciting blues projects to come along in years and features some of the most dynamic blues talent in the world today.
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