Damon Sonnier
Houston, TX
R&B/Soul / Funk / Cajun/Zydeco
Bio
As a freelance artist I am always looking to be part of a new and exciting project. I provide creative, reliable, and timely service with professionalism and care.
I have had the opportunity to perform all over the U.S.A., South America, France and Italy from festivals (Umbria Jazz, New Orleans Jazz Festival, Rochester Int'l. Jazz Fest, etc.) to private occasions. The variety of music has also been an important aspect, ranging from rhythm and blues, latin, soul-funk, jazz, big band and swin...
Press
“On my way towards East and Chestnut for Tower Of Power, I was drawn into the Big Tent by a rhythmic thwackety-thwack�that I thought was a snare drum, but turned out to be Alex MacDonald, washboard player with Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers. By this point, Dopsie and company had whipped the sizeable crowd into a frenzy. (Note To Self: listen to more zydeco music.) So much so that I just had to... move my feet!... dance!... eat chicken! Yes, the groove got me so worked up that I needed to nourish myself on the spot. So I'm standing there dancing and devouring a quarter-pound of chicken at the same time, trying to make sure I don't bump into anyone, when I see Dopsie and MacDonald duel-soloing on top of a table at the back of the hall. It was that kind of night, and holding its own at the center of the whole band's fiery playing was Dopsie's voice, which is about as rich and robust a sound as human vocal chords have ever produced. ”
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I'm at Distillery Twenty 5 Twenty (2520 Houston Avenue, I-10, Houston) http://t.co/CsmNj9As
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ROCHESTER-JAZZ-FESTIVAL-2009-BLOG-Day-8-Dwayne-Dopsie
May 31, 2011 at 05:09 PM
From there, the night suddenly turned into a quadruple shot of relentless high-octane groove. On my way towards East and Chestnut for Tower Of Power, I was drawn into the Big Tent by a rhythmic thwackety-thwack�that I thought was a snare drum, but turned out to be Alex MacDonald, washboard player with Dwayne Dopsie and the Znydeco Hellraisers. By...
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