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Roots & Rhythm

Rank #1 Denver, CO Blues / Jazz, Funk, Soul, 50's Rock n Rol...

50% of sales go to the charity Oxfam America.

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Members: James Speiser (Guitar & Vocals) Pattie Melt (Sax & Clarinet) John Grigsby (Upright Bass) Mikey Smith (Keys & Organ) Matt Amundson (Drums)

Sounds Like: Sly & The Family Stone, Buddy Guy, Louis Jordan, Fred Wesley, James Brown

Label: Spicy Music

Manager: James Speiser

Bio: ROOTS & RHYTHM plays blues, jazz, soul, & funk featuring the soulful guitar & vocals of James Speiser, sultry sax of Pattie Melt, Mikey Smith keys, John Grigsby upright and electric bass, & Matt Amundson drums.

James Speiser, front-man of Roots and Rhythm, started his music career in Denver club... See Full Bio

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Roots & Rhythm has a show on 05/18/2013 at 07:00 PM @ Private Party ... in Denver, CO http://www.reverbnation.com/c./poni/200592755 #concert

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“That’s how we met James Speiser, a leader of the band called Roots & Rhythm. We became close after that meeting and kept in touch. Very quickly James Speiser gained a recognition in denver’s blues scene and his band Roots & Rhythm start appearing frequently in Denver’s clubs and performance venues. Finally after an year of performances he called us to setup a sound for him and perhaps to make some live recordings. We accepted the offer and recorded one of Roots & Rhythm first performances. We brought the multitrack recorded material to our studio (www.ergRecords.com) and strt messing with it. Few hours later we had a pretty good sound i believe we were all happy with the outcome. It took later more then a week to get the videos, since another company was in charge for that part. Even though material was captured with a single DSLR camera and not all shots where continuous, we still managed to get a great video with a great sound in it.”

— Amayak Urumyan, Entertainment Research Group / Denver-Audio Studios

“MEET THE ROOTS & RHYTHM BAND The newest member to the CBS family is the Roots & Rhythm Band. Roots & Rhythm is a Denver jump blues, swing, New Orleans funk and soul group featuring the incendiary vocals and funky guitar stylings of James Speiser. James teamed up with the tough tenor saxophone of Pattie Melt about 10 years ago and they started the band Roots & Rhythm. Roots & Rhythm is authentic and original. With their own unique style they cover great R&B material and also perform some great originals. The band is ranked #2 on Reverb Nation Denver Blues Charts and #84 Nationally (www.ReverbNation.com/RootsRhythm)& were just featured in Colorado Serenity Magazine You can contact James at RootsRhythmBand@live.com. Roots & Rhythm has a big show coming up March 23 at the Buffalo Rose. That night they will feature a five piece group. James Speiser and Pattie Melt with John Grigsby upright bass, Matt Amundson drums & Andy Snyders on alto sax. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATLS6Xkx4kM”

— Chick Cavallero, Colorado Blues Society HOLLER!

“Despite the successes and growing popularity of Roots & Rhythm, the leader James Speiser is a person with a heavy dose of gratitude. He's happy experiencing the here and now. "Last night was a very special gig for me. At the old Pierre's Supper Club. Right neat the heart of five points, me and Pattie were the only white people in the club. The place was packed and the show was a hit! Now we're there every Thursday. There were some promoters and club owners there that really want us for several other gigs and a festival in the summer. I'm excited." James Speiser has set realistic goals for Roots & Rhythm. He is preparing to go on tour with the band, but it's the connection with the audience that keeps him going. "I'm connected to the audience. Music for me is communicating something cosmic to the people." Roots & Rhythm's CD Phantom Blues is aptly named: with songs like Chi Town, Chains and Laundromat Blues, conjures smoky night clubs and sultry women. Deep soul.”

— Corey Colombin, Colorado Serenity Magazine

“Kotnik Wazee Supper Club opened its doors back in 1974 under Angelo and Jim Karagas, five years after the same duo erected My Brother's Bar just nine blocks away. Since then, the bar and restaurant, which has since been passed from the hands of the Karagas brothers to the Wynkoop Holdings restaurant group, has lured in celebrities like Jack Kerouac and Jack Nicholson. 9News anchor Kirk Montgomery will sling drinks behind the bar starting at 7 p.m., with 15 percent of the sales benefiting Maxfund, a no-kill animal shelter. If you, like Wazee Supper Club, were born in 1974, you also get your first drink free that night. The events conclude Saturday night with live music from the Roots and Rhythm band, which agreed to perform from 8 p.m. until midnight since singer Jimmy Speiser played his first ever live gig at the supper club back in 1993.”

— Laura Shunk, Westword

“Saturday at 8 p.m. debut appearance of one of Denver's premier jazz and blues bands, Roots & Rhythm. Denver has quietly become a hotbed for talented musicians with a passion for the standards. Having established themselves as a force upon that scene, Roots & Rhythm slides seamlessly between smoky New York City Jazz and soulful Chicago blues with stops in between in St. Louis, Memphis and points beyond, wherever the free flowing bass lines may lead. Wielding a gritty, club-weary voice that takes on the full force of the music he sings, front man James Speiser's vocals are perfectly complimented by the soulful and sultry notes that emanate from the bell of Patty Melt's saxophone. While Speiser's guitar and Melt's sax are free to roam. ”

— Daily Staff, VAIL Daily

“A diverse and dynamic repertoire, including blues, jump blues and swing, soul, jazz and some funky material. They cover Ray Charles, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Louis Jordan, Sly and the Family Stone, Herbie Hancock among others. They also have a wide variety of original music. Read more: http://www.gazette.com/articles/band-111838-profile-roots.html#ixzz1FNhzXZWB ”

— Warren Epstein, Co Springs Gazette

“Cuvee joins Boulder Jazz Scene...This weeks lineup James Speiser...”

— Jon Solomon, Westword

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