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Wed Nov 25 2009
8:00p
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Jeff Pitchell
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Fri Nov 27 2009
7:30p
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Cheryl Wheeler
Seth Glier
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Age Limit: All Ages Tickets: $25-$40
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Seth Glier
Folk / Pop / Soul
Shelburne Falls, MA
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Sample Song: Gotta Get Away
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Sat Nov 28 2009
8:00p
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Scott Murawski & Jeff Pevar
Jeff Pevar
Mo Pleasure
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Jeff Pevar TICKETS ON SALE JULY 9!!Jeff Pevar is a partner in a band known as CPR, co-writing, s...
Age Limit: All Ages Tickets: $12, $17, $27
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Show Details: Jeff Pevar TICKETS ON SALE JULY 9!!Jeff Pevar is a partner in a band known as CPR, co-writing, singing and co-producing songs in a band including Rock&Roll legend, David Crosby (The Byrds / Crosby, Stills and Nash), and James Raymond, an incredible keyboardist/composer/singer who also happens to be David Crosby's son. CPR's first trio tour was in January of 1997, a few months after Crosby and Raymond were reunited after over 30 years. Because the musical chemistry was so obvious to them, David, Jeff and James pursued the project, wrote and produced many songs together.Jeff is a very busy and hardworking guitar player. We are so excited to have him here at Infinity Hall for a second appearance! In the last year he has been on the road with Phil Lesh and Friends, Jazz Is Dead, and toured and recorded a new album with his band CPR. Check out their new release "Just Like Gravity" it is one you want to add to your collection.
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Mo Pleasure
Jazz / Soul / Funk
Snellville, GA
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Sample Song: R U Down featuring Ali Woodson
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Sun Nov 29 2009
7:30p
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Coco Montoya
Jen Lowe
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Coco Montoya Over the course of his 30-year career, guitarist and vocalist Coco Montoya's explosi...
Age Limit: All Ages Tickets: 25-35
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Show Details: Coco Montoya Over the course of his 30-year career, guitarist and vocalist Coco Montoya's explosive guitar playing and soul-driven voice have propelled him to the upper reaches of the blues-rock world. From his early days as a drummer to his current status as one of the top-drawing guitarists and vocalists on the blues-rock scene, Montoya has forged his reputation through years of hard work and constant touring. And it all started with a chance meeting in the mid-1970s with legendary bluesman Albert Collins, who offered Montoya a gig as his drummer. Albert took an immediate liking to Montoya, becoming his mentor and teaching his new protégé secrets of the Collins "icy hot" style of blues guitar. Five years later, John Mayall happened to catch Montoya at a jam session and was blown away. This led to Montoya's touring the world for ten years with the legendary Bluesbreakers. Since stepping out as a bandleader in 1993, Montoya has released four solo albums and has performed non-stop at clubs, concert halls and major festivals all over the world. At every show, fans' jaws dropped, and critics raved about Montoya's mind-bending guitar licks and impassioned vocals. "The fiery blues that issue forth from Coco Montoya's guitar are awe-inspiring and boogie requiring," shouted The Village Voice. "Blistering, pure blues," cheered Blues Revue. Now, with Can't Look Back (AL 4885), Montoya turns up the intensity with another dose of his feral, soul-stirring music.
On Can't Look Back, Montoya once again uses blues as a blasting off point for his rock solid, groove-laden music. With his icy hot guitar playing and his soulful, unaffected vocals, Montoya attacks each of the 13 songs with deep feeling and ferocious energy. Produced by Jim Gaines (Luther Allison, Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughan), every song on Can't Look Back (including five Montoya originals) burns from start to finish. From the scorching Wish I Could Be That Strong to the grooves and passion of Trip, Stumble And Fall to the ear-catching Can't Look Back to the reinvention of Albert Collins' Same Old Thing, Montoya brings all the unbridled force of his acclaimed live shows into the studio for a foot-stomping, guitar-fueled ride.
Coco Montoya was born in Santa Monica, California in 1951 and raised by working class parents with a large record collection. As a youngster, he enjoyed picking out notes on the guitar, but he grew up playing drums in local rock bands. In 1969, Montoya saw Albert King opening up a Creedence Clearwater Revival/Iron Butterfly concert and was transformed. "After Albert got done playing," says Montoya, "my life was changed. When he played, the music went right into my soul. It grabbed me so emotionally that I had tears welling up in my eyes. Nothing had ever affected me to this level. He showed me what music and guitar playing were all about. I knew that was what I wanted to do."
By the mid-1970s, Montoya was playing drums in several local rock bands, one of which played a small Culver City, California bar on weekends. One Sunday, Albert Collins was booked to play a matinee there and the club owner gave Collins permission to use Montoya's drums. Montoya continues the story: "I show up to pick up my equipment and I see that someone had been playing my drums and I got a little angry with the club owner. So Albert called me up at the club and was real nice and apologetic. I went down to see his show and it really just tore my head off. The thing that I had seen and felt with Albert King came pouring back on me when I saw Albert Collins."
A few months later, Albert desperately needed a drummer for a tour of the Northwest and he called Coco. "When he called," recalls Coco, "I figured we'd rehearse for a few weeks before the tour. Instead, he told me he'd pick me up in three hours." During the tour, Albert took Montoya under his wing, teaching him about the blues. After the tour ended, Montoya remained in Collins' band for five more years. It was during this time that Coco began doubling on guitar. And Collins went out of his way to teach the youngster. "We'd sit in hotel rooms for hours and play guitar," remembers Montoya. "He'd play that beautiful rhythm of his and just have me play along. He was always saying, 'Don't think about it, just feel it.' He taught me to tap into an inner strength. What a great gift he gave me." As Montoya's guitar playing improved, his relationship with Collins kept growing. "He was like a father to me," says Coco, who often crashed at Collins' house. When Collins declared Montoya his "son," it was the highest praise and affection he could offer. In return, Montoya learned everything he could from the legendary Master of the Telecaster.
As disco began to take over and gigs began to dry up, Montoya left Collins' band, but the two stayed very close friends. Montoya worked as a bartender, figuring his career as a musician was over. But luck was still on his side. He kept playing guitar ("I had plenty of time on my hands," Montoya recalls) and eventually others took note of his prowess. One night in the early 1980s, Montoya was jamming in a Los Angeles bar when John Mayall walked in. As a quick tribute, Montoya launched into All Your Love I Miss Loving. Impressed, Mayall left the club with a soundboard tape. When Mayall needed a guitarist for the newly reformed Bluesbreakers, he called Coco Montoya. Filling the shoes of previous Bluesbreaker guitarists Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor would not be easy, but Montoya knew he could not pass up the opportunity to play with another blues legend. He joined the band, determined to become an even greater guitarist. For the next ten years he toured the world and recorded with Mayall, soaking up everything he could. Along with fellow Bluesbreaker guitarist Walter Trout, Montoya was a featured member of the band, and often opened shows with his own blistering blues. And like the great guitarists who came before him in the Bluesbreakers, Montoya's emergence as a scalding hot player with chops to burn suggested big things to come.
By the early 1990s, Montoya was at another crossroads. He had been with the Bluesbreakers for ten years and felt ready for a change. His friend Albert Collins had been diagnosed with cancer, and during one visit, Collins told Coco to move on and do his own thing. Montoya talked to Mayall, who understood the time was right. "Both Albert and John pushed me out of the nest nice and easy," says Coco. Although he was nervous about the move, Montoya put a band together and hit the road, proving himself night after night. His debut as a leader, 1995's Gotta Mind To Travel (originally on Silvertone Records in England and later issued in the USA on Blind Pig Records), became an instant favorite with blues fans, radio programmers and critics. The album introduced Montoya as a bandleader who immediately ranked among the best players on the contemporary blues scene. In 1996, he was nominated for four W.C. Handy Awards and walked away with the award for Best New Blues Artist.
Montoya's follow-up, 1996's Ya Think I'd Know Better (Blind Pig), showcased a feral blues rocker with vocal skills matched only by his ferocious guitar playing. The album stayed on the Billboard Blues Chart for 14 weeks, reaching the number 10 position. The Washington Post called the CD, "One of the year's strongest blues-rock albums." 1997's Just Let Go (Blind Pig) continued to highlight Montoya's steely guitar licks and intense vocals, earning him legions of new fans everywhere he played. "He sings and plays with passionate abandon," shouted the Boston Globe.
In 2000, Coco's Alligator debut, Suspicion, quickly became the best-selling album of his career. "Powerhouse blues," exclaimed Guitar Player, "searing tone, emotional soloing, and energetic, unforced vocals…stunning." With regular radio airplay on over 120 stations nationwide, Montoya's fan base exploded. The record held the number one position on the Living Blues radio chart for three straight months. And it landed on the Billboard Blues Chart for 11 weeks in a row, peaking at number 11. Features and reviews ran in Billboard, Guitar Player, The New York Times, Blues Revue, JazzTimes, The Chicago Tribune, and countless other national and regional publications.
Averaging over 200 tour dates a year, Montoya packs clubs and theaters around the world. He has played major festivals, including the New Orleans Jazz&Heritage Festival, The Chicago Blues Festival, The San Francisco Blues Festival and Canada's Inter-national Jazz Festival. It's no coincidence that publications from The Philadelphia Daily News to Blues Revue to Living Blues to The Village Voice all rank Coco among the best guitarists and singers on the blues scene. "Montoya is at the forefront of the contemporary blues world," declared Guitar World. "He is one of the truly gifted blues artists of his generation," said Living Blues. With Can't Look Back and continued non-stop touring, Coco Montoya is blasting head first into the future, and he's bringing everyone along for the fiery, blues-rocking ride.
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Jen Lowe
Country / Americana / Rock
Farmington, CT
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Sample Song: Waitress Song
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Thu Dec 3 2009
7:30p
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Chris Miskel
Brian Culbertson
Michael Lington
Eddie Miller
Lamar Jones
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: BRIAN CULBERTSONS A SOULFUL CHRISTMAS W/MICHAEL LINGTON
Age Limit: All Ages
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Chris Miskel
Jazz
Chicago, IL
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Sample Song: Go - Brian Culbertson (2009)
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Brian Culbertson
Jazz / Funk
Los Angeles, CA
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Sample Song: Funkin' Like My Fathers
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Lamar Jones
Jazz / Gospel / R&B
Matteson, IL
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Sample Song: Go
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Fri Dec 4 2009
8:00p
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Lipbone Redding
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Sat Dec 5 2009
8:00p
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James Montgomery
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James Montgomery w/ The Uptown Horns The Uptown Horns are the world renown horn section who has p...
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Show Details: James Montgomery w/ The Uptown Horns The Uptown Horns are the world renown horn section who has played and recorded with The Rolling Stones, James Brown, J. Geils, Tom Waits, Joe Cocker, Robert Plant and so many more!! Don’t miss this second sold out James Montgomery appearance at Infinity Music Hall&Bistro!!
When blues legend James Montgomery plays the harmonica, he "brings it on home". Whether it's recording with Kid Rock, sitting in with Gregg Allman, or fronting his hot band of thirty years, Montgomery plays with authority. While growing up in Detroit he learned first-hand from the masters - James Cotton, John Lee Hooker, and Jr. Wells - at the legendary "Chessmate." Over the years, he's carried on in the tradition and continues to be a vital presence in Blues as one of the most dynamic performers on the scene.
In 1970, while attending Boston University, Montgomery formed the James Montgomery Band. His inimitable (oh yeah, he majored in English) harmonica playing combined with his incredibly energetic live shows led to the band's quick ascension on the New England music scene. Within two years, the James Montgomery band was among the hottest acts in Boston along with J. Geils and Aerosmith, and they were quickly signed to a multi-album deal with Capricorn Records.
Since that time, James has recorded six albums. His first, "First Time Out" has been remastered and re-released by MRG/Capricorn. Other include "James Montgomery Band" on Island Records which was number nine on Billboard's national playlist, "Duck Fever" with members of the David Letterman Band, "Live Trax," with the Uptown Horns (the Rolling Stones' horn section), and his release on Tone-Cool, "The Oven Is On."
Montgomery has toured with many major artists, including Aerosmith, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen, the Allman Brothers, Steve Miller and others. He has jammed on stage with B.B.King, Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, Jr. Wells, James Cotton, Charlie Daniels, Bonnie Raitt, Greg Allman, Laverne Baker, Patti LaBelle, and Peter Wolf among others, including an impromptu session with Mick Jagger at New York's "Trax".
Over the years Montgomery's band has been a springboard for many musicians. Members of his band have included Billy Squire, Wayne Kramer (MC-5), Jeff Golub (Rod Stewart), Jim McCarty (Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels), Nunzio Signore Bo Diddley), Jeff Pevar (Ray Charles Orchestra, Crosby, Stills & Nash), Bobby Chouinard (drummer with Ted Nugent, Squire and Robert Gordon), Jeff Levine (Joe Cocker), Aerosmith's Tom Gambel, and many others.
Regarding the Johnny Winter Band featuring James Montgomery, the Nashville Tennessean writes "If ever the time came to use two "legendary" tags in one story, it is to describe both Winter and Montgomery. They are blues masters of the first and highest degree" The James Montgomery/Johnny Winter combination has worked out beyond anyone's hopes. Since Johnny asked James to join his band along with Scott Spray and Wayne June his shows have been remarkable. Johnny is having his best time playing in many years. He puts his heart and soul into each performance, most of which sell out. The audiences have all been pleased. The highlight in the US, a packed house at Chicago's House of Blues attended by Johnny's old buddy Pinetop Perkins. Look for James and Johnny to go to the House of Blues in LA in January as part of a West Coast tour, and to Istanbul Turkey in the summer as part of a European tour that ends in Norway.
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Sun Dec 6 2009
7:00p
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Rachel Z
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Rachel Z Rachel Z graduated from the New England Conservatory with a 'Distinction in Performance'...
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Show Details: Rachel Z Rachel Z graduated from the New England Conservatory with a 'Distinction in Performance' award while working professionally in the Boston area. Later, she toured with New England Conservatory schoolmate turned rhythm&jazz superstar saxman Najee and later co-wrote album Tokyo Blue. She also worked with Al Di Meola, Larry Coryell, and Peter Gabriel.
Her connection to saxophone great Wayne Shorter grew from major influence to full-blown collaborator over the two years she worked on his hit comeback album High Life, for which she built a synthesized orchestral framework to crystallize his musical vision. Rachel Z also played acoustic piano on the album and was musical director for the tour that followed. The CD won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Jazz Album. Two years later Rachel released an album on GRP, Love is the Power, an album that featured hip-hop grooves with melodic piano flourishes and poems about the search for eternal love and wisdom through music.
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Thu Dec 10 2009
8:00p
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deSoL
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deSoL Although the mixing of Latin rhythms and rock music is not new, deSoL was founded on and co...
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Show Details: deSoL Although the mixing of Latin rhythms and rock music is not new, deSoL was founded on and continues to create its own unique take on these styles. Straddling two distinct worlds is challenging but, ultimately, satisfying according to Albie Monterrosa, lead singer and guitarist. He and percussionist James Guerrero grew up together in the New York City neighborhood of Hollis, Queens experiencing this challenge on a daily basis. Both men are first generation Latinos; Albie’s parents came to this country in the late ‘60s from El Salvador and James’ from Mexico. They were raised speaking Spanish at home and being exposed to the music, food and customs of their parent’s countries and then matured in the schools and on the streets of the epicenter of American culture, New York City. Soaking in the rock and disco of the late 70’s and seeing the birth of hip-hop first hand in the early 80’s with local guys like Run-D.M.C. and LL Cool J making it big, gave Albie and James some hope that they could somehow do it too, but how?
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deSoL
Rock / Pop / Latin
Red Bank, NJ
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Sample Song: On My Way
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Fri Dec 11 2009
8:00p
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Pedro w/Dickey Betts and G...
Pedro Arevalo & Friends
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Age Limit: All Ages
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