Fast Eddie & The Slowpokes

2017 International Blues Challenge Semi-Finalists! 2016 Winner of the DC Blues Society Battle of the Bands! 2013 WAMMIE nominated Best Blues/Traditional R&B Duo/Group! 2013 International Blues Challenge Participants! 2012 Winner of the DC Blues Society Battle of the Bands! 2024 Finalists Best Blues Band (Maryland Music Awards) Fast Eddie & The Slowpokes are guaranteed to get you up on your feet! The Slowpokes playlist is inspired by classic blues material from Chicago to West Coast Swing, Motown to Muscle Shoals, and all the rock n’ roll in between. Fast Eddie & The Slowpokes have performed from Philly to Memphis, from The Kennedy Center to festivals to roadhouses. They have shared the stage with Mark Hummel, Victor Wainwright (2016 BMA Entertainer of the Year), The Nighthawks, Junior Watson, Big Joe & The Dynaflows, The Andy T Band, Jimmy Thackery, James Armstrong, and Phil Pemberton of Roomful of Blues. They won the 2016 and 2012 DC Blues Society Battle of the Bands and represented the DC Blues Society at the 2017 and 2013 The International Blues Challenge in Memphis! In 2017, they were Semi-Finalists at the International Blues Challenge! In 2024, they were finalists for Best Blues Band by the Maryland Music Awards. Past performances include: Artscape Main Stage, Baltimore, MD Interstate Blues Festival, Boonsboro, MD Pearl Street Warehouse, Washington, DC The Tin Pan, Richmond, VA Kennedy Center Millenium Stage, Washington, DC Hard Rock Cafe, Memphis, TN B.B. Kings's, Memphis, TN The Stoltz Listening Room, Easton, MD Silver Spring Blues Festival College Park Blues Festival Rock n Roll USA Marathon Southern Maryland Sun & Music Festival Greenbelt, MD Blues Festival Greenbelt, MD Labor Day Festival DC Blues Festival Paoli, PA Blues Festival Colonial Beach Blues Festival Trail's End Blues Festival Bluebird Blues Festival Urbana Music Festival Rehobeth Beach Bandshell Columbia Lakefront Concert Series DC Lindy Exchange Annual Event Pride of the Susquehanna Blues Cruise Maryland Microbrewery Festival U.S. Botanical Gardens Concert Series Fells Point Fun Festival Rockville Hometown Holidays Sligo Creek Concert Series The Slowpokes are: Ed Crowley: Vocals/Harmonica Alex Rankin: Guitar Tam Sullivan: Keyboards James “Cookie” Cooke: Bass Robby Leebrick: Drums

Greenbelt, MD