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Bayfront Blues Festival
Saturday started out with a gust of wind and it never stopped blowing. Big Walter Smith and the Groove Merchants did their "thang" and woke the folks up and got 'em ready for the high energy and one of the crowd favorites of the festival The Rusty Wright Band. As I looked around I swear that in my 5 year history at the fest I have never seen this many people gather at the "small" stage for an afternoon show. Everyone who had feet was up dancing and enjoying the show. Seems Ms. Wright had quite a following of her own and I heard more than a few folks say she was the star of the show!
~Blueshammer, Blue Monday Monthly
Saturday started out with a gust of wind and it never stopped blowing. Big Walter Smith and the Groove Merchants did their "thang" and woke the folks up and got 'em ready for the high energy and one of the crowd favorites of the festival The Rusty Wright Band. As I looked around I swear that in my 5 year history at the fest I have never seen this many people gather at the "small" stage for an afternoon show. Everyone who had feet was up dancing and enjoying the show. Seems Ms. Wright had quite a following of her own and I heard more than a few folks say she was the star of the show!
~Blueshammer, Blue Monday Monthly
LIVE AT FAITH CITY - RWB CONCERT DVD FILMING
Your band showed more showmanship than possibly the last one hundred bands I have seen--something sorely lacking from this music.
~ Dave King, Cross Harp Chronicles www.crossharpchronicles.com
Your band showed more showmanship than possibly the last one hundred bands I have seen--something sorely lacking from this music.
~ Dave King, Cross Harp Chronicles www.crossharpchronicles.com
Etta James & the Roots Band wsg Rusty Wright Band
Opening with Ain't No Good Life, the title track from their CD, you can feel the sincerity of the music and know that this the real deal. Introducing a new song that was being played for the first time at this show, Rusty gently led the band through Make a Liar Out of Me which will be on their new CD. Between Rusty's blistering guitar work, Laurie's smooth as silk vocals coupled with a rock solid rhythm section, it made the sixty minute set seem way too short and earned the band a standing ovation they so rightfully deserved.
~Tim Richards, BluesSource.com
Opening with Ain't No Good Life, the title track from their CD, you can feel the sincerity of the music and know that this the real deal. Introducing a new song that was being played for the first time at this show, Rusty gently led the band through Make a Liar Out of Me which will be on their new CD. Between Rusty's blistering guitar work, Laurie's smooth as silk vocals coupled with a rock solid rhythm section, it made the sixty minute set seem way too short and earned the band a standing ovation they so rightfully deserved.
~Tim Richards, BluesSource.com
Etta James & the Roots Band wsg Rusty Wright Band
Between acts I overheard an audience member say "I had no idea that this group [Rusty Wright Band] was opening for Etta and I have never hear them before but that performance alone was worth the price of admission." And tickets for that show were not cheap. Rusty Wright Band knocked the socks off our audience!
I had people I would consider blues snobs coming up to me after the opening act asking where they can see The Rusty Wright Band perform again. That was a sure indication I had made the right choice in asking The Rusty Wright Band to open for Etta James.
~Christina Bellows, Director, The Whiting
Between acts I overheard an audience member say "I had no idea that this group [Rusty Wright Band] was opening for Etta and I have never hear them before but that performance alone was worth the price of admission." And tickets for that show were not cheap. Rusty Wright Band knocked the socks off our audience!
I had people I would consider blues snobs coming up to me after the opening act asking where they can see The Rusty Wright Band perform again. That was a sure indication I had made the right choice in asking The Rusty Wright Band to open for Etta James.
~Christina Bellows, Director, The Whiting
KALAMAZOO BLUES FESTIVAL
When we book a band for a festival we want a full sound, great vocals, and somebody that can work the crowd. We got all of that and more with the Rusty Wright Band. That's why we keep bringing them back!
~Dennis Massingill, Kalamazoo Blues Festival
When we book a band for a festival we want a full sound, great vocals, and somebody that can work the crowd. We got all of that and more with the Rusty Wright Band. That's why we keep bringing them back!
~Dennis Massingill, Kalamazoo Blues Festival
Blues Revue Magazine
Strong arrangements and lovely vocal performances from Laurie LaCross-Wright and Rusty Wright are among the strong points of "Ain't No Good Life."
~Tom Hyslop, Blues Revue Magazine
Strong arrangements and lovely vocal performances from Laurie LaCross-Wright and Rusty Wright are among the strong points of "Ain't No Good Life."
~Tom Hyslop, Blues Revue Magazine
UCRadio
"Their album "Ain't No Good Life" is one of the best Blues/Rock albums I've heard in years."
~Mike Yusi, host of UCRadio PodShow, Sonic Wallpaper
"Their album "Ain't No Good Life" is one of the best Blues/Rock albums I've heard in years."
~Mike Yusi, host of UCRadio PodShow, Sonic Wallpaper
Marquette Blues festival
Wright tore through a set of original material including "I Ain't From Mississippi," "The Fool Will Do," "Feel Good Blues" and "Ain't No Good Life," with the crowd falling in love with Wright's vivid guitar technique.
~Steve Seymour, ROCK N ROLL GRAFFITI
Wright tore through a set of original material including "I Ain't From Mississippi," "The Fool Will Do," "Feel Good Blues" and "Ain't No Good Life," with the crowd falling in love with Wright's vivid guitar technique.
~Steve Seymour, ROCK N ROLL GRAFFITI
Chelsea Summerfest
WB had the great fortune this weekend to see and hear one of the premier bands on the contemporary music scene, led by a man with fingers of fire and rocking the most impressive ponytail in all of music history. The Rusty Wright Band, like the Rolling Stones, defines the word "tight" as Rusty's scorching lead and slide work, accompanied by soaring B3 organ riffs, weaves through Laurie LaCross-Wright's rock-solid rhythm guitar, all with a bass-and-drum engine chugging along as reliably as the Charlie Watts/Bill Wyman machine in its heyday.
The 90-minute set brought an awed crowd to its feet after the last two songs, which were thumping tributes to Robin Trower and Stevie Ray Vaughan. (Admit it: any band willing to wear Robin Trower roots on its sleeve is truly special.) And did we mention the jaw-dropping rendition of a George Gershwin tune, "Summertime," from the 1935 American opera, Porgy and Bess?
As an added bonus, Rusty Wright, a physically imposing mountain of a guitar god on stage, is an extraordinarily nice and completely unassuming man in person who, as Laurie did too, was more than happy to chat with WB staff after the show.
www.wildeboomerz.blogspot.com
WB had the great fortune this weekend to see and hear one of the premier bands on the contemporary music scene, led by a man with fingers of fire and rocking the most impressive ponytail in all of music history. The Rusty Wright Band, like the Rolling Stones, defines the word "tight" as Rusty's scorching lead and slide work, accompanied by soaring B3 organ riffs, weaves through Laurie LaCross-Wright's rock-solid rhythm guitar, all with a bass-and-drum engine chugging along as reliably as the Charlie Watts/Bill Wyman machine in its heyday.
The 90-minute set brought an awed crowd to its feet after the last two songs, which were thumping tributes to Robin Trower and Stevie Ray Vaughan. (Admit it: any band willing to wear Robin Trower roots on its sleeve is truly special.) And did we mention the jaw-dropping rendition of a George Gershwin tune, "Summertime," from the 1935 American opera, Porgy and Bess?
As an added bonus, Rusty Wright, a physically imposing mountain of a guitar god on stage, is an extraordinarily nice and completely unassuming man in person who, as Laurie did too, was more than happy to chat with WB staff after the show.
www.wildeboomerz.blogspot.com
ROAD TO MEMPHIS CONCERT
If you weren't there last Friday night, you missed one of the most spontaneous local musical events of the season. What began as a fundraiser expected to attract a few hundred fans turned into a jam-packed, sold-out blues explosion…. The location was the Davison Country Club, which was so packed by the time the band went on stage that the local fire marshal ordered them to stop taking admissions…
~Doug Pullen, The Flint Journal
If you weren't there last Friday night, you missed one of the most spontaneous local musical events of the season. What began as a fundraiser expected to attract a few hundred fans turned into a jam-packed, sold-out blues explosion…. The location was the Davison Country Club, which was so packed by the time the band went on stage that the local fire marshal ordered them to stop taking admissions…
~Doug Pullen, The Flint Journal
LOWELL SIZZLIN' SUMMER CONCERT SERIES
I don't recall a band ever getting a standing ovation before at one of these concerts.
~Gordon Gould, Director
I don't recall a band ever getting a standing ovation before at one of these concerts.
~Gordon Gould, Director
CONTACT:
In Michigan: SADSON MUSIC-810-496-3051
All others contact:
Crystal Crawford
Blue-Eyed Booking & Promotions
Phone: 615.887.1169
Email: crystal@blueeyedbooking.com
In Michigan: SADSON MUSIC-810-496-3051
All others contact:
Crystal Crawford
Blue-Eyed Booking & Promotions
Phone: 615.887.1169
Email: crystal@blueeyedbooking.com
MARQUETTE BLUES FESTIVAL
There are many who may not have heard of this band before their performance, but I doubt any will forget them afterwards. They were the darlings of the festival on Sunday. If you get a chance to get out and see them, go! go! go!
~Cheryl Olson, music reviewer, WOAS FM radio personality, Porcupine Music Festival Talent Coordinator
There are many who may not have heard of this band before their performance, but I doubt any will forget them afterwards. They were the darlings of the festival on Sunday. If you get a chance to get out and see them, go! go! go!
~Cheryl Olson, music reviewer, WOAS FM radio personality, Porcupine Music Festival Talent Coordinator
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