45 Live Roomful of Blues Artist

{|Roomful of Blues|} are in superb form on this live date recorded over three days' worth of shows at the Ocean Mist in Rhode Island. The purpose of these dates was to commemorate and celebrate the band's 45th anniversary; they started back in 1967 w... Read more

{|Roomful of Blues|} are in superb form on this live date recorded over three days' worth of shows at the Ocean Mist in Rhode Island. The purpose of these dates was to commemorate and celebrate the band's 45th anniversary; they started back in 1967 with guitarist {|Duke Robillard|} and keyboardist {|Al Copley|}. Since those early days, {|Roomful of Blues|} has seen numerous musicians pass through its ranks: {|Ronnie Earl|}, {|Lou Ann Barton|}, {|Ron Levy|}, {|Curtis Salgado|}, {|Greg Piccolo|}, {|Sugar Ray Norcia|}, {|Fran Christina|}, and {|Preston Hubbard|}. The 14 tracks for these live shows were chosen by guitarist, bandleader, and producer of this set, {|Chris Vachon|}, and include some the band's best-known originals: Dressed Up to Get Messed Up, Turn It On, Turn It Up, and That's Right! The other half of this live mix features songs that {|Roomful|} have previously recorded with blues giants such as {|Big Joe Turner|}, {|Eddie Cleanhead Vinson|}, and {|Earl King|}. On this 2012 {|Roomful of Blues|} performance, the band is propelled by {|Vachon|}, with vocalist {|Phil Pemberton|}, saxophonists {|Rich Lataille|} and {|Mark Earley|}, trumpeter {|Doug Woolverton|}, keyboardist {|Rusty Scott|}, bassist {|John Turner|}, and drummer {|Chris Rivelli|}, who continue the band's timeless, jump blues swing tradition. ~ Al Campbell Less