Vocals - Mary Dunbar
Lead Guitar/Vocals - Chris London
Harmonica/Guitar/Vocals - Pat Powers
Hammond Organ/Keyboards - Karl Frick
Bass Guitar - Jim Baldwin
Drums/Percussion/Vocals - Brian Berlanda
Influences
Allman Brothers Band
Susan Tedeschi
Tommy Castro
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Muddy Waters
John Mayall
Robert Johnson
Albert Collins
BB King
...and many more.
Sounds Like
The Friar's Point Band
If you like good, dancable, party music with the classic sounds of slide guitar, rippin' leads, solid blues harp, the Hammond/Leslie combo and a driving rock solid rhythm section, topped off with powerful male and female vocals... We are the band for you!!!
Introducing Friars Point... a rising force on the tri-state music scene. This Pennsylvania based band explores the blues genre from classic to contemporary artists as well as their root influences of Blues, Southern Rock, Classic Rock, Soul and R&B in their own Original Blues Music. Friars Point formed in July of 2006 originally as the Long Rider Blues Band. In only a few short months after forming, the Long Riders had "National Act" exposure opening for "Trent Tomlinson", "Jackyl", and closing for "Robin Trower." Since their inception, the band had also been selected as a performing act for the Lehigh River Blues Jam in Catasauqua, Pa. 2007, 2008 & 2009, the Mahoning River Blues Festival in Youngstown, Ohio 2007, the Endless Mountains Blues Festival in Elmhurst, Pa. 2008, Main Street Summer Concert Series in Phoenixville, Pa. 2008, Harvest Festival in Bethlehem, Pa. 2008 & 2009.
Friars Point has consistently been nominated in several categories for Lehigh Valley Music Awards (Best Blues Band, Best Original Band, Most Entertaining Band and Mary Dunbar nominated for Best Female Singer) in 2008 & 2009... and finished as a finalist for Most Entertaining Band in 2008 amongst a field of over 30 nominees. In 2009 the band made it to the semi-finals of the 25th International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee, representing Eastern Pennsylvania. Since their trip to Memphis the band has performed major gigs at Godfrey Daniels in Bethlehem, Pa., Musikfest 2009 in Bethlehem, Pa. and Unicity Festival 2009 in Salisbury, Md.
Friar’s Point released their debut CD “To The Point” in September of 2009, which has been selected by the Lehigh Valley Blues Network as the “Best Self-Produced” CD of 2009 and has been entered in the 26th International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee this coming January.
The band takes its name from a town in Mississippi that is home to Hirsberg's Drugstore, where many classic blues artists would play to passers-by from its porch. It is said that it was here, Muddy Waters heard Robert Johnson playing and was so intimidated by his talent, that he left town. It is this lore which has inspired the band to adopt the name of this legendary town.
Friars Point is gaining momentum and their performances perpetuate a strong following of loyal fans.
Friars Point band members have live performance experience which is unparalleled… Their individual resumes include performing on the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Maryland and Nashville Tennessee circuits and dates back as far as 1975. Friars Point features Mary Dunbar on lead vocals and their rock solid rhythm section featuring Pat Powers (harmonica, guitar & vocals), Chris London (lead guitar & vocals), Jim Baldwin (bass guitar), Karl Frick (Hammond organ & piano) and Brian Berlanda (drums, percussion & vocals).
Friars Point currently has available dates for booking with their calendar filling fast. Visit our websites often at www.friarspointband.com or www.myspace.com/friarspointband to see the latest schedule, master song list, news & links... (continuous updates).
For further information regarding booking and open dates, contact: info@friarspointband.com
hey guys! good to hear from you! you have your myspace set so that i couldn't send you a message last week :-( hope you heard yourself on the show! check last week's playlist in my blog :-)
Hi Guys, I just wanted to let you know the pics from Musikfest are up on my site. We were lucky. We had good light, No rain and the pics came out great !
I hope my words find you well. What a great time I had this past weekend. It was even greater seeing you during my adventures. You’ll be able to read my article about everything and see a sampling of the pictures I took on the slide show I have on my profile with more in our photo galleries. Please feel free to share your comments and reflections. You may share the material you find with anyone you wish. Just include our website. I look forward to hearing from you and I’ll keep a good thought for you until then.
I see you guys are on the list to play Musikfest. I'll be one of the official photographers there. I'll try to make to your stage for a few shots of the performance. Keep Rockin' guys, you sound great !
Thank you very much for the add. If you get a chance please stop by, take a listen, and comment on Harmonium Overlords. I'd be really interested in your opinion! Peace, Griff Kinsey
Thanks coming over and visiting JAZZ BLUES FLORIDA! We need all the good friends we can find to support your good music! Be sure to come back again after we have a chance to tidy this place up a bit….Please stop by and check us out at www. JazzBluesFlorida. com too! Our March edition will be posted later today.
Friar's Point, I see you were at the 25th Int'l Blues Challenge, Awesome. I love the BLUES and have over 450 Blues Links on my site in the Blues Category. Thank you for being My Friend on My Space site filled with amazing links to Music, Spirit, Love and Peace. Joy and Happiness to you Now and Always. Love and Light to All, This is Anita aka Angelwingss7 in Ontario, Canada.
Hello from Hot House Florida! We have your video posted in our IBC Competitor Video Showcase right now. We are running them in rotation up until show time in Memphis! We have also placed you in out TOP FRIEND slot and posted your song on our player. If you ever head down this way make sure we know about your tour for feature consideration and posting in our listings! Good luck and enjoy the trip!
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