The SAVAGES! usually. In the U.S. Or the BOSTON HORNS, or the Hi-Risers, or the Seatsniffers ... Or any of a number of the hardest-rocking bands in your country.
Influences
Little Richard, James Brown, Duke Ellington, Slim Gaillard, Thelonious Monk, Funkadelic, Raymond Scott, Tom Russell, Big Al Downing and his Poe Kats
'JAZZ AND SOUL FESTIVALFundraiser' ; Big Band Swinging Blues at the Peabody Essex Museum Atrium; Saturday, April 18, 2009, ; For tickets call 978-745-9500 x 3011 or Go to: http://www.salemjazzsoul.com/
Barrence will be hitting the atrium with James Montgomery, Toni Lynn Washington and the Boston Horns. DON'T MISS IT!!. Check out BW with Garret Saluk (trumpet) and Henley Douglas Jr. (Sax) of the Soul-and Funkified BOSTON HORNS
'IN SESSION with BARRENCE WHITIFELD'
Here's the trailer to the Finnish Film Foundation's recently-premiered Family Meeting - starring my friends from Finland, The Wentus Blues Band.
Check me out! - along with other guests, Eddie Kirkland, Louisiana Red, Lazy Lester, Mick Taylor and others, paying our respects to the boys from Kokkola.
The Wentus Blues Band has been around for over twenty years! and the movie is an awesome documentary about how the guys met, and tolerated one another while making great music for two decades. (See the band's MySpace profile page.)
Barrence Whitfield, AKA Barry White, started singing in a Gospel church as a young child. Throughout his high school years, he belonged to bands as both a singer and a drummer.
Barrence came to Boston, where he was discovered by Peter Greenberg, the founder of the original Savages. This is where Barrence first got a taste of the Rock N' Roll life. The Boston scene was great for newcomers, and Barrence was well-received, but he soon found stardom on a larger scale in Europe.
Andy Kershaw, a well-known DJ and journalist in England, heard Barrence and fell in love with his style, his incredible pipes and his unique persona. It wasn't long before Barrence was traveling all over Europe, making records,and being embraced by fans for his matchless and boundless energy and talent.
Before long, Barrence was opening for, and playing with, performers like Bo Diddley, Tina Turner, George Thorogood, Robert Cray, The Reverend Solomon Burke, Los Lobos, Taj Mahal, Richard Thompson and many more.
While Barrence's European fans were growing rapidly in number, his American popularity wasn't as vast - his fans at home thought he had moved to Europe!
Barrence has received critical acclaim on the two albums he did with renowned country singer/songwriter, Tom Russell, as well as the Merle Haggard Tribute Album. He has recorded an album with Jim Dickerson, who produced the Rolling Stones, and he did an album for Demon Records UK, Elvis Costello's label.
Barrence's new CD release is OUT NOW!
RAW,RAW,ROUGH! was produced by Tommy Hambridge, who produced Susan Tedeschi's first (which went gold) and second albums.
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Crops Blues Mag. is a french fanzine about Blues music. The second Number is coming! But a first number is always available.
If you want to appear in next number for publicity, dates, ..... don't forget your presskit ( pictures, sound, bio and more ... ) Like Whiteboy Slim, Bjorn Berg, bob Corritore, ... write us
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12 / 13 MARCH 2010 at Live CLub - via mazzini 58 TREZZO SULL'ADDA (MILAN) - ITALY www.getrhythm.it
Live on stage:
BARRENCE WHITFIELD (USA) With the Seatsniffers (BE)
49 SPECIAL (POR)
JESSE AND THE ORBITS (UK)
SLIM SLIP AND THE SLIDERS (UK)
THE BRICATS (DE)
CARL AND THE RHYTHM ALL STARS (FR)
Plus top Djs from around the world: Tracy Dick (UK) Steve Stack-O-Wax (UK) Silvia (DE) Sputnik (NL) Plus SPECIAL GUEST: Dj Henry (IT) From Rollin' and Tumblin' R&B Club
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Barbeque Party on saturday afternoon at Live CLub
Cars contest BEST 6 PRE '65
shuttle service from ORIO AL SERIO AIRPORT TO HOTEL PRIMO MAGGIO (agreed hotel with best prices for the festival)
shuttle service from HOTEL PRIMO MAGGIO to LIVE CLUB
Hey Barrence! It 's amazing to meet you! I saw you in 1985 in Lyon (or maybe in 1986, I don't remember). It was enormous. Never seen something like that! So have a good day, hope some dates in France to see you again!! Lov' Marie
