ERIC RANZONI: piano and vocals
/ All the other band members may vary according to their availability
Influences
BLUES: Muddy Waters, Otis Spann, Dr. John, Memphis Slim, Eric Clapton, Professor Longhair, James Booker, Katie Webster, Charles Brown, Pinetop Perkins, BB King, Blind John Davis, David Maxwell---------------EVERYTHING ELSE: The Beatles (and their careers apart), Jerry Lee Lewis, Elton John, Ray Charles, Elvis Presley, The Doors, Burt Bacharach, Rino Gaetano, Randy Newman, Cream, The Rolling Stones, Ennio Morricone, Nina Simone, The Beach Boys, The Who, Nicky Hopkins, Billy Preston, Joe Cocker, Mozart, Fats Domino, Allmans Brothers Band....
Sounds Like
-------------THE ERIC RANZONI (acoustic) TRIO, A MEDLEY FROM A GIG AT ROUND MIDNIGHT JAZZ & BLUES BAR, LONDON. LEWIS FIELDING IS ON GUITAR AND JULIEN D'IMPERIO ON HARMONICA.
-----THE ERIC RANZONI TRIO PERFORM "KEEP YOUR HANDS OUT OF MY POCKET" BY OTIS SPANN AT THE BLUES KITCHEN, LONDON. MAL BARCLAY IS ON GUITAR AND ALAN SAVAGE ON THE DRUMS.
---------A BLUES MEDLEY WITH THE FULL BAND RECORDED AT BOISDALE, LONDON
PLAYING "HONEY BEE" WITH MUD MORGANFIELD, THE ELDEST SON OF MUDDY WATERS,
WITH BIG JOE LOUIS, WEST WESTON, PETE GREATOREX AND MATT RADFORD.
PLAYING BB KING'S "THE THRILL IS GONE" WITH THE NAGS HEAD BAND IN LONDON WALTHAMSTOW.
-------------------....................................................Singing piano player Eric Ranzoni is a full-time musician. Born in London in 1969, he spent the majority of his life between Rome and Milan, so he's both British and Italian. Since coming back to London in 2003, he's gained a reputation as a skilled and versatile pianist, "equipped" with a warm singing voice.
Solo or accompanied by excellent musicians, he's played the Blues (and Roots music in general) in many top venues in London and about, with frequent stints abroad. In great demand as Blues pianist with several London-based bands, a recent highlight was playing the piano in the UK tour of Mud Morganfield, the eldest son of Muddy Waters, along with Big Joe Louis and West Weston.
He performs either as a 4-piece band (with guitar,bass and drums) or as a "bassless" trio (with guitar and drums). More recently he's also played with a more acoustic trio made of just guitar and harmonica.
Beside Blues gigs Eric also plays "piano bar" ones by himself with a mixed bag of songs and styles, blending evergreens with more unusual hits, but strictly without backing tracks! A member of the UK Musicians Union, he also writes songs from time to time.......................................................
eric_ranzoni@hotmail.com
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Thanks for the Add! Happy holidays and a great 2010.
Best wishes Robson & Kozlowski:)
Brand New Harmonica and Guitar duo
Original Acoustic Blues and Americana.
"Scalding Harmonica" Time Out London
"Harp Phenom" Chicago Blues Tour, Chicago
"Fixating harmonica" Gallery Magazine UK
"Great Harp and guitar, you cats play like you mean it" Sugar Blue
HEY ERIC! ITS JUST MUD CHECKING IN ON YOU BLUES BROTHER!!! HOPE YOU ARE HAVING SOME GREAT BLUES MAN...LOVED PLAYING WITH YOU ERIC...TAKE CARE,ALL THE BEST TO ALL OF YOU...MUD MORGANFIELD
Thanks for your great piano playing on our tour with Mud Morganfield - we were all very pleased to have you with us on stage and hope to work with you again before too long.
Cool! Glad you got them. One of the bass deps had real problems, seemingly Croyden is not in the UK, cos I put the wrong postage on them.. anyway, glad you like them. Looking forward to 9th
Ciao my friend Eric, are you still gonna be in Rome for new year s eve? I found out we are playing at the MICCA CLUB: http://www. miccaclub. com/site/ do you know? Would be great to see you there. Hope all is well! ERiC
Hi Eric, Yeah, in fact I'm at the Kings Head tomorrrow,(Wednesday) with Geoff and Alan. Heard some good things about you from Alan mate. I hope we get to work together one day soon. PETE
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