Mitch Woods & his Rocket 88s
Mitch Woods' Big Easy Boogie
MITCH WOODS 2nd ANNUAL BOOGIE WOOGIE BBQ BLOWOUT!!
featuring STEVE LUCKY, WENDY DEWITT, MACY BLACKMAN, & JOHN ALLAIR
Rancho Nicasio, Marin County CA, Sept 1st, 2008
Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88's perform "Chicken Shack Boogie"
Recorded at Umbria Jazz Festival, Italy 2004
Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88's - I've Got A New Car
Video recorded At Frederikshavn Bluesfestival in Denmark. Sept 2007
Influences
Fats Domino, Professor Longhair, Little Richard, Louis Jordan, Wynonie Harris, Joe and Jimmy Liggins, Amos Milburn, Roy Milton, Dr. John, Louie Jordan, Louie Prima, Cab Calloway, Jerry Lee Lewis, John Lee Hooker, James Cotton, Johnnie Johnson, Earl King, Lee Allen, Dave Bartholomew, etc., etc., etc.
The Rocket 88’s with Cesar Rojas of Los Lobos @ Edmonton Blues Festival 8/07
Mitch with Dave Bartholomew and Dr. John
Mitch Woods With Fats Domino, Charles Brown, Clarence Frogman Henry
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Mitch Woods and His Rocket 88s
have been the torchbearers of a great American blues musical heritage, not for two years but two decades. Taking their inspiration from the great jump n' boogie outfits of the late 40s and
early 50s, they breathe fresh life into the music that gave birth to rock n'
roll. Woods styled his group after the jumpin' n' jivin', shoutin' n'
honkin', pumpin' n' poundin' bands of Louis Jordan, Wynonie Harris, Joe and
Jimmy Liggins, Amos Milburn, and Roy Milton. Adding a healthy dose of New
Orleans rhythm and blues, piledrivin' piano, and some of his own
contemporary playful lyrics, Woods and His Rocket 88s forge their own brand
of music they call "rock-a-boogie."
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Mitch Woods' Big Easy Boogie
Pianist/vocalist Mitch Woods brings together an unsung inner circle of Rock ’n’ Roll royalty in his latest project, Mitch Woods’ Big Easy Boogie. Featuring some of New Orleans’ legends including original members of the Fats Domino band,
Herb Hardesty and the Blue Monday Horns, and Jimmy Moliere on guitar, the sound is true to the roots New Orleans R&B. It is vintage rock’ n’ roll and boogie inspired by New Orleans piano greats Fats Domino, Professor Longhair, and Little Richard, performed in Mitch’s joyous entertaining style that makes you feel like you are not only in the audience but on stage with him having a ball! Whether it is a pounding piano pumper, a Mardi Gras mambo, or a moody late night blues with cascading piano and sultry sax, Mitch Woods’ Big Easy Boogie will delight all lovers of New Orleans music.
After spending more than twenty five years soaking up the New Orleans sound and performing with many of the Crescent City’s musical elite, Mitch has finally realized his dream of recording his latest project with the founding fathers of New Orleans R&B including Earl Palmer, Dave Bartholomew, and Herb Hardesty. Woods reunited the surviving members of Fats Domino’s original band, played a live show in New Orleans during the Jazz & Heritage Festival, took them into the studio, and filmed the whole shebang. The results are plenty of good-time, rock’ n’ roll boogie, played by the originators of the style, fronted by one of their star pupils. The CD/DVD, Big Easy Boogie is available worldwide on Club 88 Records. It has been garnering airplay on all the major satellite and cable radio stations, including XM (3 on picks to click-Bluesville), Sirius, Music Choice, as well as BBC 2 and blues programs worldwide.
"A two-fisted love letter to Fats Domino and Professor Longhair" –-Blues Revue "if it's legitimate roots and Soul music from N'awlins that's your passion, step right up for here it is,...by Woods and company." --Blues Wax
"Vintage rock ‘n’ roll inspired by New Orleans piano great Fats Domino and Professor Longhair" --San Francisco Chronicle
"Three Stars! Mitch Woods' Big Easy Boogie is a loving tribute to the vintage New Orleans sounds of Fats Domino, Little Richard and Professor
Longhair" --Philadelphia Inquirer
"Top shelf from beginning to end" –-Big City Blues
Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88’s's Friend Space (Top 20)
Hi Mitch Just wanted to tell you that due to popular demand I did a whole programme of piano blues & Boogie this week and you're featured in it,also local pianist Paul Hay's band. He met you on the Rhythm and Blues cruise. Check out the playlist on my blog and if you or your fans want to hear it it's featured on Bluesgroove this week http://www.live365.com/stations/tesstify2 or available for download on my podcast http://tesstify.podomatic.com/ keep on rockin! Tess
Hollaaaa Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88’s!! Como andamos ya casi fin de semanita y a Rockear se ha dicho que no?? Bueno ya estamos conectados y te aviso que ya esta super confirmada la fecha del concurso!! Se llevara a cabo el dia 3 de julio y ya siguen abiertas las inscripciones!! Pasa a saludar ok??, te dejo esta info sobre los eventos, no puedes faltar okas??
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Salud Mitch : te acuerdas pero fue en Gijon con Alfonso te acuerdas que no cobrabas y querias que fuese contigo jajajajajaja UN ABRAZO CON TRADICION Y RESPETO MIGUEL EL COYOTE Ahuuuuu!!!!!
VOL.I “THE KING OCTOPUSS CHRONICLES” FIRST ANIVERSARY”
THE TRUE STORY OF THE KING OCTOPUSS Vs. GIORGIO & THE GINTONICS NOW AVALIABLE IN ENGLISH!!!
YOU CAN DOWNLOAD TRACK BY TRACK THE COMPLETE FIRST BATTLE!!
ENJOY YOUR MOLLUSK!!!!!
La verdadera historia del Rey Octopuss por fin disponible en inglés!! Ante el inminente lanzamiento del segundo capítulo de “THE KING OCTOPUSS CHRONICLES”, GIORGIO & THE GINTONICS celebran el primer aniversario de su primera batalla contra el Rey Cefalópodo con la traducción íntegra del primer capítulo y permitiendo DESCARGAR POR PRIMERA VEZ su Banda Sonora Original TEMA A TEMA.
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