Porterhouse Bob on piano, accordion, organ and vocals. Mitch Montrose on drums and rubboard. Mike Barry on electric bass. Dan Heffernan on alto and tenor saxophone. George Pandis on trumpet and flugelhorn. Don Roberts on bass, baritone and tenor sax. and Scotty Strathmann on trumpet, trombone and tuba.
Influences
Professor Longhair, Buster Brown, Buckwheat Zydeco, Ray Charles, Dr. John, James Booker, Spike Jones
"This outrageous seven piece psychologically damaged band dishes out high octane New Orleans and Atlanta style barrelhouse and zydeco blues. The boys will thrill you with their colorful mix of boogie-woogie, zydeco, funk, street brass, rhythm 'n blues, voodoo and unsurpassed showmanship. The infectious swamp-mix serves up fine with ice cold beer and a little Jack D".
BLATANT COMMERCIALIZATION SECTION:
PORTERHOUSE BOB AND DOWN TO THE BONE: Who Called The Cops?
Who Called the Cops? is pure over-the-top Pyscho New Orleans barrelhouse, zydeco, boogie and funky blues at its finest. Porterhouse Bob and Down to the Bone are on fire on this, their 3rd CD. Rollicking piano, accordion, tuba, trumpet, tenor and baritone sax, bass, drums and rubboard compliment these uniquely crafted upbeat Porterhouse Bob arrangements and original songs. The music is a celebration of life.
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PORTERHOUSE BOB: Shoutin' at the Grave
Ministers of funky New Orleans barrelhouse blues, Big Mojo Records presents the outrageous Porterhouse Bob (featured, with his five piece band and special guests, on vocals and keyboards). Simply the best party music west of the Mississippi. Turn it up.
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PORTERHOUSE BOB: Rockin' The Big House
Outrageous New Orleans style barrelhouse blues, boogie, 2nd-line, swing and zydeco music. This 1st CD by Porterhouse Bob on keyboards and vocals is backed by his blazing hot horn section and special guest vocalists, Spiritual Roots.
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Reaching for Higher Ground
Porterhouse Bob and Down to the Bone
Ministers of Psycho-New Orleans Barrelhouse Blues
Porterhouse Bob may well be
Southern California’s best-kept secret, but to a growing fan base that
extends well beyond California, he and his band are achieving cult
status. Porterhouse has been making music professionally since 1965.
The band has played such diverse venues as The Sand Dollar Blues Lounge in Las
Vegas, the Atlantic Casino in Reno, Disney’s California Adventure, The
Blue Cafe, and summer festivals from San Diego to
Sacramento.
Porterhouse’s music and show are a reflection of smoke filled New Orleans bar
rooms and the characters and sounds that made those rooms famous. It's music that celebrates life.
Raised in Los Angeles playing
the accordion, piano and drums, by the time the late sixties hit, the
era of free love and music that was Haight Ashbury turned into a
labyrinth of hookers, hedonism and drug overdoses. Porterhouse became embroiled in the dark underpinnings of the Haight; living out of his van, working the streets, playing keyboards wherever he could.
Despite forays into
self-destruction and self isolation, Porterhouse continued writing music, material that
would eventually craft itself into a style reflecting the music of early rock pioneers that hailed from New Orleans. In
2000 he put together his lineup of horns, keyboards, bass and drums;
expanding the horn section from one to four (trumpet, tenor sax,
baritone sax, and trombone/tuba). The sound carried with it reflections
of early "N'Awlins" R&B, but was redefined by Porterhouse’s
primarily west-coast experience. Fans call it “Pyscho-New
Orleans Blues”. Desenters call it "seven psychos on acid".
Porterhouse has released three CD under the independent label, Big
Mojo Records:
Rockin’ the Big House, Shoutin’ at the Grave, and Who Called The
Cops. The band continues reaching for higher ground.
Band members include Porterhouse Bob on keyboards and vocals, Mitch
Montrose on drums, Mike Barry on bass, George Pandis on trumpet, Dan
Heffernan on tenor and alto sax, Scotty Strathmann on tuba, bone and
trumpet, and Don Roberts on baritone sax.
We thought it might interest you to hear that our debut CD is now available on CD Baby. Click on the little picture below and listen to some samples. Hope you like what you hear :-)
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