Ron Knight: Vocals, Keyboards, guitar.
John Hunt: Lead Guitar, Vocals
Bob Prater: Elec Bass, Vocals
Tom Versen: Drums and Percussion
Roger Friend: Drums and Percussion
Mitch Manker: Trumpet
Tad Hurst - Trumpet
Paul Nowell / April West - Trombone (optional)
Michael Leisenbach: Tenor & Alto Sax
Steve Leeds: Bari Sax (optional)
Lizzee Banks: background vocals /percussion
Influences
Joe Cocker Mad Dogs and Englishmen
Jack Mack and the Heart Attack
Blues Brothers
The Commitments
Tower of Power
Cold Blood
Boz Scaggs
Sounds Like
Joe Cocker
Tower of Power
Cold Blood
Ides of March
Blues Brothers
the Commitments
The Mighty Diamonds
Genres: Horn Band Rock, Blue Eyed Soul, World Beat crossover on R&B...
Sound Description: Classic '70s rock and blue eyed soul, with contemporary world beat influences.
RIYL: Tower of Power, Santana, Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englishmen, Buddy Miles, Blood Sweat and Tears, Sons of Champlin, the Mighty Diamonds w/horns!
Ron Knight - World Host and voiceover talent from Sirius Radio, Travel Channel, Nickelodeon, ABC Television, animation series, and Universal Studios offers up this Tribute revue to vintage horn bands of the 70's, featuring classic Blue Eyed Soul, and also showcases the band's new CD release:
"Full City Roast" - featuring a variety of WorldBeat crossover influences on R&B.
Ron's background in the music industry includes his being on-air host of Sirius Radio in New York City, as Horizon's World Music host, where guest artists included Colin Hay (Men at Work), Sting, Justin Adams (Robert Plant), Gal Costa, Mariza, and more.
His first recordings for Cliffie Stone's Granite Records (EMI), led to later piano and keyboards for the likes of jazzmen Dave Pike, Leroy Vinnegar, and in his own bands including Pacific Standard Time, and later in the 80's West Coast renowned "Gangster", a horn band seen in clubs and on television throughout Central California and the SF Bay Area.
With career notes as a percussionist featured in the Union Tribune in press articles along with Mickey Hart (Grateful Dead), Ron "returns home" to his roots in a large horn band that features a classic Vintage R&B Horn Band Tribute, and the new CD original material from Jazz/Rock/R&B fusion that borrow from World Music styles and trends.
VMB features key players whose credits include time with Ray Charles, Boz Scaggs, Don Ho, Melissa Manchester, Peter Allen, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Rocky Burnetts, Tony Bennett, Sony & Cher, Jan & Dean, The Little River Band and more. The band is tight and monstrous on its emulations.
Blow the roof off of your place. Call now! Operators are standing by.
"Ron Knight, musician and former world music programmer for Sirius Radio, opened in March...soon the chanting morphs into drumming that picks up the rhythm...It's a good feeling" - Union Tribune
"Folks are talking about it like crazy here and LOVED it - you really made the evening an amazing success!" - Oxford Health Plans
".. a Great Energy Builder for our group event" - Unilever
"Thanks again for the great show you did at our Regional Franchise Convention in St. Thomas. You brought LIFE to the event, and the feedback from all of our franchisees has been fantastic... Upper management as well!"
- KFC Int'l - PepsiCo.
"As event manager for the Ad Club, thanks for the great show you did at Summer Splash at the Dana on Mission Bay. Everybody loved the music... even the VIP's had a great time! Please hold the date for our Awards Gala at the La Jolla Marriot. I'm sure you'll once again rock the crowd!"
- Revel Productions, Inc.
Life moves on, I had a lot of images that I used in my promotion if you are making your own flyers or posters you might want some pictures to use in them, I'm now running a little site with loads of free pictures, check it out - www. freeclassicimages. com GOOD LUCK FOR THE FUTURE........
Thanks for your friendship! Please send us any music or other entertainment that you would like to see featured on the RED BANANA, and keep checking back to our webzine for updates!!!
xx "On a traffic light yellow means yield, and green means go. On a banana, it's just the opposite, yellow means go ahead, green means stop, and red means, where'd you get that banana?" - Mitch Hedberg
Just wanted to let you know that we have openings in our music publicity efforts this Fall. So if you have a USA release or tour in need of publicity, we'd love to hear from you. Samples of some of our recent successes...
LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN: Mariza (coming October 11)
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO: Sara Tavares, Cesaria Evora, Andy Palacio, Balkan Beat Box, Slavic Soul Party, Encuentro, The Inspiring New Sounds of Rio de Janeiro, Sones de Mexico (coming soon)
NEW YORK TIMES: Jose Conde y Ola Fresca, Erol Josue, The Inspiring New Sounds of Rio de Janeiro, Fanfare Ciocarlia, Lura, Nawal, Andy Palacio
Plus Wall Street Journal, PRI's The World, L.A.Times, Boston Globe, and Washington Post and more at www.rockpaperscissors.biz. Please drop me a line if we can help with your USA global music publicity efforts or to schedule a meeting at WOMEX in Sevilla (womex.com).
Much respect,
Dmitri @ Rock Paper Scissors, Inc. www.rockpaperscissors.biz
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