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MEMPHIS SOUL !!



MEMPHIS, Tennessee
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Member Since3/7/2006
Band Websitewww.electraphonicrecording.com
Band MembersCharles "Skip" Pitts - Guitar/Vocals Willie "Too Big" Hall - Drums George Sluppick - Drums Ben Cauley - Trumpet/Vocals Scott Bomar - Bass Marc Franklin - Trumpet Derrick Williams - Tenor Sax Kirk Smothers - Barritone Sax/Flute Jim Spake - Tenor and Barritone Sax Hector Diaz - Percussion Archie "Hubbie" Turner Marvell Thomas - Keyboards Ronnie Williams- Keyboards Joe Restivo- Guitar _____________________________________________________________________ THE BO-KEYS NEW SINGLE "WORK THAT SKIRT" featuring HARVEY SCALES b/w "CRACKER JACK" click here to purchase on iTunes The Bo-Keys featuring Harvey Scales - Work That Skirt ______________________________________________________________________ THE BO-KEYS featured in the film SOUL MEN and on the soundtrack available NOW on STAX RECORDS. CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE ON iTUNES Anthony Hamilton - Soul Men (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) ______________________________________________________________________ WILLIAM BELL with The Bo-Keys Ponderosa Stomp 7 WILLIE TEE with the Bo-Keys McCarren Pool Brooklyn, NY The Bo-Keys featuring Ben Cauley Ponderosa Stomp 7 The Bo-Keys. WEVL Blues on the Bluff 2007 Footage from the record release party for the Royal Sessions. The Blue Monkey Memphis, TN 2004. Skip Pitts playing with The Midnight Movers on a tour in Europe in the 60s. HARVEY SCALES on CHIC A GO GO !
InfluencesBooker T and the MGS David Porter and Issac Hayes The Bar-Kays Willie Mitchell Stax Records Rufus Thomas Eddie Floyd William Bell Hi Records Memphix Records Al Kapone 3 Six Mafia Gangster Pat Eightball and MJG Miles Davis Bobby Wommack Quincy Jones
Sounds LikeMEMPHIS SOUL !!!!
Record LabelElectraphonic
Type of LabelIndie


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   About The Bo-Keys
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By electraphonic at 2009-06-11 The Bo-Keys don't simply replay the Memphis instrumental tradition – they deliver a hard-hitting and authentic take on the city's original soul-stew sound. A devotee of Stax instrumental groups like the Mar-Keys and Booker T. & the MGs, bandleader and bassist Scott Bomar formed the Bo-Keys as an homage to the quintessential Memphis sound – yet he has both feet firmly planted in the 21st Century.

Their story goes back to 1998, when Bomar was asked to put together a band to back Stax sensation Sir Mack Rice. The idea for a soul-jazz combo was born, but it took Bomar a few more years to assemble the perfect line-up for the Bo-Keys.

A chance meeting between Bomar and guitarist Charles 'Skip' Pitts – at Memphis' Stax Music Academy, where both were teaching at-risk youth – led to the current incarnation of the Bo-Keys. Isaac Hayes' right hand man (that's Skip's wah-wah you hear on the intro to "Theme From Shaft"), Pitts also lent his unforgettable grooves to Rufus Thomas' "Do The Funky Chicken", the Soul Children's "I'll Be the Other Woman", The Isley Brothers' "It's Your Thing" and Gene Chandler's "Rainbow '65."

Trumpeter and vocalist Ben Cauley is truly a soul legend. Ben is a founding member of the original Bar-Kays and the only surviving member of the fatal crash in Madison, WI which took the lives of his band mates and Otis Redding. Ben has played on many sessions in Memphis and Muscle Shoals with everyone from Jerry Lee Lewis to The Doobie Brothers.

Keyboardist Archie "Hubie" Turner is a member of the highly esteemed Hi Rhythm Section. As a session player at Willie Mitchell's Royal Studio, "Hubie" has played on countless classics by Al Green, Ann Peebles and Syl Johnson. Archie is also a member of many groups whose rare Memphis 45's are sought after by soul/funk DJ such as The Pac-Keys, The Martinis and Black Rock.

Trumpeter Marc Franklin, tenor sax man Derrick Williams and baritone sax player Kirk Smothers are, like Bomar, young players on the Memphis scene. Over the last decade, these men have anchored some mighty horn sections, recording and performing live with such legends as Rufus Thomas, Ike Turner, Bobby "Blue" Bland, and Al Green. With an energy and raw talent that's reminiscent of the Memphis Horns, Franklin, Smothers and Williams are living proof that Memphis music is alive and well.

Drummer George Sluppick is the newest addition to the group. Originally from Memphis, George has played his funky and distinctive Memphis meets New Orleans with a twist of Boogaloo beat in the studio and on the road with Albert King, Robert Walker's 20th Congress, Melvin Sparks and most recently JJ Grey and MOFRO.

Bomar's concept was for an updated version of the incendiary Memphis sound embodied by players like Skip Pitts and Ben Cauley. Not only did he capture that sound, he recruited the original musicians who inspired him in the beginning. And now Bomar's vision was fulfilled: in spring 2003, the Bo-Keys headed into Willie Mitchell's Royal Studio to record their debut album, The Royal Sessions, which was met with critical acclaim, including praise from NPR who continue to play their tunes on air.

The group also performed the score for the Academy Award winning film, Hustle and Flow, performed the song, "Kick It" for the Paramount/Nickelodeon animated feature, Barnyard and is featured on camera and on the soundtrack of the film, Soul Men, staring Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mack and Issac Hayes.

It's the sound of Memphis now– familiar, fresh, and unquestionably fantastic, the Bo-Keys.

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Jun 24 2009 12:32 PM

Thank you!
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Martin (Funk Explosion / Soul Unlimited)





Jun 9 2009 9:41 PM

Hi,

thanks for the add!

cheers
Martin


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May 26 2009 2:00 PM

Is the new single on vinyl?
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May 22 2009 4:26 PM

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Apr 3 2009 10:11 AM

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Ciccio Sammaritani





Mar 30 2009 1:52 PM

Very honoured to add me!!! Now the dream is hearing you in a live stage. very special greets to all musicians have been performing at Porretta in the last years(Skip, Ben, Marvell, Jim).
Thank you so much!
The Criterion Band





Mar 11 2009 6:47 AM

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Mar 1 2009 1:13 PM


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Feb 22 2009 4:06 PM

Most of you Memphis folks know and love our good buddy Don Perry, photographer extraordinaire.
Well, next Friday, 2/27, Don will be having a photo show at the Hi-Tone, and we'll be playing. I think the doors will open around 8 and you can come and check out Don's amazing pics, and even buy some of it. Don is doing really great work around town, documenting the music scene and the city of Memphis itself.

As usual, there's no opener. We'll start up around 10-ish, but get there before that so you can enjoy Don's photos without a couple of Fenders squawling in your ears.

The cover is - you guessed it - five bucks.
See ya there!

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Feb 19 2009 3:53 PM

Hey, fantastic big sound, guys!

Pier
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Jan 19 2009 4:04 AM

Memphis Soul Revue Vol 1 and 2 .
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Jan 11 2009 9:00 PM

Dear Bo-Keys: Keep that sound comin'
Hope this is a stellar year for you. More Wah-wah!!!
Thanks for your Friendship
Cheers! - Brad Vickers & His Vestapolitans
Patty





Dec 19 2008 4:27 AM

Hope you have a great holiday and new year and please check out my space for Jimi Jamison new cd
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Dec 11 2008 11:57 PM

We're now accepting submissions for our next mixtapes, please submit
your info at www. coast2coastsubmissions. com for your chance to get a
spot on the next mixtape!








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Dec 7 2008 5:04 PM

Spills & Thrills - LP release show! Friday 12/12, Hi-Tone.
With DJ Buck Wilders, prizes, and special guests!

Also check out WEVL 89. 9 FM on Tuesday 12/9 at 6PM CST to hear some tracks from the new LP!

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Nov 18 2008 6:47 PM

WEVL Fall Pledge Drive Now Through November 22!

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Oct 17 2008 10:31 AM

We're coming from Amsterdam to see the O.V. Wright Night in Ground Zero Memphis on november 15th. Be there too!

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Oct 15 2008 3:48 AM

One, two, count 'em THREE Memphis shows coming up this month:

SAT. OCT. 18 WITH JUNIOR BROWN @ HITONE
FRI. OCT. 24 ORPHEUM BENEFIT @ THE WAREHOUSE
THUR. OCT.
30 WITH LEON RUSSEL @ HITONE







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Sep 10 2008 8:57 PM

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Aug 25 2008 3:03 PM

Kick off your Labor Day weekend right!

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Aug 13 2008 1:55 AM

Hey Skip, we were sure sorry to hear about Isacc. His family and you are in our prayers.
Ivory





Aug 12 2008 2:33 AM

Will you please give Skip my heart felt condolences. He is in my thoughts and prayers.
funk brother jack ashford





Jul 23 2008 11:24 PM

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Jul 22 2008 8:17 PM

First 50 people through the door get a free CD of our recent live set at Ardent Studios.



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