Amazing NEWS...
Suze Sims
2008 Performer of the Year
The Red Hot Blues Sisters
Best in Blues Awards by WBS 2008 Best Band
2009 IBC Semi-finalists
and Memphis bound again.
2008 Kings of Beale Street Fianlists
Best in Blues by SSBA 2007
The Red Hotz
'Ocean Beach'
makes it Big
on Garage Band!
Meanwhile MySpace breaks 16000 visits!
Ranked Top 100 and 4.9 stars!
and climbing.
Reviewers also announce...
Foley Entertainment Rating 4.5 Stars!
Chill-Out Track in Pop Rock, week of 3Dec2007
and Suze Sims Ranks
Best Female Vocals overall(2), week of 19Nov2007
Best Female Vocals in Pop Rock, week of 19Nov2007
Always re-booked and always gracious to be asked.
The biggest message of the whole site is to say THANK YOU!
2008 IBC Event Favorites - The Red Hotz are selected as top 3 of 8
finalists for the Kings of Beale Street 2008.
The Red Hotz. 2007 Winners of the SSBA Blues Challenge!
The Red Hot Blues Sisters are heading to the
2008 International Blues Challenge in Memphis TN.
Teri Anne Wilson front page of Modern Guitars magazine
&
featured in Guitar Player Magazine, 11/07 "Evocative and sublime guitar playing".
Washington Blues Society 2007 Best Vocals,
2006 Best Band, Guitars
Washington Blues Society Nominees
2006 Top 10 All-time Female Blues Vocalist GB
2006 Track of the Day 18 weeks GB
2005 Best New Blues Artists GB
Suze Sims - Vocals & Percussion, 5 Star Foley Entertainment rating. Best Female Vocalist 2007 WBS Nominee. Suze's Official Website!
Teri Anne Wilson - Guitar & Vocals, Best Electric Guitar 2006 WBS Nominee
Patrick McDanel, Dean Schmidt - Bass
Doug Mcgrew, John Oliver, Ben Smith, Mike Rogers, Ronnie Bishop - Drums
Bettyie Lavette, Annie Lennox, Bonnie Raitt, Mavis Staples, The Rolling Stones, John Lee Hooker, Bonnie Raitt, Muddy Waters, Big Mama Thorton, Etta James, Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith, Mose Allison, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Tina Turner, Led Zeppelin, Ann Peebles, Irma Thomas, Eric Clapton, Beatles, OH did we mention Tina Turner, Bob Marley
Sounds Like
Recent reviews compare The Red Hot Blues Sisters sound to:
The last great Soul Rockin Blues band you'll ever hear. Rings of amazing guitars and vocals you dance to and sing along.
Polished songwriting, and ear candy for days. If you like Bonnie Raitt, Chaka Khan, Janis Joplin, Eric Clapton, BB King, Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Tower of Power, Cold Blood, Asbury Jukes, Chrissy Hynde, Tina Turner, Sheryl Crow, Stevie Wonder and Bonnie Bramlett:
This Feel the Burn CD will never leave the player. POW
Want to Feel the Burn CD in your hot little hands??
Got to have the actual CD and not the downloads?
THE RED HOTZ: Feel the Burn
Red Hot Blues Sisters Suze Sims & Teri Anne Wilson throw down some serious vocals and guitar in this female-fronted Blues, Rock & Soul Seattle-based band.
"Recommended if you like Tina Turner, Bonnie Raitt, Santana." CD Baby
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
BIO 2008 BB Awards recipient for Best Band and Entertainer of the Year.
In the short time since the Red Hot Blues Sisters performed their first live show in 2004 at Highway 99 in Seattle, they have taken the local blues community by surprise with the power and depth of their musicianship.
Their innovative songwriting brings a fresh feel to the blues. Selective covers of traditional standards shine like polished stones through the lens of the bands style & strong musicianship.
Recently featured live performances including a 2007 European Tour including Belgium, France, Netherlands and Germany and on the main stages of Portland Waterfront Blues Festival, Sunbanks Blues Festival, Mt. Baker Blues Fest, Bite of Seattle, The Yale in B.C. Canada, Seattle's Northwest Folklife, Blues by the Sea, Highway 99, The New Orleans, Rockrgrl Music Conference 2005 and Wild Buffalo have continued to introduce the talents of RHBS to the Northwest music scene, resulting in extremely positive responses from ardent blues, rock and R&B fans.
Fronted by the hot and soulful vocals of Suze Sims and the searing rock/blues styles of Teri Anne Wilson on guitar; this group also features some of the finest North West musicians.
The Red Hot Blues Sisters have a guaranteed crowd pleasing show that is quickly gaining momentum, well-crafted songs with brilliant performances that are rapidly being picked up for airplay and a growing fan base!
PRODUCTIONS
Producers Bonnie Hayes and Tom Pfaeffle recently joined forces with Peace Code Records to produce their latest 2 song EP, Hot Off the Press which includes Ocean Beach and See You composed by Suze & Teri. Bonnie Hayes is best known for her hit songs "Have A Heart" and "Love Letter," which restored Bonnie Raitt to superstardom with the multi-platinum, multi-Grammy-winning CD Nick of Time. Tom Pfaeffle is best known for his work with Heart and Queensrych. Together, they influenced an impressive sound on this EP!
Other releases by Red Hot Blues Sisters include:
Flood In The Basement released May 2005 Peace Code Records includes Kiss My Dimple and Lost & Found
Friends of the Holidays 2005 released November 2005 Compilation CD produced by Friends of the Holidays includes Lost & Found along with songs by artists Rod Cook & Toast, Randy Oxford Band, Stickshift Annie w/ Kimball and the & Blues Alliance.
DISCOGRAPHY
In Search of Memphis Mojo February 2008 on Peace Code Records; Limited Release EP-Preview includes the late great Ruth Brown's - R. B. Blues. The rest is the cherry on the whip cream.
Feel the Burn released August 2007 on Peace Code Records; includes Flood in the Basement, Crying Shame, & Southern Comfort.
Flood In The Basement released May 2005 by Peace Code Records; includes Kiss My Dimple & Lost & Found.
Hot off The Press released November 2005 by Peace Code Records ;includes Ocean Beach and See You produced by Bonnie Hayes* and Tom Pfaeffle**
Friends of the Holidays 2005 Compilation CD released November 2005 by Friends of the Holidays; includes Lost & Found
and material from artists Rod Cook & Toast, Randy Oxford Band, Stickshift Annie w/ Kimball and The Blues
Alliance.
Universal Peace Experience released August 2003 by Sister Guitar on Peace Code Records
AWARDS 2008 SEMI-FINALISTS
International Blues Challenge | Memphis Tennessee January 31- February 4
2007 FINALISTS Back to Beale Street Winners! Winners! Winners!
Suze Sims Best Female Blues Vocalist May & June 2005
Teri Anne Wilson Best Blues/Rock Guitarist May & June 2005
Lost & Found - Best Production, Beat and feel good track May & June 2005 - on Garageband.com -featured artists.
AIRPLAY
KAOS RADIO Olympia Washington
KMHD Portland, Oregon
KINK Portland, Oregon
IndieFeed.com - Blues & Funk Channel
BadDawg Radio Blues Society of Omaha
Podcast.net , Podcastalley.com
Lindis Bluescast - Germany
The Roadhouse, Blues Highway and dozens more podcasts!
Pre-release "Hot off the Press" EP
available Nov 2005 - Ocean Beach and See You -
producers - Bonnie Hayes, (Robert Cray, Bonnie Raitt) and Tom Pfaeffle (Queensyrche, Art Institute of Seattle)!
REVIEWS
Observations of the Northwest blues scene
Saturday October 6th the
Seattle Rhythm & Blues Festival
features The Red Hotz, 2006 nominee of the Washington Blues Society for Best Band. Fronted by the powerful and soulful vocals of Suze Sims and the razor sharp guitar of Teri Ann Wilson, the Red Hotz are always a crowd pleaser and keep the audience rockin’ at every stop along the way. They are a groove, no doubt.
September 23, 2007 Jet City Blues
For those of you who haven't heard yet, the Red Hot Blues Sisters have been burning up the Blues Scene around Seattle. They have been nominated for best Blues Band 2006, singer Suze Sims has been nominated for Best Singer 2007, Guitarist Teri Wilson has been nominated for Best Guitar 2006.
Yogi's Music World Aug 2007
THE RED HOTZ: Feel the Burn
Red Hot Blues Sisters Suze Sims & Teri Anne Wilson throw down some serious vocals and guitar in this female-fronted Blues, Rock & Soul Seattle-based band.
Recommended if you like Tina Turner, Bonnie Raitt, Santana.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
A year ago approximately we discussed with great enthusiasm EP - CD "Hot Off The Press" with 5 songs from the Red Hot Blues Sisters, and found it regrettable that only 5 songs were on it, because each one received a thumbs up and were finger licking. Guitariste Teri Anne Wilson and singer Suze Sims are both at the top in their professions. The black voice of Suze is full of feeling and that rough timbre, which is sometimes reminiscent Tina Turner, but also to Bonnie Raitt, which is understandable, because she worked with Bonnie Hayes as a producer (songschrijfster for some of Raitt's greatest GRAMMY successes "Have A Heart" "& Love Letter") Hayes is also producer of Bonnie Raitt Vicki Randle Huey Lewis and Robert Cray. Gitariste Teri Anne likewise the profession knows and plays with equal freedom the most splendid guitar solos.
Both were also nominated last year respectively for "Best vocalist" and "Best Gitariste" of 2006 by the Washington Blues Society. Nominations were also received for best band 2005 and 2006. Formally called The Red Hot Blues Sisters, you may currently see this Best Band for 2007 called "Red Hotz, . The sisters are still the nucleus of the band, but have opted for shorter and more democratic name to be adopted. From the moment the first rumors of the full CD; which we were so eagerly impatiently awaiting it's arrival. 'Feel the Burn' - Peace Code Records is now HERE, and there is more good news: "The Red Hotz" will come to the Benelux countries this Sep - Oct 2007, with 8 performances in Belgium the Netherlands, and also in France and Germany. Let this not to pass, because this is not just promotional hype; reviews of the American performances are wildly enthusiastic.
Let us review the listen to "Feel The Burn". The opening song "Crying Shame" is already immediately an abundance of roses, very strong Santana inspired blues, in which both Suze and Teri let us hear their quality. Suze's voice is in great shape and Teri plays as if she got Carlos to provide a very personal lesson. "My Dream" is again proof that Suze is one of those singers who sings what she feels at the moment, not just as text, you know you would hear it every night in those songs again and again. What else you hear when she would sing them, as it were improvise with her voice, and a presence of feeling that is literally dripping off. "Southern Comfort" is a perfect example of this. Soul, blues and gospel into one. "Pour Your Heart Out" is one of the songs re-mixed from the 2005 EP-CD , a funky shuffle full of fire. "Flood In My Basement" by Suze and Teri is the self produced song with the greatest influences Bonnie Raitt. You would almost swear that its Miss Bonnie herself. That the one number where I can not get enough of. And I regret, I must still strew the superlatives for "Ocean Beach" is also remixed from the EP-CD I am captured by it, I have already heard it 50 times and have not become tired of it. Strong song, strong guitar, strong voice, what more can I say? "Ain 't No Sunshine" by Bill Withers, always a splendid song, has been given a Police-dub-blues jacket adaptation, and as a result, a complete captivating piece of work, in which Suze again becomes alive with the vocals. "Transactions", up-tempo a blues with funky saxsolos and slide guitar strike like the fire in the pan. Whereupon starlit sky Suze's singing in "Headlights" and again Teri the naturally places layed back guitars and cool low end. "Needless to say " has total hit potential, ready for airplay and a soulful song. It reminds me of one they can bring unto a hit parade. I know at least that I sing to it all time;yet it is to neurieën, because I can not sing. Just for fun..."Kiss My Dimple" is een relaxte blues, waar beide dames, moet ik het nog herhalen, om ter best wedijveren om die kus te verdienen. Suze improviseert weer losjes uit de pols en . " Kiss My Dimple " is a relaxed blues, which both ladies, I must repeat it, in order to best compete for that kiss your mind. Suze improvises again loosely from the wrist and Teri beautifully fills the vacant place with bluesy gitaarlicks. We can not exclude that one of the best songs from "Hot Off The Press", one of those songs that last year I heard several times a week and that suits me more every time is "See You."
I should also say, hopefully we can get free for any of the concerts within a few weeks, so we can see them live.
