Tom Rigney, the fiery, electrifying violinist/composer, joins forces with some of the finest musicians on the San Francisco roots music scene to form Tom Rigney and Flambeau, a band that will tear the roof off of anyplace that has one and raise the spirits of everyone around. Rigney, after fifteen years at the helm of The Sundogs, has stepped out into the spotlight with a vengeance. Flambeau showcases his passionate, virtuoso fiddling, his commanding stage presence, his range, depth, and originality as a composer, and of course, those notorious red boots. His bandmates are veterans of the great bands of Charles Brown, Queen Ida, Roy Rogers, Clifton Chenier, and others, and together they generate enough heat and energy to ignite a dance floor or lift an audience to its feet.
Flambeau specializes in fiery Cajun and zydeco two-steps, low-down blues, funky New Orleans grooves, and heartbreakingly beautiful ballads and waltzes. Most of the repertoire is composed by Rigney, but they also mix in a few classics from the Cajun/zydeco/New Orleans songbook. And if, along the way, you pick up a trace of Rigneys Irish roots or a little Swing and roots Rock and Roll, it just makes the musical gumbo that much tastier. In the past few years Rigneys skills as a composer have broadened and deepened, and he is today writing some of the most evocative and uplifting music you will hear anywhere. And Rigneys charismatic stage presence and high-energy delivery draw the audience into his performances and make them feel that they are an integral part of the music and the show.
Voted Best Cajun/Zydeco Band of 2004 by the West Coast Blues Hall of Fame, Tom Rigney and Flambeau are making some serious noise on the American Roots Music scene. Flambeau has been tearing things up at festivals, dances, and concerts all over the continent--from the Ft. Lauderdale Cajun Crawfish Festival to the Edmonton Blues Festival to the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee to the Alaska State Fair. Their debut CD, Red Boots and Rice, was released on the Parhelion label in early 2000, following up Rigneys critically acclaimed 1998 solo album, Chasing the Devil. In June of 2002, Tom released Metamorphosis, a brilliant and eclectic collection of new instrumental pieces. The new Flambeau CD, Happy to be Here, was released in July, 2003, and has sent happy listeners into serious dance frenzy. And, in October, 2004, Tom Released A Blue Thing, a great new disc of blues violin that has received buckets of airplay and rave reviews. This is a band you have to hear!
Thanks for being a great friend. It has been a long time. Hope we can catch up again soon. Together we can keep the music LIVE. Music is food for the Soul - Music is Life. Keep it real.
Well... sure I remember that CIRCLE STAR THEATRE gig, what a hoot! Stop by my SpacePlace and see the CIRCLE STAR MARQUEE (right side, scroll down).... We did a cool show in Grass Valley too, with Some Sir Douglas guys, Flaco, and Peter Rowan! Great days they were! I'm hereby invitin ya to visit my website sometime at: chuckmaultsby.com and look at all the old photo galleries, etc., ya may see some memories ya forgot!! CHEERS!!
Hey, Tom
Thanks for the add. I enjoyed those lessons I had with you some years ago, and wish I could have taken a few more. Nice to see you again!
Alison
Hello Tom, this is Jim Christiansen, sometime ticket taker for JB Presents at Seasons, and also fan, as JB is of your music, and saw you play the Beer and Oyster festival, which I finally got John Black and his fiance this past weekend.
currently we're back doing the
Modesto Blues Festival, free event this year, June 23,
graceda park downtown
modesto, california.
we appreciate you being on our friends list, as you're a great deal of fun to see in concert.
jim for himself, jb and jbpresents crew
hi Tom ! many thanks for adding a friend. great to see you on myspace, it can be a lot of fun. best regards to the world's most enterprising fiddle-ator.
