Bill Purdy & the Persuaders

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Carnival

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Released: Jan 1, 2008

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Carnival
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Things You Do
4:39
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What You Want
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Move My Way
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My Kinda Blues
4:30
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Genre: Classic Rock / Rock / Soul
Location LOS ANGELES, California, Un
Profile Views: 26430
Last Login: 8/23/2011
Member Since 8/18/2006
Website www.billpurdymusic.com
Record Label independent
Type of Label Unsigned
Bio
UDATE - JAN., 2011: "Move My Way" to be featured in an upcoming episode of NBC drama "Outlaw". UPDATE - OCT., 2010: "Carnival" featured in Hallmark Channel Original Movie "After the Fall". UPDATE - JAN. 2010 : "What You Want" featured in Season 4, Episode 8 of Oxygen's "The Bad Girls Club". UPDATE - FALL 2008: tracks from "Move My Way" have received radio play on over 150 college radio stations around the country. About BILL PURDY's debut EP "MOVE MY WAY": "Bill Purdy is actually a damn fine singer/songwriter!The EP offers a seamless blend of soulful ballads and breezy up-tempo numbers, all of them anchored by Purdy's keys - he plays piano, Wurlitzer, and B-3 here - and sandpaper-coated-in-honey vocals. The songs are catchy, a little bit funky, and as warm as a Memphis night in July. Get busy with that full-length follow-up, please." 4/5 stars- Jeff Giles, July 2008, Eat Sleep Drink Music (ESDmusic )(http:// esdmusic /2008/07/04/bill-purdy-move-my-way/) A debut that actually feels as good as it sounds is a welcome rarity these days, but pianist and singer-songwriter Bill Purdy's independently-released 5-song EP "MOVE MY WAY" hits both marks with an irresistible blend of pop, rock, and blue-eyed soul music. Sitting alongside modern troubadours Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, and Ray LaMontagne, Purdy's piano-based tunes are at once fresh, funky and familiar. After paying his dues as a sideman on piano and organ in the Los Angeles blues, reggae, and Latin music scenes, (OCEAN 11, BOOGALOO ASSASSINS) Purdy moves his raspy, gritty vocal style and his catchy, original songwriting to center stage. MOVE MY WAY is a winning combination of intimate, deeply personal ballads ("Carnival", "My Kinda Blues") and rocking, playful party jams ("What You Want", "Things You Do", "Move My Way"). Purdy's writing and production favor a tasty late-sixties/seventies retro vibe, and the fat reggae and funk grooves learned as a sideman percolate throughout the record. Expect healthy helpings of the Spanish Caribbean, the country-tinged soul of Memphis, and the infectious "let-the-good-times-roll" warmth of New Orleans. Rollicking Sunday afternoon jam sessions in Playa del Rey were the inspiration for MOVE MY WAY, and the record features a cast of friends and family including bassists Jeff Roffredo (Tiger Army, The Aggrolites), Wyzard (Mother's Finest, Stevie Nicks), drummers Michael Jerome (Richard Thompson, John Cale, Tom Freund), Gerald Couchman (Rita Marley), and the lead guitar of Purdy's Nashville connection, brother John Purdy. Just when we needed it, Bill Purdy's "MOVE MY WAY" reminds us it ain't so bad feelin' good after all.. Bill Purdy can be found playing live both as a solo act and with his band, the Persuaders, regularly in Southern California - most recently at the Roxy, the Mint, Saint Rocke, Room 5, On the Rox, and the Commonwealth Lounges and the Continental Room. www.facebook.com/williampurdy MUSIC AVAILABLE AT: iTunes Amazon.com www.cdbaby.com ..
Members
Bill Purdy - vocals, pianos .. The Persuaders: .. Dale Jennings - bass .. Paul Allen - drums .. Friends & Family: Richie Panta - percussion .. Serg Rios - guitar .. Tom Cook - trombone .. Joe Bautista - tenor sax ..
Influences
Taj Mahal, Little Feat, Dr. John, Van Morrison, Jim Croce, Allman Brothers, Toots & the Maytals, STAX records, Professor Longhair, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, Michael McDonald, ZZTop, Eric Clapton, JJ Cale, The Ethiopians, Bob Marley, William Bell, Professor Longhair, Jack Johnson, Marvin Gaye, Solomon Burke, the Meters, Tom Petty, Willie Nelson, Jimmy Reed, Snooks Eaglin, Jon Cleary, Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Delroy Wilson, Ray Charles, Donny Hathaway, B.B. King, George Jones, Ben Harper, Charles Brown, Jimmy Smith, Beastie Boys, Maceo Parker, Doobie Brothers, Bonnie Raitt, Richard Tee, Tony Joe White John Hiatt, Jeb Loy Nichols, Jimmy Buffett, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Fleetwood Mac, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, D'angelo, the Band, Neville Brothers, Fats Domino, Otis Redding, Macy Gray, Shuggie Otis, Bill Withers, Stuff, Billy Preston, Sly & the family Stone, Olu Dara, Dr. Dre, Al Anderson, Albert Collins, the Aggrolites, Amos Lee, Amy Winehouse, booker t. & the MGs, Earth Wind & Fire, James Brown, Lowell George, Nat King Cole, the Pharcyde, Ry Cooder, Ray Baretto, FANIA records, the Motown Funk Brothers, Muscle Shoals Rhythm sections, Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham, Joe Walsh, Floyd Cramer, "Pig" Robbins, Chuck Leavell, Johnny Johnson, Brand New Heavies, Ken Boothe, Studio One, Bob Seger, Steve Miller...
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