Patti Joins with BLUE LUNCH

Fri. Oct. 18 @, Harpersfield Winery, 6387 State Route 307W, Geneva, OH 7:30pm Patti will be joining this fantastic Ohio group as they perform at the Harpersfield winery. The following is a review of Blue Lunch:

Blue Lunch
Big Sound Blues
(Wilbert's Records)

By Anastasia Pantsios
Cleveland FREE TIMES

Blue Lunch plays retro music. Its specialty is that confluence of late '40s/early '50s jump blues/R&B/post-swing music that soon morphed into rock 'n' roll. But there's nothing musty about this nearly 20-year-old Cleveland act that has really started to make a name for itself in the last decade. Although this 17-track disc, its fourth, contains four tracks by band leader/vocalist/ guitarist Bob Frank, most of it consists of vintage covers, with a heavy focus on lively, fun stuff that often, on tracks like “Chicken Blues” and “Honey Chile,” exhibits the goofball humor that era's pop music was known for. Spirited, danceable tunes like “Alligator Meat” and “I Do, I Do, I Do,” driven by the crisp horn section, predominate, spelled by an occasional blues track like “Little Boy Blue.” That the band brings it all off with such panache is a tribute to its chops; the eight players comprise some of this town's most seasoned musicians. In big-band style, brief but non-indulgent solos give them a chance to shine without breaking up the flow of the tunes.

www.bluelunch.com

Patti's Boys go to Washington

On August 8 & 9 2008, 2 members of the Patti Parks Band, Guy Nirelli & Ed Koban, traveled 
to Washington DC to perform 2 shows at the Smithsonian Institutes National Museum of the American Indian and the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. They performed with Award Winning, Native American Singer Songwriter, Darryl Tonemah. Ed is the long time guitarist for Tonemah and when Darryl wanted to add a keyboardist to the lineup Ed instantly thought of Guy. "I enjoy playing with Guy so much in the PPB that I knew instantly that he would fit in perfectly." says Koban . "I am so proud of these guys. It was a great opportunity for them to perform at such prestigious venues. They nailed both shows. It was a great weekend!" says Patti of the Washington performances.

The Kennedy Center performance was filmed for a live web cast. You can view this performance by visiting www.kennedy-center.org and search Tonemah in the performance archives. Find out more by visiting the following links:

Tonemah Website
Ed Koban's Site