Thursday, February 28, 2019

Experience Florida Swamp Blues by and from the source - Packrat's Smokehouse is on the road again!

It's time to sweep those haints out of your house with 
your biscuit roller, grab your hoodoo lover, hit 95 south 
and start creepin' down for some swamp jukin'  with those 
jelly blues like a Son of a King.  Whatever your flavor, baby, 
don't go down like Moses with those credit card blues 
so bring plenty of cash!
Hoy! Hoy! Hoy!

Formed over a quarter century ago by 
original King Snake Records artists,
this is the oldest-newest , 
must-get-to-know, Florida band!

UPCOMING SWAMP ROMPS
March 1: Blue Rooster, Sarasota
March 2: Florida Springsfest, Silver Springs
March 3: Flagler Tavern, NSB
March 9: Bradfordville Blues Club, Tallahassee
March 16: Renegades on the River - Crescent City (10am)
March 16: Off the Hook, Ponce Inlet (6pm)
April 7: Shark Bar & Grill, Ft. Myers Beach
April 12: The Hub on Canal, NSB
April 26-27: Wiregrass Blue Fest, Dothan AL


Band Members:
Anthony "Packrat" Thompson 
- lead vocals, harmonica, percussion
Robert "Lightning Boy" Thomas
 - lead guitar, vocals
Kenny "The Wizard" Sly
 - bass guitar, vocals
Aaron "Pop" Watson
 - drums,vocals

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WEBSITE

NOW BOOKING ALL OF 2019-20 for
Clubs, Concerts, Festivals and Private Events:
Call (386)235-3827
Email: packratsmokehouse@gmail.com

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Get A Taste of (and FOR) Jazz at Pompano Beach's Bailey Contemporary Arts in March, April & May


JAZZ Returns to Pompano Beach!
TICKETS
Join your jazz friends for a new kind of combo! A Taste of Jazz at Bailey Contemporary Arts will feature entertaining and educational encounters with the musical genre, accompanied by wine tastings. The introduction to jazz series will showcase the musicians of the Gold Coast Jazz Society Band, under the direction of Martin Hand.  The sessions will take place from 7-9 pm on March 7, April 4 and May 2, 2019.  Tickets $10-$20 per event. For more information www.baileyarts.org.

“A Taste of Jazz is a fun way to learn more about the celebrated musical genre without feeling intimidated or overwhelmed,” said Jody Leshinsky, Cultural Venues Programming Manager. “So many people want to learn more about this original American art form but do not know where to begin. We created this event series for them! And by adding wine tastings from local vendors, it will truly become a fun-filled social event.”

The Gold Coast Jazz Society has been a major presenter of jazz concerts, jazz education and jazz outreach programs in Broward County since 1992. They have maintained and preserved the heritage of jazz by presenting the music celebrating jazz's evolution over the past 100 years.   
Session Topics:

March 7, 2019
What’s This Thing Called Jazz?  - A jazz trio (guitar/vocals, bass and drums) will introduce you to the musical form called jazz.  There is no better example of democracy than listening to a jazz ensemble.  You will hear how an ensemble adheres to the overall framework and structure of a song yet provides their own spin on the music through improvisation.   
April 4, 2019 
Where in the World is Jazz? – Where did jazz originate and how did it get to what it is today?  Join Martin Hand and the trio as they explore the origins of the music of jazz, how it moved throughout America and became the music it is today.     
May 2, 2019 
Jazz Forward -   Hear samples of how jazz is evolving and connecting with other forms of music.  Martin and the musicians of the Gold Coast Jazz Society Band will give you peek into the future of jazz.      
Bailey Contemporary Arts
41 NE 1st Street
Pompano Beach, FL 33060



Pompano Beach Cultural Affairs Department -
Organizer of A Taste of Jazz

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12 BIG SHOWS in March at the Bradfordville Blues Club!

Bradfordville Blues Club -
Step into the world of blues...

Bradfordville Blues Club
7152 Moses Lane
Tallahassee FL 32309
MAP
bradfordvilleblues.com (850)906-0766
FACEBOOK PAGE
Tickets

Real-deal live blues music at Florida's authentic jook joint every Friday
& Saturday night w/ occasional special events. Events are subject to
change without notice.  Unless otherwise stated: Friday and Saturday
shows start at 9:00 PM.  Doors open at 8:30. Weeknight shows start
at 8:00 and doors open at 7:00. Reservations are guaranteed with
advance ticket purchases.  Reservations for most shows are also
available by calling the Club at (850)906-0766 or emailing:
bradfordvilleblues@comcast.net, but advance
ticket purchasers get reservation priority. 
Reserved seats held until showtime.
All shows are now non-smoking!
TICKETS

MARCH
March 1: JB's Zydeco Zoo
Mardi Gras Time!
March 2: Brandon Santini Band
CD RELEASE PARTY!
March 8: Bruce Katz Band
March 9: Packrat’s Smokehouse
March 15: Steady Rollin’ Bob Margolin
March 16 : Nick Black Band
March 17: St. Patrick’s Day w/ The Nighthawks
w/ Special Guest Rev. Billy C. Wirtz
March 22: Grayson Capps
March 23: Damon Fowler Group
March 28: Slam Allen
March 29: Seth Walker
March 30: Johnnie Marshall

 APRIL
5: The Terry Hanck Band
6: Mac Arnold & Plate Full O’ Blues
7: The New Orleans Suspects, 6pm
11: Mike Zito
12: Mr. Sipp
13: Frank Jones Band
19: Joey Gilmore & The TCB Express
20: Rev. Raven & The Chain Smokin’ Altar Boys 
featuring Westside Andy
26: Geoff Achison & The Soul Diggers
27: John Nemeth

 MAY 

3: Selwyn Birchwood


TICKETS & SHOW INFO

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Follow the BBC on FACEBOOK.
Check out the re-building NEWS BLOG ENTRY.
See Grand Re-opening Night PHOTO ALBUM.

Tallahassee/Leon County Visitor Info 
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Pink Martini, Arturo Sandoval Highlight Jazz in Festival of the Arts BOCA

ANNUAL 
FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS BOCA
February 28 – March 10, 2019
Festival of the Arts BOCA 
Mizner Park Amphitheater
and 
Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center
Plaza Real, Boca Raton, FL 33432
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CONCERT/PRESENTATION HIGHLIGHTS

Saturday, March 2, 2019 ~ 7:30 PM
Rhapsody in Blue: 
An Evening of Orchestral Favorites
at
Mizner Park Amphitheater
The Symphonia returns to the Mizner Park stage for a thrilling
evening of orchestral favorites, including Gershwin’s immortal
Rhapsody in Blue, featuring pianist Shelly Berg, under the
direction of Constantine Kitsopoulos.

The full concert program will include:
Maurice Ravel, Rapsodie Espagnole
Igor Stravinsky, Firebird Suite (1919 version)
George Gershwin, I've Got Rhythm Variations
George Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue
TICKETS
FACEBOOK EVENT

Sunday, March 3, 2019 ~ 7PM
PINK MARTINI
at
Mizner Park Amphitheater
There is nothing quite like a Pink Martini concert. Eclectic,
international, multilingual, rambunctious and, of course, fun,
Pink Martini's "little orchestra" draws inspiration from the
romantic Hollywood musicals of the 1940s and '50s and
crosses genres to make an eclectic, modern sound.
TICKETS
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Tuesday, March 5, 2019 ~ 7 PM
Robert Pinsky: PoemJazz
at
Cultural Arts Center
The former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky reads his poetry
while accompanied by a small jazz ensemble. Pinsky will
be introduced by P. Scott Cunningham, Boca native,
winner of the Miller Williams Poetry Series, and author
of YaTe Ver. Cunningham is the founder of O Miami,
which celebrates Miami and South Florida through poetry.
TICKETS
FACEBOOK EVENT

Sunday, March 10, 2019 ~ 7 PM
Arturo Sandoval and His Band
at
Mizner Park Amphitheater
Cuban-born jazz trumpeter and composer Arturo 
Sandoval, a 10-time Grammy Award-winner who
plays with an unbeatable mix of fire, finesse, and
feeling, brings his blazing sextet to Boca for an
unforgettable evening of jazz.
TICKETS
FACEBOOK EVENT

VIEW FULL PERFORMANCE LIST

Tickets are available at www.FestivalBoca.org or 
by calling (866)571-ARTS (866-571-2787).  Single-event, 
multi-event and full Festival packages are available. 

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Jazz Roots Series at Arsht Center Brings Leading Edge Jazz Performance to Miami March 8, 2019

R+R=NOW
In search of a sound that might 
reflect the tenor of the times.

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March 8, 2019 at 8 p.m.
REFLECT + RESPOND = NOW
Christian Scott, Terrace Martin, Derrick Hodge, Justin Tyson,
 Taylor McFerrin and Robert Glasper, an all-star ensemble, 
blur genre lines and inspire “a new generation of jazzers”
(Rolling Stone).

In an era when every headline carries some new horror or fresh worry, we need music that can clap back with immediacy, skill, and heart. We need a band so at home in its skin that it can play without ego and lead with love—artists whose very existence attests to resilience and hope. We need R+R=NOW, a supergroup assembled by Robert Glasper but functionally egalitarian, in no small part because its members are visionary players, composers, and producers on their own: Glasper on keys, Terrace Martin on synthesizer and vocoder, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah on trumpet, Derrick Hodge on bass, Taylor McFerrin on synth and beatbox, and newcomer Justin Tyson on drums. You could try to count up the GRAMMYs between them but you'd be missing the point. This genre-mashing outfit moves as one and, as their name reveals, with great purpose.

The debut album by R+R=NOW is a raw document titled Collagically Speaking that seamlessly adheres neo-soul to future-funk, West Coast jazz of the moment to astral electronica, instrumental hip-hop to musique concrète, avant-garde to classical. Guest voices get caught in that mix as well: actors Omari Hardwick (Power) and Terry Crews (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Expendables); actress Amanda Seales (Insecure); MCs Stalley and yasiin bey (f.k.a. Mos Def); and singers Amber Navran (of Moonchild) and Goapele. The themes that bind it all together are both spoken and inferred: romantic love, universal love, systemic bigotry, the women's movement, quiet power, wild creativity, personal loss and growth.

Robert Glasper, keys
Terrace Martin, synthesizer and vocoder
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, trumpet
Derrick Hodge, bass
Taylor McFerrin, synth and beatbox
Justin Tyson, drums

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UPCOMING SERIES PERFORMANCES

FROM BRAZIL WITH LOVE: SERGIO MENDES
April 12, 2019 at 8 p.m.
Sergio Mendes, three-time Grammy® Award-winning producer, composer, keyboardist, and vocalist returns to the Arsht Center
for a great evening of bossa nova and samba.

The Arsht Center is thrilled to announce the 11th season of
JAZZ ROOTS which brings jazz legends from around the
globe to our own Knight Concert Hall - acclaimed as one of
the most acoustically superb concert halls of our age!

John S. and James L. 
Knight Concert Hall
at the
Adrienne Arsht Center
for the Performing Arts
1300 Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, FL 33132
Box Office (305)949-6722   www.arshtcenter.org

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Paradise Bar & Grill in Pensacola Beach - The Best Line Up in Florida in March?

Paradise...
Is WOW for March!

Paradise Bar & Grill
21 Via de Luna
Pensacola Beach FL 32561

 MARCH 2019
1: Victor Wainwright & The Train
2: John Hart Project
3: KREWE of WRECKS Parade @ 2pm
& John Hart Project @ 3pm
5, 6: Bruce Katz Band
7: Chauncy Crandall
8: Paxton Norris Band
9: Jeff Jensen Band
10, 12: Nick Black Band
14: Chris O'Leary Band
15: True Blue Band
16: Emerald Coast Blenders
17: Ray Fuller & The Bluesrockers
19, 20: Gracie Curran & the High Falutin' Band
21: Chauncy Crandall
22: Paxton Norris Band
23: Shaw Davis & the Black Ties
24: Murray Kinsley and Wicked Grin
26: John Del Toro Richardson
27, 28: Josh Garrett Band

APRIL 2019 
7: Johnny Sketch & The Dirty Notes, 3pm
9: Johnny Sketch & The Dirty Notes, 6pm


CLICK HERE FOR FULL ENTERTAINMENT CALENDAR

Paradise Bar & Grill on Pensacola Beach invites you to “boat it, bike it or walk it” to the hottest spot on the island, where you can enjoy live entertainment every weekend and many week nights. Paradise Bar & Grill has earned their reputation as a locals bar with an international stage. Tucked away in a secluded corner, away from the main stream, Paradise Bar & Grill is the perfect spot to kick back and relax in one of the lounge chairs and let the beat of island music carry you away. Go ahead, dip your toes in the water while you enjoy your drink, Paradise Bar & Grill is mere steps from the waterline.

Paradise Inn, adjacent to Paradise Bar & Grill, is a vintage waterfront motel providing a unique and classic Old Florida experience on the Emerald Coast. INFO & Reservations.
                                                 
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Heidi's Jazz Club in Cocoa Beach has Got The Talent of America's Landau Eugene Murphy this Weekend

A STAR-STUDDED MARCH!
Designated by DownBeat Magazine 
as one of the world's top 2018 jazz venues
Heidi’s Jazz Club
7 N Orlando Ave.
Cocoa Beach, FL 32931
MAP
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ONLINE RESERVATION

MAR 1: Rev. Billy C. Wirtz 

MAR 2: Landau Eugene Murphy Jr.
Saturday, Two Shows: 
6:30pm & 8:30pm 
$38 Music Charge each show

MAR 8 & 9: Jessie Jones Jr 
& Terry Myers

MAR 15: Suzy Park

MAR 16: Corky Siegel 
(Yes, THAT Corky Siegel!)


Heidi's Jazz Club features live music every Wednesday through Sunday
 (See CALENDAR for weekly schedule) with featured performers on 
selected Friday and Saturday evenings and Heidi's Open Jam Session
 every Sunday evening starting at 7 PM. Located in downtown Cocoa 
Beach, Heidi’s makes the perfect ‘highlight’ to a weekend getaway 
to the beach this season. Enjoy the piano stylings of Mark Hubrouck 
Wednesday through Sunday in the adjacent Heidelberg Restaurant. 

 Club Hours: Wed-Sun 5pm-1am
Closed Mon & Tues
Heidelberg, Patio and Club Dining Hours:
Wed-Sat 11am - 10pm,  Sun. 5pm - 10pm

      



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Musician Workshop Presented by North Central Florida Blues Society in Gainesville Sunday, March 3, 2019

Don’t Play the Guitar- 
Play the Music!

Sunday, March 3, 2019 ~ 2-3:30pm
Cypress & Grove Brewing Co.
1001 NW 4th St
Gainesville, FL 32601
(352)376-4993  cypressandgrove.com 
North Central Florida Blues Society has George Worthmore coming to Gainesville to play a concert at Heartwood Soundstage on March 2 (CONCERT TICKETS AND INFO) and to present a workshop at 2 pm Sunday afternoon, March 3, at Cypress & Grove in Gainesville. The workshop costs $20 (ADVANCE TICKETS/RSVP) and is open to all levels of playing.

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:

It teaches how to take what you do with your fingers on a fretboard and place it as music in a listener’s mind. The workshop stresses the importance of musical fundamentals, especially tempo, pitch, and timbre, in creating professional-sounding music. It shows the guitarist how to up one’s game by using techniques and practices, to make sure the fundamentals are strong.

ATTENDEE ENDORSEMENTS:

“Yesterday, I left work early to attend a symposium on fingerstyle guitar at Elderly given by George Worthmore, famous NYC guitar dude who’s toured and played with Hot Tuna, Bo Diddley and others. When it came time for the lesson part, I received an in-depth drilling by one of the greats. What an honor and privilege. Showed me some cool Travis picking runs and really helped me understand that reading notes or tab and playing the song is different than actually delivering the music to an audience. It’s already helped me immensely. What a great insight George gave me on guitar!” – From an attendee at an Elderly Instruments Workshop , Lansing, Michigan

“We just had a Guitar Workshop here taught by George Worthmore. He lives in Sarasota, a fantastic guitarist and a Very nice guy. He plays these fabulous, fingerstyle chord/melody arrangements of Paul McCartney songs! ….. Beautiful Guitar arrangements. He had one of his top students with him, a graduate of New College but together they were incredible.”  – Martin Foulds, Director , St Pete’s Music Factory


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Wednesday, February 27, 2019

The Moon

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Saturday, March 23, 2019
Beatles vs. Stones - A Musical Showdown
http://tallahassee.moonevents.com/events/beatles-vs-stones-musical-showdown
FACEBOOK EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/2285802491485368/

Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Get The Led Out: The American Led Zeppelin
http://tallahassee.moonevents.com/events/get-led-out-3
FACEBOOK EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/212511386300381/

Tuesday, April 2, 2019
Dark Star Orchestra
http://tallahassee.moonevents.com/events/dark-star-orchestra
FACEBOOK EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/735680563469301/

Tuesday, April 9, 2019
The Music Of Cream - 50th Anniversary World Tour
http://tallahassee.moonevents.com/events/music-cream
FACEBOOK EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/420107805394167/
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Thursday, February 21, 2019

Florida Jazz & Blues Music Fans' Favorite, BRUCE KATZ BAND, Touring Florida March 5-10, 2019

BRUCE KATZ BAND
Catch the band LIVE in Pensacola Beach,  
Tallahassee, Jacksonville Beach and Sebastian
Saturday, March 2, 2019  
Greenville, SC

Sunday, March 3, 2019  
Montgomery, AL

Tuesday & Wednesday, March 5 & 6, 2019  
Pensacola Beach, FL

Friday, March 8, 2019 
Tallahassee, FL

Saturday, March 9, 2019
Oceanfront Plaza
Jacksonville Beach, FL

Sunday, March 10, 2019
Sebastian, FL


Bruce Katz, Bruce Katz is a legendary keyboardist (Hammond B3 and piano) who has released 10 CDs as a leader and has appeared on over 70 other CDs with the likes of John Hammond, Delbert McClinton, Ronnie Earl, Butch Trucks, Duke Robillard, Little Milton, Joe Louis Walker, David “Fathead” Newman, and many, many others.  

 He has also had a strong musical connection with the Allman Brothers Band, having been a member of Gregg Allman’s band for six years (2007-2013), Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band (2010-2015), Butch Trucks’ Freight Train Band (2015-2017) and Les Brers. Bruce also occasionally toured with the Allman Brothers as well.  Jaimoe is a special guest on the new release, playing on several tunes

 He is a four time BMA nominee (2008, 2009, 2010 and 2015) for the “Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year” award, which is the equivalent of the “Blues Grammys”. He was also nominated by Living Blues Magazine for “Outstanding Musician (Keyboard)” award in 2015.  

 His new CD, “Get Your Groove!” (American Showplace Music) has just been released and features many new original tunes, both vocal and instrumental.  It continues the evolution of the band’s music from the traditional Blues and “Soul-Jazz” it is already known for into the improvisational “jam blues” and roots music he has explored as a member of the various Allman Brothers “family bands.”  

 The Bruce Katz Band is an original, very exciting group of musicians that features an accessible, soulful approach to the blues and jam traditions.  The band features his virtuosic Hammond B3 and piano play-ing as well as Chris Vitarello’s brilliant guitar playing and vocals.  Based in Woodstock, NY, the band tours and performs at venues and festivals throughout the U.S. and Europe.
The Bruce Katz Band is:
Bruce Katz – Hammond B3 organ and piano
Aaron Lieberman – guitar/vocals
Ray Hangen – drums

 "He can play jazz, blues, Bach, anything. Man, he’s a heavy!"
 GREGG ALLMAN

"The Bruce Katz Band’s music has the air of unflagging tradition yet it blurs the lines between genres. It is of itself and beyond itself at the same time. It’s like Mozart with a jazz trio playing at Junior’s Juke Joint on a Thursday night."   BLUES BISCUITS

"Bruce Katz and his men gave those present a concert they’ll remember a long time. Vitarello is an outstanding guitarist, with an astonishing technique and a broad creative range."  ROOTSTIME

WEBSITE - BRUCE KATZ 
FACEBOOK - BRUCE KATZ MUSIC


"This man is as good as it gets. One of the greatest keyboard artists I’ve ever heard."  JOHN HAMMOND

"One of the most respected keyboardists on the blues circuit."  Wade Tatangelo, HERALD-TRIBUNE

Bruce Katz's music occupies a unique space where blues, soul/jazz, jam-band rock, and all aspects of Americana music collide into a style of original music all his own. As a performer, Bruce has been an in-demand sideman as well as leading his own band - playing and recording with many of the leading names in blues and roots music, appearing on over 70 albums with artists such as ‪Ronnie Earl, ‪John Hammond, ‪Delbert McClinton, ‪Gregg Allman, ‪Duke Robillard, ‪Joe Louis Walker, ‪Little Milton, ‪Maria Muldaur, ‪Jimmy Witherspoon, Paul Rishell, Mighty Sam McClain, ‪Debbie Davies, David “Fathead” Newman and many others.

Katz has a lengthy background in classical piano. After hearing a ‪Bessie Smith record at the age of ten, he started teaching himself blues and early jazz on the piano. Bruce then heard boogie-woogie and swing music and continued his musical journey into more aspects of jazz and American roots music. He attended Berklee College of Music in the mid-1970s, studying Composition and performance.

For the next fifteen years, Katz performed with many of the leading musicians in New England, and played “on the road” for long stretches of time. After a particularly long stint of touring in the late '80s with Barrence Whitfield and the Savages, Katz decided to come off the road and enrolled at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, where he earned a Master's degree in Jazz Performance. It was during this time that he conceived of and started writing music that became the Bruce Katz Band.

In 1992, Bruce met ‪Ronnie Earl, who soon invited him to join his band, The Broadcasters. During his nearly five-year stint with Earl, Katz toured the world and performed on six albums, writing and co- writing many of the band's tunes, such as "The Colour of Love," "Ice Cream Man," and "Hippology." The album “Grateful Heart” (Bullseye) won the Downbeat Critics Poll for Best Blues Album of 1996. The same year, Katz debuted his first solo album, "Crescent Crawl", on the AudioQuest label. He released "Transformation" the following year. Just before the release of "Mississippi Moan" in 1997, his third solo album, Katz left the Broadcasters to concentrate on a solo career. At that point, the Bruce Katz Band began touring the U.S. and Europe, and has been his ongoing focus, in addition to his many other projects. Bruce also played with ‪Duke Robillard(2001-02), ‪John Hammond (2005 – present), ‪Gregg Allman (2007-13) and many other high-profile roots, blues and rock performers, while continuing to tour and record with his own band.

In addition to performing, Katz teaches piano, Hammond organ and theory privately at his studio in West Shokan, NY. He also conducts Master Classes in Hammond B3 and Blues History, which he has done at various schools and music festivals worldwide. Formerly from Boston, Bruce has been based in Woodstock, NY since 2005.

CD AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON.

Booking Contact:
Founding Music Booking Agency
Legare Robertson at:
Phone:  804-690-5122
E-mail: foundingmusic@gmail.com

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