Vanessa Collier,
Little Mike & The Tornadoes
and The Bridget Kelly Band
in ONE SHOW!
*Limited Tickets Available as of 4/2/19*
Little Mike & The Tornadoes
and The Bridget Kelly Band
in ONE SHOW!
*Limited Tickets Available as of 4/2/19*
Friday, April 5, 2019 ~ Doors 6pm, Show 7pm
619 South Main Street
Gainesville, FL 32601
Gainesville, FL 32601
Vanessa Collier is a soulful singer, talented multi-instrumentalist best known for her saxophone playing, a true rising star in the Blues, and good enough to be called “amazing” by the legendary Buddy Guy. She is a five-time Blues Music Award nominee, including two nominations this year, Contemporary Blues Female Artist – (alongside Samantha Fish, Danielle Nicole, Shemekia Copeland, and Beth Hart) and Instrumentalist: Horn.
A 2013 graduate of the prestigious Berklee College of Music, she’s toured nationally and internationally, and received notice for her vocals, searing saxophone, and witty songwriting. Vanessa is blazing a trail, racking up an impressive arsenal of honors, and has already singled herself out as an artist of distinction and one we would all do well to watch.
Midwest Record exclaimed, “This bluesy singing sax player knows how to bring the slinking funk to her captivating, award winning sound that has echoes in young Bonnie Raitt/Maria Muldaur vocal sounds…Killer stuff on every level, this sounds like one of the reasons you first became a music fan. Killer stuff.”
“I love connecting with an audience and feeling their energy and I hope to inspire people to follow their dreams and passions, to find what brings them joy, and then to pursue it doggedly,” Collier said. “I love performing and I love connecting with people. And it’s driven me to what I do now.”
If you haven’t been fortunate enough to meet Vanessa and witness one of her head-turning, fiery, and passionate performances, you should definitely make sure you do.
Little Mike & the Tornadoes is well-known for its flawless, high-energy blues sound, modeled after the great Chicago bands of the ‘50s. Little Mike, is a mean harmonica player who cut his teeth in New York City in the late 1970s and early 1980s, backing up legendary Bluesmen Pinetop Perkins, Hubert Sumlin, and Jimmy Rogers. Blues Blast magazine called them “old-school Blues delivered the right way by folks who feel it down to the core.”
Inspired by classic and electric Blues, the Gainesville-based Bridget Kelly Band has placed their unique stamp on the Blues genre, with high-energy live performances and a hybrid sound that mixes Texas and Memphis Blues with various southern Blues traditions. The powerful and sultry vocals of singer Bridget Kelly along with the incendiary lead guitar work of Tim Fik forge a signature hybrid sound that combines female urban Blues with riff-driven rockin’ Blues guitar. Also boasting a rock-solid rhythm section, their star continues to shine and rise.
$30 general admission and $15 for North Central Florida Blues Society members. Purchase advance admission at:
TICKETS
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IMPORTANT NOTICES!!
April 7, 2019
General Membership Meeting & BoD Election,
followed by Electric Jam hosted by
The Shakedown featuring Michelle Banfield
at
Cypress & Grove Brewing Co.
1001 NW 4th St
Gainesville, FL 32601
AND
May 19, 2019
Women in Blues Showcase
at
Cypress & Grove Brewing Co.
1001 NW 4th St
Gainesville, FL 32601
The North Central Florida Blues Society is a non-profit organization dedicated
to the preservation, cultivation, nurturing and promotion of Blues Music. The Society
also hosts monthly electric and acoustic jams. See website for more information.
North
Central Florida Blues Society
FOURTEEN YEARS OF BRINGING THE BEST BLUES
IN
THE WORLD TO GAINESVILLE FLORIDA!
2019
Vanessa Collier
Little Mike & The Tornadoes
Bridget Kelly Band
George Worthmore
Little Mike & The Tornadoes
Bridget Kelly Band
George Worthmore
MORE TBA
2018
Birthday
Blues Bash-O-Rama w/ Anthony Gomes, Danielle Nicole & Bridget Kelly Band
BLUEZAPALOOZA:
Ghost Town Blues Band & Betty Fox Band & Bridget Kelly Band
Lauren
Mitchell
Rev Shawn
Amos
21 Blue
featuring Longineu Parsons and Ted Shumate
Bill
"Sauce Boss" Wharton
Doug
MacLeod
2017
Zora
Young
Norman
Jackson Band
Selwyn
Birchwood
Jason
Ricci
Gracie
Curran & The High Falutin’ Band
Albert
Castiglia
Lil’
Ed & the Blues Imperials
2016
Annika
Chambers
Cash Box
Kings
Doug MacCleod
Matt
Schofield
2015
Mac
Arnold & Plate Full O' Blues
Long Tall
Deb Feat. Colin John
Jeff
Jensen
Samantha
Fish
Terry
Hanck
Zora
Young
Tinsley
Ellis
2014
Tas Cru
Selwyn
Birchwood
Janiva
Magness
Mac
Arnold & Plate Full O’Blues
Joe Moss Band
2013
Brandon
Santini
Matt
Schofield
Nikki
Hill
Albert
Castiglia
2012
Jimmy
Thackery
John
Nemeth
Roomful
of Blues
2011
Kenny
Neal
JP Soars
Victor
Wainwright
2010
Tommy
Castro
Mike Zito
Watermelon
Slim
Nick Moss
John
Nemeth
Ana
Popovic
2009
Janiva
Magness
Duke
Robillard
Michael
Burks†
2008
Lil’ Ed
& the Blues Imperials
Magic
Slim†
Jimmy
Thackery
Lurrie
Bell
Mighty
Lester
Tab
Benoit
Nighthawks
2007
Chris
Cain
Sean
Costello†
Sauce
Boss
Bryan Lee
Mark
Hummel and the Blues Survivors
2006
Eddie Kirkland†
Gary
Primich†
Smokin’
Joe Kubek† &
B’Nois King
Debbie
Davies
2005
Delta
Moon
Little
Charlie & the Nightcats
Pat
Ramsey† &
the Blues Disciples
Anson
Funderburgh & the Rockets
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