When Jason Comes
to Town, the Blues
Comes with Him.
And Gainesville is the Only Florida Town He
is Coming to in August!
to Town, the Blues
Comes with Him.
And Gainesville is the Only Florida Town He
is Coming to in August!
These Blues are
Front Porch & Back Door,
Big Stage & Juke Joint,
Dark as Night & Bright as Day.
These are the Blues of TODAY.
w/
Opening the Show !
One of the most revolutionary, unorthodox, and influential Blues musicians is coming to the High Dive for a North Central Florida Blues Society concert. For Jason Ricci and the Bad Kind, which includes guitarist John Lisi, Todd Edmonds, and drummer John Perkins, being in Louisiana has influenced Ricci’s Blues with its gumbo of genres. “I want a band with swagger. When I was down in New Orleans, I really fell in love with drums and bass and the way New Orleans’ rhythm sections sound and the way all those street beats are so prominent in the music. This group plays Blues and plays funk, really, really well.” The show starts at 6:30 pm at the High Dive (210 SW 2nd Ave) in Gainesville, FL. Tickets are $15 for general admission and $8 for North Central Florida Blues Society members. Students with ID get in for $5. Veterans with ID also get in for $5.
Ricci has received multiple Blues Music Award Nominations from 2009 - 2018, and won in 2010 and 2018. He was a featured performer on Johnny Winter’s Grammy award-winning CD ‘Step Back’ (2014), and when the late Paul Butterfield and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Jason is who they wisely chose to play with Zac Brown & Tom Morello. Not that everything Jason Ricci & The Bad Kind plays is traditional Blues. A listen to his latest album Approved by Snakes, easily one of the best albums released in years, will give you an idea as to what will blow your mind when you see them live. You will hear funk and some jazz influences, and some elements that are very hard to classify. Ricci’s fluency and tone are top-shelf and with its unconventional instrumental backing, it creates something not heard elsewhere. It’s otherworldly, but will also make you want to move your body. The subject matter, while sometimes humorous, is gritty and at times spooky and based on some of Jason’s darker personal experiences, which is the honesty as we would expect from a becoming Blues legend. “I try and write only about what I know and about real true life,” Ricci added. “so much music shares the same structures as far as chords, harmony, melody and rhythm but being honest is the true connecting thread no matter what the differences are theoretically.” No less an expert as Adam Gussow (Satan & Adam, U2’s Rattle & Hum film) has included Jason Ricci in the Top 10 All Time Harmonica Players list on his Modern Blues Harmonica website, and called Ricci “one of the best harmonica players of his generation." “This is what originality, technical mastery, and soulfulness look like on the rock-flavored leading edge in our post-9/11 era,” Gussow added. “If you're an ambitious young cat looking to make your mark on the Blues harmonica world, be forewarned: (Ricci’s) fireworks will put your ego in check.”
Root Redemption, one of the area’s top Blues bands, will open the show. Root Redemption’s lineup is: Alan Yeatter (vocals, guitar), Gus Olmos (harmonica), Mark Armbrecht (bass), and Rick Wagner (drums). All four members have represented the North Central Florida region in the International Blues Challenge in Memphis.
Sunday, August 11, 2019 ~ 7pm
210 SW 2nd Avenue
Gainesville FL 32601
highdivegville.com (352)872-5949
NCFBS EVENT REMINDERS!
July 28: Shane Dwight
w/ the Rick Randlett Band Opening
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.
This program/event is funded in part by a
grant from the City of Gainesville, Parks,
The BLUES has HISTORY in
GAINESVILLE!
FOURTEEN YEARS OF BRINGING THE BEST BLUES
IN THE WORLD TO GAINESVILLE FLORIDA!
2019
Mac Arnold & Plate Full O' Blues
Vanessa Collier
Little Mike & The Tornadoes
Bridget Kelly Band
George Worthmore
Little Mike & The Tornadoes
Bridget Kelly Band
George Worthmore
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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