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The B.B. King Blues Club & Grill        Showcase Room The breathtaking main space is classical in form and spirit: two-tiered, horseshoe-shaped seating (booths & tables) centered around a 30-foot stage presents up close and personal views of all performances. The 40-foot bar is a haven for the reserved listener. The atmosphere is enhanced with two 8-foot big video screens on either side of the stage. Notable Past Shows: B.B. King, Gregg Allman and Friends, Brian Wilson, George Clinton & the P-Funk All-Stars, Etta James, Erykah Badu, Macy Gray, Peter Frampton, Better than Ezra, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Dr. John, Robert Cray, the Roots, Ozomatli, Taj Mahal, Junior Brown, Wilson Pickett, Sonny Rollins, James Brown, Little Richard, The Pharcyde, the Radiators, the Neville Brothers, the Wailers, Lyricist Lounge, Steel Pulse, Buddy Guy, the Beach Boys, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Maceo Parker and more. Upcoming shows in October: ERIC CLAPTON + BAD COMPANY Featuring: THE BELL BOTTOM BLUES October 02 $12.00 Advance $14.00 Day of Show doors open at 6pm/ show at 9pm General admission seated show - First come, first seated - Standing room at the bar. THE BELL BOTTOM BLUES was formed in May 2007, but each member's passion to create music and love for the great Eric Clapton actually began some 35 years ago. Because of this passion, love and talent of each member it wasn't long before the band was ready to perform for live audiences. Through the vocals and lead guitar of Al Caprara, slide, rhythm & lead guitar of John Kurdyla, funky bass of Eric Collier and Beats of Lou Caprara, the band has captured the likeness of Eric Clapton and his bands from the early psychedelic days of Cream through his classic hits of his solo career. myspace.com/thebellbottomblues STRAIGHT SHOOTER will be the opening band starting at 8pm. STRAIGHT SHOOTER understand the importance of the sound, the feel, and the soul of Bad Company & love playing the songs which reflects in their performance time & time again. Fronted by Billy Spanton, lead singer, lead guitarist & piano, his soulful singing and smokin' guitar playing continues to amaze audiences. Nick Alfieri on rhythm guitar & back-up vocals rounds out the rhythm section while the groove is laid down by Rizz on bass. The band is driven by the thunderous drumming of Lima, whose “in the pocket style keeps the band in pace & on track at all times. Covering all the hits & many rarities, pleasing the average & certainly the die-hard Bad Co. fans, this band is not to be missed. They literally re-create the experience & most importantly the sound of one of the best rock bands of all time! myspace.com/thebellbottomblues THE ORIGINAL WAILERS Featuring: AL ANDERSON JUNIOR MARVIN EARL "WYA" LINDO October 7 All tickets $25.00 doors open at 6pm/show at 8pm Bob Marley & the Wailers have sold more than 400 million albums in the last four decades, and his band helped propel this international success. Today, three legendary Wailers have reformed to create a new, tighter band, The Original Wailers, featuring keyboardist Earl "Wya" Lindo, who joined Bob in 1973, for the band’s Island Records debut, Catch A Fire, along with Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer; American-born guitarist Al Anderson, who joined the band a year later and played on No Woman No Cry--he's also played with Peter Tosh, James Brown, Traffic and Ben Harper; and Junior Marvin, lead vocalist/guitarist for The Original Wailers; he often sang alongside Marley and as lead. Junior appeared in the ’70s and played on Exodus, which Time magazine voted "Best Album Of The 20th Century." Junior also has played with Ike & Tina Turner, Steve Winwood, Stevie Wonder, Toots & the Maytals and recently with OAR. Junior, Al and Wya toured and recorded with Marley until his death. The band will perform all the songs of Bob Marley and the Wailers as they faithfully have since the meteoric rise of Bob Marley and the Wailers. This reformed configuration will breathe new life into each and every live show. THE ORIGINAL WAILERS will carry forward the true spirit of “One Love” that they helped create with Bob Marley as one of the most influential bands of all time. wailers.com GEORGE CLINTON & HIS GANGSTERS OF LOVE October 23 $35.00 Advance $40.00 Day of Show doors open at 6pm/ show 730 pm George Clinton is getting by with a little help from his friends on his new album -- a list that includes the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Carlos Santana, Sly Stone, RZA, System Of A Down bassist Shavo Odadjian, El DeBarge and gospel singer Kim Burrell. They all show up on an assortment of covers on "George Clinton and Some Gangsters of Love," which Clinton will release Sept. 16 on Shanachie. "It started out with me doing some doo wop songs," Clinton, who grew up singing on street corners in Plainfield, N.J., tells Billboard.com. "As we got going, people started coming through to be on it." Among the first, he says, was Santana, who plays on a version of the Impressions' "Gypsy Woman," and then Stone and DeBarge, who sing on Marvin Gaye's "Ain't That Peculiar." "Then I got serious about other people joining in with me," Clinton says. "It still is a concept album, but it's taken a little bit of a different turn." On "Gangsters" Clinton also covers Shirley & Lee's "Let the Good Times Roll" with the Chili Peppers -- whose "Freaky Styley" he produced in 1985 -- Barry White's "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up," Johnny Ace's "Pledging My Love," Shep & the Heartbreak's "A Thousand Miles Away," Bobby Rydell's "Kissin' Time" and Ruby & the Romantics' "Our Day Will Come." The album includes one new song, "Mathematics of Love" (which features Burrell) and a new take on the Parliaments' "Heart Trouble." Much of the album was produced with longtime Eminem cohort Mark Bass. myspace.com/gclinton THE MISFITS Featuring: Sp. Guests October 31 $26.00 Advance $30.00 Day of Show doors open at 6pm/show at 8pm Throughout the span of their career, the Misfits audience has developed into an army of "fiends" (the term for die hard Misfits fans) generating more interest today than ever before. From its inception the Misfits music was primitive punk rock, harsh and to-the-point. Yet that aggression was complimented with a strong sense of melody inspired by the roots of rock and roll bred in the 1950's. What further separated the band from their hard-core peers of the 70's punk scene was their inspired fixation on horror movies. It was from that inspiration that they created an entire world out of a passion for the genre. After a split with Danzig in the mid 1980's and a decade long legal battle, The Misfits were resurrected by founding member Jerry Only along with his younger brother and guitarist Doyle. 1997's "AMERICAN PSYCHO" reestablished them as one of the most aggressive outfits in music and spoke volumes about their influence on many of today's rock acts. From neo-punk bands Green Day, Rancid and Blink 182 to metal acts Metallica, Pantera and Slayer to hard rockers such as Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, Guns n Roses (who covered the classic Misfits song "Attitude") and more recently Slipknot. The Misfits have inspired many musicians and much of the music people are watching on TV and hearing on the radio today. One thing is certain, The Misfits are here to stay and once again everyday is Halloween. misfits.com
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