The Bryan Lee benefits are taking shape. Here's the lineups so far. Please pass the word.
Jan 30th - Sara's Pub, Beloit WI 7pm
Rev Raven, Dave Potter, Dave Woods, Steve Dougherty, Danny Moore....
... Feb 12th - Kochanski's Concertina Beer Hall, Milwaukee, WI 4pm
Greg Koch, Jimmy Voegeli, Uptown Savages, Benny Rickun, Rev Raven, Danny Moore, PT Pedersen, Bobby Sellers Jr....
Feb 24th - American Legion Hall, Byron, IL 7pm Hosted by the Crossroads Blues Society...Steve Ditzell, Bob Levis and his band, Rev Raven
Feb 26th - The Smiling Moose, Osman, WI 4pm
Craig Panosh and friends, Bobby Evans
A Madison benefit is in the works..more info as it develops
A couple Fox Valley benefits and maybe one in Wausau/Stevens Point Please pass the word
Bryan Lee Benefit at The Smiling Moose, Osman, WI on Feb.26th will be at 2pm. .
Guests will include double drum kits with Spencer Panosh, Perry Weber, Jay Stulo, Tony Menzer, Larry Byrne, Paul Filipowicz, Jimi Schutte, Kurt Koenig, Doug Kroening, Bobby Evans..... and more to be announced! Please pass the word
Our CD "Shake Your Boogie" hit number #12 on Roots Music Report's Top 100 blues albums for 2011. Thanks to everyone concerned.
We've been selected to open the Bayfront Blues Festival on the main stage next year. We hit the stage at 12 noon.
New review/show notice in the press section
New video with Madison Slim on harmonica on the video page.
We're doing our second annual New Year's Eve Blues Bash at the Ramada on the Mall of America, Minneapolis, MN with the Lamont Cranston Band headlining. Steve Vonderharr with be playing harp with us. Get your tickets now.
Blues Blast Award Show
Sold out - SRO only
We played to a full house at 10:10pm Thursday night at Buddy Guy's Legends. Made it thru the show in one piece. So many great musicians in the house too. A video on "Walking to Chicago" from that show is on You Tube at: http://youtu.be/lljid-rZ8d4.
It's an honor for us to be included among some many fine musicians and band at possibly America's premier blues club. Thanks to everyone involved and everyone who voted for us and the other bands.
Our cds are sold at the following Milwaukee area stores:
Exclusive Company, Greenfield, WI
Barnes & Noble, Greenfield, WI
Our new DVD, "Live at Wilebski's Blues Saloon" is for sale for only $10.00 at all shows. You can order it on-line in a few days or just send $12.50 which includes shipping to: Nevermore Records, 3851 E. Holmes Avenue, Cudahy, WI 53110.
We also have overstock of white Reverend Raven t-shirts in large and xxxl. Shirts are $10.00 and you can get them on this site or by sending $12.50 to Nevermore Records.
REVEREND RAVEN &
THE GHAIN SMOKIN'
ALTAR BOYS
SHAKE YOUR BOOGIE
Nevernore / CD BabY
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"Révérend Corbeau
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chæur-fumant-à-la
chaîne" ? Une
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excellent petit combo du Wisconsin qui
écume suftout le Middle West et que j'ai
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avoir savouré leurs volutes antérieures
(3 CD
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entre
jump et Chicago blues 50's, surtout
depuis leur conversion plus R&B rétro, de
l'harmonica
(habituellement Madison Slim,
encore présent, ou Cadillac Pete, ex-Bryan
Lee) au sax ténor baveux. ouant au leader,
c'est un chanteur-guitariste précis, swing ou
mordant, aux solos inspirés, bref, qui connaît
sa bible. Faites les sortir de leurAmérique
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It's good. Best to check it out and translate it at: Soul Bag Magazine
"A band that demands national attention"
Check out the review of our show at the Blues Cruise send off party last January written by Andre Hobus in France's Soul Bag Magazine.
We had two shout outs from Blues Revue Magazine. Go to: Blues Revue Magazine
I looking for backers to fund a complete re-mixing and re-mastering of my first CD "Slow Burn".
Interested music patrons go to: Slow Burn Remix
Reverend Raven & the Chain Smokin' Altar Boys' Shake Your Boogie is in the top 15 blues cds on roots radio around the world! AND in the top 3 on the Internet Radio for blues! Roots Music Report >>
Reverend Raven & the Chain Smokin' Altar Boys' Shake Your Boogie is among the top selling Chicago Blues CDs at CDBaby (for 5 months) - AND - The Top Chicago Style Blues song #1 Stomping and Shouting! CDBaby >>
What we're hearing about our latest release, Shake Your Boogie...
"Any fan of straight ahead, tough electric blues will really like this cd" - Bruce Iglauer/Alligator Records
"Your release is also looking VERY good for my Best of 2010 list!” - Bob "Blues Doctor" Decker, host of "Clinic of Boogie & Blues", WNRB, 93.3 FM, Wausau.
"I f$%^ing love it" - Stefan Levy, Blues Foundation Board of Directors
"Highly recommended" - Steve Jones, Crossroads Blues Society
"It is a really great CD" - Bob Kieser, Blues Blast...
Reverend Raven's Big Bee release makes Elwood's favorites list... LOOK >>
