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"Hi Simon & Susie, Thank you for an excellent evening. Everybody loved and enjoyed the music and were really impressed by your super performance. I got endless compliments for finding such a suitable quality musical act. You both made our Christmas Dinner into a great evening out. Hope to see you back before too long..."

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"Pure joy and endless energy on stage. Great preformance!"

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" New Albany, Ohio Apr 13 2024 7:05 PM Hi I’m Wes . Jon , your music has blessed me . I grew up on your music . My favorite album is change of heart . I also like your other albums too, body & soul , Jesus Loves Ya , Forever Friends, Love Education, and The Man Inside. My favorite song on the Jesus Loves Ya album is from heaven featuring Doug Webb on saxophone. God bless you! "

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"We wanted to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the fabulous atmosphere you created at our wedding. J&C Fuller"

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"Love love this band!! Rock and blues & R&B. Singer has an amazing voice!! "

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"Definitely an amazing band to go see. Such diversity and talent for anyone who appreciates the swaying affects of music. The jazz blues and even the rock n roll. Go see them if you get the chance and you love music Michael Howard"

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"Thank you so much Dita! Free on the 1st of January to make us live such an amazing moment. We are so grateful and had a great time."

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"Beautiful music We would like to sincerely thank you again for the beautiful music during the Maserati Winter Fair. Everyone loved it, and we have already shared your contact details with several people. "

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"There’s more to Johnny Ticktin than meets the eye. Well-versed in the blues, having once served as lead guitar player for the legendary Louisiana Red, the open-minded Ticktin is a sponge, soaking up the subtle six-string nuances and intricacies of a multitude of genres—from surf to classic R&B, swing and even Mambo—on his eighth album with The Headhunters, That’s All I Need. It would feel right at home in any rough-and-tumble roadhouse. The title is borrowed from a song, covered here in all its dark, swampy glory, off Magic Sam’s 1967 iconic electric blues marvel West Side Soul. Watery, backwoods ripples of Sam’s tremolo guitar style and seductive rhythms meander through Creedence Clearwater Revival’s mysterious kudzu on Johnny & The Headhunters’ version, as Ticktin and company paddle up a lazy river of Bayou groove. Just as fluent in nasty rockabilly, they thrive in the sweltering heat of the 1957 obscurity “Chicken House,” giving it a warm buzz and making it rumble and swagger, while the lascivious, infectious funk of “Body and Fender” – a Doc Pomus/Duke Robillard joint originally built for soul crooner Johnny Adams – shakes all over and ogles the female form. A rousing, boogie-woogie version of Lowell Fulsom’s Chess Records’ hit “Rock ‘Em Dead” is wonderfully shambolic, and Ticktin rides the lightning of the Link Wray instrumental “Ace of Spaces” like a champ, gleefully wheeling through edgy garage-rock riffs with appropriate vim and vigor. What feel he and his band have for this material. There is not the slightest bit of indifference to it anywhere on this record. Not that they need it, but help arrives in the form of keyboardist Tam Sullivan, who wraps smoky, sensual organ and wraiths of piano around a soulful remake of Bobby “Blue” Bland’s “Lead Me On,” and singer Liz Springer, who joins her brazen vocals to Ticktin’s in the cheeky, but charming, duet “Watch and Chain.” And, with the solid machinery of a good backing band at work behind him, Ticktin can just let loose – witness the slide-guitar fury of their cover of Elmore James’ “Shake Your Money Maker.” For aficionados of tasteful guitar work and music that time shouldn’t have forgotten, this is what you need. —Peter Lindblad SPREAD THE NEWS! FacebookTwitter RELATED STORIES September 3rd, 2023 Rhythm & Roots Festival August 28th, 2023 Rhythm & Roots: Family Fave July 28th, 2023 When Rock & Roll is a Verb"

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"The London Jazz Trio were amazing from the seamless booking process right through to their faultless performance. The band were extremely flexible with our requirements and created the perfect atmosphere! All of our guests complimented the music and it was so nice to see a band who were enjoying themselves during the performance. Will definitely be booking again in the future and would recommend to everyone! Thanks to the London Jazz Trio for an enjoyable evening."

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"Thank you so much for playing at the Herring Party. It was an absolute success! Everything went smoothly, and we'll definitely keep you in mind for the future."

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"Working with Alma is always the most pleasant experience, she is upbeat, positive and always ready to give her best at each event & cater to each of my clients needs. We have worked together through the years always resulting in success!"

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"You might expect an album with edgy, teal-lit cover art and the title of The Isolation Blues, by the Mike Goudreau Band, to be either dark and brooding or a real barroom stomper, showcasing the loudest guitar you’ve heard since Jimi Hendrix’s. Instead, from the first notes, you’ll find it’s a peppy ensemble extravaganza with horns galore. More’s the better, too – the Winter Solstice is coming up, and we need an eye-opening blast of sunshine in the middle of it. Smooth, jazzy-influenced, and boasting crystal-clear vocals, it’s a must-play on New Year’s Eve. Born in 1965 in Newport, Vermont, into a musical family with an English mother and a French-Canadian father, Mike Goudreau picked up his first guitar at age 14 and hasn’t stopped playing since. His early influences included the Beatles, Chuck Berry, Rolling Stones, Johnny Cash, Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, and later, Albert King, Freddie King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Powder Blues and Downchild – to name a few. Such diverse interests help to explain why Mike is comfortable in so many musical genres, especially jazz and blues. Since 2007, Mike’s songs have been heard on hundreds of network TV shows and films, such as the TV movie The Happiest Season (Hulu), Dynasty (CBS), the Universal Pictures film Dark Waters, the Hollywood film The Banker, starring Samuel Jackson (2020), The Neighborhood (CBS), NCIS Los Angeles (CBS), and Chicago PD (NBC), among several others. Joining Mr. Goudreau (vocals, guitars, bass and hand claps) are Jean-Francois Begin (think Menachem Begin, not “begin”) on drums and percussion, Dany Roy on tenor sax and trumpet, Ira Friedman on organ and piano, and Pascal Veilette on harmonica. You know all the shows and films mentioned earlier? Together, they spell diamond-level QUALITY. That’s what’s been poured into each of the fourteen original tracks on this CD. Every note, every musical phrase, glimmers like the light off one of that gem’s many facets. This is real-deal blues, whether in swing/jump form (as on the opener “Let’s Go Down to the River”), the angsty, harmonica-infused title track, the guitar and piano boogie known as “The Mooch,” or the laid-back instrumental “Sea Breeze Blues.” Any band can crank out an album in their garage or basement and deem it good enough, but not Goudreau and his posse. They care about their offerings like Michelangelo cared about David, or Da Vinci the Mona Lisa. That’s because they’re not just musicians. Not just craftsmen. They’re artists, and don’t you forget it. Got The Isolation Blues? Here’s the cure, or at least the vaccine! "

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"Alessandro De Meo, Karlsruhe Germany, Apr 1 2024 12:34 AM Dear Brother Jon, yesterday i was listening to a Sermon of David Wilkerson…I finally found a Christian Song that ive forgotten for so many years. The Name of the Song is when God ran. It was on a Christian Album on the iTunes Store. And After that i found the Song of yours Friend in you. After some Research on the Internet and on iTunes i found alot of Songs and Albums of yours. Your music is truely spoken from the Heart. Your music is so encouraging to me. Im so glad that i finally Found the Type of music that i Like that also Speaks to my Heart, actually its God speaking thru your music. I pray for you that you can make a new Album soon. May God bless you. I greet you from Karlsruhe, Germany with Psalm 20 : 2-4. What a Great and Mighty God we have in Christ Jesus our King Lord and Shepherd. He is risen!!! We Serve a Mighty God!!! And we all Need his love more than before. Your Brother in Christ Alessandro "

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"This was one of those days you know why the blues is your choice of music, three different but simply put brilliant bands, interestingly all three piece, each lead by a guitar player of some talent. Kicking off at noon was Rev. Ferriday and the Longdogs, The Rev. on a big white guitar, a Bigsby tremelo arm, and a slide on his finger poured out a slice of true Hill Country blues, this could have been Burnside, Kimbrough or the Mississippi All Stars. This was power delta blues, the powerful rhythms by a rock solid bass and drums. The songs were all self written, and you couldn't have started better than with a band that brought the whole place awake, even from those late nights. With a new album, 'Unforgettable Trues And Everyday Lies', The first three songs went through without a break, the only comment was 'It's turned out nice again!', before playing 'Devil's Line', followed by songs about lost loves, bartenders, one about meeting, playing with and drinking whisky in New Orleans with Dr.John, which is also the title.. One song 'Sid's Song' about his three legged dog, and a closing 'Moonshhine' he had all aspects of the blues covered, a very fine slide guitarist and front man on stage (he also performs several solo gigs each year as well). You like your blues filled with the roots of the music Rev. Ferriday is your man,a perfect festival band, promoters take note."

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