THE SHOWROOM SESSIONS: Streaming LIVE from Piedmont Piano Company
Nancy Wright and the Rhythm and Roots Band
Hailed by Living Blues Magazine as “one of the brightest stars in the San Francisco Bay Area music scene and nationwide” and recipient of five consecutive Blues Music Award nominations, saxophonist and vocalist Nancy Wright will appear with her Rhythm and Roots Band (internationally acclaimed seasoned veterans Jeff Tamelier, Tony Lufrano, Karl Sevareid, and Paul Revelli) to deliver solid soul blues, funk and soul jazz originals and fresh blues, roots, and Americana renditions.
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NANCY WRIGHT
Blues Music Award nominee Nancy Wright is one of the most highly respected and in-demand sax players on today’s blues, Americana and R&B scene, and has been nominated for a prestigious Blues Music Award for five consecutive years and for Living Blues Artist of the Year. Her recent release Alive and Blue received Living Blues, Indie Blues, and Bluesbytes top album awards. Her three previous albums, Playdate!, Moanin’ and Puttin’ Down Roots won her critical acclaim, a top-20 spot in the DownBeat Reader’s Poll, and a place in the West Coast Blues Hall of Fame. nancywrightmusic.com
“Her tenor is, by turns, slathered with Noble “Thin Man” Watts Southern-fried grease, robust with King Curtis soulfulness and buffed to a gleam with pungent Junior Walker funk.” — Frank-John Hadley, Downbeat
“Saxophonist Nancy Wright has been blowing ‘em away on Bay Area stages for decades, but who knew she could sing like this? She’s a Junior Walker Jr. and a Bonnie Raitt blueslinger rolled up in one sweet, soulful package.” – Joel Selvin, San Francisco Chronicle
PAUL REVELLI
Born in the sixties, native San Franciscan Paul Revelli has been playing drums for most of his life. What he brings to the table when behind the kit are diverse skills, a passion for playing and listening to all genres of music, and his intuition as the consummate sideman. A partial list of artists he has performed and/or recorded with include: B.B. King, Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, Carlene Carter, Jimmie Vaughan, Boz Scaggs, James Cotton, Clarence Clemmons, Howard Tate, Joan Baez, Maria Muldaur, Charlie Musselwhite, Chuck Prophet, Bill Kirchen, Roy Rogers, Pinetop Perkins, Angela Strehli, Tracy Nelson, Elvin Bishop and Frank Bey.
KARL SEVAREID
In bay area since mid-60s, toured and recorded with Charlie Musselwhite and Elvin Bishop, then Robert Cray from 1991 to 2008. Also played with East Bay proto-funk-rockers Grayson Street, Mitch Woods and his Rocket 88s, Oakland’s Gospel Hummingbirds (Grammy nominees!), quintessential bluesman Ron Thompson, and in house bands like the Rat Band at Larry Blake’s in Berkeley, backing up Albert Collins, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Mike Bloomfield, Otis Rush, Dr. John, Allan Toussaint, Earl King, Boz Scaggs, Carla Thomas, Ann Peebles, Tracy Nelson, Etta James, and Bonnie Raitt.
JEFF TAMELIER
Jeff Tamelier wears many hats - Guitarist, Producer, Musical Director and Author. Jeff held the guitar chair for many years with famous Bay Area bands including Lydia Pense and Cold Blood, Starship featuring Mickey Thomas, Tower of Power, and Little Gadget and the Soulful Twilights.
TONY LUFRANO
Tony Lufrano is a lifelong resident of Oakland, CA and a much-in-demand keyboard sideman for some of the Bay Area’s finest Rock, Blues and R&B artists. He earned his bona fides backing up The Whispers on coast-to-coast Chittlin’ Circuit tours, highlighted by shows at Harlem’s Apollo Theater. Since then, Tony has gigged, toured and recorded with a cavalcade of stars, including Boz Scaggs, Bonnie Raitt, Huey Lewis & The News, Elvin Bishop, Maria Muldaur, Robben Ford, Taj Mahal, Tommy Castro, Bill Champlin, Steve Miller, Joe Satriani, Carla Thomas, James Cotton, Linda Tillery, Eddie Money, Harvey Mandel, John Handy, Zigaboo Modeliste, Little Anthony & The Imperials, Earl King, Ernie K-Doe, Otis Clay, ‘Chinna’ Smith, Syl Johnson, Richard Berry, Johnny Johnson, Booker T and many more.