| VOODOO BLUES BAND :: BIO |
Want
a group that can handle the blues, jazz and funk, with that sweet
Memphis soul horn sound on top? Then the Voodoo Blues Band is your
choice.
The
Voodoo Blues Band is a six-piece band, featuring Raul Consuegra
on lead guitar and vocals, Eric Marshall on piano, Craig Thornton
on bass and Michael Howell on drums, with Rob Endicott and Will
“Blind Willie” Dineen combining for a two-piece horn
section that emulates the famed Memphis Horn sound that put Stax
Records and Muscle Shoals on the map. (You don’t see many
bands these days with a real, functioning horn section, but Willie
and Rob have been grooving together for years---and
it gives the band a unique sound that you don’t hear much
of these days but that audiences love.) Raul leads the band with
verve and style, and it features soul/R&B classics, funky jazz
tunes, and, of course, its signature gut-bucket, raunchy blues with
that slide guitar sound and boogie piano on top.
In addition to manning the “must see” Sunday jam session
at Hammerstones’ (located in the St. Louis’ historic
Soulard district), the band has played BBs, Jazz, Blues and Soups,
the Broadway Oyster Bar, and Llywelyn’s Pub in the Central
West End, among other venues. They have also been featured at the
Big Muddy Blues Festival in St. Louis.
The Voodoo Blues Band has been doing the Hammerstones’ jam
for over ten years running, and featured legendary St. Louis bluesman
Bennie Smith until his passing in 2006. The band continues the fine
tradition that “the Master of the Stratocaster” laid
down. In 2007, the band released its self-produced CD, “That
Voodoo That You Do”, which has received a 5 out of 5 rating
on STLBlues.net’s famed “blues-o-meter!
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| REVIEWS |
St. Louis’ own Voodoo Blues Band debut release. This CD is dedicated to the late Bennie Smith. It was recorded and mixed by Tim Albert at Dogshew Studio, 2007. Even T-Bone couldn’t play his shuffle with the umpf and soul these fellas do. Catch em’ live every Sunday at Hammerstones in Soulard, Missouri....read Cornbread's review
| AUDIO / VIDEO |
| BACKLINE NEEDS (out of town only) |
• DRUMS
• BASS AMP
• KEYBOARD AMP
• GUITAR AMP / LEAD
• PA SETUP WITH AT LEAST 8 MIKES
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| BASIC REQUIREMENTS (out of town only) |
• Three double rooms
• One meal for each band member
• Ice cold bottled water
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