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SOLO RELEASES BY THE MANNISH BOYS ARTISTS:
FINIS TASBY "JUMP
CHILDREN!"
KIRK FLETCHER "SHADES
OF BLUE"
FRANK GOLDWASSER "BLUJU"
THE
MANNISH BOYS "LIVE & IN DEMAND"
The current edition of The Mannish Boys
features a veritable one-band blues festival of talent;
most of the members either lead or are integral members
of successful touring and recording bands. Veteran front
man Finis Tasby is unquestionably one of
the most soulful and dynamic blues singers working today;
sharing the vocal duties and adding his full-toned blues
harp is Johnny Dyer, widely acclaimed as
one of the last keepers of the old-school Chicago-style
blues flame. On guitar is David “Kid”
Ramos, long-time member of the James Harman Band,
and later The Fabulous Thunderbirds, among many others.
Ramos has also released a series of smoking hot CDs with
his own band, and has received over a dozen W.C. Handy Award
nominations. Fiery blues guitar virtuoso Frank “Paris
Slim” Goldwasser is second to none –
a master at a variety of blues styles from low-down Delta
grit to sophisticated swinging jazz, he’s been leading
his own successful bands for over two decades, and has appeared
on countless recordings as both a leader and a sideman.
Piano man Leon Blue honed his skills alongside
the boogie-woogie masters of the 1940s, and has played with
the three “Kings” of the blues – Albert,
Freddie, and B.B. – plus over a decade with The Ike
& Tina Turner Revue, and just about every other blues
or R&B name that comes to mind; he’s also a featured
vocalist with The Mannish Boys. The band’s rock-steady
backbone is supplied by two highly experienced and respected
blues/R&B veterans: Tom Leavey on bass,
and Richard Innes on drums, both of whom
have been playing professionally since the 1960s. Leavey’s
lengthy resume includes work with Big Mama Thornton, Big
Joe Turner, Otis Rush, Frank Frost, Billy Boy Arnold, and
many others; Richard Innes has been the ‘first call’
drummer for everyone from Little Richard, Lightin Hopkins
to T-Bone Walker to Kim Wilson of the Fabulous Thunderbirds.
Finally, impresario / emcee Randy Chortkoff
is not only the man ‘behind the curtain’, he’s
also a superb blues harmonica player and singer in his own
right, who led his own bands for many years before assembling
the extraordinary blues revue now known around the world
as The Mannish Boys. - By Scott Dirks
THE
MANNISH BOYS "THAT REPRESENT MAN"
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