ROBERT ROSS BAND
2011 NY Blues Hall Of Fame Inductee!
Two-time New York Music Award winner!
Quote: "A blues icon. One of the great blues spirits." Bob Fass (Radio Un-nameable, WBAI-FM Pacifica Network).
Website: www.RobertRossBand.com
Robert Ross & The BluesManian Devils @ Jule's Bistro
Sunday, November 27, 2011
12pm - 3pm Brunch
Jules Bistro
65 Saint Marks Place, NY, NY 10003
Phone: 212-477-5560
We play for BRUNCH from 12 noon to 3pm. Featuring: Steve Holley on drums, Dave Hofstra on upright bass, and Robert Ross on vocals, guitar, & harmonica.
FREE Admission. Great French food.
Sunday, November 27, 2011
12pm - 3pm Brunch
Jules Bistro
65 Saint Marks Place, NY, NY 10003
Phone: 212-477-5560
We play for BRUNCH from 12 noon to 3pm. Featuring: Steve Holley on drums, Dave Hofstra on upright bass, and Robert Ross on vocals, guitar, & harmonica.
FREE Admission. Great French food.
Robert Ross & The BluesManian Devils @ Jule's Bistro
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
8:30pm - 11:30pm
Jules Bistro
65 Saint Marks Place, NY, NY 10003
Phone: 212-477-5560
We play from 8:30pm to 11:30pm. Featuring: Steve Holley on drums, Dave Hofstra on upright bass, and Robert Ross on vocals, guitar, & harmonica.
FREE Admission. Great French food.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
8:30pm - 11:30pm
Jules Bistro
65 Saint Marks Place, NY, NY 10003
Phone: 212-477-5560
We play from 8:30pm to 11:30pm. Featuring: Steve Holley on drums, Dave Hofstra on upright bass, and Robert Ross on vocals, guitar, & harmonica.
FREE Admission. Great French food.
Felix Cabrera & Robert Ross Band @ Connetquot Public Library
Sunday, December 4, 2011
2pm - 3:30pm
Connetquot Public Library
760 Ocean Ave., Bohemia, NY 11716
631-567-5079
The band will feature: NY Blues Hall of Fame inductee Felix Cabrera on vocals & harmonica, Thierry Arpino on drums, Dave Hofstra on bass, and two time NY Music Award winner and NY Blues Hall of Fame inductee Robert Ross on vocals, guitar & slide guitar. FREE Admission!!
Sunday, December 4, 2011
2pm - 3:30pm
Connetquot Public Library
760 Ocean Ave., Bohemia, NY 11716
631-567-5079
The band will feature: NY Blues Hall of Fame inductee Felix Cabrera on vocals & harmonica, Thierry Arpino on drums, Dave Hofstra on bass, and two time NY Music Award winner and NY Blues Hall of Fame inductee Robert Ross on vocals, guitar & slide guitar. FREE Admission!!
NY Blues Hall Of Fame Induction Celebration
Sunday, December 4, 2011
at: Kenny's Castaways
Sunday, December 4, 2011
at: Kenny's Castaways
6pm - 12am
157 Bleecker Street New York, NY 10012
Phone: 212-979 9762
Other Info
The New York Blues Of Fame Induction Celebration will be at Kenny's Castaways on Dec 4th starting at 6pm. This year's inductees are: Charles "Honey Boy" Otis, Michael Hill, Michael Powers, Roxy Perry, Angel Rissoff, Ivan "Funkboy" Bodley, Big Ed Sullivan, Felix Cabrera, & Robert Ross. Posthumous inductees are: Frankie Paris, Mo Holmes, Wally Gator, & Crusher Green. I have had the pleasure and honor of sharing the stage, working with, or jamming with nearly every one of these great artists. It is sure to be a night to remember. Admission is $15. There will be plenty of performances, and video taping as well as the Blues Hall of Fame tribute. Thank you to my old buddy Felix Cabrera and to my new buddy and NY Blues Ambassador Roxy Perry for this great honor.
SCHEDULE FOR DEC. 4TH
6:00 Posthumous Inductions: WALLY GATOR, CRUSHER GREEN (received by Marsha Mayer, niece) - MO HOLMES (received by son Jamaal (presented by Jerry Dugger)
6:30 – 7:00 CHARLES HONEYBOY OTIS / Dave Keys kbd / Bob Fusco bs / Jim Moran gt
7:00 – 7:30 ROBERT ROSS - Steve Holly dr./ Dave Hofstra bs
7:30 – 8:00 ARTHUR NEILSON - Carl Lorentzen bs / Eric Heilner kbds /
Matt Mousseau dr
8:00 – 8:30 MICHAEL POWERS - Barry Harrison dr / Charlie Torres bs
8:30 – 9:00 BIG ED SULLIVAN - Bob Fusco bs / Dave Keyes kbd / Barry Harrison dr
9:00 – 9:30 ROXY PERRY - (presented by Michael Hill) / Dave Keyes kbd./ Scott Lebish dr / Bob Fusco bs / Jim Moran gt / Fred Clark gt
9:30 – 10:00 MICHAEL HILL- Dave Keyes kbd / Bill McClellan dr / Mike Griot bs
10:00 – 10:45 IVAN BODLEY & ANGEL RISSOFF (2 songs each) (FRANKIE PARIS TRIBUTE ADDED HERE WITH IVAN ON BASS - 1 SONG) Dave Keyes kbd / Scott Lebish dr./ Arthur Neilson gt
10:45 – 11:15 FELIX CABRERA - Bob Fusco bs,/ George Moralis dr / Dave Keyes, kbd, /Arthur Neilson gt
Kenny's Castaways induction (presented by Mike Packer + Roxy) at some point
JAM FINALE ...ALL THE ABOVE PLUS STAFF WELCOME
157 Bleecker Street New York, NY 10012
Phone: 212-979 9762
Other Info
The New York Blues Of Fame Induction Celebration will be at Kenny's Castaways on Dec 4th starting at 6pm. This year's inductees are: Charles "Honey Boy" Otis, Michael Hill, Michael Powers, Roxy Perry, Angel Rissoff, Ivan "Funkboy" Bodley, Big Ed Sullivan, Felix Cabrera, & Robert Ross. Posthumous inductees are: Frankie Paris, Mo Holmes, Wally Gator, & Crusher Green. I have had the pleasure and honor of sharing the stage, working with, or jamming with nearly every one of these great artists. It is sure to be a night to remember. Admission is $15. There will be plenty of performances, and video taping as well as the Blues Hall of Fame tribute. Thank you to my old buddy Felix Cabrera and to my new buddy and NY Blues Ambassador Roxy Perry for this great honor.
SCHEDULE FOR DEC. 4TH
6:00 Posthumous Inductions: WALLY GATOR, CRUSHER GREEN (received by Marsha Mayer, niece) - MO HOLMES (received by son Jamaal (presented by Jerry Dugger)
6:30 – 7:00 CHARLES HONEYBOY OTIS / Dave Keys kbd / Bob Fusco bs / Jim Moran gt
7:00 – 7:30 ROBERT ROSS - Steve Holly dr./ Dave Hofstra bs
7:30 – 8:00 ARTHUR NEILSON - Carl Lorentzen bs / Eric Heilner kbds /
Matt Mousseau dr
8:00 – 8:30 MICHAEL POWERS - Barry Harrison dr / Charlie Torres bs
8:30 – 9:00 BIG ED SULLIVAN - Bob Fusco bs / Dave Keyes kbd / Barry Harrison dr
9:00 – 9:30 ROXY PERRY - (presented by Michael Hill) / Dave Keyes kbd./ Scott Lebish dr / Bob Fusco bs / Jim Moran gt / Fred Clark gt
9:30 – 10:00 MICHAEL HILL- Dave Keyes kbd / Bill McClellan dr / Mike Griot bs
10:00 – 10:45 IVAN BODLEY & ANGEL RISSOFF (2 songs each) (FRANKIE PARIS TRIBUTE ADDED HERE WITH IVAN ON BASS - 1 SONG) Dave Keyes kbd / Scott Lebish dr./ Arthur Neilson gt
10:45 – 11:15 FELIX CABRERA - Bob Fusco bs,/ George Moralis dr / Dave Keyes, kbd, /Arthur Neilson gt
Kenny's Castaways induction (presented by Mike Packer + Roxy) at some point
JAM FINALE ...ALL THE ABOVE PLUS STAFF WELCOME
ROBERT ROSS wins NY MUSIC AWARD for Best Live & will be inducted into NY BLUES HALL OF FAME
2011 has been a pretty incredible year for Robert Ross. He will be inducted into the New York Blues Hall of Fame on December 4th, and he won his second New York Music Award for Best Live Blues Artist. The other blues artists to win this year were Cyndi Lauper and Mose Allison. Ross won his first New York Music Award for Best Blues Artist in 1989 and has been nominated a total of 7 times over the years alongside such stars as Johnny Copeland, Taj Mahal, John Hammond Jr., and Roscoe Gordon. Robert also won an East Coast Rocker Award for Best Blues Artist in 1991. He has also been nominated 7 times over the years along with the likes of John Hammond, Johnny Copeland, Taj Mahal, and Roscoe Gordon. The singer, songwriter, guitarist, slide guitarist, & harmonica player is known for a wide variety of blues, jazz, soul, rock 'n' roll, and other roots music. Robert worked and recorded with Big Joe Turner for Spivey Records & for Doc Pomus. He also worked with Lightnin' Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, Big Mama Thornton, Brownie McGhee, Memphis Slim, Sunnyland Slim, Otis Rush, Dr. John, J.B. Hutto, Victoria Spivey, Louisiana Red, Eddie Kirkland, Floyd Jones, Homesick James, Bobby Lewis, Pinetop Perkins, Charles & Cyrille Neville, David "Honey Boy" Edwards, Linda Hopkins, Wilbert Harrison, & Champion Jack Dupree. One of Ross' songs was recorded and released twice by Johnny Winter. Two other originals appeared on ABC TV's daytime drama "All My Children". The Robert Ross Band has toured Europe and North America. Ross has performed at numerous festivals including the Chicago Blues Festival and the Montreal Jazz Festival, and is a perennial at the Riverhead Blues Festival on Long Island. The Robert Ross Band has released 7 internationally distributed cds. Ross performs as a solo (acoustic or electric), as a duo, with The Robert Ross Band and with a new group called The BluesManian Devils. http://www.blueshalloffame.com/Local_Blues_Talent/Local_Blues_Talent_of_New_York.html
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