Cotton / Kramer / Montgomery
The Roxy Nightclub, Boston, MA
September 12, 2008, 7 PM
This is a show you’re guaranteed to remember.
Ticket prices are
$45.00 - Regular Seating
$125.00 - VIP Seating & Buffet
$200.00 - Meet & Greet the Band, VIP Seating, & Buffet- 6:15 to 6:45 Nightclub
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THE
KRAMER-MONTGOMERY BAND
JAMES
COTTON
Grammy
Award, 1996 - "Deep in the Blues" - Traditional Blues
Album
Inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame, Memphis, TN, 2006
Inducted into Smithsonian Institution, 1991
Handy Award, 2003 - "35th Anniversary Jam" - Traditional
Blues Album
Handy Award, 2001, 1997 - Traditional Male Artist of the Year
Handy Award, 1997 - Acoustic Album of the Year - "Deep
In The Blues"
Handy Award, 1991, 1987 - Instrumentalist of the Year - Harmonica
Handy Award, 1991 - Contemporary Album of the Year - "Harp
Attack"
Premier Harmonica Player Award, 2000, 1999 - Memphis Chapter
of National Academy of Record Arts and Sciences
Down Beat 45th Annual Critics Poll, 1997 - "Deep in the
Blues" - Blues Album of the Year
Down Beat 62nd Annual Readers Poll, 1997 - "Deep in the
Blues" - Blues Album of the Year
Lifetime Achivement Award, 2000 - presented by The Pocono Blues
Festival
Blues Legend Award, 2002 - presented by The New England Blues
Society
Howlin' Wolf Award, 2002 - presented by The Blues Foundation
Theresa Needham Blues Award, 1994 - for oustanding service to
the Blues community
Honorary and Lifetime Member, 1993 - of the Sonny Boy Blues
Society
JAY
GEILS
Jay
Geils was born John Geils Jr. in New York City, NY, the guitarist's
nickname becoming the handle for one of the most legendary musical
groups in the history of Boston rock & roll, the J. Geils
Band. During live performances, singer Peter Wolf would say,
"Play it Jerome" to his lead guitarist when Geils
took a solo. "Occasionally it was Tyrone [that Wolf called
him on-stage]," the musician told the All Media Guide. Growing up in
New Jersey, Geils was a big jazz fan during his high school
years thanks to his father's (John "Jack" Geils) love
of the genre. "All the music I heard...probably the first
music I heard as a kid in the late '40s...was Benny Goodman,"
says Geils. Jack Geils Sr. had many 78 rpms in his record collection
-- Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman -- and he also
took the young musician to concerts, a performance by Louis
Armstrong when he was ten or 12 years old being particularly
memorable. Geils' own musical playing began when he performed
Miles Davis tunes on trumpet and drums. He got turned on to
the blues when New York radio station WRVR broadcast recordings
by Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Little Walter, and others on
Sunday afternoons. Geils went off
to college in the fall of 1964, enrolling at Northeastern University
in Massachusetts, where he played trumpet in the Northeastern
marching band. Immediately drawn to the burgeoning folk scene
in Boston in 1965, Geils witnessed Tom Rush, Dave Van Ronk,
Boston University student Jim Kweskin's the Jim Kweskin Jug
Band, and other proponents of that movement. So busy absorbing
the live music around him, Geils transferred to Worcester Poly-Technic
Institute. "I wound up transferring to Worcester Tech...because
I wasn't doing too well at Northeastern...going to see all those
guys," Geils says. At the Worcester school he met harp
player Magic Dick Salwitz and bassist Danny Klein and they formed
what Geils termed "this little kinda acoustic folk blues
group," which they called the J. Geils Blues Band. At
Worcester Tech, Geils was trained as a mechanical engineer,
which would serve him well decades later as he opened his own
vintage auto restoration shop. From 1985
(the year after the final J. Geils Band release, the You're
Getting Even While I Was Getting Odd disc) to 1992, Geils claims
he "didn't even touch a guitar" -- and at the height
of the rock band's fame, from 1980-1984, Geils probably ran
five races a year, driving at Watkins Glen and other venues
for that sport. He was doing car restorations in the post-Geils
Band days, selling that business in 1996 to one of his clients.
The two things his father introduced him to were jazz and sports
cars; the guitarist was always a big foreign sports car racing
fan, owning several vintage Ferraris. There's a video from
the early days of the Boston Blues Allstars with Billy Briggs
on piano and Barry Tashian on vocals and drums, both from the
Remains, along with Magic Dick, Danny Klein, and Geils, recorded
by a friend of Tashian's for a Boston University Communications
Department senior project in 1969. Tashian turned Geils on to
Billy Butler, a longtime guitar player with Bill Doggett, someone
Geils calls "one of the great undersung players." The
J. Geils Blues Band merged with two members of the Hallucinations,
singer Peter Wolf and drummer Stephen Jo Bladd. After promotion
man Mario Medious brought them to the attention of Atlantic's
Jerry Wexler, they recorded a bit with rock critic Jon Landau,
but the project was abandoned. About a year later, Seth Justman
joined the group and they recorded their first album. After
Peter Wolf and the J. Geils Band went their separate ways, J.
Geils formed Bluestime with Magic Dick in 1992, also playing
with various musicians like Kevin Visnaskas in the Blood Street
Band. Along with producing friend Danny Klein's Stone Crazy
band (Geils was a brilliant and underrated producer, having
worked with Michael Stanley in 1972 on the Friends & Legends
LP), Geils worked with Gerry Beaudoin and Duke Robillard in
the New Guitar Summit (utilizing the Bluestime rhythm section).
Geils and Beaudoin also performed in an acoustic trio, Gerry
Beaudoin's Kings of Strings, where Geils played rhythm guitar
and Jerry Miller provided his mandolin. With all this musical
output, Geils released his first solo record in 2003, a jazz
CD which features many guest sax players. From the days when
members of the J. Geils Band were on his case to learn more
Jimi Hendrix riffs and he was off playing Charlie Christian
instead, the founding member of a hugely popular and respected
ensemble that opened for the Rolling Stones live and performed
with Buddy Guy on record now has his guitar singing the music
of his heart, the sounds that inspired one of the most familiar
names in rock music. ~ Joe Viglione, All Music Guide
THE
UPTOWN HORNS
The
Uptown Horns (Arno Hecht, Crispin Cioe, Bob Funk and recent
recruit Larry Etkin) are Rayban wearing, horn carrying professionals
whose credits read like a who's who of music. Their signature
horn riffs can be heard on the turntables of America on chart
toppers including Grammy-award winning James Brown's "Living
in America," the B-52's "Love Shack," Buster
Poindexter's "Hot Hot Hot, "Joe Cocker's "Unchain
My Heart," Tom Waits' "Rain Dogs" LP, and Billy
Joel's "River of Dreams" LP, among numerous others.
Hundreds of additional recordings and touring credits include
names such as the Rolling Stones, B.B. King, Bruce Springsteen,
Robert Plant, Aretha Franklin, REM and the B-52's, to name a
few.
For nearly 15 years, this autonomous
unit has been revered as one of the most respected brass sections
in the world. Horn groups, on the whole, are an anomaly in the
music industry. "We knew that most horn bands break up
when members take solo projects both on the road and in sessions,"
says Funk. 'We adopted an all for one and one for all mentality."
These four classically trained musicians have outlasted the
few who have tried. Laughs Hecht, "The Uptown Horns are
an anarchist collective and our guiding principles are to make
great music while destroying any sense of law and order."
The original members of the Uptown
Horns converged on the NY session scene in the late 70s: Arno
from NY; Cioe from Michigan; Funk from Colorado; and former
member Paul Litteral from Kentucky. Etkin, a native New Yorker,
worked with The Horns off and on prior to taking over Litteral's
trumpet duties.
As session horn players, their
paths often crossed from one studio to the next. The members
of the Horns often played together on numerous recordings, jingles
and live performances. Their shared influences cover the waterfront
from punk to classical, jazz to rock, blues to avant garde/fusion.
As Chuck Berry says, "These
cats are cool."
ERNIE
& THE AUTOMATICS
Ernie
and the Automatics is a blues band based in Boston, Massachusetts.
The band is notable for having two former members of the band
Boston, Barry Goudreau on guitar and Sib Hashian on drums. Also
on guitar is Ernie Boch, Jr., CEO and president of Boch Enterprises,
a $1 billion business comprised primarily of automobile dealerships
in Norwood, Massachusetts. Ernie is a graduate of the Berklee
College of Music in Boston and a fan of traditional jazz (bebop)
and modern rock. Tim Archibald plays bass for Ernie and the
Automatics. Tim starred with New Man and has recorded and performed
with Peter Wolf, RTZ, Chris Emerson, Áine Minogue, and
others. Brian Maes started as a member of Orion The Hunter, where he met Brad Delp and Barry Goudreau. All three of them went on to form RTZ.
The band first played at "The
Reel Blues Fest" on August 2, 2006 at the Cape Cod Melody
Tent in Hyannis. They have since opened form many national acts
including Johnny A., Los Lobos, and B.B. King.
Ernie & The
Automatics is Tim Archibald, Bass – Sib Hashian, Drums
– Ernie Boch Jr., Guitars – Barry Goudreau, Guitars
– Brian Maes, Keyboard.
Slapdash
Graduate was formed in 2006 to stretch the limits of vocal music.
Primarily viewed as a collegiate phenomena, a cappella has never
truly broken into the mainstream. But, armed with the latest
in guitar effects and vocal processors, Slapdash Graduate is
poised to become the first band to bridge the gap between traditional
a cappella and contemporary, top 40 rock/pop. Although Slapdash
Graduate is a relatively new band, they are already establishing
themselves by: • Advancing into the top 24 bands (out
of a national pool of applicants) on NBC's Star Tomorrow •
Performing at the 2nd Annual Newport Under the Stars charity
event in support of the Joslin Diabetes Center • Building
a strong following through performances in New York City, Boston,
Nantucket Island and throughout the Northeast
* Ben Darfler - Vocal Bass
* Caleb Whelden - Lead and Vocal Guitar
* Gary Gustavsen - Lead and Vocal Guitar
* Ian Koff - Vocal Drums
* Oren Malka - Lead and Vocal Guitar
The
Roxy Ballroom, part of the Roxy-Plex, is one of Boston's largest
and most elegant venues in Boston. Unlike any other venue in
Boston, the Roxy has a full proscenium stage and a marble foyer
adding to the Roxy's unique layout and classic design.
The Roxy offers diverse nights
including The Chippendales Show, Roxy All Star Fridays and EPIC
Saturdays, while providing a perfect venue for live entertainment,
concerts, and corporate and private events.
The Roxy’s main floor hosts
a VIP stage area, which is used for live musical performances,
in addition to our large dance floor. Furthermore, the Roxy’s
main level contains plush lounges and three large bars on the
main level. There are several VIP sections available in the
venue's second level within the glamorous 360-degree balcony.
In addition, the balcony features five full bars, 4 large balcony
sections and multiple private VIP sections that all overlook
the main floor and stage of the ballroom.
If the view isn't enough to keep
you entertained, this eclectic venue has a state of the art
sound system including an innovative 3D laser light system.
From DJ's to Bands to special
and corporate events, the Roxy Ballroom and The Roxy-Plex venues
have it all...
The
Reel Blues Fest, Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated
to helping musicians receive access to medical care and to
supporting the work of independent filmmakers. Proceeds from
events will be distributed to eligible 501 (C) (3) organizations
pursuant to the guidelines established by The Reel Blues Fest,
Inc.
Cotton / Kramer / Montgomery
Grammy
Award, 1996 - "Deep in the Blues" - Traditional Blues
Album
Jay
Geils was born John Geils Jr. in New York City, NY, the guitarist's
nickname becoming the handle for one of the most legendary musical
groups in the history of Boston rock & roll, the J. Geils
Band. During live performances, singer Peter Wolf would say,
"Play it Jerome" to his lead guitarist when Geils
took a solo. "Occasionally it was Tyrone [that Wolf called
him on-stage]," the musician told the All Media Guide.
At
Worcester Tech, Geils was trained as a mechanical engineer,
which would serve him well decades later as he opened his own
vintage auto restoration shop. 
After
Peter Wolf and the J. Geils Band went their separate ways, J.
Geils formed Bluestime with Magic Dick in 1992, also playing
with various musicians like Kevin Visnaskas in the Blood Street
Band. Along with producing friend Danny Klein's Stone Crazy
band (Geils was a brilliant and underrated producer, having
worked with Michael Stanley in 1972 on the Friends & Legends
LP), Geils worked with Gerry Beaudoin and Duke Robillard in
the New Guitar Summit (utilizing the Bluestime rhythm section).
Geils and Beaudoin also performed in an acoustic trio, Gerry
Beaudoin's Kings of Strings, where Geils played rhythm guitar
and Jerry Miller provided his mandolin. With all this musical
output, Geils released his first solo record in 2003, a jazz
CD which features many guest sax players. From the days when
members of the J. Geils Band were on his case to learn more
Jimi Hendrix riffs and he was off playing Charlie Christian
instead, the founding member of a hugely popular and respected
ensemble that opened for the Rolling Stones live and performed
with Buddy Guy on record now has his guitar singing the music
of his heart, the sounds that inspired one of the most familiar
names in rock music. ~ Joe Viglione, All Music Guide 
The
Uptown Horns (Arno Hecht, Crispin Cioe, Bob Funk and recent
recruit Larry Etkin) are Rayban wearing, horn carrying professionals
whose credits read like a who's who of music. Their signature
horn riffs can be heard on the turntables of America on chart
toppers including Grammy-award winning James Brown's "Living
in America," the B-52's "Love Shack," Buster
Poindexter's "Hot Hot Hot, "Joe Cocker's "Unchain
My Heart," Tom Waits' "Rain Dogs" LP, and Billy
Joel's "River of Dreams" LP, among numerous others.
Hundreds of additional recordings and touring credits include
names such as the Rolling Stones, B.B. King, Bruce Springsteen,
Robert Plant, Aretha Franklin, REM and the B-52's, to name a
few. 
Ernie
and the Automatics is a blues band based in Boston, Massachusetts.
The band is notable for having two former members of the band
Boston, Barry Goudreau on guitar and Sib Hashian on drums. Also
on guitar is Ernie Boch, Jr., CEO and president of Boch Enterprises,
a $1 billion business comprised primarily of automobile dealerships
in Norwood, Massachusetts. Ernie is a graduate of the Berklee
College of Music in Boston and a fan of traditional jazz (bebop)
and modern rock. Tim Archibald plays bass for Ernie and the
Automatics. Tim starred with New Man and has recorded and performed
with Peter Wolf, RTZ, Chris Emerson, Áine Minogue, and
others. Brian Maes started as a member of Orion The Hunter, where he met Brad Delp and Barry Goudreau. All three of them went on to form RTZ.
Slapdash
Graduate was formed in 2006 to stretch the limits of vocal music.
Primarily viewed as a collegiate phenomena, a cappella has never
truly broken into the mainstream. But, armed with the latest
in guitar effects and vocal processors, Slapdash Graduate is
poised to become the first band to bridge the gap between traditional
a cappella and contemporary, top 40 rock/pop. Although Slapdash
Graduate is a relatively new band, they are already establishing
themselves by: • Advancing into the top 24 bands (out
of a national pool of applicants) on NBC's Star Tomorrow •
Performing at the 2nd Annual Newport Under the Stars charity
event in support of the Joslin Diabetes Center • Building
a strong following through performances in New York City, Boston,
Nantucket Island and throughout the Northeast
The
Roxy Ballroom, part of the Roxy-Plex, is one of Boston's largest
and most elegant venues in Boston. Unlike any other venue in
Boston, the Roxy has a full proscenium stage and a marble foyer
adding to the Roxy's unique layout and classic design. 