Howard And The White Boys
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Chicago's Hardest Working Blues Band
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Back with their fourth CD of electric blues is the Illinois based band Howard And The White Boys. Live At Chord On Blues was recorded during three shows at the Chord On Blues club, and showcases the band whipping an enthusiastic audience into a frenzy. The band has always prided themselves on delivering dynamite live performances, and so a live CD is an appropriate way for their fans (and a whole bunch of new fans) to experience the group from the comfort of home. Guitar freaks will trip on the twin guitar attack provided by Dan Bellini and Giles Corey, while enjoying singer and bassist Howard McCullum's low end and drummer Jim Christopulos' blusey thwack. Live At Chord On Blues even features some excellent covers; Muddy Waters' "I Got My Mojo Workin'" and James Brown's "Sex Machine" (you won't find too many blues bands with the saavy to do that one).
The members of Howard And The White Boys first met at Northern Illinois University in Dekalb, where they were all students pursuing different academic disciplines including Art, Sociology, Communications and Philosophy. Guitarist and harmonica player Dan Bellini met vocalist/bassist Howard McCullum in a bookstore and original guitarist Steve Asma in an art class. With the addition drummer Jim "Bucka" Christopulos (who Asma knew when they were in high school) the band was complete. They started jamming together in 1988 just for fun at first, but their fast-growing popularity soon convinced them that they could make a career of it. After only a few months, they got their first big break by opening for B.B. King. The band has released several CDs on Mighty Tiger Records, "Strung Out On The Blues" and "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner", and another CD on their own label, Evidence, entitled "The Big $core".
The band continues to tour and play out relentlessly in order to convert the maximum number of music fans into disciples of their high-powered blues.
Contact Information
Doug Deutsch Publicity Services
1443 Seward St.
Hollywood, CA 90028
United States
E-mail:
Howard And The White Boys
Web site:
www.howardandthewhiteboys.com
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Robert Condon
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Blues, Jazz & World Influences
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Lebanon, Tennessee based guitarist Robert Condon has released his self-produced collection of blues, jazz, rock and world influenced music, entitled Stirred. Co-produced with keyboardist John Mardsen, the CD features ten instrumental tracks which could be classified as new age or smooth jazz (Russ Freeman and Craig Chaquico are artists that are similar compositionally), but that also offer solo sections reminiscent of guitarists such as Carlos Santana ("So Divine") and Larry Carlton ("Would You Fall"). Condon displays formidable talent, both as an electric/acoustic guitarist and as a producer/arranger; Stirred will certainly appeal to a broad range of fans who follow the guitarists listed above. Keep your ears open for more from Mr. Condon.
Robert Condon began playing guitar when he was 8 years old when his sister K.K. bought him an acoustic guitar and some guitar lessons. While in high school in the Kansas City area he played many club gigs which paid for his tuition at the Berklee School of Music in Boston. While attending Berklee, Rob found gigs with local bands and decided to leave Berklee to pursue various music projects. During this period he worked as a session player on many diverse projects ranging from Englebert Humperdink to the "Aircraft" music library utilized by major production studios including CBS, NBC, Disney, and Paramount Studios. He also performed/recorded in prominent Boston bands Certain Circle, Yes Sir No Sir, and Thieves & Lovers. Rob decided to relocate to the Nashville area in 1996 where he set up his studio, The Warm Room.
Condon currently does session and club work while focusing primarily on writing and recording guitar instrumentals.
Contact Information
Warm Records
18 Valle Vista Dr.
Asheville, NC 28804
United States
E-mail:
Robert Condon
Web site:
www.robertcondon.com
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