Elvin Bishop Rocks Redwood City at The Club Fox on December 17 at 8:00 p.m.
For Immediate Release
Contact: Barbra Higgins, 510.812.5043
Contact: Anne Warner Cribbs, 415.264.2067
Patented New Technology by Venmundi Streams Live Music and Concert Magic to Fans Worldwide
Redwood City, CA....... Elvin Bishop, renowned and popular Blues artist, records his first and only live DVD at a one-time-only performance at the Fox Theatre on Saturday, December 17, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. (doors open at 7:00 p.m.). A limited number of tickets are on sale for $25 advance/$30 at the door at http://tickets.foxrwc.com/orderticketsarea.
This concert marks a world-wide first: VenMundi is breaking down geographic barriers to make this rare show available to fans around the world by streaming the concert live, and on-demand, around the globe on sale now for $10 advance through www.venmundi.com . This is the first public demonstration of VenMundi's patented capabilities.
VenMundi was created when software developer and entertainer Ron Parks was traveling in London, listening to Jazz artists in numerous clubs. He reflected on how great it was to hear the music and how sad it was that the world could not be there. With the new capabilities in streaming and technology, he wanted to provide a way for the artists to reach fans wherever they are, whenever they want it on their desktop, laptop computers, home entertainment systems and mobile devices.
Ron Parks, VenMundi Founder explains, "VenMundi lets musicians reach their fans live and in- person, and simultaneously via streaming video on the Internet, with a level of visual quality and audio clarity rarely found online. Better still; fans can soon queue up concerts from their favorite artists on-demand so they get what they want, when and how they want it with uncompromised quality and an experience that is almost as good as being there."
Venmundi.com is a portal, providing live and video on-demand content on the Internet for a price per event through laptops, Smartphones, tablets and home entertainment centers. Although the initial focus is on the entertainment industry, the possibilities are endless. VenMundi's patented process, includes the workflow and the documents that allow the artist, the venue and the viewer to participate in a VenMundi broadcast.
Barbra Higgins, COO, VenMundi adds, "We are excited to launch our company with this great partnership with Elvin Bishop. We know he has a dedicated following around the world, and while only 200 patrons will be in the theatre, through VenMundi's platform, thousands more can see and be part of the show. Comments from our recent test events indicate patrons are excited to have access to the music they love from the artists they have followed for years when, where and how they want it through VenMundi's unprecedented live and on-demand streaming capabilities."
VenMundi's patented process enables the uninterrupted transmission of the content, which by using our methodology is of the highest quality and manages the revenues and customer base in an efficient, accessible, easy-to-use format. Every aspect of the licensing and contractual complexities of the music and entertainment industry is addressed effectively. VenMundi is not only poised to be the de-facto destination for live entertainment on the web, but also the Internet equivalent of a lecture/seminar hall, auditorium, theater, stadium, fundraiser event, house of worship and much more.
Elvin Bishop comments, "We're doing a show at the Club Fox in December with VenMundi. They're really nice people and they do a great job. We'll be streaming our show on line and I'm really excited about getting involved in the new technologies."
For more information, contact info@venmundi.com
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Elvin Bishop's latest release "Elvin Bishop's Raisin' Hell Revue" (LIVE) is OUT NOW on Delta Groove Records! The live disc features Grammy winner's smash "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" along with blues standards, recorded live in the party atmosphere of the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise. CLICK TO PURCHASE.
Elvin Bishop's musical biography is no secret to anyone who has followed blues or rock over the past 40 years. Taken under wing by legendary bluesman Little Smokey Smothers in the '60s, Bishop found a wide audience as guitarist in the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and in the '70s scored a Top-10 radio hit with "Fooled Around and Fell in Love." Along the way, he's carved out a niche all his own, playing an appealing mix of rootsy rock 'n' roll, R&B and barroom boogie, steeped in the heavy blues he learned from Little Smokey all those years ago.
So when a bunch of close friends who also happen to be consummate musicians are sequestered together, as they were at sea on the 2010 Legendary Blues Cruise, what else were they to do but unite forces to create some truly exemplary music? Thankfully the tapes were rolling, and the musical experience was saved for posterity. Delta Groove Music will release the resultant Raisin' Hell Revue live album on May 17, 2011. And with the good vibes of a ship full of fellow music lovers to buoy the band, you can really hear that everyone was having a great time.
Over the course of their featured performance, Bishop shares the vocal mike with four hard-hitting pros: blues veteran Finis Tasby (Lowell Fulson, Freddie King, Clarence Carter, Z.Z. Hill), fast-rising harmonica man John Németh (Anson Funderburgh, Junior Watson), Norwegian blues guitar star Chris (Kid) Anderson (Charlie Musselwhite's band), and Bishop's long-time band-mate and Bay Area legend, saxophonist Terry Hanck. They work their way through a strutting, soulful set of blues and R&B with the powerful grace of a veteran working outfit, perfectly highlighting the strengths of everyone involved. And it really is a "revue" in the classic sense of the term — various band members representing a wide array of styles move in and out of the spotlight, all presided over by the good-humored and congenial master of ceremonies Elvin Bishop. We're treated to swinging up-tempo R&B, lowdown blues, rootsy rock 'n' roll, and a touch of gospel; even a fantastic reworking of Bishop's smash hit "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" is included featuring the wonderfully gifted and dynamic vocalist John Németh.
Elvin joins Gregg Allman, Buddy Guy and Many More at the inaugural BLUESTOCK in Hunter Mountain, NY! Website link.
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Steve Miller hosts benefit for Norton Buffalo's family
By Suzanne Kayian / LiveDaily Contributor
Steve Miller is hosting a benefit concert for Norton Buffalo's wife and children Jan. 23 at The Fox Theater in Oakland, CA. Buffalo, who spent 33 years as a member of the Steve Miller Band, died last Friday (10/30) after battling lung and brain cancer.
The "Tribute to Norton Buffalo" also will feature The Doobie Brothers with special guests Bonnie Raitt, Huey Lewis, George Thorogood, Elvin Bishop and Charlie Musselwhite.
Buffalo, who was 58 when he died, was a renowned harmonica player, singer, songwriter, actor and record producer. A Northern California native, Buffalo established himself in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1970s. During his extensive career, he performed on 180 albums with a number of high-profile artists, including Raitt, Mickey Hart and Merl Saunders. Buffalo also played harmonica on The Doobie Brothers' Grammy award-winning album "Minute By Minute." Buffalo recorded his own music in addition to being an in-demand session player. He was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1992 for a song from his 1991 album with guitarist Roy Rogers. Information about the benefit concert can be found at The Fox Theater website.
Chicago Blues Buddies
Oct. 2009: It has now been almost fifty years since established Chicago guitarist Little Smokey Smothers began mentoring and befriending the young Elvin Bishop,who came to Chicago from Tulsa in 1960 looking for the blues... Click for full release.
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STREAM AUDIO of Elvin's recent performance on A Prairie Home Companion and see photos here. June 20, 2009 - Coming to you this week from the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, Illinois, it's a live broadcast performance of A Prairie Home Companion. With special guests, Oklahoma Blues Legend Elvin Bishop, and singer-songwriter Sara Watkins. Read more & find a station near you.
BMA Nominations:
30th Blues Music Awards - May 7, 2009
- Album of the Year: "The Blues Rolls On"
- Contemporary Blues Album of the Year: "The Blues Rolls On"
- Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year: Elvin Bishop
- Song of the Year: "The Blues Rolls On"
- For Blues Foundation and voting info, click here.
Elvin and Pinetop Perkins show off their Grammy Nomination Medalions as Booking Agent Hugh Southard of Blue Mountain Artists looks on.
Grammy Nomination: "The Blues Rolls On"!
Elvin's latest release received a Grammy nomination in Category 66 for Best Traditional Blues Album. He was joined by Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker Jr., B.B. King and Pinetop Perkins & Friends in the category.
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RECENT NEWS:
Sept. 1 & 23, 2008:
SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO: Guest DJ spot on Sirius Blues channel 74
HOUSE OF BLUES RADIOI HOUR (October)
Elwood Blues (Dan Akroyd) will interview Elvin Bishop and play selections from his new release "The Blues Rolls On".
June 17, 2008: SLIDE GUITAR HEAVEN!
ELVIN BISHOP'S ALL-STAR ALBUM 'THE BLUES ROLLS ON' HARKS BACKS TO HIS ROOTS, DUE OUT SEPT. 23 ON DELTA GROOVE MUSIC. B. B. KING, DEREK TRUCKS, WARREN HAYNES, JAMES COTTON, KIM WILSON, GEORGE THOROGOOD AND OTHERS SUPPORT
Elvin Bishop the founding member of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band whose music has been called "sheer, unpretentious joy" by Entertainment Weekly has completed work on 'The Blues Rolls On.' Due September 23 on Delta Groove Recordings, the album harks back to Bishop's roots, paying tribute to the musicians who helped give him his start. A who's who of blues musicians support Bishop on the album, including B. B. King, Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, George Thorogood, James Cotton, Kim Wilson, Tommy Castro, John Nemeth, Ronnie Baker Brooks, and Angela Strehli. Bishop handles the majority of the vocals, with Nemeth and others pitching in as well.
Bishop revisits his own '70s solo hit "Struttin' My Stuff" with Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks, Junior Wells' "Come On In This House," and the Butterfield Band's "Yonders Wall" and Hound Dog Taylor's "Send You Back To Georgia." He also contributes the autobiographical boogie "Oklahoma," played solo electric. Sessions for the rollicking album ranged from Jacksonville, FL to Clarksdale, MS, and to a cruise ship off the Mexican coast.
Bishop is a slide guitar great with 45-years of blues under his belt. Rolling Stone has tagged Bishop's music as “raucous," praising his "careening slide and razor-edged bursts, all delivered with unflagging enthusiasm and wit.” He is a founding member of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and recorded three groundbreaking albums with the group. After launching a solo career, Bishop's 1976 single "Fooled Around and Fell In Love" reached number three on Billboard's Pop Singles chart, pushing the album 'Struttin' My Stuff' to number 18 on the the Pop Albums chart. He has performed on recordings by John Lee Hooker, Bo Diddley, and The Allman Brothers Band, among many others. On stage, he's wielded his guitar to accompany the likes of John Lee Hooker, Hendrix, Big Joe Williams, Little Walter, Wells, Taylor, and many others.
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OUT NOW!
BOOTY BUMPIN'
A
rollicking new live set from blues icon Elvin Bishop, whose shows have been
described by Rolling Stone as "a good time romp... high
energy soloing, mixtures of careening slide and razor-edged bursts, all delivered
with unflagging enthusiasm and wit." Elvin invariably wants to show his
audience a good time. As Downbeat said, "Bishop is a good-hearted soul
whose life mission is to entertain to the best of his ability." Ever since
coming of age as a bluesman on Chicago's South Side and joining up as an original
member of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band in 1965, Elvin has always infused
his music with a distinctive freshness and vitality. Booty Bumpin' finds him
at the top of his game, delighting his audience with new tunes and old favorites.
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Tracks:
1. Stomp (sample)
2. Stealin' Watermelons (sample)
3. Keep A Dollar In Your Pocket
4. What The Hell Is Going On (sample)
5. I Feel Alright Again
6. Booty Bumpin' (sample)
7. Half Way Out The Door
8. My Dog (sample)
9. Belly Rubbin'
10. I'll Be Glad (sample)
11. Blue Flame
12. I'm Gone
7/07/07: Elvin is ONLINE and his MYSPACE account has launched. Click to check it out.
