WE HAVE ONE LAST PERFORMANCE AT THE ARCADIA BLUES CLUB SATURDAY JANUARY 28TH (CHECK TOUR DATES) OUR TIME SLOT IS 8:45 TILL 9:50...AND OUR LITTLE FRIEND "GOING TO MEMPHIS TIP JAR" WILL BE THERE SITTING IN... FROM THERE WE JUMP INTO BANDABUS START OUR JOURNEY TO MEMPHIS. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND SUPPORT WE WILL PLAY OUR HEARTS OUT IN MEMPHIS AND MAKE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PROUD!
NO BLACK NO WHITE JUST BLUES...
Despite the band's name, Lightnin' Willie and the Poorboys are by no means a bunch of musical destitutes. In fact, the tradition they mine has a richness indeed. With the simple lineup of guitar, bass, drums and keyboard they are equally able to evoke the stripped down styling's of Muddy Waters, the more sophisticated orchestations of T-Bone Walker as well as the funkier side of Stax artists such as Albert King. Willie plays an in-the-pocket style of electric guitar totally void of grandstanding. His original compositions and arrangements have helped sustain a loyal and ever-growing fan base in the U.S.A., U.K. and Europe.
PRESS RELEASE...
HEY EVERYBODY--WE'RE VERY PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE WON THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BLUES SOCIETY I.B.C. COMPETITION, AND WE WILL BE GOING TO MEMPHIS IN FEBRUARY TO COMPETE IN THE FINALS. WE ARE HONORED TO REPRESENT THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BLUES SOCIETY, AND WE WILL DO SO PROUDLY. OUR THANKS TO OUR FANS, TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED, AND TO THOSE WHO HELPED PUT ON THIS EVENT... IT RAN SMOOTH AS A ROLEX. MY PERSONAL THANKS TO DENNIS GURWELL-KEYBOARDS, CHRIS RAZZE-DRUMS, AND MOSES SPARKS ON THE FENDER BASS. WE'VE BEEN WORKING REAL HARD AND IT SHOWED ON SATURDAY NIGHT! LIGHTNIN' WILLIE
