Tag Archives: Blues

Hooch

Hooch has been a Bluesmen since his mother’s womb. He began playing at a very young age and have now been performing for over 40 years. Hooch has toured with two blues legends, Son Seals (where he got his “Hoochie Coochie” nickname) and Louisiana Red. With Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee also having been mentor’s to both, its hard to deny his pedigree.  His musical and vocal attack has great depth & honesty and is…

Kerry Kearney & Friends

Kerry Kearney, Long Island’s legendary slide guitarist & recipient of The Long Island Music Hall of Fame’s “LISA” award, returns to this years Cedar Beach Music Festival with his selection of multi talented musicians. Performing both Saturday & Sunday, Kearney will also include music from his new CD with Clawhammer Banjoist Maria Fairchild titled “Appalachian Diaries” . Kearney has shared the stage with notables such as the Allman Bros., Dickey Betts, Sonny Landreth & most…

Breakaway

Breakaway consists of Lou Carrollo – guitar & vocals, Howie Haber – guitar & vocals, Joey Gennosa – Hammond organ, Dustin Hickey – bass & A. M. Canon – drums & vocals. Formed in the early 80′s they were called “one of the more creative bands in their field” by The Island Ear. Breakaway specializes in their own original music encompassing many styles of music, including blues, rock n roll and acoustic styles. With over…

New Dawn

New Dawn, formerly known as Signify, is a band made up of Long Island’s most innovative musicians. Dawnette, formerly lead singer of Signify, has played countless shows all over Long Island, including headlining shows at Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett. She has been featured on Internet radio shows such as Long Island Blues Warehouse and accompanied such great live acts as the Funk Filharmonic and Full House.

With her band of talented and lively musicians –…

ZenBock

Zenbock is the alter ego of a lifelong lover of the blues, low-budget horror films and the sci-fi epics of the ’50s and ’60s.

The Zenbock Vulcan persona was born in 1994 when he brought his one-man Galactic Boogie Band to fantasy and sci-fi conventions. “Everyone said I should develop a persona,” he explains, “so I combined a bit of Vulcan lore with the presentation and demeanor of my inspiration, the TV legend John Zacherley,…