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THE LEGENDARY RHYTHM & BLUES REVUE TOUR
SEPTEMBER 30, 2008 at 7 PM - THE EGYPTIAN THEATRE
featuring
THE TOMMY CASTRO BAND, KENNY NEAL, MAGIC DICK, and DEANNA BOGART,
with opening act
DENAE
Boise’s own Bluesy-Rock teen sensation!

TICKETS $25,$30,$50
available at Select-A-Seat and www.IdahoTickets.com

Mortensen Presents and Gruntwerks Events are very proud to announce the upcoming performance of the Legendary Rhythm and Blues Revue, featuring the Tommy Castro Band and an all-star line-up including Kenny Neal, Magic Dick, and Deanna Bogart, as each one takes turns leading the band. The opening band for the show is Boise’s own Blues Rock teen sensation Denae.

The Legendary Rhythm and Blues Revue will be in Boise at The Egyptian Theatre on September 30, 2008 at 7 PM. Tickets are $25, $30, $50 and are available at Select-A-Seat and www.IdahoTickets.com.

The Legendary Rhythm and Blues Revue was born when these amazing musicians, each headliners in their own right, were booked to play together by Roger Naber to headline The Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise (the premier Blues event. The Legendary Rhythm and Blues Revue is currently touring the U.S., with their incendiary live shows.

TOMMY CASTRO
At the core of the Legendary Rhythm and Blues Revue is renowned guitar slinger and vocalist Tommy Castro and his band. A native of San Jose, CA, Castro has become a Bay Area legend over the last two decades, garnering countless awards for his infectiously rocking brand of blues, and earning a national spotlight leading the house band on NBC-TV’s “Comedy Showcase” for three seasons. Castro has released a series of widely acclaimed CDs over the last decade, and was personally chosen as the opening act for two tours by the King of the Blues, B.B. King. Tommy Castro was also chosen as The BB King Blues Entertainer of the Year and his new album Painkiller was chosen as Album of the Year in 2008.

KENNY NEAL
Kenny Neal was born in New Orleans and raised in Baton Rouge, and through the years, he has shared the stage or worked with a who’s-who list of blues and R& B greats at one time or another, including B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Muddy Waters, Aaron Neville, Buddy Guy and John Lee Hooker. Signing with Alligator Records in 1988, Kenny began releasing a series of consistently lauded albums featuring his laid-back, Baton Rouge blues, with a modern spin on the Louisiana sound he grew up with. The Chicago Tribune pegged Kenny as “one of a mere handful of truly inventive young contemporary guitarists, Neal has something fresh to say and the chops with which to say it,” while AllMusic said his “gruff-before-their-time vocals retain their swamp sensibility, while assuming a bright contemporary feel that tabs him as a leading contender for future blues stardom.”

MAGIC DICK
Magic Dick is best known for his many years as the harmonica man in legendary blues/rock band The J. Geils Band, which he co-founded in 1968. As a member of that group, he toured the world extensively for over 15 years, headlining stadiums and festivals and releasing fourteen successful major label albums on Warner Bros. and EMI, culminating in the Platinum-certified album, “Freeze Frame”, which spent 70 weeks on the national Billboard album charts, including four weeks at #1. Magic Dick also released two more powerful albums with his own group Blues Time which featured J. Geils on guitar. One of the most influential and highly respected harmonica players of his generation, Magic Dick has shared stages with many of the greatest names in blues music, as well as branching out into more adventurous territory with artists such as Patty Smyth, Debbi Harry, Full Circle, The Del Fuegos and others.
DEANNA BOGART
Blues and boogie-woogie pianist, sax player, vocalist, and songwriter Deanna Bogart has been leading her own band since the late 1980s, playing thousands of shows and establishing herself as an unforgettable live performer. Along the way she has shared the stage with widely diverse range of artists, including Ray Charles, Spyro Gyra, Buddy Guy, Leon Russell, Robert Cray, James Brown, They Might Be Giants, Little Feat, Brian Setzer and many others in venues across North America and Europe. Bogart has released seven CDs and appeared on numerous compilations, highlighting an impressive musical range that includes jazz, western swing, roots, rock and more, in addition to her deep blues roots.

Delta Groove, The Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue record company, C.E.O. Randy Chortkoff says, “Getting a line-up of this caliber together for a single show or a recording session is one thing, but having them out on the road together as a working band, and getting as tight and polished as they’ve become, brings things up to an entirely different level. And I’ve always felt that live shows catch a kind of interaction and excitement that you don’t always get in a studio recording, so to be able to put out a CD of some of the very best of the best is a real treat…I’m very excited by what I’ve heard, and since they’re still on tour and recording more shows that we may use, I believe this release is going to be a monster.”

To Arrange Interviews Or Review CD for THE LEGENDARY RHYTHM AND BLUES REVUE
Gruntwerks Productions (Don Tunnell at 208-938-9540 or 921-4179)
OR
Delta Groove Productions, Inc.
14602 Victory Blvd. Suite 200
Van Nuys, CA. 91411
Phone: (818) 755-4460
Fax: (818) 755-4469
E-mail: deltagroovemusic ( @ ) earthlink dot net

FOR PHOTOS AND ADDITIONAL MATERIALS ON LRBR
http://www.legendaryrhythmandbluesrevue.com/lrbr1.html

DENAE
Gruntwerks Productions CEO, Jim Teeter, and President, Don Tunnell proudly present DENAE in her debut performance as the opening act for THE LEGENDARY RHYTHM & BLUES REVUE on September 30 at The Egyptian Theatre in Boise. DENAE (Denae Gardner) is 17 years old and attends Timberline High School. DENAE’s unique and quirky live performance style and her powerhouse vocals are captivating. and belie her youthful age. She has been performing at various events in the Boise area for the last year and a half with her former group Denae & The Po Boys. Recently, she signed a production deal with Gruntwerks Productions for recording and live performance development and with Tunnell International for management. She will be performing with her new band at The Egyptian. The band includes guitarist Aaron Phillips, guitarist-bassist Michael Davis, drummer RJ Singleton, and stay tuned for surprise guest musicians. DENAE began recording songs in June with engineer/mixer Billy Cobb whose credits include Dean Deleo (Stone Temple Pilots), Kenny Loggins, Mick Fleetwood, and many others. The Egyptian performance will including a new song called Runaround written by Boise/Nashville songwriter Gene Vail.