• Home
  • Connections
    • Submit Your Listing
    • Manage Your Listing
  • Events
    • Manage or Add Event Listings
    • Add Your Event Listing
    • Manage Your Event Listing
  • About
    • Creative Team
    • Jobs
    • Contribute
    • SLO County Drop Sites
  • Advertise
  • Past Issues
  • Support

Information Press

Raising awareness and empowering people since 1991

  • News
  • Social Issues
    • Resist
    • Society
    • Gender
  • Health
    • Healthy Living
    • Herbal Remedies
  • Environment
    • Climate Change
  • Inspiration
  • Astrology
    • About the Signs
  • Events
    • Music
    • Theatre
  • Account
    • Login
    • Submit Business Listing
    • Manage Business Listing
    • Submit Event Listing
    • Edit Event Listing
    • Logout

Café R & B to Play Oct 26 Blues Show

By Staff

Headlining the San Luis Obispo Blues Society  Saturday, October 26 will be Café R & B. This is a show any blues lover will want to attend. The show will open at 7:30 pm with Burning James and the Funky Flames at the SLO Vets Hall (801 Grand Avenue). Tickets are $20 for Blues Society members and $25 for the general public.  Purchase at the door or before the show at Boo Boo Records and Cheap Thrills in San Luis Obispo, and Paradise Records and Trading Post in Santa Maria, or online at My805tix. Doors open at 7:00pm, music will start at 7:30pm — 21 and over please.

The Blues Society relies on volunteers to produce and staff each concert. At the shows, volunteers set up, sell tickets and drinks, or clean up after the show. Volunteers get free admission to the show and two drink tickets. If you have extra time and energy to contribute, please call the volunteer line (805) 541-7930 and someone will contact you.

About CAFÉ R & B

No one forgets the first time they saw Café R&B. Whether they are performing original songs or innovative interpretations of blues classics like “Born Under a Bad Sign” or “Killin’ Floor”, Café R&B delivers a charged performance that leaves audiences awed. Lead singer Roach, has a sensual and explosive voice that’s transcendent of pent up power suggesting she may be channeling Tina Turner or Skip James. With a stage presence that spans the full dynamic range from intimate to airborne, Roach reminds audiences that emotional expression is the hallmark of the blues. Guitarist Byl Carruthers provides additional power with a precise, modern approach that invigorates and reinterprets blues music. The band also includes Bobby Pickett on bass, Harry Cohen on keyboards, and Adam Gust on drums. Café R&B scores high on all the important criteria: authenticity, musicianship, memorability, and dance-ability.

Café R&B was formed in 1995 when singer Roach and guitarist Byl Carruthers got together (and later married). Café R&B quickly became a premier band on the L.A. blues scene. A trip to Buddy Guy’s Legends in Chicago launched an international career that includes tours of Europe, major U.S. blues festivals, and the Pacific Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise. Since 1998, they have produced four CDs. Black and White (1998), Blues and All the Rest (2001) and Very Live (2005) and American Music (2012) are fixtures on the California Roots Radio Airplay charts. After staying close to home in California for a few years, Café R&B will be releasing their long-awaited 5th album this fall and heading back out on tour throughout the U.S. and Europe.

​

About BURNING JAMES & THE FUNKY FLAMES

Burning James and the Funky Flames are a funky dance party band! This six-piece band features a live horn section, a dynamite rhythm section and an exciting frontman performer. With an extensive playlist of old school funk, soul and blues as well as great original tunes, the Funky Flames really get a dance floor jumping. The diverse backgrounds of the Funky Flames season their funky musical gumbo with jazz, blues and rock influences, but deep down they all just love James Brown! The band includes “Burning” James Scoolis (guitars, vocals, and soul), Ken “Hammond” Burton (organ, piano, synthesizer, and vocals), Rick Pittman (drums and vocals), Billy Baxmeyer (bass and vocals), Bob Bennett (trumpet) and Brad Hackleman (saxophone and vocals).

Filed Under: Music

[jetpack-related-posts]

Join Our Mailing List

Please add your email to our mailing list.

Newest articles – click to enter

Donate | Subscribe

Astrology

Libra

September 20, 2016 By Vivienne Moran

Libra September 23 – October 22 “I BALANCE”  A … [Read More...]

Pisces

February 19, 2016 By Vivienne Moran

PISCES February 19-March 20 “I BELIEVE” A … [Read More...]

Aquarius

January 1, 2016 By Vivienne Moran

January 21- Feb 18 “I INNOVATE” A fixed air … [Read More...]

Scorpio

October 23, 2015 By Vivienne Moran

October 23-November 22  “I PROBE’ A fixed water … [Read More...]

Virgo

September 1, 2015 By Staff

Virgo Aug 24 - Sept. 22 “I analyze” Symbol: a … [Read More...]

Leo

July 22, 2015 By Vivienne Moran

LEO (July 22 – Aug 22) “I WILL” A fixed fire … [Read More...]

Cancer

June 21, 2015 By Vivienne Moran

CANCER June 21 - July 22 “I FEEL” A cardinal … [Read More...]

Gemini

May 20, 2015 By Vivienne Moran

GEMINI May 20 - June 20 "I THINK" A mutable air … [Read More...]

Taurus

April 20, 2015 By Vivienne Moran

TAURUS April 20- May 20 "I MAINTAIN" A fixed … [Read More...]

Aries

March 21, 2015 By Vivienne Moran

ARIES March 21-April 19 “I AM” A cardinal fire … [Read More...]

Capricorn

December 22, 2014 By Vivienne Moran

December 22 - January 20 “I ACCOMPLISH” A … [Read More...]

Sagittarius

November 23, 2014 By Vivienne Moran

November 23-December 21 “I ASPIRE” A mutable … [Read More...]

Information Press

We want to Hear from You

June 11, 2017 By Staff

Information Press is now accepting letters from the public.

The intent of this new section is to inform, educate, unite and empower our community.  We welcome letters on all topics. Share your concerns and solutions.

Email to: sloinfopresseditor@gmail.com.  Guidelines: limit to 300 words. Include a photo related to the theme. Negative, potentially inflammatory or name calling will not be published.

 

Recent Posts

  • Peace ?
  • Latest Covid Update !
  • Covid Update
  • SLO County Redistricting Does Not Represent Majority
  • Don Wallis, more than SLO’s ‘Puppet Man’, dies at 74
  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Copyright © 2023 · Information Press