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based in

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. With a recording career that spans over 50 years, they have toured worldwide and recorded many albums. Roomful of Blues, according to the ''

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'', "Swagger, sway and swing with energy and precision".Wisser, Jeff. ''

'', March 23, 2003 Since 1967, the group’s blend of swing,

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has earned it five

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nominations and many other accolades, including seven

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s (with a victory as Blues Band Of The Year in 2005). ''

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'' called the band "a tour de force of horn-fried blues…Roomful is so tight and so right."Van Vleck, Phillip. ''Billboard'' January 22, 2005 The ''

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'' International Critics Poll has twice selected Roomful of Blues as Best Blues Band. Roomful of Blues is currently an eight-piece unit led by guitarist Chris Vachon and featuring long-time tenor and alto sax player Rich Lataille. In 2024, singer DD Bastos took over the vocal duties, replacing Phil Pemberton. Recent members are trumpeter Christopher Pratt, bassist John Turner and drummer Mike Coffey, joining on baritone and tenor saxophonist Craig Thomas and keyboardist Jeff Ceasrine. Over the years there have been over 55 Roomful of Blues members.

Career

Roomful of Blues was born in

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, United States, in 1967 when guitarist

Duke Robillard Michael John "Duke" Robillard (born October 4, 1948) is an American guitarist and singer. He founded the band Roomful of Blues and was a member of the Fabulous Thunderbirds. Although Robillard is known as a rock and blues guitarist, he also play ...

and

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Al Copley started a band that played tough, no-holds-barred Chicago blues. They soon began exploring the swinging,

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blues, R&B and

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of the 1940s and 1950s, and added a horn section (including Rich Lataille) in 1970. They established a devoted fan base in New England. In 1974, they performed with

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, and a few years later songwriter

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helped them land their first record deal, and produced their debut with co-producer Joel Dorn. In 1977, Roomful of Blues’ self-titled debut album on

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(reissued on Hyena Records as ''The First Album'') brought them to national attention. Founding member

left the band in 1980, and

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Ronnie Earl replaced him. Singer

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joined the band at this time, sharing vocals with sax man Greg Piccolo. By now the band was touring nationally, attracting bigger and bigger crowds. Roomful recorded the ''Hot Little Mama'' for their own Blue Flame label and two successful albums for the Varrick label during the 1980s. In 1994, they released ''Dance All Night'', their first featuring guitarist Chris Vachon (who joined the band in 1990) and harpist/vocalist

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. Their 1995 album, the

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-nominated ''Turn It On! Turn It Up!'', a mix of big band swing and rock and roll, brought the band its greatest radio and sales success to date. 1997 saw a sizable turnover in personnel, with five members departing; vocalist/harpist Sugar Ray Norcia, keyboardist Matt McCabe, bassist "Doc" Grace, baritone saxophonist Doug "Mr. Low" James, and trombonist Carl Querfurth left and were replaced by, respectively, vocalist McKinley "Mac" Odom, keyboardist Al Weisman, bassist Marty Ballou, baritone saxist Kevin May, and trombonist/bass trombonist John Wolf. This edition of Roomful released ''There Goes the Neighborhood'' on Rounder subsidiary Bullseye Blues in 1998. Roomful of Blues joined

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-based

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with the

-nominated ''That’s Right!'' in 2003, followed by ''Standing Room Only'' in 2005, ''Raisin’ A Ruckus'' in 2008, ''Hook, Line and Sinker'' in 2011 and ''45 Live!'' in 2013. ''Down Beat'' described ''Standing Room Only'' as “bold, brassy and highly danceable jump blues with contemporary energy and sophistication...swings with a vengeance.”Hadley, Frank John
''Downbeat'' magazine
June 2005 In addition to their band recordings, Roomful of Blues often backed musicians like

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, Roy Brown, Joe Turner, Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson and

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— stars of the 1940s and 1950s

scene. Roomful recorded albums with Turner, Vinson and King during the 1980s, and all three recordings received Grammy nominations. They played with rocker

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on her 1991 blues album ''True Love''. The Roomful Horns backed many other artists as well, including Canadian star

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on his double platinum album (in Canada), ''Colin James and the Little Big Band'', and Stevie Ray Vaughan on his 1984 ''Live At Carnegie Hall'' album on

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. Over the years Roomful of Blues has played countless gigs and many major festivals, including The

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, The

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, The

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, Blues On The Fox, Illinois Blues Festival, Kansas City Blues Festival, Monterey Blues Festival, Santa Cruz Blues Festival, and overseas at The North Sea Jazz Festival, The

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, The Montreux Jazz Festival, Notodden Festival and the Belgian Rhythm & Blues Festival. They have gigged with blues stars ranging from

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and

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to rockers

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and

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. The band has toured virtually non-stop, hitting cities from coast to coast, and traveling abroad to Spain, Italy, France, Portugal, Switzerland, Turkey and Russia.

Personnel

Throughout four decades of continuous touring and recording, the band's line-up has experienced many changes. It is said that more than 50 musicians have played in the band. Some of them have achieved a successful solo career. Of note, Porky Cohen, whose career began in the 1940s and included playing in the bands of

Charlie Barnet Charles Daly Barnet (October 26, 1913 – September 4, 1991) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. His major recordings were "Nagasaki", "Skyliner", "Cherokee", "The Wrong Idea", "Scotch and Soda", "In a Mizz", and "South ...

Artie Shaw Artie Shaw (born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky; May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004) was an American clarinetist, composer, bandleader, actor and author of both fiction and non-fiction. Widely regarded as "one of jazz's finest clarinetists", Shaw led ...

Lucky Millinder Lucius Venable "Lucky" Millinder (August 8, 1910 – September 28, 1966) was an American swing music, swing and rhythm and blues, rhythm-and-blues bandleader. Although he could not read or write music, did not play an instrument and rarely sang ...

Tommy Dorsey Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr. (November 19, 1905 – November 26, 1956) was an American jazz trombone, trombonist, composer, conductor and bandleader of the big band era. He was known as the "Sentimental Gentleman of Swing" because of his smooth-to ...

and others, was in the band. Rich Lataille,

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and

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, is the only remaining member from the original line-up.

Current members

* Rich Lataille –

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and

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(1970–present) * Chris Vachon –

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(1990–present) * DD Bastos –

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(2024–present) * Jeff Ceasrine –

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and

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(2024–present) * John Turner –

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and

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* Mike Coffey –

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* Christopher Pratt –

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* Craig Thomas–

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and

Former members

:''Listed alphabetically. This is a partial list.'' * Chris Anzalone * Marty Ballou – bass *

– vocal (early 1980s) * Al Basile – trumpet and cornet * Junior Brantley – keyboards * Fran Christina – drums * Porky Cohen – trombone (deceased) * Travis Colby –

and

(20??–2012) * Al Copley – piano (1967–1984) * Jason Corbiere – drums * Mark DuFresne – vocal and harmonica * Ronnie Earl – guitar (1980–1988) * Mark Earley – baritone sax and tenor sax * Bob Enos – trumpet (deceased) * Dimitri Gorodestky – bass * Ken "Doc" Grace – bass * Brad Hallen – bass * Dave Howard –

(20??–2010) * Preston Hubbard – bass * Fred Jackson – trumpet * Doug "Mr. Low" James – baritone saxophone * Tommy K. – guitar *

Ron Levy Ron Levy (born Reuvin Zev ben Yehoshua Ha Levi, May 29, 1951) is an American electric blues musician and composer. Levy was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. He primarily plays piano and organ. Levy grew up in Brookline, Massachu ...

– piano and Hammond organ (1983–1987) * Ephraim Lowell – drums * Kevin May – baritone sax * Matt McCabe – piano * Rory MacLeod – bass (1985-1987) * Danny Motta – trumpet *

– vocal and harmonica (1991–1998) * Mac Odom – vocal * Edward Parnigoni, Jr. – bass * Larry Peduzzi – bass * Greg Piccolo – vocal and tenor sax * Carl Querfurth – trombone and producer * Bryan "Frankie" Rizzuto – upright bass, electric bass *

– vocal and guitar (1967–1980) * John Rossi – drums (1970–1998; ) *

Curtis Salgado Curtis Salgado (born February 4, 1954, in Everett, Washington, United States) is a Portland, Oregon-based blues, blues rock, and blue-eyed soul singer-songwriter. He plays harmonica and fronts his own band as lead vocalist. Career Salgado ...

– vocal (1984–1986) * Mark Stevens – piano and Hammond organ * Paul Tomasello – bass and vocal * Hank Walther – piano and Hammond organ * Mike Warner – drums * Albert Weisman – piano and Hammond organ * Jimmy Wimpfheimer – bass * John Wolf – trombone and bass trombone * Doug Woolverton – trumpet

Discography

Studio albums

* 1977 ''Roomful of Blues'' eissued as ''The First Album''(

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; Varrick

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32 Records

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* 1979 ''Let's Have a Party'' (Antilles; Room-Tone RT-102

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* 1981 ''Hot Little Mama!'' (Blue Flame; Ace; Varrick

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* 1982 '' Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson & Roomful of Blues'' (by

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) (

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) * 1983 ''Blues Train'' (by

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) (Muse; Rockbeat) - with special guest:

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* 1984 ''Dressed Up To Get Messed Up'' (Varrick;

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) * 1986 ''Glazed'' (by

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) ( Black Top) * 1991 ''True Love'' (by

) (

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) - Benatar's jump blues album featuring 'The Roomful Horns' with her band:

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, Chuck Domanico, Myron Grombacher, Charlie Giordano * 1994 ''Dance All Night'' (Bullseye Blues) * 1995 ''Turn It On! Turn It Up!'' (Bullseye Blues) * 1996 ''Rhythm & Bones'' (by Porky Cohen) (Bullseye Blues) * 1997 ''Under One Roof'' (Bullseye Blues) * 1997 ''Roomful of Christmas'' (Bullseye Blues) * 1998 ''There Goes the Neighborhood'' (Bullseye Blues) * 2001 ''Watch You When You Go'' (Bullseye Blues) * 2003 ''That's Right!'' (

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) * 2005 ''Standing Room Only'' (Alligator) * 2008 ''Raisin' a Ruckus'' (Alligator) * 2011 ''Hook, Line & Sinker'' (Alligator) * 2020 ''In a Roomful of Blues'' (Alligator)

Live albums

* 1987 ''Live at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel'' (Varrick; Demon) * 2002 ''Live at Wolf Trap'' (Room-Tone RT-101 urrently out-of-print * 2013 ''45 Live!'' (Alligator) - recorded live at 'The Ocean Mist'

Compilation albums

* 1999 ''Swingin' & Jumpin' '' (1979–1983 recordings) (

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) * 2000 ''The Blues'll Make You Happy Too'' (1981–1998 recordings) ( Rounder) * 2009 ''Essential Recordings: Jump Blues Classics (Perfect 10 Series: Best of Rounder Records)'' (Rounder)

References

External links

Official website
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