I am the bass player in the Mannish Boys blues band. We have been nominated for best blues band for 2006 blues foundation awards held in Memphis, Tn. on 5-11-07. Our new CD "Big Plans" will be released the same month on the Delta Groove label. Check out my website at toml.org. Mannish Boys are on the December 08' cover of Big City Blues magazine this month. The Mannish Boys and new vocal heavyweight Bobby Jones have just completed recording the new 2008 Mannish Boys C.D. and Bobby Jones solo album due for release in summer 08'. The music is fresh and exciting and full of surprises. My contribution " Come In Outa' The Rain " sung by Bobby was very appropriate as heavy rains battered southern California throughout the recording sessions. Nomination for best blues band for 07' are in from the Blues Foundation again this year . Maybe third time is the charm. I am also working on a new project with old time pal Jimmy Carl Black. The Indian of the group who is making a new record to celebrate his 50 years in showbiz. Also in the works is some new music I am composing to promote healing and overall better health. This music came as a result of a bout with prostate cancer late last year. I am happy to say the radiation treatments were successful and my health is again 100%. You can keep up with our musical adventures at themannishboys.com website. Look for the Mannish Boys on the cover of an upcoming issue of Living Blues Magazine. The healing music has taken on a new tone via the incredible sound of Jennifer Argenti's passionate violin playing. Jenn is a 17 yr. veteran of the Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra." I'm turning over my bass seat to Ronnie Weber for the upcoming Mannish Boys gigs to concentrate on the Bobby Jones solo project for Delta Groove records. Randy Chortkoff president and friend has offered me the position of bandleader for Bobby's new solo band. I'm putting all my blues experience into making Bobby's act a world class blues attraction with a killer lineup of stellar musicians. Including myself on bass Leon Blue on piano, Franck Goldwasser on guitar and Ronnie McRorey on drums. This promises to be a powerhouse blues band bringing over three centuries of blues experience to the table! This, I promise will be a force to be reckoned with. Bobby's solo album will be released in the fall of 08' on the Delta Groove label. This is very exciting for me to put together this great band and give Bobby Jones the support he needs to become a major player in the world of blues music. The healing music project has been dubbed "ILLUMINATION" and is almost completed. There will be a 10 song CD of music along with photographic depictions of each piece. Jennifer Argenti's angelic voice and violin work have become an integral part of this music and on several of the songs she is co-writer. The new Mannish Boys CD will be released June 17th. 2008 and contains a whopping 17 cuts of pure blues. The boys are on the April 08' cover of Living Blues magazine that includes a feature article and pics and interviews of all The Mannish Boys. The "ILLUMINATION" music has been completed and mastered. We are working on assembling the CD graphics and it is scheduled for release in July 2008 on my own HARMONY RECORDS label. Blues Revue magazine has a feature article on the Mannish Boys in the new Aug/Sep 2008 issue. In the same issue a favorable revue of our 4th. album "Lowdown Feelin". "ILLUMINATION" CD finished and delivered today 08-08-08. The chinese picked this day to start the Olympics because of its good luck & power. Well! Fast forward 02-09! Bright,new year. The 2nd. healing CD called "SURVIVORS" is 90% composed and release date is Summer of 09'. The new solo CD by Bobby Jones was released this month with my song "COME IN OUTA' THE RAIN" getting a lot of airplay.
The Mannish Boys are nominated in 3 categories for the 08' Blues Foundation Awards.
I'll be heading out to Memphis in May 09' to attend the awards and play a show at the historic New Daisy Theatre on Beale Street ! Jennifer Argenti is playing her beautiful violin parts on the 'SURVIVORS" healing project music right now. LIFE IS GOOD!! I'll be accepting a nomination from the L.A.Music Awards for acoustic album of the year for my solo CD "ILLUMINATION" after the Mannish Boys gig in Sierre Switzerland and a swing thru Germany. Back in the U.S.A. on June 27th. 09' and accepting the nomination on the 30th. The custom "STRATOBASS" is being consructed by noted luthier Chris Sabie in Memphis while I'm gone.
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