A New Blue

A NEW BLUE IS A POWER TRIO, SPECIALIZING IN BLUES, ROCK, AND FUNK. THE GROUP WAS FORMED WHEN DRUMMER BRETT THOMPSON MET GUITARIST AND SINGER GREG PETRONZI ONE NIGHT AFTER GIGGING IN A LOCAL NEW YORK CITY VENUE. THE TWO BONDED WITH RESPECT TO THEIR COMMON INTEREST IN BLUES AND DECIDED TO CREATE A PROJECT THEY WOULD LATER NAME “A NEW BLUE.”
A NEW BLUE ORIGINALLY STARTED AS A STRAIGHT COVER BAND. AFTER HOOKING UP WITH PROFESSIONAL BASSIST JONTI SIMON, THE GROUP ESTABLISHED A RESIDENCY AT REBAR IN DUMBO BROOKLYN WHERE THEY FREQUENTLY PLAY 3 HOURS OF MATERIAL POOLING FROM A COLLECTION OF NOTABLE BLUES AND ROCK GIANTS. TUNES IN THEIR REPERTOIRE INCLUDE WORK BY THE LIKES OF STEVIE RAY VAUGHN, JIMI HENDRIX, B.B. KING, ERIC CLAPTON, MUDDY WATERS, ALBERT KING, JOHN MAYER AND THE METERS TO NAME A FEW.
A NEW BLUE HAS A RAW EARTHY BLUES SOUND. THEY ARE BOTH INCREDIBLY POWERFUL AND YET ELOQUENTLY SUBTLE. THE GROUP’S RANGE HAS BROADENED SINCE THEIR BEGINNING, AND THOUGH PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A RAW BLUES & ROCK SOUND, THE GROUP NOW ALSO INCORPORATES THE INTRICATE NUANCES OF FUNK AS THEY STEADILY PERFECT THEIR LEVEL OF COHESIVENESS.
EACH MUSICIAN IN A NEW BLUE IS A SEASONED PROFESSIONAL, PLAYING IN THE NEW YORK CITY MUSIC SCENE FOR SOME TIME. MORE RECENTLY, NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED DRUMMER, JOSH DION, HAS JOINED ON BOARD AND WILL BE PERFORMING WITH A NEW BLUE STARTING IN EARLY SEPTEMBER 2009. GUEST BASSISTS WILL ALSO INCLUDE, NICKOLAS D'AMATO, EDDIE CORDEW, AND JACOB SEIGLER. STAY TUNED AS NEW SHOWS ARE BOOKED IN THE NYC METROPOLITAN AREA.
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Contact Greg Petronzi at [email protected]
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