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The Rich Fabec Band

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About Me

The Rich Fabec Band has been amazing audiences in Illinois, Missouri, and Kentucky for 2 years. The army of fans is growing. The RFB has one goal in mind-"KEEP REAL MUSIC ALIVE!!!""Name Your Poison has all the guitar flash of a modern blues CD, but Fabec adds to the musicianship socially conscious lyrics that he delivers with a preachers ferver." Carbondale Nightlife------------------"A 4.4 (out of 5) on the Blues-o-meter" stlblues.net---------"...tasty blues/rock courtesy of Fabec’s blistering guitar work. Bluesbytes.com------- -----------------He is well versed in all genres of music, but he has a passion for the Blues. Southern Illinoisan-----------Order the CD’s by clicking here

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Member Since: 1/5/2006
Band Website: richfabec.com
Band Members: Rich Fabec-Guitar/Vocals, Edwin Rodrigez-Bass, John Shadowens-Drums
Influences: Cream, SRV, Jimi Hendrix, Gov't Mule, Allman Bros., MUddy Waters, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Robben Ford, Larry Carlton.
Sounds Like: Cream, Gov't Mule, SRV, Jimi Hendrix Experience, ZZ Top
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Blayney’s

Balyney's is a legendary establishment in the blues. This was our first trip to Kansas City as a band and we had a great time. Blayney's is a great place with lots of blues-type vibe and the folk...
Posted by The Rich Fabec Band on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:33:00 PST

Hwy 61 Roadhouse 4/26/08

Highway 61 Roadhouse 4/26/08- I knew this was going to be a great place because when I pulled up, there was a big Gibson Lucille guitar on the side of the building. My kinda place. Inside, even more g...
Posted by The Rich Fabec Band on Tue, 06 May 2008 07:15:00 PST

Fat Moe’s 4/11/08

Fat Moe's 4/11/08-  You can tell that Moe's is one of our favourite places to play in all of the world. It is jus a great atmosphere. It was a good night to play and John and Edwin were on. I had...
Posted by The Rich Fabec Band on Tue, 06 May 2008 07:15:00 PST

Jammin with Umphreys McGee

I recently had the honor of jamming with a great band-Umphrey’s McGee at The Pagent in St. Louis. For those of you who might not have heard of them, they are a great progressive Rock/Jam band. I...
Posted by The Rich Fabec Band on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:15:00 PST

BB’s Jazz Blues and Soups 4/2/08

We had a great time at BB’s in St. Louis. It was a great place with a great atmosphere. The crowd comes to BB’s knowing that they are going to hear the blues so they were ready. We did alo...
Posted by The Rich Fabec Band on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:59:00 PST

Fat Moe’s

March 8h Fat Moe’s-I can’t say it enough. There is no cooler place in Paducah, KY to hear music than Fat Moe’s. We always have a great time there and Mary and Moe are the coolest fol...
Posted by The Rich Fabec Band on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:19:00 PST

Sad News

I just learned that blues/jazz guitarist Jeff Healey died on 3/2. He died from cancer. Few guitarist of my generation will forget seeing the move RoadHouse, and the scene when Jeff first appeard play...
Posted by The Rich Fabec Band on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 06:53:00 PST

Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar

What a great time we had at Stevie Ray's. It is always an honor to play there. Some of the musicians a admire have playes there and are still playing there. It was a great crowd. When you come to Ste...
Posted by The Rich Fabec Band on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 06:48:00 PST

Defending the trio

A few weeks ago we were playing a gig and a friend of ours, who meant no offense, said something that I can't ignore any longer. He said "Even though you guys are a trio, you should enter more blues c...
Posted by The Rich Fabec Band on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:41:00 PST

Private Party Oct. 20th

This was for some friends and fans of our who's son is going into the Air Force. We were glad to be there, but once again we found ourselves without a bass player (that won't happen again as he is gon...
Posted by The Rich Fabec Band on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:46:00 PST