Mr.T-Bone & the Young Lions NEW ALBUM June 16t

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Member Since: 3/27/2006
Band Website: mrtbone.com
Band Members: LISTEN THE NEW ALBUM PREVIEW ON THE PLAYER
The new album HEROES will be available on
www.rudeboycorner.com from June 16th!

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ALBUM INFO:
14 new songs + a dub version dubbed by Madaski, Mr.T-Bone wrote, arranged, mixed and produced those new tunes with the new sound of the Young Lions, band who he play with since almost 2 years.
The sound is ruder then the past and the lyrics too...if you liked "Sees America" you'll love "Heroes".
In the cd box you will find a 16 pages booklet with lyrics and photos. Check the new songs on the player!

OFFICIAL BIO - English version:
Since 1999, Mr. T-bone has been a member of the BlueBeaters and Africa Unite, which are two of the most influential ska and reggae bands in Italy. During that same year he founded the Jamaican Liberation Orchestra, the first Italian ska-jazz band and recorded the album “THAT’S IT!” (2002). He then composed and interpreted the soundtrack for the movie “Ravanello Pallido” which was a great success in Italy.
In 2002 he joined the “New York Ska Jazz Ensemble” and with them he played two European tours and recorded the album “MINOR MOODS”.
In 2004 came “MR.T-BONE SEES AMERICA”. He recorded this album in NYC with an all-star line-up including Italian and New York musicians. This album has been distributed in USA, Mexico and Europe. Plus, many songs from this album have been selected for compilations in Japan, USA, Germany and Italy and two of them has been played on 2 big TV commercials in USA.
After the great success of that record, he embarked on a long tour of clubs and festivals that touched 13 European countries in (Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Austria, Serbia and Macedonia).
He also appeared at the fallowing international festivals:"Dance ska-La Festival" (Francia, Rennes 2003), "Astor Piazzolla Music Award" (2004, Blue Note, Milano), "Bilbao music festival" (Spagna, Bilbao 2005), "Lowlands Paradise Festival" (Olanda, Amsterdam 2005), “Three Floors of ska” (USA, New York City 2006), "Eurosonic" (Olanda, Groningen 2007), From this long tour emerged a live recording called “STRICTLY LIVE”, distributed world wide by the spanish Brixton Records.
June 16th 2008 will be released the new studio album (Heroes) with his new band who he is playing with since one year called Mr.T-Bone and the Young Lions, with this band he just toured all over Europe.

BIO UFFICIALE - Versione italiana:
Dal 1999 membro di Bluebeaters e Africa Unite, con gli ultimi suonerà fino al 2005, sempre nel 1999 forma la Jamaican Liberation Orchestra, prima ska-jazz band italiana, con la quale pubblica nel 2002 “THAT’S IT!, compone e interpreta diversi brani per la colonna sonora del debutto cinematografico di Luciana Littizzetto “Ravanello pallido”, nel 2002 si unisce alla New York Ska Jazz Ensemble con i quali registra il disco “Minor Moods” e prende parte a 2 lunghi tour europei.
Nel 2004 pubblica “MR.T-BONE SEES AMERICA” disco registrato a NYC con una Allstar band mista di musicisti italiani e americani, registrato e mixato da Vic Ruggiero (Slackers) e King Django, il disco viene pubblicato in USA, Giappone, Mexico, Europa e diversi brani vengono pubblicati in compilations in Giappone, USA, Mexico, Germania, Italia, Spagna e Francia, 2 di questi brani hanno tra l'altro sonorizzato 2 grosse campagne publicitarie in USA, Canada e Portorico.
Grazie al grande successo di pubblico e critica inizia un lungo tour che toccherà ben 13 nazioni Europee tra clubs e festivals, (Italia, Spagna, Francia, Germania, Olanda, Belgio, Svizzera, Repubblica Ceca, Serbia, Macedonia, Ungheria, Slovenia e Austria) è stato ospite in numerosi festivals internazionali tra i quali: "Dance ska-La Festival" (Francia, Rennes 2003), "Astor Piazzolla Music Award" (2004, Blue Note, Milano), "Bilbao music festival" (Spagna, Bilbao 2005), "Lowland Paradise Festival" (Olanda, Amsterdam 2005), “Three Floors of ska” (USA, New York City 2006), "Eurosonic" (Olanda, Groningen 2007).
Dal lungo tour Europeo di “Sees America” nasce il disco “STRICTLY LIVE” uscito a Gennaio 2007 per la etichetta spagnola (Brixton Records) distribuito in Europa, USA e Giappone.
Il 16 di Giugno 2008 verrà pubblicato HEROES il nuovo disco in studio registrato con la sua nuova band "The Young Lions" con la quale ha appena fatto un lungo tour in Europa.

I have a new smokin' line up right now...i found some of them in a great reggae band of the Torino scene called MR.BROWN, + some old members, they are great and young and i call them THE YOUNG LIONS new people, new cool vibes, new songs...here is the line up:
Mr.T-bone - Vocals and trombone
Gange - Organ, Fender Rhodes and vocals
Stefano "Trompetito" Banfi - Trumpet
Cecio - Sax
Benz - Guitar and vocals
Pakko - Bass
Enrico Battaglino -Drums

LADIES AND GENTLEMENS
MR.T-BONE AND THE YOUNG LIONS:

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In the past years i have played with many great musicians, so that's why I called my band "Mr.T-bone Allstars band". Here is a list of musicians that I have performed live with over the last two years
MR.T-BONE ALLSTARS BAND:
PETER TRUFFA - KEYBOARDS
"DE ANGELO" PARPAGLIONE - SAX/FLUTE
FERDINANDO MASI - DRUMS
FABIO MERIGO - GUITAR
CATO SENATORE - BASS
PETER TRUFFA - KEYBOARDS
LARRY MCDONALD - PERCUSSION
DAVIDE GRAZIANO - DRUMS
RU CATANIA - GUITAR
ANTONIO "LAGO" LAGONIGRO - GUITAR
STEFANO "EL TROMPETITO" BANFI - TRUMPET
ANGELO "GANGE" CATTONI - KEYBOARDS
SHELDON GREGG - BASS


MR.T-BONE & THE YOUNG LIONS LIVE IN GENOVA

Mr.T-Bone is also very happy to support:

Influences: The Skatalites, Don Drummond, Vin Gordon, Tommy McCook, Roland Alfonso, Ken Boothe, Toots and the Maytals, Derrik Morgan, Rico Rodriguez, JJ Johnson...
The new scene: The Slackers, RS7, King Django, Aggrolites, The Bluebeaters...
Sounds Like: DISCOGRAPHY

"THAT'S IT" 2002
Alternative Produzioni (Italy)

MR.T-BONE SEES AMERICA 2004
Alternative Produzioni (Italy)
Brixton Records (Europe)
Megalith Records (USA)

STRICTLY LIVE 2007
Brixton Records (Worldwide)
Distributore per l'italia www.goodfellas.it

Mr.T-bone appear on a few compilations with the following labels:
Grover (Ger) - Megalith (USA) - Disk Union (JAP) - V2 (ITA) - Alternative Produzioni (ITA) - Brixton records (SPA)
Type of Label: Indie