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BLUES BUDDHA BAND
Do you like Boogie Woogie piano?
Hot Guitar leads?
Powerful Vocals?
Do you believe that the Blues are the Roots and the rest is the fruits?
Do you like to have fun?
The Blues Buddha band explores every style of blues.They will entertain you with rock,funk,soul and or standard straight up Blues.
The goal is to awaken your spirit to a full Blues experience.
Tommy Dudley
Tommy a/k/a The Blues Buddha is a rough and tumble blues vocalist who, in his own words, has picked up stylistic influences
from people he admires and mixes them into his own musical gumbo. Eclectic influences include: R&B artists Wilson Pickett and Otis
Redding...(the) straight-ahead blues and rock and soul of Eric Burdon, Mitch Ryder, Elvis... and Tom Jones.
Musicians in his band include,
Al Payson on Bass,
Tyger Macneal on Drums,
Chip Larison and
Ron Mirro on Guitar and
Scott Staton on Piano. Other guests include
Joe Piteo on Drums,
Peter DeHoff on Piano,
Johnny Federico,
Charlie Scott on Guitar.
He has shared the
stage and worked with with many local and National talents including
Gil Parris,
Dave Fields,
Billy Gibson,
Joe Louis Walker,
Roxy Perry,
Jim Moran,
Nicole Hart,
Benny Landa,
Kenny Aaronson,
Tommy Mandel, Paulie Triff, and
"Sweet Poppa" Lou Donaldson
A finalist for The New York Blues and Jazz Society
IBC Battle of the Bands held on Sept 28th 2010.
CD "I like it a Lot" picked in their top 50 by Real Blues Magazine March 2011
http://www.realbluesmagazine.com/index2.htm
In January of 2009, together with
Scott Staton of Stoopid
Daddy Records, Tommy began writing seven original tunes for a new project. They then collaborated with
Denny Leroux of Storm of the
Century Music for the final three songs. Over this past year, they recorded with
Larry Alexander at his studio,
with a group of super talented musicians.
Joe Piteo
(Nicole Hart Band,
Gil Paris Band)
Al Payson
(Grammy Winning Co-Producer, Jose Feliciano, Blues Buddha Band, The Burr Johnson Band)
Gil Paris
(Blood Sweat and Tears, Grammy Nominated)
Jeff Ganz
(Roy Buchanan,
Johnny Winter Band, Grammy Nominated)
Alan Childs (David Bowie,
Rod Stewart)
Johnny Feds Federico
(Johnny Feds and the Bluez Boys,
Roxy Perry)
Matt Rae
(Arlen Roth Band,
Moose & The Bullet Proof Blues Band)
Ronnie Mirro
(Roxy Perry,
Nikki Armstrong and
Mojo Freddie, Blues Buddha Band)
Nicole Hart
(Nicole Hart Band,
The Shades)
Mike Garner (Blues Buddha Band,
Duchess Di and the Distractions)
Eddie "Sticky" Crucy (Blues Buddha Band,
Duchess Di and the Distractions)
Denny Leroux
(Storm of the Century Music)
Larry Alexander (Recording Engineer, worked with
Bruce Springsteen and a Grammy Winner with
Janis Ian)
Scott Staton
(Charlie Musselwhite,
Room Full of Blues, Blues Project)
Chip Larison (Blues Buddha Band,
The Catfight Blues Band)
The CD, "I Like It A Lot", was released in March 2010. It has received airtime around the world.
Work is now in progress to release a new CD in 2011
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