The Bo-Keys | Got To Get Back! http://www.thebokeys.com Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:50:53 +0000 en hourly 1 The Bo-Keys nominated for two Blues Music Awards ! http://www.thebokeys.com/2011/12/the-bo-keys-nominated-for-two-blues-music-awards/ http://www.thebokeys.com/2011/12/the-bo-keys-nominated-for-two-blues-music-awards/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:23:08 +0000 sbomar http://www.thebokeys.com/?p=408 The Bo-Keys are nominated for Best Band and “Got to Get Back !” is nominated for Best Soul Blues album !

For more information, please visit the Blues Foundation website.

http://blues.org/about/news.php?Id=1152#ref=bluesmusicawards_nominees

]]> http://www.thebokeys.com/2011/12/the-bo-keys-nominated-for-two-blues-music-awards/feed/ 0 LA Times Reviews The Bo-Keys and Cyndi Lauper show at Club Nokia http://www.thebokeys.com/2011/11/la-times-review-of-the-bo-keys-and-cyndi-lauper-show-at-club-nokia/ http://www.thebokeys.com/2011/11/la-times-review-of-the-bo-keys-and-cyndi-lauper-show-at-club-nokia/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:15:14 +0000 sbomar http://www.thebokeys.com/?p=403 Her Grammy-nominated “Memphis Blues” album was produced by Scott Bomar, bandleader and bassist for the Bo-Keys, which opened the night with a fiery set that unfolded like a classic soul revue.

There were searing instrumentals, fueled by a band that included guitarist Charles “Skip” Pitts (a longtime sideman for Isaac Hayes) and trumpeter Ben Cauley, the only survivor of the 1967 plane crash that killed Otis Redding and the rest of his band, the Bar-Kays. The sound was already full of emotion and euphoria when vocalist Percy Wiggins stepped onstage for several songs of pain and redemption. “Anybody celebrating a divorce?” he asked to scattered cheers. “Lord, have mercy.”

Musselwhite also joined them for a few moments, long enough for another scorching harp solo and to declare, as someone who knows, “We got some blues in the house tonight.”

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/11/pop-music-review-cyndi-lauper-just-wants-to-have-fun.html

]]> http://www.thebokeys.com/2011/11/la-times-review-of-the-bo-keys-and-cyndi-lauper-show-at-club-nokia/feed/ 0 The Bo-Keys Daytrotter Session ! http://www.thebokeys.com/2011/10/the-bo-keys-daytrotter-session/ http://www.thebokeys.com/2011/10/the-bo-keys-daytrotter-session/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:44:29 +0000 sbomar http://www.thebokeys.com/?p=381

http://www.daytrotter.com/dt/the-bo-keys-concert/20055066-41395.html

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DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE'S Review of "Got to Get Back !"

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Click here to download (.pdf)

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Download pdf of article here!

]]> http://www.thebokeys.com/2011/06/skip-pitts-interviewed-by-guitar-player-magazine/feed/ 0 The Bo-Keys on NPR Weekend Edition and PRI Tavis Smiley! http://www.thebokeys.com/2011/06/the-bo-keys-on-npr-weekend-edition-and-pri-tavis-smiley/ http://www.thebokeys.com/2011/06/the-bo-keys-on-npr-weekend-edition-and-pri-tavis-smiley/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 20:58:51 +0000 sbomar http://www.thebokeys.com/?p=280  

TUNE IN THIS WEEKEND: THE BO-KEYS ON NPR WEEKEND EDITION AND PRI TAVIS SMILEY

Memphis soul all-stars the Bo-Keys will be the subjects of an NPR Weekend Edition profile and a segment on Tavis Smiley’s PRI show. Meanwhile, features are on stands now in Guitar Player and Wax Poetics on the band.

The Wall Street Journal reviewed the album this morning, calling the new album, “a spring-loaded funk band that has all of the trampoline punch of its Memphis forebears.” Full review here >

USA Today said, “The Bo-Keys play the perfect hosts for these overlooked dynamos from soul’s golden era… I can’t imagine anyone disliking it.”

Electraphonic Recordings will release the tight Memphis grooves of ‘Got To Get Back!,’ the band’s first album in seven years, on June 21 on CD, LP, and download. Powerhouse guest vocalists join the band, including Stax Records hit-maker William Bell, soul/gospel great Otis Clay, classic Atlantic Records singer Percy Wiggins, and blues legend Charlie Musselwhite, who also blows some of his signature harmonica.

For more information, a CD, a download, or photos on the Bo-Keys, please contact Nick Loss-Eaton at nick.losseaton@gmail.com or 718.541.1130.

]]> http://www.thebokeys.com/2011/06/the-bo-keys-on-npr-weekend-edition-and-pri-tavis-smiley/feed/ 0 Wax Poetics reviews “Got To Get Back!” http://www.thebokeys.com/2011/06/wax-poetics-reviews-%e2%80%9cgot-to-get-back%e2%80%9d/ http://www.thebokeys.com/2011/06/wax-poetics-reviews-%e2%80%9cgot-to-get-back%e2%80%9d/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 20:11:24 +0000 sbomar http://www.thebokeys.com/?p=283 From the May/June issue of Wax Poetics! 

Click here to download as a .pdf.

]]> http://www.thebokeys.com/2011/06/wax-poetics-reviews-%e2%80%9cgot-to-get-back%e2%80%9d/feed/ 0 New mini doc about the making of The Bo-Keys “Got to Get Back !” http://www.thebokeys.com/2011/05/new-mini-doc-about-the-making-of-the-bo-keys-got-to-get-back/ http://www.thebokeys.com/2011/05/new-mini-doc-about-the-making-of-the-bo-keys-got-to-get-back/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 13:46:01 +0000 sbomar http://www.thebokeys.com/?p=260

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check out new mini doc about The Bo-Keys !

Available in HD on both Vimeo and YouTube

http://vimeo.com/electraphonic/gottogetback

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gkM5VqFYcA

 

]]> http://www.thebokeys.com/2011/05/new-mini-doc-about-the-making-of-the-bo-keys-got-to-get-back/feed/ 0 Pre-Order “Got To Get Back” Here! http://www.thebokeys.com/2011/05/pre-order-%e2%80%9cgot-to-get-back%e2%80%9d-here/ http://www.thebokeys.com/2011/05/pre-order-%e2%80%9cgot-to-get-back%e2%80%9d-here/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 23:59:48 +0000 sbomar http://www.thebokeys.com/?p=250

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click here to pre-order the latest Bo-Keys release!

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