ROBERT ROSS BAND
Website: www.RobertRossBand.com
Quote: "A blues icon. One of the great blues spirits." Bob Fass (Radio Un-nameable, WBAI-FM Pacifica Network).
EARLY JUNE 2010 SCHEDULE
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June 8th, Tuesday: The ROBERT ROSS BAND @ BLEND BAR
Featuring: Thierry Arpino on drums, Mark Dann on bass, & Robert Ross on vocals, guitar, slide guitar, & harmonica.
Address: 17 Chestnut Street, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
Phone: 201-447-4343
Time: 9PM - 12AM
Admission: No Admission
Website: www.blendbar.com
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June 12th, Saturday: BIG NANCY & ROBERT ROSS DUO @ BERNIE'S HILLSIDE LOUNGE
Address: 125 Hillside Road, Chester, NJ 07930
Phone: 908-879-7120
Time:: 10PM to 1:30AM
Featuring: Big Nancy Swarbick on harmonica, and Robert Ross on vocals, guitar, & slide guitar
Website: http://www.bernieshillside.com
Directions: (http://www.mapquest.com/maps?2a=Hillside+Rd+%26+Oakdale+Rd&2c=Chester&2s=NJ&2z=07930&2y=US ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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New Videos!!
From our concert at The Robert Ross Band performing at The Somerset County Vocational and Technical School Theatre on October 3, 2009. Dean Osterman shot the footage. The band features: Herb Ford on drums, Jon Loyd on keyboards & vocals, Mark Dann on bass, and Robert Ross on harmonica, guitar, & vocals.
Rambling On My Mind: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbSB7Urek9w
Hard Times: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hox5Wd4fsz8
Statesboro Blues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbdOTL5RZ4k
Boogie Chillen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni6Ju5pbEdg
Mr. Jelly Roll: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NI6x5DCSzo
Walking Blues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6WzTciQEdE
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What The Experts Are Saying About Robert Ross
SELECTED REVIEW EXCERPTS
"He's so fast, lightning would have to get on roller skates to catch him." Albert King, reported by Hank Reineke, East Coast Rocker
"HOT!!" Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, reported by Pablo Guzman, NY Daily News
"Robert Ross is a fine singer, a snappy lyricist, and an even better blues guitarist cut from the same cloth as B.B. King, Muddy Waters, or Johnny Winter. 69 Chevy ... The rain drenched pain of "White Boy Lost In The Blues" makes it a 'tour de Ross' all around and his dazzling guitar intro is one of the best I've ever heard. He saves some sizzle for the slide guitar roast "Sittin' In The Jail House". Move over George Thorogood and let Ross show you how to play that thing! Ross' guitar solos are a joy to hear, technically inventive, and packed with tortured feeling. Time after time Ross delivers the goods." Bill Carlton, NY Daily News
"The bluesman wailed, his voice rough and pliant and booming & most wonderful.” Rafael Alvarez, Baltimore Sun
"It's the classic mix: the old veteran, the gunslinger, the talent everyone knows (Bo Diddley), joining the new guy (Robert Ross), the one who's still trying to get his talent out there & at the Bottom Line & the show will be particularly intriguing because Ross is one of the most impressive young blues men around-more traditional, actually, than Bo himself. In fact Ross is on the show at Diddley's invitation, because the old master liked the young guy's stuff." David Hinckley, NY Daily News
"Okay, pay attention: Robert Ross is the real thing & some of the hottest blues you're likely to hear anywhere & perpetual groove & vital and vibrant & with a mark distinctly his own ... a true showman who turns in a creative and entertaining show. He and his band throw themselves head first into their sets, taking risks, challenging each other, pushing the edge and ultimately emerging from the melee triumphant & Ross' original material is outstanding, filled with truth and humor and an individuality that shines. Imagination, speed, dexterity and flash are all words that have been used before to describe Robert's guitar playing, but & he also displays fine sensitivity, a fact that can sometimes be overlooked in the face of his more spectacular guitar work. Beautiful, ringing tones & expressive notes almost torn from his axe in his own 'White Boy Lost In The Blues' & And you can hear it in the unique, rough edged tones of his fluid voice as well." Jennifer Shields, Musicians' Exchange