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).

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Saturday, October 3rd

 

The

 

ROBERT ROSS BAND

 

will appear at:
SOMERSET COUNTY VOCATIONAL & TECHNICAL SCHOOL

(SCVTS) AUDITORIUM

 

ADDRESS:  14 Vogt Drive (at North Bridge St.), Bridgewater, NJ 08807

The SCVTS Auditorium is a beautiful 500 seat auditorium. Vogt Drive is a continuation of Prince Rodgers Avenue. The school is located at or near the corner of North Bridge Street. The auditorium is located near the intersections of Routes 206, 287, 78, and 22. It is also very close to the Bridgewater Commons Mall.

TIME: 7:30PM to 10:30PM (Doors open at 7PM).

ADMISSION: $15-$20 in advance or $20-$25 at the door.

PHONE: To Purchase Tickets in Advance: 908-237-1238

FEATURING: Herb Ford (drums), Mark Dann (bass), Jon Loyd (keyboards), and

Robert Ross (vocals, guitar, slide guitar, & harmonica).

Please join us to celebrate the blues, blues rock, and other roots music of this award winning band.

Thank you to the SCVTS board and to Wilma Nurse & Joni Krieg for organizing this event.

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Short Bio

Robert Ross is an award winning singer, songwriter, guitarist, & harmonica player known for blues, jazz, soul, and blues rock. Robert recorded with Big Joe Turner. Robert's song "Sittin' In The Jailhouse" was recorded by Johnny Winter, and 2 other songs appeared on the soap opera All My Children in 2008. Robert won a NY Music Award for Best Blues Artist in 1989 and has been nominated 6 times over the years.He has played with Big Joe Turner, John Lee Hooker, Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee, Memphis Slim, Sunnyland Slim, Otis Rush, Dr. John, Charles & Cyrille Neville, Pinetop Perkins, Big Mama Thornton, Honeyboy Edwards, J.B. Hutto, Eddie Kirkland, Floyd Jones, Homesick James, Bobby Lewis, Charles War d (Ink Spots), & many more. Robert has 7 cds out in his own name.

More Quotes

Albert King (legendary bluesman): "He's so fast, lightning would have to get on roller skates to catch him." Reported by Hank Reineke (East Coast Rocker).

Bill Carlton (NY Daily News): "Robert Ross is a fine singer, a snappy lyricist, and an even better blues rock guitarist ... cut from the same cloth as B.B. King, Muddy Waters, and Johnny Winter … dazzling guitar … Time after time Ross delivers the goods." 

Jimmy Page (legendary Led Zeppelin guitarist): "HOT!!" Reported by Pablo Guzman (NY Daily News).

David Hinckley (NY Daily News): "Robert Ross is one of the most impressive young blues men around."

Rafael Alvarez (Guitar World, Baltimore Sun, HBO's The Wire): "Ross could make 'God Bless America' stand on its head and rock ... an imaginative writer with files of Twilight Zone tales ... soulful, vigorous guitar ... agile cat quick licks …the bluesman wailed, his voice rough and pliant and booming … most wonderful."

Tom "Bones" Malone (David Letterman Show, Blues Brothers, Saturday Night Live): "Nice stuff! You're doing the right stuff. You're the new Bob Dylan. I really like that! It's really great!"