Saturday 9/26/09

ROBERT ROSS will perform solo at TUTTORISO CAFE

Address: 36 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, New York 10301

Phone: 718-273-7644

Time: From 5pm to 7pm (2 hours earlier then last week)

Website: www.tuttorisocafe.com

Admission: FREE

This looks like it may develop into a regular Saturday gig for awhile. Please show your support. 

Delicious and nutritious food for everyone - omnivores, carnivores, vegetarians, vegans, and those with food allergies.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

OCTOBER 2009 SCHEDULE

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Big Concert in Somerset, New Jersey

on

10/3/09 Saturday:

THE ROBERT ROSS BAND

will appear at:
The SOMERSET COUNTY VOCATIONAL & TECHNICAL SCHOOL

(SCVTS) AUDITORIUM

Address: SCVTS Auditorium

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

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.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Quote: "Robert Ross is a blues icon, one of the great blues spirits." Bob Fass Radio Un-nameable WBAI.
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 made it onto the soap opera All My Children in 2008. Robert performs as a solo, duo, or with The Robert Ross Band. Robert won a NY Music Award for Best Blues Artist in 1989 and has been nominated 6 times over the years. He tours frequently and has 7 cds in his own name.
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, Linda Hopkins, J.B. Hutto, Eddie Kirkland, Wilbert Harrison, Floyd Jones, Homesick James, Bobby Lewis, Charles Ward (Ink Spots), Hank Ballard, & Champion Jack Durpree. I have been recommended for gigs by both Johnny Winter (McGhee) and the famous songwriter Doc Pomus (Turner, Perkins, & Ballard).
Opened For: Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Winter, Edgar Winter, Albert Collins, Albert King, Freddie King, Gatemouth Brown, Willie Dixon, The Band, Roomful of Blues, Dickie Betts, Rick Derringer, Willie Dixon, Leon Russell, Bo Diddley, Ron Wood, Papa John Creach, James Cotton, Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, Guy Clark (The Byrds), Ronnie Earl, Lonnie Mack, John Hammond, Johnny Copeland, Jethro Tull, Fiddler On The Roof, Laverne Baker, Son Seals, Spencer Davis, Duke Robillard, Lazy Lester, Bobby Rush, Eddy Clearwater, Roscoe Gordon, Mose Allison, Aretha Franklin, & John Lennon.