The set begins at 9:15 p.m. Please ignore previous emails and website listings. 9:15 is correct.

12/23/09 Wednesday: ADAM GUSSOW & ROBERT ROSS

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Featuring: Adam Gussow on harp, vocals, & percussion, and Robert Ross on vocals, guitar, & slide guitar.

Also on the bill: David Bennett Cohen of Country Joe & The Fish!

Presented By: Jon Sobels & The Soul Of The Blues Festival

Sponsored by: The Downstate NY Blues Society

Show Time: 9:15PMDoors Open: 8:30pm.
Address: 29 Cornelia Street (between Bleecker St. & 6th Ave.). Phone: (212) 989-9318

Admission: $10 cover + $6 food/drink minimum. The performance space is downstairs. Fans who arrive before 8:30PM can hang out upstairs at the bar. Don't forget to mention that you came to see Adam & Robert!!

Club's Website: www.corneliastreetcafe.com or http://souloftheblues.com

Adam's Website: http://www.modernbluesharmonica.com/biography.html

Robert's Website: www.RobertRossBand.com 

This will be the only appearance in NY Adam Gussow (Satan & Adam) will make this year. 
Adam and Robert will sit in with David on Fixin' To Die Rag!

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HAPPY  HOLIDAYS !!

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www.RobertRossBand.com
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, Victoria Spivey, Linda Hopkins, J.B. Hutto, Eddie Kirkland, Wilbert Harrison, Floyd Jones, Homesick James, Bobby Lewis, Charles Ward (Ink Spots), Hank Ballard, Curtis Knight, Curtis Stigers, & Champion Jack Dupree. I have been recommended for gigs by both Johnny Winter (McGhee) and the famous songwriter Doc Pomus (Big Joe, Pinetop, Dr. John, & Ballard).