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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April 3rd, Friday: ROBERT ROSS @ BIG DAVE’S FAMILY BBQ
Address: 47 West Main St., Goshen, NY 10924
Phone: 845-294-4BBQ (4227)
Website: bigdavesbbq.com
Time: Show is from 6:30PM to 9PM
No Admission!!
Featuring: Robert Ross on vocals, guitar, slide guitar, & harmonica.
FYI: If you like barbecue you're gonna love this place. If you like hearing Robert Ross in an intimate setting this is it.
Directions: http://bigdavesbbq.com/location.htm
Located in the heart of Goshen, just off the 5-corner intersection.
From the Quickway (US-6/NY-17), take Exit 124.
Follow the signs into the village of Goshen
At the 5-corner stoplight, turn left onto West Main Street. Big Dave's Family BBQ is on the left.
Plenty of parking either on the street, or in the lot around back of club.

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Benefit for Cancer Care and Lung Cancer Research

RETROFEST 23

MONTEREY INTERNATIONAL POP FESTIVAL TRIBUTE CONCERT SATURDAY, APRIL 10 2010 8pm-2am                                             

At: THE SUNSET GRILL, SEAFORD, N.Y.
Address: 4068 Sunrise Highway. Seaford , NY 11783  516-785-4952.
Website: www.sunsetgrillny.com or http://retrofestival.org/
Featuring Retro69, Bigdaddy & The Bulldogs (Country Joe & The Fish and Canned Heat) King Penguin (Byrds) The Rockinghams,

David Bennett Cohen (Country Joe & the Fish and The Blues Project), and Robert Ross!!

Minimum Donation $10. Additional money will be raised via raffles and sponsor ads.
Can't make the event? Donate on line at:
www.cancercare.org/retrofest
Raising Money for CancerCare’s Lung Cancer Program
Featuring the music of the bands that performed at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 including:

The Association, Lou Rawls, Johnny Rivers, The Animals, Simon & Garfunkel, Canned Heat, Al Kooper,

The Electric Flag, Janis Joplin w/ Big Brother & The Holding Company,

Country Joe & The Fish, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Steve Miller Band, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Moby Grape, Laura Nyro, Jefferson Airplane, Booker T. & the MGs, Otis Redding,

The Blues Project, The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, The Who , The Grateful Dead,The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Scott McKenzie, The Mamas & the Papas 
Admission: $10 Donation at the Door.

I will be performing in several bands including those doing the music of Otis Redding, Al Kooper, Lou Rawls, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, and Country Joe (along with David Bennett Cohen).

 

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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. Ross' song "Sittin' In The Jailhouse" was recorded by Johnny Winter, and 2 other songs made it onto ABC's "All My Children". Ross recorded and worked with Big Joe Turner. Ross also worked with Lightnin' Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, Big Mama Thornton, Brownie McGhee, Memphis Slim, Sunnyland Slim, Otis Rush, Dr. John, J.B. Hutto, Victoria Spivey, Louisiana Red, Eddie Kirkland, Floyd Jones, Homesick James, Bobby Lewis, Charles Ward (Ink Spots), Pinetop Perkins, Charles & Cyrille Neville, David "Honey Boy" Edwards, Charles "Honey Boy" Otis, S.P. Leary, Washboard Doc, Bill Dicey, Curtis Steigers, Curtis Knight, Charles Walker, Linda Hopkins, Bobby Lewis, Wilbert Harrison, & Champion Jack Dupree. Ross perform s as a solo, duo, or with The Robert Ross Band. Ross won a NY Music Award for Best Blues Artist in 1989 and has been nominated 6 times over the years. Ross tours and has released 7 cds in his own name.
Shared the bill wIth: Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Winter, Edgar Winter, Albert Collins, Albert King, Freddie King, Gatemouth Brown, Willie Dixon, Rick Danko & Richard Manual (The Band), Roomful of Blues, Dickie Betts (Allman Brothers), Rick Derringer, 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, Clifton Chenier, Son Seals, Spencer Davis, Duke Robillard, Lonnie Brooks, A.C. Reed, Rory Block, Paul Oscher, Bobby Radcliffe, Lazy Lester, Bobby Rush, Eddy Clearwater, Roscoe Gordon, Mose Allison, Jorma Kaukonen, Aretha Franklin, & John Lennon.