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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May 19th, Wednesday: The ROBERT ROSS BAND @ The GREAT NOTCH INN

Featuring: Thierry Arpino on drums, Mark Dann on bass, & Robert Ross on vocals, guitar, slide guitar, & harmonica.

 

Time: 9PM - 12:30AM

Address: 400 Route 46 (near McBride Ave.  which is Rt. 639, & Ray Ave.), Little Falls, NJ 07424

Phone: 973-256-7742Admission : No Cover

 

Come out to the Notch, it's one cool place, and hear this amazing band.

 

 

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NEW VIDEOS FROM 1988: The Robert Ross Band performing live at The Stanhope House in New Jersey in 1988 in front of a wonderful crowd of fans. The band features: George Morales on drums, Charlie Torres on bass, and Robert Ross on vocals and guitar. Keep your eye on George and his stick twirling tricks. And Charlie is the quintessential showman! The songs include:

 

It Hurts Me Too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1_iO5GG1a8

Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvv00TUZ2B4

69 Chevy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL0GEYrOm-E

All Your Love I Miss Loving: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9i6Yco6TrM

I'm Going Back Home: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdnKHJbhin4

Thanks to my old pal Joe Ruggiero and my brainiac daughter Naomie Ross for all the help tranferring the video to YouTube. Check out the vids and leave a comment I'd love to hear from you! :-) And see you Wednesday at The Great Notch.

 

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ROBERT ROSS
Short Bio:  Robert Ross is a blues singer, guitarist, slide guitarist, harmonica player and songwriter who is known for a wide variety of blues, rock 'n' roll, jazz, and other roots music. He performs as a solo (acoustic or electric), as an electric duo, or with The ROBERT ROSS BAND which is a trio or a quartet. Robert worked and recorded with Big Joe Turner for Spivey Records & Doc Pomus. He 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, Pinetop Perkins, Charles & Cyrille Neville,, David "Honey Boy" Edwards, Curtis Steigers, Curtis Knight, Charles Walker, Linda Hopkins, Bobby Lewis, Wilbert Harrison, and Champion Jack Dupree. One of Ross' songs, "Sittin' In The Jailhouse" was reco rded by Johnny Winter twice, and 2 other originals appeared on ABC's daytime drama "All My Children". Ross won a New York Music Award for Best Blues Artist and has been nominated 6 times over the years along with the likes of John Hammond, Johnny Copeland, Taj Mahal, and Roscoe Gordon. The Robert Ross Band has toured Europe and North America including performances at the Chicago Blues Festival and the Montreal Jazz Festival in addition to being a perennial at the Riverhead Blues Festival on Long Island. Robert has 7 internationally released cds out in his own name.

 

 

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