Bruce Katz is a legendary keyboardist (Hammond B3 and piano) who has released 12 CDs as a leader and has appeared on over 80 other CDs with the likes of John Hammond, Delbert McClinton, Ronnie Earl, Butch Trucks, Arlen Roth, Duke Robillard, Little Milton, Mighty Sam McClain, David “Fathead” Newman, and many others. He has also had a strong musical connection with the Allman Brothers Band, having been a member of Gregg Allman’s band for six years (2007-2013), Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band (2010-2015), Butch Trucks’s Freight Train Band (2015-2017) and Les Brers. Bruce occasionally toured with the Allman Brothers, as well.
Bruce is a seven-time BMA nominee for the “Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year” award, which is the equivalent of the “Blues Grammys.” His solo piano recording “Solo Ride” was a BMA nominee for “Acoustic Album of the Year” in 2020. He was also nominated by Living Blues Magazine for “Outstanding Musician (Keyboard)” award in 2015 and 2019. He won the 2019 BMA for “Best Acoustic Album” for Journeys to the Heart of the Blues, recorded with Joe Louis Walker and Giles Robson.
New members Aaron Lieberman (guitar, vocals) and Liviu Pop (drums) have revitalized the sound of the Bruce Katz Band. Founding member of God Street Wine, Aaron Lieberman, has added his expressive and soulful singing along with his brilliant guitar work. Liviu Pop on drums adds imagination and energy to the band and plays grooves that only he could create. www.brucekatzband.com
Dan Brother began his guitar-playing and singing career under the tutelage of such master bluesmen as Bill Perry, Popa Chubby, Murali Coryell and Little Sammy Davis, among others. Since his teens, Dan Brother has been performing in venerable blues clubs throughout the region. Having shared the stage with mentors like his, it’s no wonder Dan picked up a little of everything along the way – from protest-era psychedelia to straight-up blues; classic era soul to southern rock and Texas twang.
Having turned all that early on-stage learning into a sound all his own, Dan’s high-energy performances are drawing fans new and old to an increasing number of gigs and venues every month. Dan’s fans expect a mix of blues, soul, rock & roll, and the band accommodates, with sets that go from low-down monstrous slow blues to booty-grooving ecstatic funk.
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