TONY COLEMAN: "LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL"

Описание: "Tony Coleman's Tribute To The Three Kings" had its debut performance at Portland, OR's 2021 Waterfront Blues Festival. They hit the ground running with this classic jump blues frequently performed by the late, great B.B. King. (B.B. was one of the "Three Kings" being celebrated by this all-star band, along with Freddie and Albert King.)

PERSONNEL:
Tony Coleman, drums & vocals
Peter Dammann, guitar
Michael Osborn, guitar
John Mazzocco, bass
Joe McCarthy, trumpet
Chris Mercer, saxophone
"King Louie" Pain, organ
Jim Pugh, piano

BAND BIO:
Portland-based Tony Coleman, one of the most revered blues drummers in the world today, during his illustrious career has toured the world with Otis Clay, Bobby Blue Bland, Johnnie Taylor, Albert King, Albert Collins, Etta James, Freddie King, James Cotton, Katie Webster, Z.Z. Hill, O.V. Wright, Buddy Guy, and BB King, with whom he performed and recorded for 29 years until BB’s death in 2015.

Coleman has assembled an all-star grouping of Portland musicians to pay tribute to three of his mentors and former bosses, the pioneering blues guitarists BB King, Albert King and Freddie King, whose iconic guitar work has profoundly influenced virtually every rock and blues guitarist of the past six decades. Coleman is one of the very few musicians alive to have toured and/or recorded with all three of these legendary bluesmen.

Joining Coleman on this tribute is an impressive lineup of the region’s blues all-stars. Contributing Three-Kings-inspired guitar work are Mike Osborn (longtime guitarist with John Lee Hooker) and Peter Dammann (Paul deLay, Linda Hornbuckle, Solomon Burke). Louis Pain is featured on organ (Paul deLay, Mel Brown, Linda Hornbuckle), and John Mazzocco on bass (John Lee Hooker, Paul deLay, Curtis Salgado).

Leading the tight horn section is British expatriate saxophonist, Chris Mercer, who in addition to his work with John Mayall, Billy Ocean, Bryan Ferry and Dr. John, toured with Freddie King and recorded on some of the Texas guitarist’s seminal hits of the 1970s. On trumpet is longtime Portland standout Joe McCarthy.