Doors @ 7:30 PM
Show @ 8 PM
Legendary….a blues-rock institution….true innovators….these are just a few of the ways
SAVOY BROWN has been described over the past thirty years by the nation's music critics.
One of the earliest of British blues bands, SAVOY BROWN (with founder member guitarist Kim Simmonds at the helm) helped launch the 60's UK blues movement that brought blues music back to the USA invigorating and changing
the music forever.
The band recorded their first singles for Mike Vernon’s Purdah label in 1966 and quickly followed up with the landmark album Shakedown. Singer Chris Youlden joined the band in 1968 and many classic records appeared with songs such as "I’m Tired" and "Louisiana Blues" becoming radio staples. Blues-rock and boogie music always was the band’s calling card and they captured, forever, the spirit of the music on the live side of A Step Further (1969) with a twenty-minute boogie "The Savoy Brown Boogie" dedicated to fans in Detroit. By 1971, Youlden had departed on a solo career and band members Dave Peverett, Roger Earle, and Tony Stevens had left to form their own group Foghat.
Simmonds rebuilt the band using former members of the blues band Chicken Shack and vocalist Dave Walker. That year, Street Corner Talking brought the band it’s best chart success up to that date. "Tell Mama", "Street Corner Talking", "All I Can Do Is Cry" and the band’s funky re-make of the Motown classic "I Can’t Get Next To You", took the band to platinum status and placed them in front of wildly enthusiastic rock audiences in arenas all over the world.
In the year 2001 Simmonds took over the front singing duties himself and the 2003 Blind Pig release Strange Dreams featured the current line-up of Kim on vocals/guitar, David Malachowski, Gerry Sorrentino, and Dennis Cotton. The record was an instant success with critics and fans and Kim, as front man vocalist, fitted the times perfectly.
The band’s future course was now firmly set for them to remain a potent musical force as they headed for their fortieth anniversary in 2005.
Currently in 2004 the band is promoting a new CD You Should Have Been There! Recorded live in Vancouver, British Columbia in February 2003, the new CD has their trademark sound featuring new songs as well as their familiar classic hits such as Hellbound Train and Poor Girl. For people wanting to listen to a true "stick to your guns" band this is a CD to not miss.
From the Soho clubs in 1965 to headlining Carnegie Hall Savoy Brown have done it all...as they continue to tour they give a glimpse into the past and also inspire listeners into the new millennium.
