This Friday @ City Beach, Fremont May 8th @ 9pm
Eldridge "Big Cat" Tolefree
The New Flava' of Blues & Soul
From the inner-city limits of beautiful Oakland, California, Big Cat Tolefree and his cool Hipnotic Blues Band has single-handedly transformed the West Coast blues and soul sound with his trend-setting music and vocal style. Name drops aren’t needed for the multi award winning, 3rd. generation Russell City blues singer. Big Cat has the skills and sex appeal to stand on his own for decades to come. This year Big Cat Tolefree opened shows for The Temptations, Jimmy McCracklin, Pinetop Perkins, Sonny Rhodes, Big-Time Sarrah, Filmore Slim and Bobby Rush. Big Cat has shared his incredible new sound all over, including festivals, premiere concert venues and larger night clubs coast to coast. He’s earned “New Blues Artist of the Year”, “Male Blues Vocalist of the Year” and Europe’s “Best Traditional Blues Artist” all in one amazing year. His traditional "Night Train" song continues to top charts from coast to coast, including international spins.
Biography
Tia Carroll
Tia's constantly being compared to legendary female singer Tina Turner and Aretha. Sure her power and sassy style of story telling may be similar, but TIA CARROLL has her own unique star power that's evident in her new self-titled album. Don't pass on America's hot new sweet heart Tia Carroll. Name drops not required when the sound is this hot. Tia recently toured with the legendary blues icon Jimmy McCracklin to the Annual Lucerne Blues festival in Switzerland and also to the Jazz Club Lionel Hampton in Paris France, where she left a great impression on the audiences there. Tia Carroll was featured during the Jazzkarr featival in Tallinn Estonia. Awarded West Coast Female Blues vocalist of the year 2007 and recipient of the Jus Blues Music Foundation’s Traditional Blues Woman Of The Year 2008, in Memphis, Tia Carroll is carving a name for herself on the blues wall of fame.
Always a $10.00 cover to pay the band and support Live Music
Come out and support live music now being featured most Friday, & Saturday Nights here in Fremont.
Official Website: http://www.citybeach.com
Added by Prism Musical Production and Liv on May 4, 2009