Tony Holiday Blues Band-From Memphis! Guest Steve Marriner (Colin James)

Just Announced, with Special Guest Juno Award Winner Steve Marriner from Colin James, MonkeyJunk!

I am super excited about this show! There are bands keeping Real Blues Alive and The Tony Holdiay Blues Band is one of the best! 32 years of presenting Blues in Ontario and this show will go down as another great one! If you are a regular at my shows, you will not be disappointed! Visit zapp-productions.com for a full list of our shows and get on our email list.

Thursday June 1st, 8pm Ganaraska Hotel Port Hope, 30 Ontario St, Port Hope, (905) 885-9254. Tickets $25 (cash) available at The Ganny Hotel and Zap Records in Cobourg and online here!

There’s something about Tony Holiday that draws people together. In fact, community has been at the core of Holiday’s young career from the beginning. Holiday has been at the center of a soul blues revival in Memphis, anchored by a contingent of young, savvy well-schooled musicians with a “family-like” attitude and a strong belief in one another. Mentored by past legends, Holiday and this Memphis collective are building on the city’s rich traditions and carrying them forward.

Tony attracts noting but the best Blues players. Grammy® winners Charlie Musselwhite (main picture includes him, not in touring band). and Bobby Rush, former Muddy Waters guitarist John Primer and the iconic Lurie Bell, alongside some of Holiday’s peers Southern Avenue, Victor Wainwright, and John Németh. The latter two have served as important mentors for Holiday since his move to Memphis.

Motel Mississippi, Holiday’s 2nd solo album, was recorded about an hour outside Memphis in Coldwater, Mississippi, at Zebra Ranch, the studio of the late great Memphis legend Jim Dickinson (The Rolling Stones, Big Star). Combining the sounds of North Mississippi Hill Country, Delta Blues, and Memphis soul, Motel Mississippi is equal parts hypnotic blues, driving soul, and juke joint stomper. The album consists of six originals and two covers, “Rob & Steal” by Paul Wine Jones and “Nobody But You” by Asie Payton.

There’s something in the water in Memphis, and Tony Holiday has tapped into it to contribute to an exciting new chapter unfolding in this storied region.

SHOWS IN THE WORKS: MonkeyJunk in Peterborough, Tony D Band in Killaloe, Valdy Stirling and Cobourg this fall, Brooks and Bowskill shows, Studebaker John from Chicago and many more....