Artist description The internationally -acclaimed Bad News Blues Band is considered one of the best on the blues circuit today. They’re also known to, at any moment, take a song off-stage to weave through the audience, boogie down on the dance floor, strut along the top of the bar, or carry the tune out the back door, across the street and around the block. Popular performers all, they deliver award-winning original material and standards in high-energy, crowd-pleasing shows every time. Some of the band’s favorite performances have been at the Silver City Blues Festival, Mountain of Blues Festival, Mexico City, Tucson Blues Festival and double handfuls of western, midwestern and eastcoast club dates. In November 1999 the band also began touring with Texas blues legend Long John Hunter. In December of 2000, the band finished a five week tour of Turkey, Romania, and Russia.“BNBB is Tucson’s essential purveyors of electric blues ” -Arizona Daily Star; the “#1 blues band!” - Mimbres Region Arts Council; “from the hard-hitting horns to the smoking-hot rhythm section, this band is ‘indeed bad’!” - Elwood Blues, House of Blues Radio Hour, in an on-air CD review of Bad News Indeed. For more news, pictures and recent updates, please visit www.BadNewsBluesBand.com.

Music Style Big-band swing meets hard-core blues-Arizona Republic, 1997

Musical Influences Buddy Guy, Long John Hunter, James Brown, Muddy Waters, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, Louie Prima.

Similar Artists Chicago R & B Kings, Brian Setzer, Buddy Guy,Sax Gordon & the Love Dogs.

Artist History BNBB hit the stage in the mid-90s and are moving fast. And since representing Arizona in Memphis at the 1997 International Blues Talent Competition, awards continue to mount: 2000 TAMMIES - Blues Band of the Year; Male Vocalist of the Year; Electric Guitarist of the Year; Bass Player of the Year; Horn Player of the Year. 1999 TAMMIES - Band of the Year; Blues Band of the Year; Electric Guitarist of the Year; 1998 TAMMIES - Blues Band of the Year. 1997 - Arizona Blues Showdown Champions

Group Members Mike “Johnny Guitar” Blommer; Alex “Reverend Vegas” Flores; Mike “Bad Dad” Blommer,Sr; Chip “Sugarbear” Ritter; Seth "The Godson of Funk" Webster, and Nelson "Satin Latin" Lavernia". See www.badnewsbluesband.com for more details

Instruments guitar, sax, bass, drums.

Albums Bad News Blues Band has recorded six CDs since 1996, four on the independent ARV label. Those include Cruisin’ for a Bluesin’; Bad News Indeed; Badnewzapalooza(live);and The Best of Bad News. The next ARV release is expected Fall 2000. Two more CDs, Beyond the Web II and III, are available through this site.

Location Tucson, AZ - USA

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