Erica Brown Band

The Erica Brown Band has been delivering high-energy blues since its inception in 1998.  The band’s impeccable vocals and performance have made them a favorite of festival and concert circuits all over the country.  The band’s releases Body Work (2000), and Rough Cut Stone (2003) have received airplay and been the subject of favorable reviews in Europe, South America, and Australia as well as BluesWax, the largest online blues publication in the world. Special guest artist blues great Kenny Neal contributed his special second-line feel to the tracks “Crying and Trying” and the title track of “Body Work”.

Both CD’s are currently in regular rotation in major television and radio outlets nationwide, including:

* KILA 104 and iradiola internet radio in Los Angeles, CA;  KILA 104 and iradiola.com have over a million listeners in the Los Angeles area and more than 100,000 listeners online each day;

* KYCY 1150 AM in San Francisco (4th largest radio market in the nation).

* 89.3 KUVO-FM – Denver, CO (2005 and 2006 Major Market Jazz Station of the Year Winners)

Altitude Sports and Entertainment Network Television’s “OnStage” series.  The Altitude Network is owned by Kroenke Sports, home of the Pepsi Center Entertainment Complex, the Denver Avalanche and Nuggets Professional sports teams, and broadcasts their programs to over five million subscribers in ten western states. 

A short list of Artists the band has played shows with include:
B.B. King, Al Green, Buddy Guy, Marcia Ball, Delbert McClinton, John Mayall, Tab Benoit, Tommy Castro, Bob Margolin, Tinsley Ellis, Coco Montoya Buddy Guy, Marcia Ball, Big Bill Morganfield, Bernard Allison and Larry McCray

About the Individual Artists:

Erica Brown, Lead Vocalist:
In Erica’s words the blues are "my musical love". She has worked with some of the finest artists in the country, and has shared stages with “Steady Rollin” Bob Margolin, Tab Benoit, Kenny Neal, Delbert McClinton, Sonny Rhodes, Debbie Davies, Bernard Allison, John Nemeth and Larry McCray, to name a few.  Her vocals were featured in the Sony Pictures movies, “The Fan”, with Wesley Snipes and Robert DeNiro in 1996, as well as the critically-acclaimed 2005 CD “African Wind” released by the Northern Blues Label, and the 2006 CD “Smoke and Mirrors” released by MojoHand Records.  In 2007 she contributed backing vocals to the CD projects of Slim Cessna’s Auto Club, and Steve Crenshaw and the Blues Shop. 

Rich Sallee, Bass, Harmony and Background Vocals:
Rich has played bass for over 30 years. For 18 years he played bass and wrote music for the contemporary jazz group, Images, which had six national releases, three of which made Top Ten on radio. Rich has also played with blues and rock artists like Fenton Robinson and Cash McCall. He worked several years with Jeff Cook, who co-wrote many songs with Tommy Bolin for Energy, The James Gang and Deep Purple. Mr. Cook is currently Radio Promotions Director for the New West Record Label. Rich is also featured on the CD “Ze-NOTES” released in 2006 by “Sons of Zeno” (Dennis Chamberlain and Bruce Bouck)

Jim Ayers, Hammond Organ, Keyboards, Harmony and Background Vocals:
Jim has played Hammond organ, keyboards, and guitar for 25 years. Over his long career, he has played shows with B.B. King, The Allman Brothers Band, Greg Allman, Leon Russell, Charlie Daniels, Cheap Trick, Buddy Guy, Bon Jovi, Solomon Burke, Sam Mayfield, The Outlaws, Dr. John, and Mountain. He's also recorded with Butch Trucks (The Allman Brothers Band), Jon Mathias (producer of White Lion, Badlands and the J. Geils Band), and Kurt Kinzel (Capricorn Records).

Scotty Rivera, Drums, Lead, Harmony and Background Vocals:
One of the nation’s finest trap set players, Scotty adds the drive to this style of blues and R&B music, in addition to impeccable harmony and vocals. He started playing drums at the young age of 4 and perfected his trade in the Motown Capital of Detroit. Scotty's had the pleasure of recording with Kurt Kinzel, (Capricorn Records), Butch Trucks, Stevie Wonder, Jon Bon Jovi, and The Allman Brothers. Scotty also played many years with blues guitar legend Sam Mayfield (musical director for Solomon Burke) and his blues revue.  In 2007, Scotty played a number of dates with Northern Blues recording artist Eddie Turner. 

Jon Woodhead, Lead Guitar:
Jon is truly a “guitar veteran” having served stints with such world class artists as Maria Muldaur and Leon Russell for many years in his musical travels when he came to the EBB.  Jon’s soulful guitar work and his ability to “surrender” to the feeling that flows through his fingers is contagious, and he will take you along on his musical journey to that amazing place where all you need to do is “feel”. 

Guest Artists:

Eddie Turner: (http://www.eddiedevilboy.com)

Eddie “devilboy " Turner picked up his first guitar, a candy apple multi-pickup Japanese Tiesco, when he was twelve. Raised in Chicago, he moved to the Rockies in the early 70's to attend the University of Colorado; “a ruse,” he says, “to get my parents to keep sending checks.” More inspired by music than by academia, Turner immersed himself in the local scene, and stints with some notable acts ensued. He played in the region’s first punk/r&b band The Immortal Nightflames, then with Grammy nominees Tracy Nelson, Mother Earth, and the 4-nikators, a group which has become legendary for its unique mix of soul, Motown, and rock. Turner got the chance to grab at the brass ring when Colorado compadre Tommy Bolin left his band Zephyr to form The James Gang and Deep Purple. He eagerly joined the hard rock, psychedelic, blues band as a guitarist, singer and songwriter. A decade later, when Eddie was invited to join the Ron Miles electric band led by one of the country’s premier trumpeteers, he jumped at the chance. Then, in 1995 he rounded out the Otis Taylor Band. Enhancing the spice and flavor of the trio, Eddie recorded five groundbreaking CDs, and toured the U.S. and Europe extensively. Today, as well as turning out his first solo effort, Rise, he lends his extensive talents to the front line of the Erica Brown Band.
(Bio Info from www.eddiedevilboy.com/biography.html)

 

Bob Rebholz:

Bob is truly a “renaissaince man” of music, He is an alumnus of the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with teacher certificate from the University of Wisconsin. Having mastered soprano, tenor and alto saxophone, trumpet, flute, and other woodwind instruments, he has utilized those talents with legends such as The Rippingtons, Spyro Gyra, Peter Kater, Chris Daniels, Dianne Schuur, Sheena Easton, Nancy Wilson, Bill Conti, George Shearing, The Temptations, Four Tops, James Taylor, Suzanne Vega, Billy Eckstein, Peter Kater (7 CDs), Images (4 CDs) and dozens more!

Bob Yeazel: (http://www.bobyeazel.com)

Over a career that has spanned 30 years and countless recordings and awards, Bob has performed a variety of music styles and excels at every one. From the wide variety of psychedelic music on his Norman Petty produced recordings with The Beast, to the excellent songs that helped shape a new sound with Sugarloaf, in addition to the funky sounds of the Freddi-Henchi Band, and his work with the EBB on Rough Cut Stone, Bob has shown that he is a first rate, kick-ass guitarist and songwriter that compares with the best of them!