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ORANGE COUNTY BLUES FESTIVAL
Bands scheduled so far are listed below:
HEADLINERS ARE:
THE BROUGHAMS
(special guest Sir Stanley Griggs)
THE MEMPHIS KINGS
BLUE BONZ
BRIGITTE RIOS PURDY
MIGHTY MOJO PROPHETS
PAPA J AND THE TERRAPLANE BLUES BAND
(special guest Janiva Magness)
The Broughams
High energy, swingin, Blues, Roots and Soul band out of Long Beach. We are made up of some of the most accomplished & sought after players around.
Band Members
Mike Malone on piano, harmonica and vocals.
Brophy Dale on guitar and vocals.
Chris Smith on upright & electric bass and vocals.
The General" Greg Mitchell on drums and vocals.
Band Members
Mike Malone on piano, harmonica and vocals.
Brophy Dale on guitar and vocals.
Chris Smith on upright & electric bass and vocals.
The General" Greg Mitchell on drums and vocals.
Memphis Kings
The Greazy Stylings of the Memphis Kings.
Blue Bonz Band
Born out of the fiasco that was the pandemic, Blue Bonz was an accident of circumstances. With the dearth of jams at the time and
the worry of being around too many people, a small group of friends started meeting to have some playing time.
Improving weekly and having huge amounts of time together, things just naturally evolved into a group. A group of like minded musicians,
anxious to play the blue music that they loved. Blue Bonz did not choose the blues, the blues chose Blue Bonz.
Band Members:
Mike Mathews (Fireball Mike)
Roberto Gama Guiterrez (Gama)
Radames Gonzalez (Rad G Jr.)
Martha Murrieta Coronado (Martha Blue Cool)
Joe Nitti (Gritty Nitti)
the worry of being around too many people, a small group of friends started meeting to have some playing time.
Improving weekly and having huge amounts of time together, things just naturally evolved into a group. A group of like minded musicians,
anxious to play the blue music that they loved. Blue Bonz did not choose the blues, the blues chose Blue Bonz.
Band Members:
Mike Mathews (Fireball Mike)
Roberto Gama Guiterrez (Gama)
Radames Gonzalez (Rad G Jr.)
Martha Murrieta Coronado (Martha Blue Cool)
Joe Nitti (Gritty Nitti)
Brigitte Purdy
Winner of the LA Critics Award!
Very few individuals are able to connect with their own emotions and translate them into singing and songwriting.
Very few individuals are able to connect with their own emotions and translate them into singing and songwriting.
The Mighty Mojo Prophets
The Mojo Prophets play a mix of Blues and Soul, The Mighty Mojo Prophets where formed in 2007.
Papa J & Terraplane Blues
Traditional blues, R&B and Standards. Music of the past, focusing on songs from the great vocalists
Sir Stanley Griggs
Sir Stan” aka Stanley Griggs. “Sir Stan” has appeared with some of the great blues artists all over the world, including John Lee Hooker, Rufus Thomas, Ike and Tina Turner, Jimmy McCrackoin, Johnnie Taylor, Etta James, Little Milton, Little Richard, Sugar Pie Suzana, Johnnie Guitar Watson, James Gadson, John Hammond, and many more.
Janiva Magness
The seven-time Blues Music Awards recipient (and the 2009 B.B. King Entertainer of the Year, the Blues Foundation’s highest honor) and 2016 Grammy Award nominee.
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