From: ttesta@kali.enet.dec.com (Tom Testagrossa)
Newsgroups: rec.music.bluenote,alt.guitar
Subject: THE CHARLEY DEE BLUES BAND, Aug 3 at Harper's Ferry, Allston, Ma
Keywords: Charley plays slide guitar with a WHAT???
Date: 24 Jul 92 14:34:18 GMT
Reply-To: ttesta@kali.enet.dec.com (Tom Testagrossa)
Followup-To: rec.music.bluenote
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, Ma.



 For those who don't know us,  THE CHARLEY DEE BLUES BAND is:

  	  CHARLEY DEE : Lead guitar, AWSOME slide guitar, vocals
 	   TOM T. (aka "Moony"...yours truly): Guitar and slide guitar, vocals
  	  RICHARD "Birdman" BURDELL: fretless/fretted Bass thumping, and "Say
What?'s"...
    CHRIS BROUILETTE: Drums, (and various other purcussion thingys!) and "Say
What?'s"...

	Charley pays tribute (with his TRUSTY Gibson Firebird, among
other fine axes...) to the likes of Johnny Winter, Albert Collins, BB King, Muddy Waters, and Stevie Ray Vaughan...
        I get to work out a bit during tunes by the likes of John Mayall's
Bluesbreakers, Albert King, Freddie King, John Lee Hooker, Willie Mabon, and
Ronnie Earl...along with MANY original tunes... 

        There've been lots of surprises over the past year...like the night a
whole bunch of guys started "Chair Dancing" to "Rolling and Tumblin' Blues"...
or when Charley brought out his '53 Maccaferri for a little solo Delta
style slide... to folks doing "The Crawl"...or the night Charley played SLIDE
guitar using everything from lighters, glasses, bottles, a MOTORCYCLE HELMET!!!
on up to one of the CHAIRS (which he held up in the air!) 


	Don't forget, THE CHARLEY DEE BLUES BAND will be appearing
AGAIN this Saturday at:		And we'll be appearing:

				TUESDAYs July 28Th, and every tues in Aug
				6:00-9:00 pm

Major's Cafe, 			Whalom Park
149 Lunenburg St (Rt 2A)	Rt 13
Fitchburg, MA			Lunenburg, Ma
				(508)342-3707

In preparation for:

Monday, Aug 3 (We NEED your support for this one...)

Harper's Ferry
156 Brighton Ave
Allston, Ma
(617)254-7380 or 254-9743

        I have "2 for 1" coupons for the Harper's Ferry show, available to all
who want them. Drop me E-mail and I'll make sure you get some...

        I hope to see you at our next gig...

    Tom T.











                "THE CHARLEY DEE BLUES BAND" NEWSletter

        We're VERY excited about getting out to Harper's Ferry in Allston, MA
on Monday, Aug 3...and we're looking forward to getting to play out in the
Worcester area soon, too!

        We debuted lots of new songs over the past year, from originals
like "Mississippi Burnin'" and "Blues at 70" to the old Willie Mabon classic
"Poison Ivy"...through to the latest releases from Johnny Winter, Lonnie
Brooks, John Lee hooker, Hubert Sumlin, Ronnie Earl and everything in
between...
        I have no idea what Charley's got in store for surprises
for THIS show...but this show should be something else...











                "THE CHARLEY DEE BLUES BAND" gets TV Exposure...

        Our upcoming television appearance on "Music Matters" (FATV - Ch 36 -)
will be aired some time this month...We were recorded live at The Best Western
Hotel on Apr 11th (Maybe some of YOU folks were there???)
        "Music Matters" will have clips from live performances of various
area bands, along with some interview segments, and some "Unplugged" Studio
performances.
        I've heard from several folks that short clips of us have been aired
already for the show's advertisements. Though I haven't seen anything myself,
I got in touch with the folks who are producing the show.
        Well, the word is that raw editing has been completed and we've been
asked to go to the Television studio to do some "Unplugged" blues/interview for
the show before it gets the final edit and airs...we're looking forward to
it...since we've done a handful of "Unplugged" gigs in the local coffeehouses
we know how much fun it can be.


        A bunch of people have asked to be put on a mailing list so they can
find out about upcoming gigs, etc...
        If you're on the list...you got this via e-mail...if you want to be on
the list or know someone who wants to be...drop me e-mail or ask to be put on
it at our next gig.

        I often see familiar faces or hear later on from folks who saw the show
who DIDN'T come over to say hi, and though we can't always get to say hi to
everyone during the breaks (we're sometimes busy with show details...but we
TRY), we're always VERY glad to see you there anyway! (Folks, PLEASE come and
say "Hi" to us...DON'T BE SHY! We don't bite! Your comments about our shows are
valuable to us!!!) 

        I hope to see you at our next gig, and maybe chat a while.

    Tom T.