San Luis Obispo Blues Society Upcoming Events Saturday, March 10, 2001 E.C. SCOTT Opening Band:  GUY BUDD SLO Vets Hall 801 Grand Avenue San Luis Obispo 8PM, Tickets at the door. Members $10, Non-members $12

The SLO Blues Society is proud to present blues and soul singer E. C. Scott.  The show is on Saturday, March 10 at 8:00 PM at the SLO County Vets Hall.  Opening the show will be the Guy Budd Band.  Tickets are $10 for members and $12 for non-members. You can buy a membership for $10 at the door and get $2 off a year of shows.

E. C. Scott
E. C. Scott is a blues, R&B, and soul diva with a warm, inviting voice and a “classic” style – think Ruth Brown or Aretha Franklin.  She is a singer with a gospel background, but sassy enough to be a hit on a Motown stage. “Scott has one of the sexiest, smoothest, and most understated deliveries in the blues and is a powerhouse entertainer to boot.  E. C. is a wonderful soul singer and effective and invigorating blues interpreter.” (Blues Revue)

While growing up in Oakland, Scott spent her childhood singing gospel music.  At the age of 16, she started singing R&B music in Bay Area nightclubs.  But Scott’s singing career was put on hold for family reasons until the late 1980s.  Then, she formed a band called Smoke and started touring the Bay area, playing a mixture of blues and R&B.

In 1995, she released her first CD with Blind Pig Records called Come Get Your Love.  Its original material and infectious grooves received a lot of praise and several award nominations.  Her “blues with a hip-hop flavor” marked her as a creative R&B vocalist on the cutting edge of blues.  Her 1998 release, Hard Act To Follow, got her a W. C. Handy Award nomination for Soul/Blues Female Artist of the Year. Masterpiece, her most recent release, showcases her special blend of R&B and soul-infected blues.  It contains mostly originals that spotlight her talents as a “witty, often ribald, sometimes sweet, and always perceptive” songwriter (Stereo Review).

Guy Budd Band
This band features Guy Budd on guitar & vocals, Rafael Martinez on drums, Andy Kulikowski on bass & vocals, and Anthony Hunt on keyboard & vocals.  Guy Budd has been performing on the Central Coast since 1978, and is well known for his full-bodied voice and wildly proficient guitar work.  Martinez, Kulikowski, and Hunt anchor Budd's Hendrix influenced guitar work.  The band's performances primarily feature originals that encompass a wide range of blues/rock styles, from screaming guitar jams to soulful ballads, supplemented with traditional up tempo blues covers.  This is a band that works well together, exploring their own music while maintaining strong roots in the blues.
 

Events Calendar for 2001
 
 

CATALOG OF SHOWS	LOCAL BLUES PERFORMERS	CD REVIEWS	OTHER
January 2001 December 2000 November 2000 September 2000 July 2000 May 2000 April 2000 February 2000 January 2000 December 1999 October 1999 1998 Shows	Black Cat Bone Croon Dogs HOODOO Blues Band Valerie Johnson Texicali Divas Karen Tyler	Ernie Hawkins	2001 t-shirt