Check out our expanding coverage of local and regional favorites here! Contact a band for booking. Find their web site. Fan them on their Facebook page! Click on the links below….
BluesTime | Clifford Babcock | Bryan Michael Fischer Band | Chris Canas Blues Revolution | Crossroads-The Resurrection | Duffield/Caron Project | Fifi and the Dogs | JR Clark | Maxwell Smart | Red Beans and Rice | Frog and the Beeftones | Kevin Q and The Night Crew | Marci Linn Blues Band | Out of Favor Boys | Thirsty Perch Blues Band
This is a three piece band with a BIG sound! Check their MySpace page and become a fan at their Facebook page.
For booking please email the band or call Jack at (269) 664-4934.
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Web site at ReverbNation
He is also on MySpace
and Facebook
For booking please send him an email
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Bryan Michael Fischer Band
This 4-piece band is comprised of Bryan Michael Fischer Lead vocal, Bryan Blowers on Guitar, Bill LaValley on Bass guitar, and Allen Hill on Drums.
You may check their web site, their MySpace page, and follow their tweats.
If you are interested in seeing the BMF Band in action, check out the KVBA TV video on YouTube.
If you are in need of Bryan Michael Fischer Band promo material, please check out our myspace site or contact:
William LaValley
914 S. Westnedge
Kalamazoo, MI. 49008
(269) 744-5293
fax: (269) 382-0064
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The Chris Canas Blues Revolution
This 5 piece band normally is found playing in venues in the south-central and south-eastern part of Michigan, but, happily they do make their way over to Kalamazoo from time to time – we’re always glad to see them. See Chris Canas, Shane Rasmussen, Angie C, Kevin Schoepke, & Mickey Coleman do their thing at their Friday night performance at the International Blues Challenge this past January in Memphis by clicking here.
If you want more information about the band, take a look at their web site – there are clips of their music on MySpace and you can also become a fan on their Facebook page. For booking info, contact Angie C.
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Crossroads – The Resurrection
This band features Dave ‘Gator’ Allemang – Guitar, vocals; Ed ‘Eddie Blue’ Lester – Sax, vocals, percussion; Melvin ‘the Bottom’ English – Bass,vocals; and Jeff ‘Fuego’ Fernandez – Drums, percussion, vocals. Crossroads has performed at the Kalamazoo Blues Festival and was sent to the International Blues Competition in Memphis after selection by The Detroit Blues Society competition. To get more information about Crossroads – The Resurrection, visit their website, connect with them on MySpace, become a fan of them via Facebook, and download their music on their ReverbNation site. To see them in action, check out this video on KVBA TV.
If you would like more information about the band or would like to book this band, please send an email to Ed Lester or Dave Allemang.
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Tom Duffield and Lorraine Caron have been stirrin’ up the blues in Kalamazoo at the Kalamazoo Blues Festival, the KVBA acoustic shows at the museum, and also most recently they have running gigs at the Strutt and Koffee Klutch. For more information about this blues duo, check out their web site, and be sure to pick up a CD from them aptly named Coffee Blues. For booking opportunities shoot off an email to either Tom or Lorraine.
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Fifi & The Dogs is a popular and talented electric blues band boasting four members (Guitar, bass, drums and sax). In their artistic bag of tricks you will find blues, soul, classic rock, and originals.
You can find more information about Fifi and The Dogs on MySpace.
For booking information for Fifi and the Dogs, contact Mark at (269) 720-4754.
See Fifi and the Dogs live here
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JR Clark
Long time favorite JR Clark can be found on the web and on MySpace.
Check out JR Clark on YouTube by clicking here.
For booking please send an email or call: 269-208-9741
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Maxwell Smart
Acoustic blues duo (2 pc)
Acoustic guitar, vocals
What we play: Blues, soul, classic rock, & originals
For booking information for Maxwell Smart, contact Mark at (269) 720-4754.
See Maxwell Smart live here
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Red Beans and Rice
Acoustic blues duo (2 pc)
Acoustic guitar and bass
What we play: Blues, soul, classic rock, originals
For booking information for Red Beans and Rice, contact Mark at (269) 720-4754.
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Blues with a healthy dose of rock ‘n’ roll are served up by the longtime Lansing bar-scene icon: Frog and the Beeftones. Straight-up, no pretentiousness, sock-to-the-gut rockin blues that gets people out of their seats.
If you’ve been in Michigan for more than a couple of days then most likely you’ve heard of Frog and the Beeftones. Here is a group that knows how to take it out of the gate screamin’. Led by their incomparable guitarist Frog, this group is always looking to get the crowd up and movin’. If you like your blues with a healthy dose of rock n’ roll then this is surely your bag.
Check their MySpace page
Or become a fan on their Facebook site
For booking information contact Frog – (517) 420-4692 or Art – (517) 256-2531.
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Kevin Q and the Night Crew with Venitia Sekema
This 4 piece band is normally found in clubs that dot Michigan’s “Left Coast” – you can find more information about the band at their web site, their MySpace page, and become a fan on their Facebook page.
For booking information please email the band or call (574) 993-2189.
Kevin Q performed at a fund raising event for the KVBA (without Venitia) on January 10, 2010 – see them here
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This house rockin’ 5 piece band featuring Jim Beebe on guitar, Greg Orr on bass, Willie Phipps on keys, Sam Gould on drums and is fronted by the talented Marci Linn.
You can visit their MySpace page or fan them on Facebook.
For booking you can leave contact info at the above sites or simply give Marci Linn a ring at either (269) 720-7500 or (269) 324-0776.
You can see the band in action by visiting the KVBA TV link here
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These cats have been celebratin’ the blues for a number of years in Kalamazoo. Band members Danny Ouellette, Joel Krauss, Mike Porter, Tim Brouhard, & Tony Sproul always bring their A game to the stage. For further information please check their web site, their location on MySpace or Facebook, or check the sweetness of their tweets! You can be sure that these guys will get you out of your seats. For booking information contact: Tony Sproul at 269-217-0055 or drop him an email.
Want to see them in action? Check out this video on YouTube.
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Thirsty Perch is a 5 piece blues/rock band from the Grand Rapids MI area.
For information about the band take a look at their web site or their MySpace page.
For band bookings please contact Chris Collins at (616) 897-5349.
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