***SPECIAL EVENT***
Doors 7:00pm, Music 9:00pm/Montage Music Hall

Abilene On The Road & The House of Guitars present...

SAVOY BROWN!
“Witchy Feeling” CD Release Party!

Savoy Brown are a legendary blues/rock institution…true innovators. These are just a few of the ways Savoy Brown has been described over the past forty years by music critics and fans.

One of the earliest of British blues bands, Savoy Brown, with founder guitarist Kim Simmonds at the helm, helped launch the 1967 UK blues boom movement that brought blues music back the USA invigorating the style forever.  In the process, the band became part of the framework that launced the rock ‘n’ roll music of the 1970’s.  Their influence now stretches into modern rock as we know it today.

The band recorded their first singles for Mike Vernon’s Purdah label in 1966 and quickly followed up with the landmark album “Shakedown.” Singer Chris Youlden joined the band in 1968 and many classic records appeared with songs such as “I’m Tired” and “Louisiana Blues” becoming radio staples.  Blues-rock and boogie music always was the band’s calling card and they captured, forever, the spirit of the music on the live side of “A Step Further” (1969) with a twenty-minute boogie “The Savoy Brown Boogie” dedicated to fans in Detroit.

By 1971, Youlden had departed on a solo career and band members Dave Peverett, Roger Earle, and Tony Stevens had left to form their own group, Foghat.
Kim Simmonds rebuilt the band using former members of the blues band Chicken Shack and vocalist Dave Walker.  That year, “Street Corner Talking” brought the band its best chart success up tho that date.  “Tell Mama,” “Street Corner Talking,” “All I can Do Is Cry” and the band’s funky re-make of the Motown classic, “I Can’t Get Next To You,” took the band to platinum status and placed them in front of wildly enthusiastic rock audiences in arenas all over the world.

After the successful run of the early to mid 70’s, Kim moved operations to the USA and continued making the kind of records he wanted to make with a succession of line-ups. Records as diverse as the acoustic blues “Slow Train” to the hard-hitting “Rock  And Roll Warriors” appeared. All were eagerly accepted by the fans.

From London’s Soho night clubs in 1966 to headlining the world’s most famous venues (Carnegie Hall, Fillmore East and West, Cobo Hall, etc) Savoy Brown has done it all and as the band continues to tour worldwide they give a glimpse into the past and also inspire new listeners with their personal brand of rocking boogie, blues and rock.

In 2011 Kim signed the band to Ruf Records releasing the album “Voodoo Moon” that became a best seller on Amazon.com

Going into 2013, Simmonds has returned to a three piece band once again, singing and playing guitar along with Pat DeSalvo on bass and Garnet Grimm on drums.

The band is touring now in support of their brand new release, “Witchy Feelin’.”

www.savoybrown.com
www.themontagemusichall.com

Tickets: On sale now, $25adv, $30dos at Abilene Bar & Lounge, Bop Shop Records, House of Guitars, The Record Archive and online at abilene.showare.com and ticketfly.com