B.B. King Blues Club and Grill Announces Line-up, 6/6 -13

By: May. 25, 2010
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B.B. King Blues Club and Grill announces their line-up for June 6th to the 13th. B.B. King Blues Club & Grill is located at 237 West 42nd Street (between 7th and 8th Avenues). Tickets may be purchased via Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.com or by phone 1-800-745-3000. They can also be purchased at the B.B. King's Box Office: from 10:30 a.m.  to midnight; there is a $2 per ticket service charge.

Every Saturday afternoon, join B.B. King Blues for Beatles Brunch which has the city's longest running Beatles show, Strawberry Fields. Door open at 11 am and the show is at noon. Tickets, which are $40 in advance and $42.50 at the door, includes an all-you-can-eat-buffet, the show, taxes, and the tip. STRAWBERRY FIELDS is a look-a-like, sound-a-like Beatles tribute, dedicated to bringing patrons as close to a real Beatles concert as they can get. They will take guests on a Magical Mystery Tour beginning in 1964 complete with mop top hair, black suits with thin ties & the 1st four albums of music. Next stop, 1967, features the psychedelic era of "Sergeant Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band" album with all the costumes & jackets on the album cover. The last stop includes: "White Album", "Abbey Road" & "Let It Be".

Every Sunday afternoon, there is the gospel brunch featuring the Harlem Gospel Choir. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. and the show begins at 1:30 p.m. Tickets, which are $40 in advance and $42.50 at the door, includes an all-you-can-eat-buffet, the show, taxes, and the tip. Every Sunday, for the past 9 years, the world famous HARLEM GOSPEL CHOIR has brought their experience of Harlem & the Black Church to BB King's in a foot-stomping, hand-clapping, joyous gospel brunch-buffet show. The homestyle "all you can eat" southern buffet is guaranteed to fill the hole in everyone's soul, and the Choir's joyous performance will have people dancing on the stage.

On Sunday, June 6th, the Foreign Exchange performs at 8 p.m. with doors opening at 6 p.m. It features Phonte, Nicolay, Yahzarah, Darien Brockington, Zo! and Live Band with special guests YahZarah as Purple Saint James, Jesse Boykins III + DJ Brainchild (of GG Radio). Consisting of singer/songwriter Phonte and producer Nicolay, The Foreign Exchange came together via the online hip-hop community Okayplayer.com in 2002. After trading files through Instant Messenger for over a year, Nicolay and Phonte completed their debut album before they ever met each other in person. The album, "Connected," was released in 2004 to positive reviews, and was praised by legendary DJ's such as Jazzy Jeff, King Britt, and DJ Spinna for its inventive mix of hip-hop, R&B, and electronica. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door.

The Original Wailers along with guest opener, The Movement, will perform on Monday, June 7th. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m. Bob Marley & the Wailers have sold more than 400 million albums in the last four decades, and his band helped propel this international success. Today, a few of the legendary Wailers have reformed to create a new, tighter band, The Original Wailers, featuring American-born guitarist Al Anderson, who played on No Woman No Cry--he's also played with Peter Tosh, James Brown, Traffic and Ben Harper; and Junior Marvin, lead vocalist/guitarist for The Original Wailers; he often sang alongside Marley and as lead. Junior appeared in the '70s and played on Exodus, which Time magazine voted "Best Album Of The 20th Century." Junior also has played with Ike & Tina Turner, Steve Winwood, Stevie Wonder, Toots & the Maytals and recently with OAR. Junior, Al and Wya toured and recorded with Marley until his death. The band will perform all the songs of Bob Marley and the Wailers as they faithfully have since the meteoric rise of Bob Marley and the Wailers. This reformed configuration will breathe new life into each and every live show. THE ORIGINAL WAILERS will carry forward the true spirit of "One Love" that they helped create with Bob Marley as one of the most influential bands of all time. Tickets are $25 advance and $30 at the door.

On Tuesday, June 8th, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band perform with the Jon Batiste Band at 8 p.m. with door opening two hours prior. The show is general admission standing room with limited seats available on a first come, first seated basis. In 1977, the Dirty Dozen Social and Pleasure Club in New Orleans began showcasing a traditional Crescent City brass band. It was a joining of two proud, but antiquated, traditions at the time: social and pleasure clubs dated back over a century to a time when black southerners could rarely afford life insurance, and the clubs would provide proper funeral arrangements. Brass bands, early predecessors of jazz as we know it, would often follow the funeral procession playing somber dirges, then once the family of the deceased was out of earshot, burst into jubilant dance tunes as casual onlookers danced in the streets. By the late '70s, few of either existed. The Dirty Dozen Social and Pleasure Club decided to assemble this group as a house band, and over the course of these early gigs, the seven-member ensemble adopted the venue's name: the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Thirty years later, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band is a world famous music machine, whose name is synonymous with genre-bending romps and high-octane performances. They have revitalized the brass band in New Orleans and around the world, progressing from local parties, clubs, baseball games and festivals in their early years to touring nearly constantly in the U.S. and in over 30 other countries on five continents. The Dirty Dozen have been featured guests on albums by artists including David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Dr. John and the Black Crowes. The city of New Orleans even has an official Dirty Dozen Brass Band Day. Tickets are $16 in advance and $20 at the door.

Gary U.S. Bonds bring his Birthday Show to B.B. King on Wednesday, June 9th. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show, which features special guests, begins at 8 p.m. The show is general admission seated meaing first come, first seated. As America's baby boomers moved into their mid teens, Gary began his professional career. For his first hit, "New Orleans", attention was brought to the record by having promotional copies sent to radio stations in sleeves inscribed "Buy U.S. Bonds" - hence at age 19, Gary Anderson became Gary U.S. Bonds. The follow-up was the now legendary 'party' record, "Quarter to Three", a number one hit with a spirit and energy that would eventually inspire and influence a generation. Over the next three years, Bonds co-wrote and recorded hit after good-time hit: "School is Out," "School is In," "Dear Lady Twist," "Twist, Twist Senora," "Seven Day Weekend" and others. He performed throughout the world, rising to a status so high that on a 1963 tour of Europe, he headlined above a group of relative newcomers...the Beatles.
A rare distinction for Gary is that he managed to transcend the decades with hits. His inspiration for Bruce Springsteen and Steven Van Zandt, who had grown up on Bonds' music led to a chance meeting in 1980. A friendship developed and, shortly after, a musical collaboration which resulted in Bonds' "Dedication" and "On the Line" LP's, with singles: "This Little Girl Is Mine," "Out of Work," "Jole Blon" and "Daddy's Come Home". Tickets are $30 in advance and $35 at the door. VIP booths are available for four at $200 and for six at $300.

On Thursday, June 10th, the Lance Lopez Band and Larry McCray Band perform at 8 p.m. with Tyrone Cotton opening. Doors open at 6 p.m. and it's a first come, first seated affair. If contemporary blues has a longterm future as everyone boldly venture into the 21st century, it's very likely that guitarist Larry McCray will play a recurring role in its ongoing development. His first two albums, Ambition and Delta Hurricane, signal both a strong commitment to the tradition and the vision to usher the genre in exciting new directions. McCray became the first artist signed by Virgin Records' blues division - Pointblank Records. In 1990, they released his debut, "Ambition," which was well received by the U.S. and European press. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door.

Tony Award-Winning actressing and vocalist Melba Moore will be joined by R&B singer, Phil Perry, on Friday, June 11th at 8 p.m. The show will be in a first come, first seated basis. In today's R&B the art of romance and passion is easily lost. The interplay between great vocalists like Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald, Teena Marie and Rick James is seldom heard. These timeless vocalists' ability to capture the human dynamic between two lovers created some of the greatest duo encounters in music. Melba Moore and Phil Perry rekindle the fire of the great duets on the inspirational The Gift of Love. Moore, a Tony Award-winning actress and vocalist who has topped the R&B Charts, starred on Broadway, TV and film (most notably in the storied musicals Hair and Purlie) and who was recently the subject on an episode of TV One's lauded documentary series Unsung and Perry, one of R&B's great balladeers known for his velvety-smooth falsetto, and who has worked with everyone from Patti LaBelle and Anita Baker to Peabo Bryson and George Duke, bring to life an unforgettable set of originals and classics. Tickets are $37.50 in advance and $42 at the door. VIP booths are available at $230 for four and $235 for six.

The Bleeding Deacons perform a late show on Friday, June 11th. Lil' Mikey from the Howard Stern Show join them. The show is general admission seated, meaning first come, first seated. The doors open at 11 p.m. and the show starts at 11:30 p.m. The Bleeding Deacons are a rock and roll band that will keep the audience laughing and entertained. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. 

On Saturday, June 12th, Jerry Rivera will be performing over 20 years of #1 hits in celebration of Puerto Rican Day Parade Weekend. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m. There will be an open dance floor. Jerry Rivera is a well known Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Award-nominated Puerto Rican salsa singer. He is one of the most popular of the new generation of young salseros. His album Cuenta Conmigo became one of the biggest albums in salsa music and produced two major hits, the title track and "Casi Un Hechizo." Jerry Rivera is the largest record selling Salsa artist of all time with over 10 million albums sold worldwide. He has recorded 19 gold & platinum albums - charting 17 #1's + 44 top ten hits. Tickets are general admission and are $35 in advance and $40 at the door.

On Sunday, June 13 at 8 p.m., Sisters with Voices (SWV) perform. Sisters with Voices, better known as SWV, is an American female R&B/pop trio from New York. Formed in 1990 as a gospel group, SWV had a series of hits, including "Weak", "Right Here/Human Nature", "I'm So Into You". The group disbanded in 1999 to pursue solo projects, and reunited in 2005. SWV is currently ranked #100 on the Top 500 Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years. This show is standing room only. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door.

Unless otherwise noted, all shows are suitable for all ages and offer general admission seating. Seating for all shows is first come, first seated; there is no advance table reservations, except where noted as a condition of a VIP ticket. Standing room for all shows is available at the bar.

For further show information, directions to the venue and for the latest updates visit the website at www.bbkingblues.com or call 212-997-4144. B.B. King is a full-scale restaurant. The menu is American Continental with a Southern flair. They also have a full bar with all premier liquors and domestic and international cold beer. There is the option of eating in Lucille's Grill next door, or you can eat while watching a show. They serve a full menu at all of the concerts. A $10 food and/or beverage minimum is standard for table seating during shows.



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