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PROFESSOR LOUIE & THE CROWMATIX


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PROFESSOR LOUIE & THE CROWMATIX Professor Louie & The Crowmatix, Woodstock, NY - The group came into existence preparing songs for Aaron Professor Louie Hurwitz’s studio productions for the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame group The Band and also solo projects for Rick Danko and Garth Hudson. When The Band dissolved in 2000, Professor Louie & The Crowmatix started touring and recording their own music. They have six studio CD’s and two live recordings on The Woodstock Records label. In spring 2008, they released “As the Crow Flies”. This CD has new originals and songs from their previous recordings which were most requested by fans and radio promoters. Professor Louie & the Crowmatix have the distinct honor of being the first artists to have a live concert recording released by The New York State Museum entitled “The Spirit Of Woodstock”. Their CD “Century Of The Blues” averaged # 20 for six months on the Americana Radio Roots charts and their music has consistently stayed on these charts for the past eight years. Professor Louie & The Crowmatix have been featured artists many times on the syndicated radio shows Acoustic Cafe, Ann Arbor Michigan, The Mitch Albom Radio Show, Detroit, Woodsongs Radio Hour, Lexington Ky. The group continues to perform in concert at premier theatres, clubs & festivals playing over 150 shows a year. In 2006, they appeared on the CBS Television Special Melodies Of Christmas performing their international award winning song “Melody Of Peace” collaborating with The Empire State Orchestra and Choir. Their musicianship has enabled them to cross over into different musical genres and perform in concert with Orchestras and Choirs. Elmore Magazine… “The Crowmatix tour nationally and abroad and every concert gets better than the last.” The Village Voice… “Professor Louie’s upstate ensemble is an Americana template that is timeless rock, country, blues and New Orleans influenced originals”. The Record Review…”This is a great band.” For more info: www.woodstockrecords.com www.myspace.com/professorlouie or www.youtube.com/professorlouie Aaron Professor Louie Hurwitz—b. Peekskill NY Hammond organ/keyboards/accordion and exceptional vocalist. He was tagged Prof. Louie byThe Band vocalist/bassist Rick Danko while performing together as a duo. Prof. Louie co-produced, engineered, performed on The Band’s last three CD’s, Jericho, High On The Hog &Jubilation. His international award winning composition “Melody Of Peace” has been recorded by The Prague Radio Symphony & Kuhn Choir, it has been released on the ERM/Naxos Recording label with Louie on piano and singing the lead vocals. Production credits include CD’s with Ireland’s Four Men and A Dog, Rick Danko’s “Live On Breeze Hill” & “Times Like These”, produced and played with The Crowmatix on The Sea To The North by Garth Hudson. David Nelson of The New Riders, Visions’ Under The Moon. He has toured & recorded with Graham Parker, Mercury Rev & Guy Davis. Early in his career, he was the keyboardist for the The Mighty Gospel Giants Of Brooklyn. Recently, Louie made an instructional DVD for Homespun Tapes, Rock & Blues Accordion. In the last two years, Louie traveled 4 times to Novosibirsk, Siberia, where he taught English through singing and performed with many musical groups there. A documentary of his experiences Woodstock-Siberia Blues Express was featured in the 2007 Woodstock Film Festival and The International Maine Film Festival. MARIE SPINOSA - Miss Marie from Brooklyn, NY - singer/songwriter, pianist/percussionist had performed for many years in concert with her own groups in the tri-state area. Marie toured the college circuit before moving to upstate NY. She has co-written many of the songs on Professor “Louie” & The Crowmatix releases. Miss Marie's strong vocals and percussion can be heard on varied recordings: “Deserter's Song" by Mercury Rev, “Jubilation" by The Band and also with Four Men & A Dog. Her soulful background vocals are featured on Rick Danko’s "Sip The Wine" single CD and also on Rick Danko’s "Times Like These” CD. Marie’s percussion can be heard on Garth Hudson’s CD “The Sea To The North”. Miss Marie has a solo CD with The Crowmatix “Collection”. GARY BURKE has held an esteemed career as drummer for Bob Dylan, Graham Parker and many others & best known to the public for his long tenure on drums on over a dozen albums with Joe Jackson. Starting in 1983 with the release of the Top Ten Gold album “Body and Soul”, Gary continued on into the 90s with Joe in a mind-boggling mix of musical landscapes of gold, platinum and Grammy winning albums combined with many world tours and media profiles such as in Modern Drummer Magazine. Gary was the drummer and percussionist for The Radio City Music Hall Orchestra for four years during the 80’s. FRANK CAMPBELL – played bass with The Rick Danko, Levon Helm duo tours of the 70’s and early 80’s. From there, he moved on playing with Steve Forbert and later relocated to Austin, TX where he worked with Asleep At The Wheel for ten years in the studio and on the road. Frank moved back to The Woodstock area and teamed up with “Louie”. JOSH COLOW – From Woodstock, New York - An in demand rhythm & blues guitarist, Josh has toured The United States and Europe with Jesse Winchester with his own groups and solo. Josh was signed to EMI Europe and had a #1 hit in Italy with his group TiPiCal in the ‘90’s. He has worked in the studio with Livingston Taylor, Artie Traum.

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