Guitarists From Brooklyn Beat Rock Scene Return to Borough For Double-Header Gig at Freddy's

Two of the critically-acclaimed guitarists to emerge from the Brooklyn Beat band scene of the 80s and 90s, Conrad Warre of Boston's Bees Deluxe and Sal Cataldi of Woodstock's Spaghetti Eastern Music, are returning to the borough for a show at Freddy's Bar and Backroom, Friday, August 20 at 7 pm.

The Brooklyn Beat was a collective of bands that coalesced around Park Slope's Lauterbach', the boroughs answer to CBGB, from the late-1980s - mid-1990s. Warre was a member of several bands, Chemical Wedding, led by scene and The Shirts' founder Bob Raccippio, and his own band, Tornado Room. Cataldi played with Brooklyn Beat favorites Frank's Museum, Formaldehyde Blues Train and the Hari Karaoke Trio of Doom. The 25 or so bands that comprised this D.I.Y. scene made a national impact with the release of a series of nine CD compilations, beginning with 1990's Beat This.

Warre's current project, Bees Deluxe, is an anything-but-basic blues band. They are hell-bent on a mission to drag the electric-analog blues of Chicago in the 60's into the 21st Century. Their unique interpretation of less-travelled tunes by artists like Etta James, Joe Zawinul, J.B. Lenoir, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Albert Collins, and the Three Kings has won them fans from Maine to Miami. Blues Blast Magazine said of Bees Deluxe: "...what might happen if Freddie King took a lot of acid then wrote a song with Pat Metheny and asked a strung-out Stevie Ray Vaughan to take a solo." Blues Deluxe will play the headlining set at 8 pm. More info here: www.beesdeluxe.com/epk

Spaghetti Eastern Music is the solo project of Woodstock-based guitarist, keyboardist and singer Sal Cataldi. Cataldi fuses Eastern beat, blues, techno and funk-influenced guitar instrumentals with gentle acoustic vocal tunes and looping, straight out of the John Martyn/Nick Drake songbook. The New York Times said "Cataldi's funk-tinged original instrumentals and acoustic vocal tunes have a beat unmistakably his own" while Time Out New York observed: "his largely instrumental, Eastern-influenced jams are infused with some delicate guitar work and hauntingly moody atmosphere." Called "beautiful and unique" by WFUV's Mixed Bag and "part Sergio Leone fever dream, part Ravi Shankar raga, a whirling dervish of musical creation" by The Woodstock Times. His music can be found at Spaghetti Eastern Music on Spotify, Bandcamp, Reverb Nation and more. Cataldi will play the opening set at 7 pm.

Freddy's is at 627 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn NY. The club requires patrons to show proof of Covid vaccination for entry in all shows. Info: https://freddysbar.com/

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