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'Ali Maas and her band proffer a cool fusion of funky Hammond grooves, ' A Star In the Making' |
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ALI MAAS – Vocals Ali started out singing at 15 years old with homegrown rock bands in Horsham, Sussex before travelling to On return her London music life kicked off with a stint touring with Warner Chappell signed pop band After a ten year hard gigging period, McQueen split and Ali spent some time thinking about the next step. INFLUENCES - Ali's influences have grown around a love of well written songs, passionately Female vocalists include - Etta James / Mavis Staples / Annie Lennox / Amy Winehouse /
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ALAN GLEN - Vocals / Guitar / Harmonica ( The Yardbirds / Little Axe / Nine Below Zero ) Alan was a member of 'The Yardbirds' between 1996 - 2003 and 2008 - 2009, and features on their Alan has played on over 50 albums,and has recorded / performed with - Alannah Myles / Jeff Beck / Steve Vai / INFLUENCES - Kenny Burrell / Grant Green / B.B.King / Little Walter . |
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Bob Haddrell - Organ ( THE BARCODES / BERNIE MARSDEN / SONNY BLACK )
INFLUENCES - JIMMY MCGRIFF / GREGG ALLMAN / STEVE WINWOOD
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PETE WHITTAKER - ORGAN ( NIGEL PRICE / THE WONDER STUFF / ZOE SCHWARTZ ) After touring extensively in the USA & Europe in the 1990's with rock bands The Wonder Stuff and Catherine Wheel,
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ROB MILLIS - Hammond Organ ( Nigel Bagge / Paul Cox Band / Blues Patrol ) Rob was a founder member of the Nigel Bagge Band,and after a 4 year stint playing with Paul Cox, INFLUENCES - Billy Preston / Garth Hudson / Bob Andrews / Brother Jack McDuff
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Roy Parsons – Bass Guitar ( TIM HAIN BAND / DUB SLICE / SOUL COMMOTION ) Roy has played with many blues/soul outfits on the London circuit including Red Larkin, Laughing Buddhas, INFLUENCES - JERRY JEMMOTT / ASTON 'FAMILY MAN' BARRETT / JAMES JAMERSON |
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PETER MILES - Drums ( Jo-Ann Kelly / Earl Green / Radical Sheiks ) Since starting playing aged 10 in a Brisbane school marching band - Peter has worked with an amazing Peter has also backed touring American blues artists Big John Wrencher / Homesick James / Lightnin' Slim INFLUENCES - Buddy Rich / Roy Haynes / Chris Karan / Steve Gadd |
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GLYNN EVANS - BASS
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THE ALI MAAS BAND LIVE IN STAINES Kicking off with Don Bryant’s “99 lbs.” (made famous by The Black Crowes) : “Twenty-five pounds of pure cane sugar… She’s got in each and every kiss…” This was passionate black-powder blues with hearty scatterings of jazz (especially from keyboardist Rob Millis, who has also been seen at the club with the Nigel Bagge Band) and those amazing smoke-and-flames vocals from Ali. Her new self-penned number “Emotional Powder Keg Blues” was a slow slider, with neat rat-a-tatty drum-work from Peter Miles and some slinky rhythms established by Rob. The vocal was thick and greasy as sump-oil as it slid down, smooth and syrupy, and across that cool-silvery bass-play from Glynn. Superb guitarist Alan Glen (who was a member of ‘The Yardbirds’ between 1996 – 2003) provided an elegant yet thoroughly mesmerizing lead break on this great song. “Drown in My Own Tears” is a blues song written by Henry Glover way back in the day… but the Johnny Winter version was re-created by Ali Maas and her band. This was a sweet waltz, with chirpy-chip organ sounds and the ever-emotional voice of Ali that begged and pleaded. After a jazzy intro on the second half (Ali was hit by ‘frogs in the throat’ and needed a break — we were informed by her fans that she was only performing “at 33% of her normal volume…” ) we were treated to “Woman Be Wise” with those “Don’t Advertise Your Man…” lyrics. This song is also as old as the world. But Ali’s voice was pure and perfect for it. The right side of cynical without losing any of the sweetness. And, of course, Rob’s keyboards were enormously entertaining, as he madly plonked along to this adorably earnest ditty. Once again we were offered Blues Salvation in Staines. And once again, as an audience, we were grateful to receive it. The Riverside Club, Raffles has experienced a reversal of fortunes in recent weeks — and now hosts incredible music nights like this on Thursdays and some Fridays. And we are sure that Ali Maas and her talented band will be back very soon. What a memorable night! Words: @neilmach 2015 © Ali-Maas-rect-@neilmach-201 Link: http://www.thebarcodes.co.uk/Pages-Barcodes/AliMaasBand.html https://www.facebook.com/pages/Raffles/675514245797621 |
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CONTACT: | ALI MAAS - ali@lifeonmaas.com / 07762-930287 ALAN GLEN - glenalan9@aol.com / 0207-732-1127 |