The Claudettes (from Chicago) come to Missoula for one night only! On their way to the Big Sky Rhythm & Blues festival in Noxon, MT--and as part of their 20-day tour out west--the Claudettes visit Missoula Winery & Event Center on Friday August 4th. The Claudettes churn out a highly entertaining spin on the Chicago piano-blues tradition, with sultry soul vocals and the energy of rockabilly, punk and indie-rock. Featuring three-time Grammy-nominated pianist Johnny Iguana (Junior Wells Band, Chicago Blues: A Living History, Muddy Waters 100 Band), the Claudettes are highly acclaimed and justifiably so, with a new album album produced by Mark Neill (Black Keys, Old 97's, Paladins, Los Straitjackets) coming this fall...
THE CLAUDETTES:
GREG KOT, CHICAGO TRIBUNE A revelatory blend of jazz and blues, stirred with punk brio. There are also dashes of classical and world music, and enough stops, starts and hairpin turns to suggest the giddiness of Raymond Scott's cartoon music...How do they do it?
TONY SARABIA, WBEZ (CHICAGO NPR) Call it "Brother Ray Meets the Ramones," "Barrelhouse Thunder," "Chopin Meets the Minutemen"...or maybe, just call it great music.
JEFF ELBEL, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES Chicago's premiere punk-blues piano band are back in high gear. Their fusion of sounds (ranges) from Otis Spann to the Minutemen and from Ray Charles to Raymond Scott...(and they) do wicked things to standards.
DOWNBEAT Hits listeners upside the head with a mash-up of Otis Spann blues, Albert Ammons boogie-woogie, Ray Charles soul and "Fess" Longhair New Orleans R&B. Catch them in a chaotic ballroom!
NEW CITY (CHICAGO) Definitely one you should be spinning...there's enough energy going on to power your average Third World airport...barreling, hyper-saloon piano banging...you have to hear it to believe it...Chicago's own neo-vaudeville barnstormers!
BLUES MUSIC MAGAZINE Like Keith Moon chasing a crazed, punked-up Little Richard... greasy rhythm and blues that makes the dance floor so slippery you need to sprinkle sawdust on the floor to keep from falling down...a great ride, one that'll leave you shaking and laughing and wanting more the next time this rowdy carnival comes to town.

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