Acid Blues hits the Ritz on Martha's Vineyard

Lake Avenue near Circuit Avenue, Oak Bluffs MA

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Bees Deluxe, Boston’s notorious acid blues band, lands on Martha’s Vineyard bringing a boat-load of musical mayhem to The Ritz in Oak Bluffs on Saturday, October 16th from 8 to 10pm. Bees Deluxe is an anything-but-basic blues band. Hell-bent on a mission to drag the electric-analog blues of Chicago in the 60’s, the Blue Note catalog and the funk of New Orleans into the 21st Century with a sound that is distinctive, highly musical and downright addictive. Their innovative interpretation of less-travelled tunes by artists like Etta James, Joe Zawinul, J.B. Lenoir, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Albert Collins, Jimi Hendrix and the Three Kings has won them fans and awed audiences from Maine to Miami. Led by British guitar-monster Conrad Warre, Bees Deluxe includes: Carol Band on keyboards, vocals and harmonica, Jim Gildea on bass and vocals and Paul Giovine on drums. The band has performed for enthusiastic audiences at venues including: Boston City Winery, Earl’s Hideaway in Florida, the House of Blues in Cleveland, Madam’s Organ in Washington DC and at fairs and festivals up and down the East Coast. 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.” Bees Deluxe colors outside the lines of the standard blues repertoire re-arranging and reconstructing the classics in new and original forms stretching out when the audience insists and gearing up for the dance-floor as much as for the discerning listener. Don’t miss this genre-bending debut with Bees Deluxe at The Ritz, 4 Circuit, Ave, Oak Bluffs. The band will play from 8 to 10pm. For more information about Bees Deluxe, visit www.beesdeluxe.com