Blues Night featuring Savoy Brown

at: Down by the Riverside

7/23/2006 7:00 PM

Think Federal Credit Union and KRPR 89.9 FM present British Blues/Rock
specialists SAVOY BROWN (www.savoybrown.com) with opening act Doghouse
John and the Misbehavers on Sunday, July 23 at 7 PM in Mayo Park. All
part of the 15th Anniversary Season of the Down by the Riverside Free
Summer Concert Series.



One of the earliest of British blues bands, Savoy Brown, with founder
guitarist Kim Simmonds at the helm, helped launch the 60's UK
blues/rock movement that brought blues music back to the USA
invigorating and changing the music forever.



The band recorded their first singles for Mike Vernon's Purdah label in
1966 and quickly followed up with the landmark album "Shakedown".
Singer Chris Youlden joined the band in 1968 and many classic records
appeared with songs such as "I'm Tired" and "Louisiana Blues"
becoming radio staples. Blues-rock and boogie music always was the
band's calling card and they captured, forever, the spirit of the music
on the live side of "A Step Further" (1969) with a twenty- minute
boogie "The Savoy Brown Boogie" dedicated to fans in Detroit.



By 1971, Youlden had departed on a solo career and band members Dave
Peverett, Roger Earle, and Tony Stevens had left to form their own
group Foghat.



Kim Simmonds rebuilt the band using former members of the blues band
Chicken Shack and vocalist Dave Walker. That year, "Street Corner
Talking" brought the band its best chart success up to that date.
"Tell Mama", "Street Corner Talking", "All I Can Do Is Cry"
and the band's funky re-make of the Motown classic, "I Can't Get Next
To You", took the band to platinum status and placed them in front of
wildly enthusiastic rock audiences in arenas all over the world.



For more information call (507) 285-8076 or (800) 657-3980 or visit us
online at www.riversideconcerts.com. Brought to you by Riverside
Concerts, the Rochester Park & Recreation Department and the Mayo Civic
Center, with accommodations provided by the Kahler Grand Hotel, the
official hotel of Down by the Riverside.