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THE TORNADO BLUES BAND The Tornado Blues Band front men include Tommy Hartley & Jason Barker on guitar/vocals, the Triangle's most prolific bass player, Joel Sugarman and Kevin Johnson doing the drumming. The TBB's varied song list includes everything from straight ahead Chicago blues to Allman Brothers, Clapton and other rockin' blues classics. They're sure to keep the crowd jumping and dancing most of the night, so come out and join the fun.
Doug has been crafting his songwriting skills since the late 60's and released his third solo CD in 2013, Blues in the Key of Sea, which features his core band along with some special guests. The Doug Prescott Band is true stylistic, cohesive Blues/Rock/Americana blend, with truth and heart at the core and they bring a tight but loose vibe to their shows that always bring out the happy in people. They have become a favorite here from their very first gig.
Sponsored by the Triangle Blues Society the monthly jam is a great opportunity for any musician to show their stuff. Guitar amp, bass amp, harmonica amp, keyboard and PA provided. Just bring yourself, a guest and your musical instrument. What better way to hang out, network, and meet local musicians and blues lovers?
FRIDAY – MAY 10 - $8
SATURDAY – MAY 11 Smooth Jazz, R&B, Instrumental Soul, Latin Jazz with Russ Corvey/guitar, Gino Faison/sax featuring Mark McKee/keyboards. Making their Papa Mojo’s Roadhouse debut with their CD release party for “Just Between Us”.
http://www.youtube.com/corveyandfaison https://www.facebook.com/pages/CorveyFaison/180596462021062
Whether swinging a Texas beat, soulfully playing Chicago blues, or stepping to a rhythmic New Orleans groove the Jimi King Trio deliver with musical authority. From rock, to soul, funk, and even Latin they have a little something for everyone. This power trio featuring Jimi King- Guitar/Vocals, DeMario Brown - Drums, and Joel Sugarman-Bass Guitar King interweaves the sounds and styles of many of the great blues giants. He rides the sonic waves of a very talented rhythm section adding his passionate guitar and vocals.
FRIDAY – MAY 17 - $8
SATURDAY – MAY 18- $10 ADV/$12 DOS Top charting, Grammy-nominated New York City guitarist/producer Joe Taylor (RCA Victor) and his star-studded rhythm section, featuring Nashville bassist Sean O'Bryan Smith (Esperanza Spalding, Larry Carlton,www.seanobryansmith.com) and internationally acclaimed drummer Steve Holley (Paul McCartney and Wings are The Joe Taylor Group. No doubt The Joe Taylor Group is a genre bending guitar-fronted supergroup that has proven time and time again to thrill music lovers throughout the country.
With the eminent release of their newest album: Sugar Dust, and a newly-inked international distribution deal with Wolf Entertainment, there is no limit to the musicality these guys display, and we are thrilled to have them at Papa Mojo’s Roadhouse. Spread the word!
http://thejoetaylorgroup.com/watch/
The raw powers of Lauren Mitchell’s vocals are backed by seasoned bluesmen and they are heading to Papa Mojo’s Roadhouse. Classically trained and performing since she was a child, Lauren has found her home in soulful blues. The Lauren Mitchell band has been roaring through South Florida, where she makes her home and is on the road promoting her first self released CD, “Please Come Home”. https://www.facebook.com/thelaurenmitchellband?fref=ts
FRIDAY – MAY 24 - $10
https://www.facebook.com/major.handy?fref=ts http://www.majorhandy.com/bio.html
SATURDAY – MAY 25 - $12 ADV/$15 DOS
Deming and Gruenling have become standards on the national blues and jazz circuit backing up such notable performers as Kim Wilson of the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Louisiana Red, Chicago Pete, vocalist Alberta Adams, Black Top’s Johnnie Dyer, W.C. Handy Award winner Johnny ‘Yard Dog’ Jones and the legendary Lazy Lester. Deming as a guitarist and vocalist has been the driving force behind the Jewel Tones, with Gruenling on harmonica, invoking his swing/saxophone traditions and styles their combined musicianship is a “do not miss” show. Greunling is the foremost Little Walter-style harp player in the world, and also builds custom harps, mics, and amplifiers, he has also shared the stage with top notch talent in the blues & roots world, such as Pinetop Perkins, Snooky Pryor, Homesick James, Nappy Brown, John Mayall, Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, Little Sammy Davis, A.C. Reed, Mick Taylor, and Jimmy Dawkins, as well as contemporary blues masters such as Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers, Rick Estrin/Little Charlie & The Nightcats, Kim Wilson, Rusty Zinn, Steve Guyger, Greg Piccolo, and Mark Hummel. One of Papa Mojo’s all time favorite bands are back!! https://www.facebook.com/DennisGruenlingDougDeming FRIDAY – MAY 31 - $8
Decatur Street Beat Dixieland Band has played foot stomping; toe tapping, New Orleans style Dixieland music since 2004. The group is made up of experienced Dixieland musicians, Dick Sloane - trombone, Keith Longmire - clarinet and saxophone, Mike Acquesta - banjo, and Irv Eisen - tuba. They bring to central North Carolina and the world what they feel is the happiest and liveliest music and you can’t help but feel their enthusiasm and love for the sounds of Decatur Street in New Orleans.
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FRIDAY – MAY 3 - $8
SATURDAY – MAY 4 - $8
SUNDAY – MAY 5 - NO COVER
THURSDAY – MAY 16 - NO COVER
John Dee Holeman is a storyteller, dancer and a blues artist that played with musicians who had learned directly from Blind Boy Fuller. He possesses an expressive blues voice and is a wonderful guitarist incorporating both Piedmont and Texas guitar styles. A recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage fellowship and a North Carolina Folk Heritage award, John Dee has toured the U.S, Europe and Asia. John recently retired from a career as a heavy machine operator and continues to tour both in the states and abroad. Mel Melton is a harmonica player extraordinaire and is the perfect accompaniment to the down home sounds of John Dee. The line up for the rest of the band will be a “whos-who” of top notch local musicians.
THE JOE TAYLOR BAND
THURSDAY – MAY 23 - $8
The bare emotion and smoldering Zydeco accordion of Major Handy from the heart of Cajun country in Louisiana is one few outside of southwest Louisiana will have ever heard. Handy is known as an artist of uncommon power and energy, someone who lays into each of his songs, not "overplaying," mind you, just flat giving it. Music Maker Foundation has stepped to spread the music of Major Handy to the world. Handy and his family suffered terribly after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the Gulf Coast and now with the help of MMF their music is coming to Papa Mojo’s Roadhouse! This is the real Zydeco, done the real way! You can read more about Major Handy’s story here: 
THURSDAY – MAY 30 - ADV $8- DOS $10
THE DECATUR STREET BEAT DIXIELAND BAND
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EVERY TUESDAY IN JUNE - $25 DINNER AND A MOVIE, FEATURING THE FILMS OF RUDY RAY MOORE ADULT CONTENT, no minors please! SATURDAY – JUNE 1
Details soon!
Sponsored by the Triangle Blues Society the monthly jam is a great opportunity for any musician to show their stuff. Guitar amp, bass amp, harmonica amp, keyboard and PA provided. Just bring yourself, a guest and your musical instrument. What better way to hang out, network, and meet local musicians and blues lovers? https://www.facebook.com/triangleblues?fref=ts
FRIDAY – JUNE 7 - $8
https://www.facebook.com/adrianmduke?fref=ts
Hot off a popular tour with Bonnie Raitt, Randall Bramblett will be back at Papa Mojo’s Roadhouse. A jewel of Southern music, Randall Bramblett shines on his latest release, The Bright Spots, due out May 14 on New West Records. One of his songs is on Bonnie Raitt’s Grammy-winning album Slipstream, now he has put together a masterful recording soaked with the soulful feel that has defined his music and that of his Southern contemporaries like Gregg Allman and Warren Haynes. From Howlin’ Wolf to Ray Charles and “dark Motown” influences, sitar samples, gospel strains and even a snippet of water-splashing pygmies, The Bright Spots mixes diverse elements that dovetail into Randall’s finest album yet. Known for combining elements of pop, soul, blues, and the sounds of the church with Randall’s often wistful, beautifully conceived lyrics on these dozen ruminative, roots-based tunes.
FRIDAY – JUNE 14 - $10 ADV/$12 DOS
SATURDAY – JUNE 15 - $15
Local R&B soul singing local favorite Terry Wylie is back in action at Papa Mojo’s Roadhouse, so bring the dancing shoes. And let me tell you, he is going to have the place jumpin’!
Chicken Fried Blues is: Leslie Land, bass/vocals, Alan Heckle, guitar/vocals, Dave Youngman, keys/sax/vocals, Jeff Crouse, drums. Chicken Fried Blues plays a crispy, greasy, hot mixture of Texas and Chicago blues with songs by the Thunderbirds, Little Walter, Hound dog Taylor, SRV, Clapton, ZZ Top, Bonnie Raitt, and lots more. Killer female vocals, great guitar, sax and keyboards, and a thumpin' rhythm section will have you shakin' your tail feather all night.
Details soon!
SATURDAY – JUNE 29 - $12 ADV/$15 DOS
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SUNDAY – JUNE 2 - NO COVER
Drenched with the sounds of New Orleans, Adrian Duke’s piano is overshadowed only by the raw emotional power of his voice. Duke has reached out musically and moved past being known “just” as a blues artist and easily cultivates Blues, Funk, R&B, and Jazz into his musical signature. He has cultivated a tremendously loyal following in and beyond the Blues music communities, headlining shows in Ashville,NC at the Bele Chere Festival, The Charleston Jazz Festival and warming up for such diverse artists as Little Feat, Neville Brothers, Little River Band, Delbert McClinton, Hall & Oates, Garth Brooks, Chicago, Kansas, and his earliest musical influence, Dr. John.
SATURDAY – JUNE 8 - $15 ADV/$20 DOS
This Atlanta-based band combines the delta blues with roots rock, country and funky slide guitars. And with a live show second-to-none, the dual slide guitars of Delta Moon carry the listener deep into the heart of the American South, where sinuous Mississippi blues meets the gritty backwoods twang of Appalachia and winds around a rock-steady beat like kudzu on a barbwire fence. Net Rhythms calls it “Music as it should be – raw and honest.” We call it Blues-Infused American Roots. Backed by a rock solid rhythm section, Delta Moon soon began picking up steam as they gathered a wall full of “best” awards, including winning the 2003 International Blues Challenge. The band’s work ethic of constant recording and touring has made them even stronger and we are always happy to see them come our way! 
FRIDAY – JUNE 21 - $8
SATURDAY – JUNE 22 - $8
FRIDAY – JUNE 28 - $10