LIL' ED & THE BLUES IMPERIALS TO PERFORM IN LEVITTOWN!
Alligator recording artists Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials will perform as part of the 34th Annual Halloween R&B Spectacular at McStew's Irish Sports Pub in Levittown on Saturday, October 29, 2011. They will be playing songs from their most recent CD, Full Tilt. Chicago slide guitar master Lil' Ed Williams and his blistering, road-tested band, The Blues Imperials—guitarist Mike Garrett, bassist James “Pookie" Young and drummer Kelly Littleton—are celebrating over 20 years together. Full Tilt is simply the rawest, truest, most electrifying blues being made today. The group picked up the coveted 2009 Band Of The Year Blues Music Award, the same honor they received in 2007. Lil' Ed Williams also received the 2011 Best Live Performer award in the Living Blues Critics' Poll. Concert information is as follows:
Saturday, October 29, 2011: 34th Annual Halloween R&B Spectacular
McStew's Irish Sports Pub 5316 New Falls Rd. Levittown, PA
215-946-4794; Showtime: 9:00pm; $26 advance / $30 at the door
Produced by Williams and Alligator president Bruce Iglauer, Full Tilt captures all of Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials' legendary live energy on disc. From foot-stomping boogies to emotionally charged slow blues to rocked out celebrations, Full Tilt is a party-inducing delight. The addition of horn players Eddie McKinley and David Basinger and pianist/organist Johnny Iguana on a few songs add even more punch and power to the proceedings.
Lil' Ed boasts a direct bloodline to blues history-his uncle and musical mentor was the great Chicago slide guitarist, songwriter and recording artist J.B. Hutto. According to The Chicago Tribune, “Williams represents one of the few remaining authentic links to the raucous, pure Chicago blues." Live, Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials simply can't be beat as Ed breaks out the deepest back-bends, the highest toe-walks, and the most authentic electric slide-guitar blues being played today.
Adding to the legend is Ed's storybook rise, taking him from working in a car wash to entertaining thousands of fans all over the world. In 2006 he made multiple appearances on Late Night With Conan O'Brien (including a hilarious film with Lil' Ed teaching Conan how to play the blues) culminating with Lil' Ed on stage jamming with O'Brien in front of a television audience in the millions.
The Washington Post describes Williams' music as “contagious wildness." The Philadelphia Inquirer expresses it as “raucous and hugely entertaining." But no matter how you describe it, Lil' Ed's seriously inspired music will take you on a fast trip from your chair to your feet. Now, with Full Tilt and a schedule that will take the band on another non-stop tour across the country and across the ocean, Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials will continue to rip, roar, rock, roll, bend and fully tilt into the hearts, minds, souls and dancing shoes of Ed Heads all around the world.
Alligator recording artists Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials will perform as part of the 34th Annual Halloween R&B Spectacular at McStew's Irish Sports Pub in Levittown on Saturday, October 29, 2011. They will be playing songs from their most recent CD, Full Tilt. Chicago slide guitar master Lil' Ed Williams and his blistering, road-tested band, The Blues Imperials—guitarist Mike Garrett, bassist James “Pookie" Young and drummer Kelly Littleton—are celebrating over 20 years together. Full Tilt is simply the rawest, truest, most electrifying blues being made today. The group picked up the coveted 2009 Band Of The Year Blues Music Award, the same honor they received in 2007. Lil' Ed Williams also received the 2011 Best Live Performer award in the Living Blues Critics' Poll. Concert information is as follows:
Saturday, October 29, 2011: 34th Annual Halloween R&B Spectacular
McStew's Irish Sports Pub 5316 New Falls Rd. Levittown, PA
215-946-4794; Showtime: 9:00pm; $26 advance / $30 at the door
Produced by Williams and Alligator president Bruce Iglauer, Full Tilt captures all of Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials' legendary live energy on disc. From foot-stomping boogies to emotionally charged slow blues to rocked out celebrations, Full Tilt is a party-inducing delight. The addition of horn players Eddie McKinley and David Basinger and pianist/organist Johnny Iguana on a few songs add even more punch and power to the proceedings.
Lil' Ed boasts a direct bloodline to blues history-his uncle and musical mentor was the great Chicago slide guitarist, songwriter and recording artist J.B. Hutto. According to The Chicago Tribune, “Williams represents one of the few remaining authentic links to the raucous, pure Chicago blues." Live, Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials simply can't be beat as Ed breaks out the deepest back-bends, the highest toe-walks, and the most authentic electric slide-guitar blues being played today.
Adding to the legend is Ed's storybook rise, taking him from working in a car wash to entertaining thousands of fans all over the world. In 2006 he made multiple appearances on Late Night With Conan O'Brien (including a hilarious film with Lil' Ed teaching Conan how to play the blues) culminating with Lil' Ed on stage jamming with O'Brien in front of a television audience in the millions.
The Washington Post describes Williams' music as “contagious wildness." The Philadelphia Inquirer expresses it as “raucous and hugely entertaining." But no matter how you describe it, Lil' Ed's seriously inspired music will take you on a fast trip from your chair to your feet. Now, with Full Tilt and a schedule that will take the band on another non-stop tour across the country and across the ocean, Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials will continue to rip, roar, rock, roll, bend and fully tilt into the hearts, minds, souls and dancing shoes of Ed Heads all around the world.
