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Boston Blues Quartet
SAM HOOPER GROUP
Live in Cambridge at RYLES June 10th!
Ryles Jazz Club presents Award-winning Boston based Blues Quartet Sam Hooper Group (Hooper-guitar/vocals, Doug Rich-bass, Todd Marston-keyboards, Akira Nakamura-drums) performing live in Cambridge, Tuesday, June 10th at Ryles Jazz Club (212 Hampshire Street Cambridge, MA 02139, Phone: 617-876-9330.). Their set begins at 10:30 PM. An opening act will start the show at 8:30pm. The kitchen will be open; Seating is limited; Reservations are recommended; $8 cover charge.
Known in American blues circles for his smokin’ guitar work and soulful vocals, Sam Hooper’s playing has been compared to the likes of music legends Robert Cray and Jimi Hendrix. An alumnus of both the Berklee School of Music and University of Miami School of Music, he was a winner of 5 Berklee songwriting competitions.
The Boston Phoenix says, “Sam Hooper has developed his own breed of blues, blending the signatures of driving soul and funk with tight, focused chops-intensive musicianship.”
WERS radio 88.9FM says, “(Hooper) is easily one of the most versatile performers this city has to offer, sneaking below the radar, yet blasting above the competition in terms of pure musicianship.”
Sam Hooper has performed at the original House of Blues in Cambridge MA, and a number of festivals including the W. C. Handy Music Festival in Florence, AL and the Soul of the Blues Festival in New York City. His music has also been featured on radio and television. Internationally, he has toured through Europe, Japan, and the People's Republic of China for which he was the featured guitarist on the Zhu Ming Ying three-month, fourteen-city tour in 1990. In Shanghai, China, Sam Hooper Group was the house band for a total of 8 months from 2004 – 2006 at the House of Blues & Jazz. Sam Hooper Group’s newest CD, EAST, was recorded in Shanghai.
For more information, downloadable pictures and music samples, please visit:
samhooper.com
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SAM HOOPER GROUP
Performing Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at
RYLES
212 Hampshire Street Cambridge, MA 02139
10:30pm (Opening act at 8:30pm) $8 cover RYLES Jazz Club
“The Best in Live Music”
212 Hampshire Street Cambridge, MA 02139
Telephone: (617) 876-9330 Fax: (617) 354-0505
www.rylesjazz.com
www.myspace.com/samhoopergroup
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HURRICANE RELIEF:
Helping New Orleans musicians
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http://www.redcross.org/
http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/
http://moveon.org/ ---------- The Humane Society helping animals http://www.hsus.org/ ---------- SAM HOOPER GROUP USES:
"Blues" Guitar Straps http://www.bluesohana.com
Procab Guitar & Microphone Cables http://www.procab.be
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SHANGHAI DAILY - Oct. 2005 says about SAM HOOPER GROUP:
"They are first-class. They believe in their music. They live their music.
The secret is that when they're doing their solos, the drummer, the bass player and Sam,
they're totally absorbed...They are authentic."
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NEWS - JULY 2006: SHG RETURNS TO THE LIZARD LOUNGE AUGUST 1ST! SH: guitar/voc, Jordan Scannella: bass/vox, and featuring the return of Akira Nakamura on drums! Since Akira moved to LA a couple of years ago, we've only been able to play with him when we're all in China. He's just moved to NYC so you should have more opportunities to see our Shanghai lineup. ** Our friends Todd and Mike, who played with us at the Lizard last year, started their new project, Choose to Find, while we were in China. They've been quickly gaining lots of new fans and we're pleased to have them open for us. It also means the night will be ripe for some good jamming later on!! ----------
NEWS - APRIL 2006: Patrick Van de Sande, CEO of PVS Electronics in Belgium, was impressed when he saw us perform at the House of Blues & Jazz in Shanghai. He was so impressed that he asked me to endorse his Procab high-end audio cables!! They are awesome cables and I'm happy to make them a regular part of our stage and studio setup. For more info, visit http://www.procab.be/ ----------
NEWS - MARCH 2006: We just finished playing 6 nights/week for 5 months in China!! Shanghai was a blast, as usual and our fan base there is growing like wildfire. House of Blues & Jazz was so packed for our goodbye party that they had to turn people away....and we played until 5:00 in the morning!!! Many thanks to all the wonderful musicians from around the world who played with us that night. We had SO MUCH FUN! LISTEN to this internet radio program with live clips of us playing at the House of Blues & Jazz in Shanghai! http://dreadfulsnake.libsyn.com/ ----------
NEWS - AUGUST 2005: In July we flew to China for a whirlwind 5 days of gigs and mayhem! We went especially to play for our good Scottish friend, Gordon Stevenson's goodbye party. He was leaving his log-term position as VP at Philips Lighting's Asian division and flying to Manila to head up another company. Akira, Jordan, our friend Todd Marston on keyboards and I were very grateful to be included in the celebration, which also included a band from the Philippines, a traditional Chinese dance troupe and a hot group of Chinese hip-hop dancers. It was all caught on video, so we should get a DVD of it soon. While in Shanghai, we also did a club gig at Malone's and packed their new 3rd floor! It was great to see old friends and make many new ones. Akira has moved to LA, so it was so much fun to play with him again. It was fun to add Todd's keyboards to the funky chemistry of our trio and the crowd finally let themselves heat up the dance floor too. Sitting in with our friends at the Cotton Club and chillin' at the new jazz digs of JZ, shopping with minimal Mandarin, showing Todd the culture of Chinese massage and jamming at our home-away-from-home, The House of Blues & Jazz, it was a great trip!! It was SO good that YES, we will be returning to play at The House of Blues & Jazz in Shanghai for 6 nights/week from Tues. 9/27 through 12/25, Christmas Day! So book your flights now and come hang with us!! Haven't you been wanting to come to China anyway? The recent covers of Time and Newsweek have confirmed that this is the China Century, so come join us to celebrate and rock the place with music! Also, I have to mention last week's fabulously fun show at the Crane Estate in Ipswich. There were about 1500 people there of all ages hanging out with us on their huge lawn. The view out over the crowd over the rolling hill into the ocean was just breathtaking! The most fun was when all the little kids came right up and sat on the stairs in front of us during the second set. They were just so into it!! Jordan (bass) was surrounded by a crowd of young admirers after the show who were competing to get a word in edgewise. Mike Daillak (drums) and my sister Paula (flute) were also hits with the crowd. It was just a beautiful summer evening for music. Thanks to my friend Ann for helping manage the lines that had gathered to buy CDs and get autographs. Many thanks to Ramona Latham for being a friend in many ways and helping make it happen. Please see here for tours at the Crane Estate. We hope to see you before we fly to China. Peace and God Bless, Sam ----------
NEWS - MAY 2005: On 5/12/05, SAM HOOPER GROUP RELEASES NEW CD, "EAST," RECORDED IN CHINA! ----------
NEWS - FEBRUARY 2005: I've been adding more pics to our Gallery. Check 'em out! Work continues as we prepare some surprises to include on our upcoming enhanced CD. It will document our China trip as well our return to the East of the USA. We're recording in the awesome big room at http://www.futuraproductions.com/ Our CD Release Party is scheduled for Thus. May 12th at the Western Front in Cambridge! Stay tuned :-) ----------
NEWS - NOVEMBER 2004: I just got back from and amazing trip to LA for the TAXI Road Rally music convention. I'd missed my friends out there and was great to connect with them again and catch up on their new adventures in the crazy world of entertainment. Watch the Messageboard for more on this trip. -Sam ----------
NEWS - AUGUST 2004: CHECK OUT OUR UPDATED ELECTRONIC PRESS KIT! (EPK):
http://sonicbids.com/samhoopergroup ----------
NEWS - JUNE 2004: We're back! Our three month gig at the HOUSE OF BLUES AND JAZZ in Shanghai, China turned into a four month tour that included other China gigs at THE BIG EASY in Beijing, giving a workshop at the Beijing MIDI School of Music, and a trip to Okinawa, Japan where we were featured for two nights at the famous APACHE club. We even recored a new CD, "EAST" in Shanghai, which will soon be available in the USA. It was a wild and wonderful experience. The response from the crowds and the press was better than we ever imagined. Look for photos from the trip here on the website soon. ----------
Our trio format: SH-guitar/vocals, Jordan Scannella-bass/bg vocals, Akira Nakamura-drums/bg,vocals, worked really well in Asia and was a lot of fun so we're exited about performing as a trio here in Boston. Please come join us for some fun and competition on Friday, July 2nd at HARPERS FERRY in Allston, MA for the 2004 BOSTON BLUES CHALLENGE! http://www.bostonblues.com/challenge04.htm ----------
Thanks to our drummer, Akira Nakamura, for setting up the shows in Japan. Also, thanks again to Adam Lewis and his crew at Planetary Group and China Concets for all their work in putting the China shows together. http://planetarygroup.com/ http://chinaconcerts.com/ ----------
In songwriting news, my song, Leaving Me Too, is included on the new BOSTON'S BEST SINGER/SONGWRITER SHOWCASE Sampler CD! For more info, go to http://www.baystatesound.com/bobsampler5.html/ Peace, Sam http://samhooper.com/ ----------
NEWS - JUNE 2003:
**Check out the cool new look to the website, including our new on-line store, thanks to Hookmeister. You can even make purchases with your credit card now!!:
** Our new SAM HOOPER GROUP T-SHIRTS are now available at gigs and at the on-line store! Special thanks to the team that contributed their many talents to make these a reality: Janice Fullman, (photography) Jonathan Sanson, (design) & Mary Mena, (production). These high quality t-shirts LOOK SUPER and they make great gifts too!
** NEW VIDEO CLIP! Thanks to Paul Bauer, Pamela Ruby Russell, Jonathan Sanson & the amazing Hookmeister for their help in capturing the new video clip from from our performance in the 2002 Boston Battle of the Blues Bands. See the Video link on the menu above.
Hope to see you this summer! -Sam ----------
MAY 2002 - Greetings and Happy Spring!
I'm excited and thankful that this year my music is being played nationally on network television for the first time!
"I Won't Be Your Fool" from my CD, All Caught Up, has been played on the soap opera "All My Children" once and on two episodes of "The Young and the Restless" (TV's #1 daytime drama.) The ballad, "Help Me Out of the Dark," also from All Caught Up, was played on "The Young and the Restless," on Thursday, April 11.
On the live tip, my sister Paula and I had a fabulous time playing our debut gig at Davis Square's Irish hot spot, The Burren, on March 24. Host Danielle Miraglia made us feel right at home and played some fun tunes. My California buddy and bassist extraordinaire, Seth Horán, played a dynamic set. At the end of the night, we jammed out on some Hendrix, Stevie Ray and Sly Stone!
Peace,
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