MP3 Porterhouse Bob and Down to the Bone - Who Called The Cops?

Psycho New Orleans Barrelhouse and Zydeco Blues

11 MP3 Songs
BLUES: Funky Blues, JAZZ: Dixieland



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"Who Called the Cops?" is pure over-the-top Pyscho New Orleans barrelhouse, zydeco, boogie and funky blues at its finest. Porterhouse Bob and Down to the Bone are on fire on this, their 3rd CD. Rollicking piano, accordion, tuba, trumpet, tenor and baritone sax, bass, drums and rubboard compliment these uniquely crafted upbeat Porterhouse Bob arrangements and original songs. The music is a celebration of life.

Here's what radio hosts had to say about the new CD:

"I received your CD. Itâs outstanding. It has great, energy, and the arrangements and variety are wonderful. And I must commend you on the production valuesâ¦the recording, the mix, everything is exceptional. Itâs really first class and a lot of fun. I would enthusiastically recommend it to people. Itâs got style and wit and pizzazz. Itâs got that Dr. John feel that I love and crosses all the way over into Zydeco and Squirrel Nut Zipper territory. Congratulations!!"
 
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"Yeah you have done it again with a gumbo laden feast of Southern Blues mixed into a Voodoo stew with just the right amount of spice to add to the flavor. Yes we love it (Who Called The Cops) soooooooooooooo very much and l have allocated the cd to the biggest Blues show in this city "Jumping The Blues" with Tom Sianidis Wednesday ... all I want is for everybody to hear what we were able to hear, great music. Perfect for PBS FM."

Regards Peter. PBS FM Australia

"Porterhouse Bob and Down to the Bone. Whoa!!! The Los Angeles barrelhouse boogie bosses send out the N.O. style boogie to the universe once again. The universe will respond with hollers and chill bumps. The new cd is called "Who called the Cops" to which I am currently listening to for the first time; and already loving it big time. You should hear it for sure."

Jake Bacon, Buffalo Bayou Public Radio 88.9 FM


Picture yourself on Bourbon Street in some dimly lit bar. It's 2:00 AM and you wander in off the street and hear this blast of high-energy horns, driving rythmn section and pounding keyboards. There's a tall lanky guy in a silver Louis the XIV coat and Lincoln tall-hat leaping into the audience with his skull cane and keytar. The room is smoke-filled, everyone is laughin' and dancing....

Big Mojo Records is proud to present the latest and greatest CD from Porterhouse Bob and Down to the Bone, "Who Called the Cops?"!

We hope you enjoy it!
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PRESS RELEASE 2007

Porterhouse Bob and Down to the Bone
Ministers of Psycho-New Orleans Barrelhouse Blues

Porterhouse Bob may well be Southern Californiaâs best-kept secret, but to a growing fan base that extends well beyond California, he and his band are achieving cult status. Porterhouse Bob has been making music professionally since 1965. The band has played such diverse venues as The Sand Dollar Blues Lounge in Las Vegas, the Atlantic Casino in Reno, Disneyâs California Adventure, The Blue Café, and summer festivals throughout California.

In the early days Porterhouse toured fairgrounds and played shows with the likes of The Safaris, The Champs and The Tornadoes. When the late sixties hit northern California, he was there, playing the Haight Street Theater, the Arc, Vy's Drake Club, opening for popular blues artists like Charlie Musselwhite and Elvin Bishop. He held residence at the Cellar Club in Houston playing a Hammond organ riddled with bullet holes. In Canada he played 3000 seat venues, opening for Willie Dixon, Paul Butterfield and James Cotton; until cocaine became as much a part of the music scene as the music itself.

Porterhouseâs music and show are a reflection of smoky New Orleans bar rooms and the characters and sounds that made those rooms famous.

Porterhouse Bobâs journey has met with its share of personal setbacks.

Raised in Los Angeles playing the accordion, piano and drums, by the time the end of the sixties hit, the era of free love and music that was Haight Ashbury turned into a labyrinth of hookers, hedonism and drug overdoses. Porterhouse found himself on the streets where gunshots rang out in the night. It was during this spiral into the dark underpinnings of âThe Haightâ that he joined the anti-war underground sponsored by local ministers and Berkley leftists. He was pumped into the underground pipeline, and, without time to say goodbye to friends and family, quietly placed onto the frozen streets of Toronto, Canada. It was survival, not music that fueled the next 5 years.

Despite forays into self-isolation, Porterhouse never stopped writing songs, material that would eventually craft itself into a style reflecting music he first heard from artists like Clarence Frogman Henry, Fats Domino, Professor Longhair and other early rock pioneers that hailed from New Orleans. In 2000 he put together his lineup of horns, keyboards, bass and drums; expanding the horn section from one to four (trumpet, tenor sax, baritone sax, and trombone/tuba). The sound carried with it reflections of early âNâAwlinsâ rock and R&B, but was redefined by Porterhouseâs primarily west-coast experience. Fans call it âPyscho-New Orleans Barrelhouse Bluesâ.

Porterhouse Bob has released three CD under the independent label, Big Mojo Records; âRockinâ the Big Houseâ, âShoutinâ at the Graveâ, and most recently âWho Called The Copsâ.

The band has not garnished the attention of major distributors, but has relied instead on on-line distribution and the digital marketplace. Sales have reached to the Netherlands, Japan and South America. Airplay has been supported by public radio from Florida to Australia. He has no delusions of getting rich in an eclectic marketplace but enjoys knowing that there are people world-wide that understand and appreciate the direction he has taken with his band.

A Porterhouse Bob live show is at once exhilarating and accessible. The band transforms the evening into an experience of sight and sound that celebrates smoky New Orleans bar rooms and Louisiana swamp voodou.

Discouraged at times by a lack of acknowledgement from the die-hard blues community, Porterhouse Bob has forged ahead to embrace a broad based audience that is willing to embrace a sound that has traditional roots but reaches for higher ground.

Band members include Mitch Montrose on drums, Mike Barry on bass, George Pandis on trumpet, Dan Heffernan on tenor and alto sax, Scotty Strathmann on tuba, bone and trumpet, and Don Roberts on baritone sax.


For booking inquiries:
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Voice Mail: (323) 565-3721
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