“Allstars is a bit of a claim for any band, but if anyone can justify it, then it’s The City Boys Allstars. After all, any blues fan with even a cursory knowledge of the genre will recognise the names…” Read more here. http://www.bluesmatters.com/album-reviews/city-boys-allstars-blinded-night/
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The City Boys Allstars are “Making a Scene”
The City Boys Allstars’ first album “Look Out Here We Come” was recorded in 1994 but not released until 2011. “When You Needed Me” their follow up studio recording was released in 2012. After a seventeen year hiatus the band had re-united and they decided to take a gig at The Cutting Room. This new […]
Blues Matter – City Boys Allstars back in action: interview
The City Boys Allstars from New York are a big-sound band with big-time players. Ten musicians and three vocalists, including original Blues Brothers Tom ‘Bones’ Malone and ‘Blue’ Lou Marini, the band members have clocked up a huge history of working with people such as Blood, Sweat and Tears, Frank Sinatra, Woody Herman, Buddy Rich, […]
“Toes a Tappin” in Canada
“A joyous jump that sways the heart in rhythmic beats keepin’ toes a tappin’. -DJ Ronnie Lindsay, Bluesday on Tuesday show on CKUW 95.9FM, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Jazz Weekly Review
Meanwhile, if you want a hard hitting night out on the dance floor, The City Boys All Stars got the place sweating at the Cutting Room in NYC back in 2013. A snapping horn section that includes Lew Soloff/tp and Andy Snitzer/sax creates a Stax sounding framework to the tongue in groove teram of Al […]
FAME Review: The City Boys Allstars – Blinded by the Night
If much of this reminds you of The Blues Brothers, there’s good reason for that: the core of The City Boys Allstars bases in a bedrock horn section anchored by Lou Marini and Tom Malone of BB fame, with kindred spirits Fred Lipsius, Andy Snitzer, and others well attuned to the vibe. In many ways, […]
AXS Review: ‘Blinded By The Night’: Return of City Boys Allstars
The City Boys Allstars band of musicians — all 13 of them, 10 musicians, three vocalists — returns to New York City’s Cutting Room September 27, 11:30 p.m., for a 90-minute set to launch their new live album, Blinded By The Night. It was there on August 28, 2013 that theyperformed live after 17 years’ absence, full of R&B blues, funk, […]
Jazz Global Beat
“Speak the truth!” That was one of the heartfelt rallying cries shouted by members of The City Boys Allstars at their gig at The Cutting Room in home base New York City on the evening of August 28, 2013. As the band’s first performance in 17 years, it was a very special night, and the […]
Orchestral Jazz America – The City Boys Allstars: Blinded By The Night
Online review by Czékus Mihály The City Boys Allstars: Blinded By The Night Will be a real treat for lovers of big band jazz for the American band The City Boys Allstars new album, which was given the title Blinded By The Night. 24 July 2014 14:22 In a joint effort, Guitarist Mike Merola […]
The City Boys Allstars goes North!
The below is an review from Ronnie Lindsay, a DJ on the Show Bluesday On Tuesday at CKUW 95.9 FM University of Winnipeg in Canada. Yes, Canada! So I’m on me deck…a bright, sunny day with a light breeze and Bailey at me feet, (temps have been better but November is only 4 months away). I […]
