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Sarah & The Tall Boys to Rock the Knick
Date and Time
Monday Dec 31, 2012
December 31, 2012
9:30pmLocation
The Knickerbocker Cafe
Westerly, RISarah & The Tall Boys to Rock the Kni...Description
Sarah & The Tall Boys to Rock the Knick for New Year's Eve
The legendary Knickerbocker Café kicks the new year off with rockin' Rhode Island native singer, Sarah Potenza-Crossman with her band, The Tall Boys on December 31, 2012. Music starts at 9:30.
Specializing in original country/blues, Sarah & The Tall Boys is a Chicago-based Americana band that has been selling out venues across the country. Fronted by Rhode Island-born, lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and lyricist, Sarah Potenza-Crossman, the band has been together for four years.
The band includes: bass player, Ian Crossman; lead guitarist, Dan Allen; and drummer, Jason Smart plus dynamic guitarist, Dan Allen, who has been with Sarah since 2006, with her original group, The Sarah Potenza Band. In 2008, Sarah & The Tall Boys released their debut album, "Shiny & New," a powerful collection of original songs drawing attention from national venues and festival producers. Within that year, the band was performing at festivals with acts like Joss Stone and the legendary Stevie Wonder. They have since participated in festivals featuring Bonnie Raitt and Alejandro Escovedo. Regulars at The Honky Tink BBQ in the heart of Chicago, the band now also plays at premier hot spots throughout the city.
"Sarah Potenza started out in Providence and headed to Chicago to start Sarah and the Tall Boys, where they hit the good old country-rock, with an emphasis on country and on Potenza's outsized, pin-you-to-the-wall vocal chops," Providence Journal.
In 2010, Sarah & The Tall Boys released their second full-length album, "A Lifetime Worth of Sin." A collection of Americana music, derived from blues, bluegrass, and alternative-country, all songs were written and produced by Sarah and the band, with the exception of one Lucinda Williams cover. The CD features a talented list of notable guest musicians from such groups as The Hen House Prowlers, The Hoyle Brothers, and The Congregation. To capture a warmer and more authentic sound, the entire album was recorded on two inch analogue tape with a Studer track tape machine at Strobe Recording Studio in Humbolt Park, Chicago.
Since the release of "A Lifetime Worth of Sin," the album has reached #17 on the Freeform American Roots Radio Charts. Sarah & The Tall Boys have been touring nationally, playing an average of 175 shows a year, including playing for inmates at both the Cook Country Department of Corrections and the Dwight Women's Correctional Facility.
Nate Dow, of the Boston Herald, remarks, "It has been said that Lucinda Williams can blow the chrome off her streamline trailer. If that's true, Potenza can blow the trailer right out of the lot."
In 2011 the group was invited to perform on the main stage at the annual Rhythm & Roots Festival at Ninnigret Park in Charlestown, RI. It was there they shared stages with world-renowned musicians Steve Earle and Richard Thompson. They are currently touring coast to coast.
Potenza-Crossman has been featured on "Acoustic Chicago," a compilation of the best singer/songwriters in the windy city.
The Knickerbocker Café was the birthplace of a local music scene that went on to have national implications. The Knick brings people together regardless of background or social standing. The Knick is stomping grounds for the denizens of old–it is also home to a new generation of music lovers everywhere. Many great names have played over the years: Coleman Hawkins, Big Joe Turner, Eddie Cleanhead Vinson, Roy Brown, Albert Collins, Johnny Copeland, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Nicholas, and of course, the extremely hot and talent-laden, Roomful of Blues.
For More Information about The Knickerbocker Café, visit: www.theknickerbockercafe.com
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