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My main category is R&B "soul". The band. I've been lucky to work with fantastic musicians for my whole career. I've had great experience's in my life from performing to meeting interesting people. I can't look back at any edition of the Mitty & The Followers Band and regret any of my hiring choices. – That through all of the ups and downs of living, you must stay true to yourself. Having said that, this time around, I hired the best of the best. These guys have resumes that put mine to shame, and they show up ready to play. I surrounded myself with people who eat this kind of music for breakfast, and it shows in the work. It's difficult these days to be truly original, but when you combine talent with imagination, respect for tradition with a healthy dose of musical innovation, MITTY & THE FOLLOWERS creates a result both surprising and refreshing. If you combining musical talent and experience the guys and myself will energetic a live soul on stage. ~~Mitty
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Eric "Mitty' Moore keeps the rhythm going with stylish. He'll walk a bass line right up the middle of the room and back again before you know what hit you. Be it a shuffle, a slow R&B , or something down and funky, he's right on the beat, providing a solid rhythmic foundation. Mitty plays left hand upside down bass with the Legendary Dukes and with many other bands, now he is playing is own show!
Stevie Lyons, a hard-edged rockin' blues player in the tradition of Billy Gibbons, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Duane Allman. Southern-style rock and blues that cuts right to the bone." At the center of this band is Stevie whose dark-tinged vocals and nasty guitar tones recall the best of the Upstate NY hottest musicians. At his worst Stevie sounds like a pre-pop-star Clapton filtered through southern sensibilities. At his best , he sounds purely like himself. His playing is impassioned; his deftness at picking quickly is matched only by the smoldering intensity of his playing. In short, Stevie is one of the absolute best blues guitarists around Upatate NY today." A natural feel for the playing blues on the guitar is not something learned out de big note songbook, ya know, and it's even more challenging to find a group of musicians who can do blues are soul likes they needs to be done and thats Stevie Lyons. Mitty and Stevie Played together for 22years with the Legendary Dukes and they still do .
Paul Mastriani has been playing drums for over 20 years. He sits firmly in the pocket, punching out accents in the melody without overpowering the sound. Whether it's a shuffle or a ballad, the beat is right on and keeps your foot stomping. Throughout his career Paul has had the pleasure of performing all genres of music. From performing with big bands as a drum set, vibraphone and percussionist, to being a principal percussionist in several zydeco bands, like Redline Zydeco! He has experience with Steel Drum Bands and intimate settings with jazz combos. Paul also has traveled the Upstate,NY circuit with rock and pop bands, earning lots of valuable experience. With this wide variety of experience Paul has had the pleasure of sharing the stage with greats musicans, and being Mitty's "secret weapon"!!!
Organ Master Sammy Gruttadauria There's nothing fancy about his music. It's basic to the bone, always swinging and steeped in blues and gospel. Sammie "G" says blues is about feeling. "That's the most important thing," he says. "During the past few years, a popular trend has taken hold in the jazz world, the comeback of the Hammond B-3 organ. Under the influence of the great Jimmy Smith in the '60's, the instrument had become so popular that it seemed that ever major city featured organ combos in their neighborhood bar. Then in the '70's, with the rise of the electric piano, synthesizers and disco rhythms, the organ went into a near complete eclipse, and almost became extinct".The man himself - Sammy "G" has played in many successful lineups over the years. He has an unequalled enthusiasm and perfectionism in his music. From Rockabilly through Blues to his latest powerhouse Blues style he is unequalled in his unique approach to high energy exciting jump R&B. Sammy G plays with the Beal Street Blues Band, the Reporter Band and helps other upstate bands.
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Influences
| When it comes right to it, the biggest in influences of my music is simply livining it. In fact it come from the love of traditional of R & B . I grew up listing to clssic jazz, my father, Joseph Moore Jr. were a painoist, he played it all day. My mother listing to R & B it were a combanation of music. I have my own belief. These beliefs are by expressed by life, my singing & my music. |
History
| Of journeying the benefits are many: the freshness it bringeth to the heart, the seeing and hearing of marvelous things, the delight of beholding new cities, meeting of unknown friends, and the learning of high manners" has take us in many places |
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