Buckingham Blues Bar JUNE 2010 UPCOMING EVENTS, Fort Myers, Florida U.S.A

FT. MYERS & SOUTHWESTFLORIDA MAGAZINE
FEATURED ARTICLE ON TOMMY LEE COOK

UPCOMING INSIDE SUMMER SPECIAL EVENTS

100 Ticket Shows/Standing Room Only $10 per ticket in advance.
$15 at the door if any tickets are available.
The Bar will close briefly at 7 PM to prepare for these limited ticket engagements.
The room in essence becomes a private club for these special entertainment events.
Come out and enjoy a special, intimate night with some of the finest Blues acts in the US.
It is a night of true cool, with smiles abounding.
Get your tickets early as we sell out quickly. Many future shows are planned to become a part of our ever expanding entertainment venue.
We promise only the finest acts will grace our wonderful, intimate room.
Come out and hang out with our loyal Blues fans.
Check often for upcoming private shows.

Bluesin' y'all,
Tommy Lee Cook

INSIDE CONCERTS

REX BONGO & THE CORNBREAD BROTHERS
FRIDAY NIGHT AUGUST 6th
TBA
TOMMY LEE COOK & THE ALLSTARS
SATURDAY NIGHT AUGUST 14th
TBA
ALBERT CASTIGLIA
FRIDAY NIGHT AUGUST 20th
$15. SHOWTIME

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The T. ALAN BAND
FRIDAY NIGHT
JULY 30th 2010
9pm - 12am
The T. ALAN BAND is a rockin' blues band formed by three veteran musicians. Led by the "Original Georgia Outlaw," Tim Chandler, on vocals and guitar, the band is rockin' the blues across Florida and Georgia. TC has been playing, writing and producing music for over 30 years. He's been singing and playing the guitar since the tender age of 10. A true love for original music was born in him when he co-founded the touring/recording band "Traveler" with long-time friend, drummer George Hall. The band was fortunate to record landmark studios such as Quad-Radial Studios in Miami, Florida and the world famous Capricorn Studios in Macon, Georgia. Both sessions were produced by Marshall Tucker and Charlie Daniels producer, Paul Hornsby.
About Doc Mambo - Bass
Doc has played with the Desert Suns, Lucky Peterson, Joe Perry, Buster Coles, Sarasota Slim, Sean Chambers and Tinsley Ellis, among others. He has been recognized as the best bassist of the year by the Suncoast Blues Society has won Tampa's Battle of the Bassists.
About Rodney Johnson - Drums
Rodney has played drums professionally since the age of 16. His experience is vast and varied. From performing as an acoustic single act to keyboard / drum duos in the and four & five piece high energy classic rock & country show bands. He has opened for Alabama, Hank Jr. Lee Greenwood, Eddie Rabbit and many more

LISTEN HERE AUGUST 2010 REX BONGO & THE CORNBREAD BROTHERS
FRIDAY NIGHT
AUGUST 6th 2010
9pm - 12am
Rex honed his style playing in countless bands in Central Florida. He received his first guitar from his father at the tender age of seven and has been playing ever since. From garage bands to national touring act, Bounty Hunter, Rex has played it all. He loves playing festivals like the River and Blues and the Blues festivals at the World Famous Buckingham Blues bar, and is ecstatic to be a part of the 4th annual Bonita Blues Festival.
Ray Gunn paired up with Rex Bongo in Sebring almost a decade ago and the two have been rocking central and southwest Florida ever since. Ray originally hails from Pittsburg, where he toured with Norman Nardini and the Tigers, opening for such acts as Pat Benatar, Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne, and Triumph. He made his way around the North East where he did early recording sessions with the New Jersey rocker, Jon Bon Jovi. With thirty plus years experience, he is the heart of the sound of the Brothers, providing solid bass lines for Rex to rip on.

LISTEN HERE TOMMY LEE COOK & THE ALLSTARS
SATURDAY NIGHT
AUGUST 14th 2010
9pm - 12am
Tommy Lee Cook and The Allstars are not your typical Sunday night band. Their brand of Southern-tinged Chicago blues could be considered raucous and muddy. Cook, 55, is a Virginia native who has lived in Southwest Florida since his family moved here in the late 1960s. He grew up when the Beatles invaded and found himself in the grasp of music for the rest of his life. He picked up a guitar and has been playing ever since.
The Allstars are a combination of three different bands, Cook says. The band features August Zona on bass, Billy Canti on drums, Harry Cassano on keyboards, slide player Justin "The Kid" Richey, Scott "Big Daddy" Johnson on harp, Terry Gable on trumpet and Rex Bongo on lead guitar.

LISTEN HERE NATIONAL ACT
ALBERT CASTIGLIA
FRIDAY NIGHT
AUGUST 20th 2010
9pm - 12am
Far from the fiashlit world of misogynist rappers and super-hyped rock bands, there’s a network of restaurants and barrooms across America that offers local heroes the chance to play on a regular basis. In Miami, the history-laden Tobacco Road once a hangout of Al Capone, show cases live music seven nights a week. The Titanic Brewery, in Coral Gables, features classic rock and blues on weekends. Do well there and you’ll move on to other Florida locations: the Rosey Baby Crawfish and Cajun House in Ft. Lauderdale, perhaps, or Orlando’s House of Blues. On any given Saturday night, you’re likely to find Albert Castiglia working a stage somewhere in the Sunshine State. Though he paid his dues as a sideman in Chicago and toured the world with Junior Wells, the singer guitarist has spent the past five years building a following at Florida venues of varying sizes. “Sports bars are real tough because you have to compete with 20 fiat-screen TVs with the football game on,” he says. “Small restaurants are tough, too, because you have to hold back.” When Castiglia returned to his adopted hometown of Coral Gables five years ago, looking to breakout of the sideman role, he found it was like starting his career all over again. “The fact that you toured and played with some of the heaviest cats in Chicago — and the world, for that matter — means nothing when you break out on your own. You have to prove yourself as a frontman, not a sideman.”

LISTEN HERE UPCOMING BLUESFESTS STARTING IN OCTOBER 2010
All bluesfest start at 2PM and feature three bands.
Food and drinks available.
$7 at the gate for all outside shows.
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