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Mike Zito & Albert Castiglia at The Funky Biscuit

Mike Zito bio:
Born in South St. Louis, Mo. Mike Zito grew up in a working class home with a dire love of music. It was his escape and way out. After a decade working in a local guitar shop, Mike learned his craft from the ground up playing in clubs 7 nights a week. He fell in love with the Blues of St. Louis and the stories of the country singers. His first self released album "Blue Room" hit the streets in 1998 and he has made 12 albums total over the years. He signed and recorded with Eclecto Groove Records and Ruf Records. He is a founding member of the supergroup "Royal Southern Brotherhood" with Cyril Neville and Devon Allman. In 2012 he formed his own group, The Wheel. Mike has produced albums for Samantha Fish, Laurence Jones, Albert Castiglia and others. He tours extensively in the USA, Canada and Europe. He has been honored with multiple Blues Music Awards over the past 10 years. His love of life and pursuit of happiness is felt in every note he sings and plays.

Albert Castiglia bio:
Up All Night. It?s an apt title for Albert Castiglia?s seventh album: nobody sleeps when this man is in town. After 27 years of house-rocking studio albums and smack-in-the-mouth live shows, the Florida bandleader is the acknowledged master of red-raw, sweat-and-hair blues that gives it to you straight. Now, the visceral riffs and bruised soul of Up All Night make everything else sound like a lullaby. ?I?d describe the musical vibe of this new album,? says Castiglia simply, ?as heavy.?

Released in 2017 on Ruf Records, Up All Night finds Castiglia in a creative swagger after last year?s acclaimed Big Dog. What wasn?t broke then hasn?t been fixed now, with the bluesman once again recording at Dockside Studios, Louisiana, and capturing a warts-and-all mix alongside producer Mike Zito. ?I figured since the Big Dog session went so well there, why change studios?? he reasons. ?I?ll probably record there for the rest of my life.?

Dockside might be home-turf, but any notion of a comfort zone was dispelled by an edgy new lineup who pushed their bandleader to the wire. ?Putting my new band together was a pivotal moment and this recent incarnation has really upped my game,? says Castiglia. ?My drummer, Brian Menendez, is very dynamic and gives me that extra spark. He's along the lines of a Ginger Baker or Mitch Mitchell. Jimmy Pritchard is my bass player and he?s solid as a rock. His tone is fat and he's right on time. When I hear him, I think of Bill Wyman or Calvin ?Fuzz? Jones. It?s a power trio with no boundaries or restrictions. It?s a pretty amazing sound to me and it?s reflective in Up All Night.?

Up All Night is what happens when fist-tight chemistry meets a songwriter firing on all cylinders. Flying out of the blocks and bottling ten songs on the first day, Castiglia shook the Dockside walls with the most powerful songs of his career. There?s the stinging Hoodoo On Me. The strutting garage-band vibe and scream-it-back chorus of Three Legged Dog. The punchy call-and-response bar-room brawler that is Knocked Down Loaded. ?That song was written with my frequent collaborator, Graham Wood Drout,? says Castiglia, ?and it brings me back to when I was a young musician and felt like I was ten feet tall and bulletproof.?

Other high-velocity cuts include 95 South?s travelogue, decorated by the inimitable slide-guitar fairydust of Sonny Landreth (?That?s about having to drive from Washington D.C. to my home in South Florida in the middle of a tropical storm?), while Chase Her Around The House splices an early rock ?n? roll vibe with an age-old male need (?It?s about coming home and wanting to devour your significant other after being on the road for a long time?).

He?ll pummel you with the rough stuff, but Castiglia can also shift gears to more contemplative moments, whether that?s the rolling and contented acoustic blues of You Got Me To That Place, or its thematic opposite-man, Unhappy House Of Blues. ?That song was co-written with Cyril Neville,? he explains. ?Cyril wrote the lyrics but I completely relate to them, because they bring me back to unhappier times when I was a struggling musician and I had no support from who I was with. I think anyone can relate to these tunes.?

This isn?t Castiglia?s first time around. Born on August 12th, 1969, in New York ? before moving to Florida aged five ? he made his professional debut in 1990 with Miami Blues Authority, but truly hit the international radar when Junior Wells invited him into his solo band for several world tours. ?It was an incredible adventure,? recalls Castiglia. ?Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to be a Chicago bluesman. Junior opened the door for me to do that. He recorded his last studio album, Come On In This House, at Dockside. What a sign!?

The gig was a shop-window, and though Wells died in 1998, there was no stopping Castiglia, whether he was joining the great Atlanta vocalist Sandra Hall for national tours in the late-?90s, or holding his own in onstage jams with everyone from Pinetop Perkins to John Primer. Nobody?s sideman, his own burgeoning solo career began with 2002?s Burn, followed up by 2006?s A Stone?s Throw, 2010?s Keepin On and 2012?s Living The Dream. In 2014, Ruf debut Solid Ground was declared ?smouldering and intense? by The Blues Magazine, while last year?s Big Dog was the thrilling culmination of a lifetime?s craft, championed by Blues Blast?s Kim Derr as ?the best album I?ve listened to this year?.

That back catalogue is a high bar, but Up All Night raises it, defying you to sleep until you?ve worn out its 11 magnetic tracks. ?You?ll rock out and dance like nobody?s watching,? concludes Albert. ?If you?re sad, this record will lift you up. If you?re already happy, this album will make you happier. You can listen to this album anywhere, anytime??

Eliot Lewis Of Hall & Oats And Live From Daryl's House With Special Guest Brian Dunne (Hall & Oates) at The Funky Biscuit

Eliot Lewis bio:
Eliot Lewis is a singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist as well as being a key member of the the Daryl Hall & John Oates band. Eliot is also one of the original featured musicians on MTV?s "Live From Daryl's House?. His contributions stand out on some of the best moments from the show including performances with Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top), Joe Walsh, Todd Rundgren,Train, Grace Potter, Ben Folds, Booker T, Jewel, Rob Thomas, Keb Mo, Jason Mraz, Darius Rucker, Gavin DeGraw and many, many others. Earlier in his career Eliot spent several years as a key member of the The Average White Band. Eliot toured, wrote and also produced several songs for the Scottish soul band.

"Eliot is a musician who can do it all, great singer, songwriter and guitarist. He rocks and he's got soul. No one does it quite like him" - Daryl Hall

Having mastered four instruments over the course of his career; guitar, keyboard, bass and drums, Eliot blazed his own trail as a solo artist sharing his distinctive brand of rock & soul through solo releases and hundreds of solo tour dates all over the world. Eliot?s songs come from the inside out. ?I think the main inspiration for any of my records is to convey these little slices of life, most of my songs are written about my own experiences and situations?.

There are many who shaped Eliot?s music and writing. ?As a guitar player, definitely Jeff Beck who I've been listening to all my life, as well as Billy Gibbons who I had the great fortune of working with recently, and Peter Frampton who I actually jammed with when I was 14 yrs old. I had the amazing experience of meeting and seeing many influential artists when I was a kid mainly at Madison Square Garden in New York City. A place I just played with Hall & Oates which was a lifetime dream. One of the first writers to in- spire me to write songs was Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick, another favorite band of mine that I just worked with on Live From Daryl's House.?

In 2016 Eliot signed an exclusive recording partnership with The SoNo Recording Group. His first release, entitled Adventure, is a collection of eleven new recordings; ten originals written, performed, and produced by Eliot and one cover of the Bad Com- pany classic, ?Ready For Love?. ?My goal with this record is to try to present a record that comes from the place that first inspired me, the kind of classic stripped down rock & soul before all the slick production with auto tuning became so common place?

Adventure will be released on CD, digital download, and streaming on Friday October 28th world-wide vis SRG Records / The ILS Group / Universal Music Group.


Brian Dunne bio:
I'm the current drummer for Hall and Oates and have been touring the world with them for the past 7 years. As the drummer for Live From Daryl's House I've been fortunate enough to record shows with Joe Walsh, Billy Gibbons, Sammy Hagar, Aloe Blac, Gavin Degraw, Cheap Trick, Wyclef Jean, Daughtry, Todd Rundgren, Patrick Stump, Booker T. Jones, Grace Potter, Parachute, Guster, Daryl Hall, Chiddy Bang, Rumer, Nick Waterhouse, Minus the Bear, Johnny Swim, Amos Lee, Brett Dennen, Darius Rucker, Ben Folds, Kandace Springs, Kitty Daisy and Lewis, Elle King, Anderson East, Grace, Mayer Hawthorne, Allen Stone, Butch Walker, Jason Mraz, Shelby Lynne, Kenny Loggins, The O'Jays, Rob Thomas, Neon Trees, Cee Lo Green...

I've also had the good fortune to be a band member/perform/tour/record with many other artists before my tenure with Hall and Oates: AWB, Patti Austin, Chuck Loeb, Alana Davis, Bobby Caldwell, Jason Robert Brown, Ariana Grande, Nelson Rangel, Special EFX, Jeff Lorber, Everett Harp, Keiko Matsui, Michael Franks, Jeff Kashiwa, Willie Colon, Gerald Veasley, Bob James, Jay Beckenstein, Dave Samuels, Cory Glover, Chieli Manucci, Kim Waters, The Sax Pack, Steve Cole and Paul Jackson Jr.,

Concerts and TV shows backing: Patti Labelle, Chaka Khan, Florida, Ashanti, Jarule, Bell Biv Devoe, Envogue, JoJo, Stephanie Mills, Sharon Jones, Donnie Mcclurkin, Floetry, The Impressions, Anthony Hamilton, Sting, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Bob James, Peter White, Jessica Simpson, Carly Rae Jepsen, Hezekiah Walker, The Main Ingredient, Leni Stern, Jeff Golub, Phil Perry, Be Be Winans, India Arie, Eddie Levert...

In addition to my touring/performance schedule, I've played on a number of major motion ?lm tracks as well as independent ?lms and jingles.

I also have a production facility (Back of the Bus Productions) where I record drum tracks (remote sessions) for those in need of Live Drums for their projects.

Eric Darius at The Funky Biscuit

Reserve Seats for this show are subject to a $15 food or beverage minimum (Happy Hour Menu not available for this show)

Saxophonist, composer, producer, and vocalist Eric Darius likes to play by his own rules. Fearlessly pushing all musical boundaries, he is one of the most exciting musicians to enter the Contemporary Jazz scene in the last decade. His explosive arrival as a recording artist at the age of 17 caused a frenzy worldwide! Now, with six critically acclaimed albums under his belt, a Number One hit single, and Seven Top 10 radio hits on Nielsen?s R&R/Billboard Contemporary Jazz Charts, international recording artist, Eric Darius? star continues to rise straight to the top. Prophetically hailed Debut Artist of the Year by Smooth Jazz News in 2004, Eric has shared the stage with innumerable world renown, Grammy Award-winning artists, such as Prince, Jamie Foxx, Mary J. Blige, David Foster, Carlos Santana, Babyface, Wynton Marsalis & George Benson, just to name a few. His music innovatively crosses over all music boundaries from Jazz, R&B, Hip-Hop, to Pop, creating a very distinctive, fresh sound and approach that is uniquely his own.

?Artists such as Prince, Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, and Miles Davis have always inspired me because of their fearlessness to express themselves freely from a musical standpoint and allow their music to evolve with each album,? states Eric Darius. Hailing from a musical family with rich traditions in Caribbean music (his father is from Haiti and his mother is from Jamaica), Eric realized his calling for music at an early age. ? I remember being nine years old and hearing a saxophonist play at my church. I instantly loved the sound?I remember being blown away by the soul and emotion of the instrument. It was as if I could almost hear the words and lyrics with each note being played?it was at that point that I fell in love with the instrument. The saxophone has a way of connecting with people in a way that no other instrument does. To me, its expressions are closest to the human voice.? Darius is one of those musicians who was fortunate to benefit from music programs in the school system. As a result the young musician has made it a mission to pay it forward and has spent a considerable amount of time exposing young students to music in the public school system with his On A Mission in the Schools campaign. He shares, ?It is important to me that these types of music programs remain available for children. One of my goals is to expose young kids to music with substance and to help make them aware that music can be an outlet for their emotions?that it can be a positive influence in their lives. By age eleven?after only playing for one year?Eric was chosen to be in Sonny LaRosa and America?s Youngest Jazz Band, which consisted of young musicians, ages five to twelve. The group toured the country and even played at the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland.

Throughout Eric?s young but already dynamic career, he?s had the tremendous opportunity to travel and perform worldwide with numerous groups. Even as a high school student at Blake High School of the Performing Arts and college student at the University of South Florida in Tampa, he had the fortune to travel internationally at such a young age. ?My goal is to really help bridge the generational gap and make music that has infinite possibilities,? concludes Eric Darius.

With the release of Retro Forward, Eric Darius is building bridges, forging new paths and ensuring that his heartfelt, organic and honest approach to the music will stand the test of time. Whether he?s being featured on FOX?s hit TV show, The X Factor, or TNT?s hit drama series, Mob City, Eric?s presence is definitely being felt in the entertainment world. He continues to be an artist that knows no boundaries and a force that is unequalled in today?s musical landscape.

Endoxa Booking and The Limitless Agency Present

Insomnium
Silenmara
Maedusa
God-Rot

Friday June 15th at O'Malley's
1388 N State Rd 7 - Margate, FL
Event tickets at endoxabooking.com

As we continue to push the boundaries of what this band can do, on this night we bring you one of the greatest sub-genres of Metal to come out of the 90's, Melodic Death Metal. We will focus it's original birth place of Sweden, and the bands that took the original Swedish Death Metal sound and aggression from bands like Unleashed and mixed it with the melodic riffs found in the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal bands like Iron Maiden. We will be playing songs by the scene's biggest and most influential bands like At The Gates, Arch Enemy, (old) In Flames, Dark Tranquility, Amon Amarth, and more... So come and join us on this dark and special night!

Also appearing:
The debut of Doomskull, featuring Jay Black (ex Malevolent Creation)
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And Miami's Amenorrhea
https://www.facebook.com/Amenorrheadeathmetal/

Fri, June 22nd. 9pm
O'Malley's Sports Bar. Margate Fl.
NO COVER CHARGE FOR OVER 21!
$5 for 18-20

Black Tongue
Traitors
Tribe

Sunday June 24th at O'Malley's
1388 N State Rd 7 - Margate, FL
Tickets available at limitlessagency.com

Presented by The Limitless Agency

Have Mercy
Kississippi
Gleemer
Super Whatever

Saturday, June 30th at O'Malley's
1388 FL 7 - Margate, FL
Event tickets at foryourfriends.net

Presented by For Your Friends Booking // The Limitless Agency

Endoxa Booking & The Limitless Agency Present

Das Ich
Astari Nite
Alpha Quadrant

DJ sets by Paul Klov of Bohemia AG

Thursday July 5th at Respectable Street
518 Clematis St - West Palm Beach, FL
Tickets available at endoxabooking.com