Lady Sunshine to headline 2010 HarmonyFest
// August 24th, 2010 // No Comments » // Bands and Headliner
With September 5 just around the corner, all of the bands for this year’s festival have been finalized. Featured as the headlining act will be Lady Sunshine and the X Band. Below is an expert from the band’s website.
Lady Sunshine was born to sing the blues. Born on a plantation near the Mississippi Delta in West Helena Arkansas, Lady Sunshine grew up singing gospel music as a little girl and is definitely the ‘real deal’! Sunshine is the consummate entertainer and that deep soulful southern hunger that drives her is apparent both on and off the stage through her heartfelt originals and down-to-earth demeanor. She moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1975 and began performing professionally in genres such as Blues, R&B, Gospel, Soul & Jazz. Although Sunshine lives in the heartland of the University of Michigan Wolverines, the chants of ‘Let’s Go Blue’ take on a whole different meaning for her.
The Rhythm Section, comprised of (Slick) Rick Humesky on guitar, Kito Pardo on drums, Larry Baulden on bass, and Tom (Fossdog) Fosselman on keyboards, is a rock steady groove machine with such a deep pocket that no matter what style you ask for, be it Blues, Funk, R&B, Soul, Rock, Jazz or Latin, you’ll get a groove that is authentic, precise and pumpin’.
The ‘Xsatiable Horns’ are comprised of Patricio Padilla, David Maki II, and Ken Ferry. These cats are powerful, air-tight, horn phonemes, accustomed to playing as a compact and symbiotic unit in addition to being virtuosic soloists in their own right. Their ‘Phat’ sound has been described as a fusion of the Memphis Horns, James Brown Horns, and Tower of Power Horns rolled into one unique and Xsatiable package.
The Rhythm Section, comprised of (Slick) Rick Humesky on guitar, Kito Pardo on drums, Larry Baulden on bass, and Tom (Fossdog) Fosselman on keyboards, is a rock steady groove machine with such a deep pocket that no matter what style you ask for, be it Blues, Funk, R&B, Soul, Rock, Jazz or Latin, you’ll get a groove that is authentic, precise and pumpin’.
The ‘Xsatiable Horns’ are comprised of Patricio Padilla, David Maki II, and Ken Ferry. These cats are powerful, air-tight, horn phenomes, accustomed to playing as a compact and symbiotic unit in addition to being virtuostic soloists in their own right. Their ‘Phat’ sound has been described as a fusion of the Memphis Horns, James Brown Horns, and Tower of Power Horns rolled into one unique and Xsatiable package.
