| Saturday Nite Fish Fry - began as a request for a jump blues band back in 2001 that launched the Saturday Nite Fish Fry into an ongoing inetrnational music entity. The following year the band debuted its first successful recording Jump Shout Rock da House which featured the heavily played and universally downloaded Los Angeles nineteen fifties instrumental hit – Pachco Hop.
A song danced to throughout East Los Angeles Latino community in clubs and social events. The first line-up featured the blistering trumpet of Cuban virtuoso Alexis Baro – soulful alto saxophone of John Johnson – the jazz smarts of tenor saxophonist Bob Brough and fleet finger work of baritone saxophonist Chris Gale – heavy backbeat of drummer Rick Grattan – clever bass lines of Artie Roth - searing guitar of Neil Chapman and blues-based vocals and piano of band leader Bill King.
2004 saw the release of a second recording featuring newest member vocalist Shakura S’Aida. The Fish Fry moved from 40s and 50s jump tunes to fifties rhythm and blues covers of lesser known American female singers on Rhythm & Soul. The album went on to garner Best Soul Recording for the Saturday Nite Fish Fry and Best Soul Singer award for Shakura S’Aida 2004 from international blues magazine, Real Blues. Rhythm & Soul featured a shift in rhythm section with Davide D’Renzo drums and Scott Alexander bass. William Sperandi took over the trumpet chair. 2007 and a new recording is ready for the BIJF – ‘Dirt Road Blues’. Dirt Road is basically the music of two icons Bob Dylan and soul musician and composer Eddie Hinton.
Throughout Bob Dylan’s career he never ventured far from the blues. Saturday Nite Fish Fry has unearthed some classic material from both masters. From blues to rhythm & blues. Along the way Blind Willie Johnson’s soul-stirring gospel classic ‘I Just Can’t Keep From Cryin’ gets reverential treatment and King’s piano-guitar romp ‘Memphis Ivory Jag’ keeps the SNF tradition of composing original music alive and kicking. Once again the rhythm section undergoes a shift pulling the band closer to the New Orleans - Southern blues roots of band leader Bill King. Drummer Mike Sloski and bassist Howard Ayee make solid rhythm companions. Still at the core it’s the piano/vocals and arranging of Bill King, the guitar virtuosity of Neil Chapman and big time vocals of Shakura S’Aida that set the tone and mood of the band.
Bill King
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