Class Of 2021

 Musician, singer, songwriter Muddy Waters, is one of the most important people in modern music history. He has inspired and influenced numerous musicians including Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, and The Beatles to name a few. Waters is one of very few musicians to be inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame www.rockhall.com, The Blues Hall of Fame, and The Grammy Hall of Fame. 

Muddy performed numerous times in New England. 

 James Cotton was an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter, who performed and recorded with many of the great blues artists of his time and with his own band. He played drums early in his career but is famous for his harmonica playing. Cotton began his professional career playing the blues harp in Howlin' Wolf's. He was very influential in the music world, and regular at he Shaboo Inn. James Cotton Documentary check out

https://www.jamescottonfilm.com/services 

Paula Cole is from Rockport, Mass and attended Berklee College of Music where she studied  jazz singing and improvisation. Paula is a multi Grammy nominated recording artist. Who made history becoming the first female Producer to be nominated for a Grammy. She won the Grammy for best new artist in 1998. 

Paula is the first NEMHOF inductee to be  inducted in for five categories. Pioneer, Musician, Composer, Singer, and Producer. 

Official Website:   

https://paulacole.com/ 

 Mud Morganfield has had his own success with his solo career and has properly followed in his father's footsteps. Some of Mud Morganfield's albums include. 

• Fall Waters Fall (2008)
• Son of a Seventh Son (2012)
• For Pops: A Tribute To Muddy Waters (2014)
• They Call Me Mud (2018)

In 2015, his album, For Pops: A Tribute To Muddy Waters, won a Blues Music Award in the 'Traditional Blues Album' category.

 James Montgomery is a New England Blues Icon.

In 1970 Montgomery formed The James Montgomery Band. His harmonica playing, singing and energetic stage show led to his band gaining a reputation as one of the hottest bands on the New England music scene.

 James has performed on stage with a long list of musicians including B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, Junior Wells, James Cotton, Bonnie Raitt, Steven Tyler

 Duke is one of the greatest guitarists to come out of New England. Duke and Al Copley founded the band Roomful of Blues. He later became a member of The Fabulous Thunderbirds. He has had a successful solo career . Briefly in 2013, he was the guitarist for Bob Dylan's tour.

Check out his website https://www.dukerobillard.com/ 

•  WC Handy/Blues Music best guitarist award in 2000/ 2001/ 2003 and 2004.
• Two Grammy nominations for best traditional blues album in 2007 and 2010 besides multiple award

Very influential on the New England Music scene as a Producer and musician . https://www.horizonmusicgroup.com/pages/about-new-haven-music-recording-studio

 Brian Keane  is a multi Emmy and Grammy award-winning American composer, music producer, and guitarist. In a career that has spanned more than four decades, he has composed the music for hundreds of films and television shows and produced over a hundred record albums. nine Peabody Award-winning films, six Oscar nominated films, and one Academy Award-winning film.  Check out this gifted composer https://briankeanemusic.com/  

 The legendary multi-platinum "East Coast Rock'n'Roll" group John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band began their career in 1972 and achieved mainstream success in the 1980s with the "Eddie & The Cruisers - Motion Picture Soundtrack".  The hit single "On the Dark Side" held the "Number-One" position on the Billboard Rock charts and the MTV video charts for “five” consecutive weeks.  The album sold over 3 million copies and was certified triple Platinum by the RIAA. 

New England Saxophone Legend Michael "Tunes" Antunes was born in Dartmouth, Massachusetts and studied saxophone early-on,   Tunes  has played or shared the stage with many great artists including, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Bruce Springsteen, The Coasters, The Shirelles and since 1977 John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band with whom he still performs. 

Please donate to tunes go fundme https://www.gofundme.com/f/nkdxuh-tune-in-for-quottunesquot 

 The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center   She lived in Fenwick and Old Saybrook., In 2003.

That same year, with the town offices removed to the new Town Hall, the town of Old Saybrook voted to restore Mr. Cone’s building to its original use as a theatre. Two years later, Ms. Hepburn’s family granted the Town the right to name this theatre after her and thus, the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center was born. The Kate has helped bring quality entertainment to New England music community. 

The Knickerbocker Café,   

www.knickmusic.org 

 a storied music club in Westerly, Rhode Island, was built in 1933, shortly after the end of Prohibition. The Café itself is named after a train that passed through Westerly station at the time of the Café’s founding.

The club thrived as one of the leading entertainment centers in southern New England, hosting regional and national bands with an emphasis on the blues. Some of the greats that played on the Knickerbocker stage included, Big Joe Turner, A

 Café Nine is New Haven’s corner bar. For over 30 years, a diverse and colorful medley of people have passed through the doors where on an given night you are able to rub shoulders with world famous musicians. This is the Musicians living room.

Website   

https://www.cafenine.com/ 

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