Pink Arguello & 2000 Lbs of Blues
2000 LBS OF BLUES - Michael "Pink" Arguello native of Los Angeles California,a fixture in the Southern California music scene since the 1980's a charismatic, off-beat entertainer, fondly known to friends as Pink, The founding member of 2000 LBS of Blues, Arguello has played many different styles of music over the years from rockabilly to blues, jazz to funk even alittle bit of punk. Arguello, described at times as "Over the top with a Bombastic Style has been a West Coast favorite for over 30 years. Having a personality as big as his voice, Pink's 2000 LBS outrageous shows hearken back to an era when Jump Blues was king and entertaining was what it was truly all about. Whether its playing local or national clubs & festivals or touring Europe there's always a cool cast of characters in the lineup ready, willing & able to burn down the house wherever they perform.Soul Of A Sinner ~ Pink Arguello and his band 2000 Lbs of Blues, is doing something a little different this time around with the newly released CD Soul of a Sinner. Arguello isn’t leaving jump blues for good, only stretching his musical muscle and songwriting abilities with something a little edgier and even a little darker than his previous 3 CDs. Soul of a Sinner is an unpredictable musical journey through a collection of soulfully interpreted, heartfelt songs. Twelve of the 13 songs are original works that run the musical gamut from big-time gritty harmonica blues, to guitar-crunching funky rockers, a smooth Latin-Jazzy number, all the way to a heart-pounding rap honoring the city of New Orleans. Never forgetting their well-loved roots, the band takes you on that journey via a wild, musical tightrope walk led by bandleader Arguello, who, jumps from side to side bouncing you crazily up and down, coming close, but never letting you fall off! This long awaited 4th CD was recorded at Ardent Audio Productions in Torrance, CA, by Rich Wenzel. Over a long weekend this past February, Arguello and Wenzel gathered together a powerhouse lineup of well known musicians all of whom have been or are 2000 Lbs of Blues band members. Those players include: Michael Arguello Vocals, Acoustic guitar Rich Wenzel Piano, Keyboards (Dave Mason Band) Kirk Fletcher Guitar (Fabulous Thunderbirds, Charlie Musselwhite) Gonzalo Bergara ~Guitar (Jon Jorgensen, Dan Hicks) Bobby Tsukamoto ~ Bass (John Trudell, Jesse Ed Davis) Tom Fillman Drums (Spencer Davis Band, Alejandro Escovedo) Additional musicians: Eric Von Herzen Harp (Social Distortion, Walter Trout) Johnny Mastro ~ Harp (The Mamma’s Boys) Scott Martin Saxophones Andrew Carney ~ Trumpet Walter Wagner ~ Trombone Oliver C. Brown ~ Percussion Jesse MacLeod ~ DJ,-Background Vocals ~ Teresa James, Neysa J. Mathews, Ptolemy Mathews, Marcia Mathews. \Discography:1999-"Livin' Large,'' the band's debut cd, received extensive airplay and landed on the European sales charts. Tracts from the cd were picked up by Virgin Records Europe for release on their boogie-woogie compilation cd that year. 2001- Gave birth to a new cd, "King Size" featuring guitar wizards Junior Watson and Kirk Fletcher, with appearances by Janiva Magness, Tom Mann, Sue Palmer and a host of boogie-woogie piano playing' monsters. 2003- The circus came to town one more time with 2000 Lbs of Blues disc entitled "Almost The Greatest Show On Earth!" Featuring red-hot tracks from Kid Ramos & Kirk Fletcher on guitars; English born boogie woogie virtuoso Carl "Sonny" Leyland on piano; co- producer Lynwood Slim plays some very cool chromatic harp and a complete horn section of Johnny Viau & Troy Jennings blowing down the tent! Come on! Come all! Check out "Almost The Greatest Show On Earth!" When not performing Arguello aka Funkelbright is also a book author, illustrator & creator of The World's First Read In The Dark Children's Black Light Books. Funkelbright Books at WWW.BLACKLIGHTBOOKS.COMWWW.FUNKELBRIGHT.COM 2009 Copyright © 2000 Lbs Of Blues ~ Soul Of A Sinner Contact Mike Arguello 2000 Lbs of Blues at 2000lbsofblues_gmail.com
2000 LBS OF BLUES - Michael "Pink" Arguello
native of Los Angeles California,a fixture in the Southern California music scene since the 1980's a charismatic, off-beat entertainer, fondly known to friends as Pink, The founding member of 2000 LBS of Blues, Arguello has played many different styles of music over the years from rockabilly to blues, jazz to funk even alittle bit of punk.
Arguello, described at times as "Over the top with a Bombastic Style has been a West Coast favorite for over 30 years. Having a personality as big as his voice, Pink's 2000 LBS outrageous shows hearken back to an era when Jump Blues was king and entertaining was what it was truly all about. Whether its playing local or national clubs & festivals or touring Europe there's always a cool cast of characters in the lineup ready, willing & able to burn down the house wherever they perform.
Soul Of A Sinner ~
Pink Arguello and his band 2000 Lbs of Blues, is doing something a little different this time around with the newly released CD Soul of a Sinner. Arguello isn’t leaving jump blues for good, only stretching his musical muscle and songwriting abilities with something a little edgier and even a little darker than his previous 3 CDs.
Soul of a Sinner is an unpredictable musical journey through a collection of soulfully interpreted, heartfelt songs. Twelve of the 13 songs are original works that run the musical gamut from big-time gritty harmonica blues, to guitar-crunching funky rockers, a smooth Latin-Jazzy number, all the way to a heart-pounding rap honoring the city of New Orleans. Never forgetting their well-loved roots, the band takes you on that journey via a wild, musical tightrope walk led by bandleader Arguello, who, jumps from side to side bouncing you crazily up and down, coming close, but never letting you fall off!
This long awaited 4th CD was recorded at Ardent Audio Productions in Torrance, CA, by Rich Wenzel. Over a long weekend this past February, Arguello and Wenzel gathered together a powerhouse lineup of well known musicians all of whom have been or are 2000 Lbs of Blues band members.
Those players include: Michael Arguello Vocals, Acoustic guitar Rich Wenzel Piano, Keyboards (Dave Mason Band) Kirk Fletcher Guitar (Fabulous Thunderbirds, Charlie Musselwhite) Gonzalo Bergara ~Guitar (Jon Jorgensen, Dan Hicks) Bobby Tsukamoto ~ Bass (John Trudell, Jesse Ed Davis) Tom Fillman Drums (Spencer Davis Band, Alejandro Escovedo) Additional musicians: Eric Von Herzen Harp (Social Distortion, Walter Trout) Johnny Mastro ~ Harp (The Mamma’s Boys) Scott Martin Saxophones Andrew Carney ~ Trumpet Walter Wagner ~ Trombone Oliver C. Brown ~ Percussion Jesse MacLeod ~ DJ,-Background Vocals ~ Teresa James, Neysa J. Mathews, Ptolemy Mathews, Marcia Mathews. \
Discography:
1999-"Livin' Large,'' the band's debut cd, received extensive airplay and landed on the European sales charts. Tracts from the cd were picked up by Virgin Records Europe for release on their boogie-woogie compilation cd that year.
2001- Gave birth to a new cd, "King Size" featuring guitar wizards Junior Watson and Kirk Fletcher, with appearances by Janiva Magness, Tom Mann, Sue Palmer and a host of boogie-woogie piano playing' monsters.
2003- The circus came to town one more time with 2000 Lbs of Blues disc entitled "Almost The Greatest Show On Earth!" Featuring red-hot tracks from Kid Ramos & Kirk Fletcher on guitars; English born boogie woogie virtuoso Carl "Sonny" Leyland on piano; co- producer Lynwood Slim plays some very cool chromatic harp and a complete horn section of Johnny Viau & Troy Jennings blowing down the tent! Come on! Come all! Check out "Almost The Greatest Show On Earth!"
When not performing Arguello aka Funkelbright is also a book author, illustrator & creator of The World's First Read In The Dark Children's Black Light Books.
Funkelbright Books at
WWW.BLACKLIGHTBOOKS.COM
WWW.FUNKELBRIGHT.COM
2009 Copyright ©
2000 Lbs Of Blues ~
Soul Of A Sinner
Contact Mike Arguello
2000 Lbs of Blues at 2000lbsofblues_gmail.com
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