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  VOCALS
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  VOCALS/BACKGROUND-VOCALS
 
BART MADELEY 
   GUITAR
Bart has been playing music for the past 30 years as well as playing in and around Texas.
He has played in bands such as Alex Coke & Friends, Julie Christianson,
Jazzmanian Devil, Cheeyno Schmaltzy, Toby Anderson, Clifford Scott, The Platters,
Rotel & the Hot Tomatoes, and many others.
He is one of the few guitarists in Austin that has the ability to crossover to different styles of music with flare. Bart has open for Sinbad, Eric Johnson, Bugs Henderson, Billy Preston, Delbert Mc Clinton, Spyro Gyro, and many others. Some other accomplishments Bart has Received was the key to the city of Austin for playing Jazz for the Mayor.
Bart has also played for Senator Walter Mondale and White House Staff
Madelyn Albright.
LARRY EISENBERG       BASS/KEYBOARDS/HARP
Born in Brooklyn, NY, Larry has been in the central Texas area most of his adult life.
Words cannot explain the beautiful sound that comes from the veteran fingers every time he plays his instruments.
He has played with Bobby Mack, Rotel and The Hot Tomatoes, Chuck Berry, Rob Roy Parnell, The Platters, and The Blues Crawlers for the past five years.
Larry ability to play different styles with class, from Stand-Up Bass, to Electric-Bass,
Keyboards, and Harp, he truly is the real deal and a master of his trade, (Music).
He teaches music to children to date and stays busy touring with others as well being on
The Blues Crawlers CD FAT BACK’N.
TIM PETERSON        SAX/SOPRANO/FLUTE/VOCALS
 A musician for 40 years, Tim attended North Texas State University and has played
 In the Dallas area since the 70’s and the 80’s.
 Tim took his skills on the road to New York City with a band by the name of Electrified Action, as well as playing the Lake Tahoe area with Chuck Jackson.
 You can find Tim’s work on the song African Queen with some of the members of
 Kool & The Gang. He has played and wrote music in the 80’s in Washington DC area
 before moving back to the Austin area in the 90’s.
 Tim has been continuing his craft by recording and writing, Rhythm & Blues songs
 as well as contemporary Gospel, Soul and Jazz tunes and now with his piers.
 POPULAR DEMAND and The Blues Crawlers
TOM ROBINSON            SAXOPHONE
Born in Houston, Tx. Tom, for more than 30 years has been playing in Hawaii, Europe, and Caribbean and throughout the United States.He considers his style of music to be Texas Soul, with R&B, Funk, Blues, Jazz, & Tropical influences.He has played with the musical acts Extreme Heat, The Cobras featuring Jr Medlow, also with Coupe De Ville featuring Dr John, Pressure Reggie, Toby Beau (RCA Records), The Killer Bees, and The Billy Young Band.
A very exciting member to watch and listen to.
GIL JENKINS        
   DRUMMER/VOCALS/LEADER/SONGWRITER 
   
   
Gil’s family is from South and North Carolina; he has always had great musical influences around him all his life. Gil started playing at the age of 10 years old, all of his family members Played an instrument and sing. He attended singer Grafflex school of music in Morganfield Kentucky in the early 60’s, (government Program), along with other young musicians from the East coast.Under the training of Orange Franklin the original Ray Charles section leader, was able to perform with his band backing the likes of; Sam & Dave, Joe Tex, Stylistics’, Main Ingredient, Tavares, and The Moments.
Some of the biggest names in the world of music is from Gil’s home town , such as Dizzy Gillespie, James Brown, Maceo Parker, Thelonious Monk, Peabo Bryson,( Tina Turner), family by marriage, and many others, who were friends of the Jenkins family even still today.
At a younger age he was mentored by these musicians in music clinics, during the years of segregation, and have been on the scene, every time his Uncle Nat Kennedy was the   drummer for everyone on this list. Gil was able to set in with them and learn the trade.  
Moving to Austin, TX in 1982 he has played with W.C. Clark, TD Bell and The Blues Specialists, Funk & Beyond, and Unique Style Rob Roy Parnell, Martin Banks, Pat (Homeboy) Patterson, Larry Williams, just to name a very few that he has worked with.
In 1996, he started the band The Blues Crawlers.At this time, the band has three CD's out on the market, an original web site (wwwthebluescrawlers.com), and touring nationally and internationally. Gil is an active member of the American Federation of Musicians (Local 433), Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, San Marcos Chamber of Commerce, ASCAP, NARAS, WAMA, National Music Publishers Association, Voting member of The Blues Foundation,and the back bone to, Blue Carousel/ Popular Demand and the band, The Blues Crawlers.

Additional players: Female vocals, trumpet and trombone

Special Dress, Tuxedo’s/ Professional Sound Engineer and PA System included

Gil

 

 

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