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The Jim Nestor
Agency is a Blues, Roots & Americana Booking and Entertainment Services
Company licensed & bonded in Florida, TA1129. While we are based out of South Florida our clients span the
globe. We are booking festivals and clubs for 2023 and into 2024... We
have festival packages with several bands. Click on
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Lurrie Bell:
Agent, Jim Nestor
booking@jimnestor.com The son of famed blues harmonica player Carey Bell, Lurrie Bell picked up his father’s guitar at age of five and taught himself to play. By seventeen, Lurrie was playing on stage with Willie Dixon. In 1977 he was a founding member of The Sons of Blues with Freddie Dixon (son of Willie) and Billy Branch. At last count Lurrie Bell has now appeared on over 50+ recordings either as leader or featured sideman. Lurrie Bell’s elegant and intense guitar playing and passionate vocals have made him a favorite at clubs and festivals around the world and have earned him a reputation as one of the “leading lights” in the future of the blues. His 2022 release is a tribute to Freddie King. EPK |
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John Primer
Agent Jim Nestor
booking@bluzpik.com
We are representing John Primer in the UK and Florida. Two time Blues Music Award winner & Grammy Nominee. The echoes of tradition bellowing from the birthplaces he played such as: Maxwell Street, Theresa's, Checkerboard and Rosa's Lounges, pulse from every chord in his fingers today. John Primer is a Chicago Blues Living Legend. EPK |
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Gabe
Stillman: Agent,
Jim, booking@jimnestor.com Gabe won the prestigious Gibson guitar award in Memphis 2019. Anson Funderburgh produced the August 2021 Vizztone release, Gabe's 3rd CD. "Just Say The Word" is charting on the Billboard Blues Chart and Roots Music Radio Blues charts. The Nighthawks backed Gabe for his second release in 2020. On "Flying High". Mark Wenner said, “Gabe plays the blues with strength, personality, and a depth of both feeling and musicianship.” Gabe Stillman is an artist to watch always on the move. EPK BCP Artist Management Group, bmtallman@aol.com |
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Dennis
Johnson: Agent, Jim,
booking@jimnestor.com
"Revelation" debuted #1 on Roots Music Radio Chart 7/2022 Dennis Johnson is one of the world class slide guitar players performing today. He and his band are a high energy, groove driven, slide guitar tour de force. The band elevates Blues, Rock, Roots, and Americana grooves to a stellar level that brings audiences to their feet. Dennis Johnson's virtuosity on Slide Guitar has to be seen to be believed. He is based in Sacramento, California but always on tour. EPK |
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Tom
Craig:
Agent, Jim
booking@jimnestor.com Philadelphia native Tom Craig, who now splits his time between PA and SW Florida. He plays a special mixture of Chicago Blues, Memphis Soul and R&B. Tom's 2nd CD released in 2021, "Good Man Gone Bad" produced by harmonica ace Mikey Junior and Dave Gross displays this distinctive style on guitar and vocals. Tom & his band could be seen backing Kat Riggins back in the summer of 2021 for northeast festivals and concerts. EPK |
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Junior
Watson:
Agent Jim
booking@jimnestor.com
Junior Watson's resume is as large as it is impressive. A founding member of The Mighty Flyers he stayed with the band for ten years. He then left to join Canned Heat for ten years. He then toured for a while with LA-based harmonica player/vocalist Lynwood Slim. All along the way he has backed up and recorded with the who’s-who of the blues. While Junior Watson has appeared on hundreds of recordings, his solo releases are few. The latest release, Nothin’ To It But To Do It shows Watson’s command of the instrument – either when soloing or playing rhythm. EPK |
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Billy Price:
Agent Jim
booking@jimnestor.com
2016 Blues Music Award Winner Billy Price first attracted national attention during his three-year association with guitarist Roy Buchanan. Billy's new release "Dog Eat Dog" on Gulf Coast Records promises nothing less. The master of Blue Eyed Soul and Blues hit the Billboard chart with Dog Eat Dog in its first week of release. City Paper "2021 Best of Pittsburgh" winner. Radio stations globally have picked up on him with festivals in Europe and North America buying into this fabulous artist....... EPK |
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Veronika
Jackson:
Agent, Jim,
booking@jimnestor.com
Veronika Jackson's new release, "The Woman I Am" is still too far under the radar and this CD should be a testament to her artistry... LIVING BLUES. Veronika performs throughout the US & Europe at Folk and Blues festivals. Her music is influenced by folk & blues artists such as Odetta, Dolly Parton, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Joan Baez, and later, Diamond Teeth Mary, a blues performer who inspired many folk artist through her performances. EPK |
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Peter
Parcek:
Agent, Jim Nestor
booking@jimnestor.com Peter's daring, incendiary and soulful style is a distinctive hybrid. He weaves rock, gypsy-jazz, country, folk, and blues-- especially blues-- into a tapestry of melody, harmony and daredevil solos that push those styles to their limits. Nominated by The Blues Foundation for the 2021 Blues Rock BMA for "Mississippi Suitcase" & in the 2011 his BMA nominations was for "Best New Artist Debut." Both nominations came as the result of the overwhelming critical acclaim for his 2010 national album debut, "The Mathematics of Love." EPK |
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Sir Rod & The Blues Doctors : Agent, Jim booking@jimnestor.com Atlanta-based singer "Sir Rod" Patterson is Sterling Magee's nephew; harmonica player / percussionist Adam Gussow was Magee's partner for more than three decades (1986-2018) in the Harlem blues duo Satan & Adam, featured in a Netflix-screened documentary by the same name. With Mississippi blues veteran Alan Gross on guitar (and his homemade cigar-box guitars), Sir Rod & the Blues Doctors released their debut CD, Come Together, to rave reviews in the summer of 2020. EPK |
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JL Fulks:
Agent, Jim
booking@jimnestor.com Award Winning Guitarist and Songwriter Jeffrey Lynn Fulks Jr. now known as JL Fulks. He has shared the stage and opened for such names as: Johnny Winter, Robert Randolph, Doyle Brandhall ll, Donovan Frankenreiter, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Tinsley Ellis, Tab Benoit, Matt Schofield, Chris Duarte, Mac Arnold and the Plate Full of Blues, Brandon Santini, and many more. In 2016 , 2018, & 2020 JL Fulks won several awards with the International Music & Entertainment Association: 2016 - Blues Song of the Year (You & I), 2018 - Blues Artist of the Year, 2018 - Music Video of the Year (The Way She Makes Me Feel), Aside from his own artist career JL, is also a producer, session musician, and music instructor. JL is based in Nashville. EPK |
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Niles Blaize & The Swamp Cats
Agent, Jim, booking@bluzpik.com This Alabama born, Mississippi bred, multi instrumentalist music man, Niles “Red Bean” Blaize was living so close to New Orleans, “I could smell the beignets in the morning.” Red Bean not only brings out the party, he carries it in his soul. Fat Tuesday is booked years in advance. Niles is a favorite performer at Cajun & food festivals EPK |
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Ross
Osteen Band:
Agent, Jim,
booking@jimnestor.com The Ross Osteen bands' sound on stage drew Buddy Guy out of the kitchen at Legends in Chicago to join them on stage for a recent set in the windy city. To have a blues legend be drawn to your music and want to perform with you sight unseen is a testament to the deep blues sound emanating from the stage at a Ross Osteen show. Their fourth release, "CUMBERGROUND" came out in February 2022. Performing in support of latest release while getting rave reviews. The band is based in the western mountains of North Carolina in Hendersonville and travel nationwide. EPK |
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Seth
Rosenbloom:
Agent, Jim booking@jimnestor.com Seth's new release, "As The Crow Flies" debuted #1 on Itunes Blues sales chart in February 2023. Author of Blues Soloing Handbook and TrueFire instructor, Seth, is ready to turn the Blues World on its ear. Boston Globe quote is “a searing blues-rock guitarist,” and The Noise Boston as a musician who “makes his guitar growl and has a voice to match,” he’s been compared to “a slightly younger and rawer version of Matt Schofield ,” by the Blues Power blog, which also praised him for “his gravelly, forceful vocals and stinging guitar work.” EPK |
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Dexter Allen: Agent,
Jim, booking@jimnestor.com
EPK Guitar player for the Bobby Rush Band for many years Dexter is out on his own with several stellar albums released. His live show at the Ground Zero Blues Club takes a page out of a classic old blues show, carrying on a custom that traces back to 1920s Delta pioneer Charley Patton: good, old-fashioned showmanship that makes people want to be in Dexter's presence. Dexter performed at Eric Clapton’s 2019 CROSSROADS GUITAR FESTIVAL and is available for worldwide booking with his passionate, driving guitar style in the vein of the Blues masters through the generations. |
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Patti Parks:
Agent, Jim, booking@jimnestor.com EPK
Patti's latest release “Whole Nother World” has climbed Blues Radio Charts worldwide, including SiriusXM Radio, and received glowing reviews in major publications. "Winning Honors, Festivals and Hearts. A Blues Performer on Booga Records with Kenny Neal producing and Distributed by Vizztone Records Recording Artist Patti Parks has found a way to match her love for blues with her life’s most meaningful work – one of the best examples of the well-worn cliché that music is a healing force. She is the embodiment of it." —Making a Scene, album review by Jim Hynes |
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The Outcrops
Agent, Jim Nestor
booking@jimnestor.com
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The
Mighty Soul Drivers:
Agent, Jim booking@bluzpik.com
The Mighty Soul Drivers are New England's keepers of the Memphis Soul flame. Years of playing all kinds of gigs from major festival stages to corner taverns has honed each member's skills to a fine edge. They mine the deepest old Soul nuggets and breathe new life into them while finding the cream of Memphis-styled contemporary tunes and creating their own soulful originals. The Mighty Soul Drivers deliver the goods. From the moment the opening horn riff blasts out of your speakers, The Mighty Soul Drivers pump out the best Memphis-style Soul to be heard in Southern New England. EPK |
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Memphis Lightning,
UK & Euro Agent,
Jim,
booking@jimnestor.com Lightning Thiboutot, Jr. & Big Red Thiboutot, Sr. along with Jermane Dukes comprise the most dynamic & exciting band on the scene today. "Borrowed Time" their latest release won the Best Self Produced CD at the IBC in 2022. No time to rest, "The Road is My Home" is set to release in Fall 2022. The first time I saw them I thought Link Wray meets Danny Gatton in reincarnation. At 24 Lightning has lived a lifetime performing professionally since the age of 12. A cancer survivor & stage warrior Lightning attacks the stage with every performance leaving it all there. EPK |
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Matt Swanton
Band
Agent, Jim Nestor
booking@jimnestor.com
Matt Swanton, up and coming blues guitarist and songwriter has broke into the New England blues scene with the release of his debut album "The Matt Swanton Band". Matt Swanton brings high energy electric guitar to his debut album showcasing 7 tracks steeped in traditional blues, late 60's/early 70's psychedelic rock, and funk. The Matt Swanton Band has been making a name in the New England blues scene, playing at bars and music venues all over Massachusetts, southern New Hampshire, and Rhode Island, and being chosen by the Boston Blues Society to represent Massachusetts in the 2023 International Blues Challenge, where they advanced to the semi-finals. EPK |
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Otis Cadillac &
The Eldorados
Agent,
Jim,
booking@jimnestor.com Served up on a big stage like festivals and larger venues is the perfect recipe for the Otis Cadillac Band and the El Dorados with The Seville Sisters. A perennial performer at the Niagara Falls Festival and several others. This is an 11 piece band that performs Classic R&B, Root Rock N’ Roll and related Blues oriented material. The band performs in a style that emulates the Rhythm & Blues revues of the late 50s and early 60s. EPK |
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Joel Zoss:
Agent Jim
booking@jimnestor.com
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Nigel Mack:
Agent,
Jim,
booking@jimnestor.com BACK IN STYLE is Nigel's 2023 release with his classic ‘BLISTERING SLIDE, KILLER HARP’. Chicago blues ‘triple threat’ Nigel delivers a high-energy show that fuses blues classics with the punch of contemporary original blues. Seamlessly switching between instruments, Nigel Mack is equally proficient at them all. Based in Chicago, IL, He has toured all over North America, Europe and headlined top blues venues throughout. He is a favorite act at festivals everywhere. Those who have seen this dynamic band are sure to say that ‘Nigel Mack & the Blues Attack’ will keep you coming back for more! EPK |
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