CARSON DOWNEY BAND @ RAINBOW BISTRO - APR. 10

Carson Downey Band
Rainbow, 76 Murray Street
Thursday, April 10 @ 10 pm; $8

Carson Downey’s musical roots are in soul and rock, bassist Marlowe came from funk, and Murray was a drummer-of-all-trades. Carson played in Maritime blues legend Joe Murphy’s band for almost four years before starting his own band. Carson ’s musical roots are in soul and rock, bassist Marlowe Smith came from funk, and brother Murray was a drummer-of-all-trades.

This power trio was discovered by the president of Loggerhead Records in the late '90s and hit the blues scene, winning two Eastern Canada Music Awards in 2000. The members of the band have been in the music business for more than 20 years, but it has been only in the last few that they’ve broken through to a bigger, trans-Canada audience. They’re a rarity in Canada’s music scene: an all-black, all-Canadian band playing the blues from a part of the country better known for Celtic-style fiddling.

www.carsondowney.ca


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