Allegretto After-Party

Friday Night's Combined
AFTER-PARTY JAM &
CD RELEASE PARTY

with harmonica virtuoso
GARY ALLEGRETTO
and the Delaware All-Stars

Gary is hosting the Friday night Jam Session this year
featuring Special Guests from the Riverfront Festival!!
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Friday, August 8, 2008, 10:30 pm 'till 1:00 am
in the Hotel Ballroom at the
Sheraton Suites
in Downtown Wilmington

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Ticket information: TICKETS will be available
at the DSBS TENT on the Festival grounds

Single Friday After-Party Show:
$10 Members
$15 Non-members

Single Saturday After-Party Show- the Incomparable
Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials
$20 Members
$25 Non-members

Special Pre-Event Pricing for ALL AFTER-PARTY Shows on both Friday & Saturday:
$25 Members
$35 Non-members

(Money Orders or checks only for tickets by mail)

(DEPENDING UPON PRE-SALES, WHICH ARE USUALLY BRISK, TICKETS MIGHT BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR ON THE DAY
OF THE SHOW)

Food and Beverages WILL be available for sale in the Ballroom

Contact:

Diamond State Blues Society

P.O. BOX 863
MIDDLETOWN , DELAWARE 19709

Phone: DSBS
Gene - (302) 376-6298 or
Sonny - (410) 398-8334
Email: Gene or Sonny

In Support of
His NEW CD,
"Many Shades of Blue"
As the title suggests, it's all here: rockin', swampy, greasy, Piedmont ~ delivered with inspired musicianship & engaging songs that tell stories ~ featuring prominent artists including Ivan Neville, Janiva Magness, John Cephas &
Doug Macleod.

This promises to be an OUTSTANDING BLUES SHOW.
With ALL Festival Artists being housed at the Sheraton Suites, the Jamming among Artists at these After-Parties is SURE to be a MEMORABLE part of the Festival's weekend of activities.
YOU WON'T WANT MISS IT!!!

"Harmonica wrangler Gary Allegretto is one of the classiest acts in the music business today, working only with the best backup musicians and taking the time to craft music noted not only for its quality but for its authenticity. Sure, he's a good-looking guy who aims for the ladies with his electric band, the Sugar Daddys, but his solo gigs feel more intimately honest, and what's best about his genuineness is its completely offhand quality. If someone
complains to you that they don't make "real" blues records anymore - albums that sound like lost classics yet retain the freshness of an individual - play Many Shades of Blue for them.

Several tracks feature the guitar of John Cephas backing up Allegretto's unselfconscious harp classicism. Ivan Nevile & Janiva Magness guest on "Four Days Late," recorded at the Neville Family's New Orleans studio. “Good To Go” is so St. Louis it almost backs up into Chuck Berry’s coolerator, and Allegretto covers Berry’s “Back to Memphis” as if to drive home the point. Hank Williams “Mind Your Own Business” minus a boatload of twang is another surprise detour, and “Bad Man” proves that Allegretto’s got Chicago pinned down as well. Not to worry purists: You'll find plenty to love on the originals “Somerset”, “Hurry Down Rounder”, “Saddle My Pony” and

“John's Kitchen Rag” all of which speak with the grace and clarity of classic Piedmont music. If a solo release is a way to stick close to home while demonstrating one's flexibility, Many Shades of Blue fits the template."

Robert Fontenot
Blues Revue Magazine, June/July 2008