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Throughout the 1970's booking agents knew Jules Blattner and the Warren Groovy All-Star Band as the hardest working band in the Midwest. They played up to 300 nights a year throughout the upper Midwest and Southeastern United States with no road personnel for setup or sound, unbelievable by today's standards. The majority of the bookings were one-night-stands in Illinois and Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, and Minnesota.
I first saw Jules in Atlanta in 1974. I was playing saxophone and running sound in another band called Hungry Mother from Utica, NY. We were in a big club that had two stages. When Jules and The Warren Groovy all star band finished their set we would do a set for two or three sets each and then we would close by both playing together. There was music everywhere and it was great. Jules was the one who always brought it back to the roots of R&B, which was the true crowd pleaser. When the whole club was dancin and shakin it was always in response to that raw unadulterated Jules Blattner song and sound. Thanks for the special memories Jules and thanks for this terrific CD. It will always be on my top shelf.