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“Wolf” Crescenze began playing bass with various bands in the DC area during the garage band era of the 60s, most notably with Sassafras Tea. More recently, he has been seen onstage performing with Pinetop Perkins, Guitar Shorty, Zac Harmon, Tab Benoit, Steve Riley, Memphis Gold, Daryl Davis, Linwood Taylor, Nadine Rae, Clarence “The Bluesman” Turner, The Big Boy Little Band with Bret Littlehales and Rusty Bogart, Lisa Lim, Wave Milor, Mike Westcott of Blues on Board, The Skyla Burrell Band, Hot Rods & Old Gas, The Idle Americans, ACME Blues Company, One Bad Jack and DrMove. Presently, besides gigging with his regular projects, he hosts numerous blues jams in the Northern Virginia, DC and Southern Maryland areas. www.wolfsmusicweekly.com

Below are some of the calendar listings for various music projects (more coming soon), including:

Never been to a blues jam? It's fun for musicians and audience alike! Here's the scoop...

NEW! Wolf's Blues Jam with "Hot Rods & Old Gas" at Bangkok Blues (Sundays):

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/26/AR2009082601766.html

http://www.bayweekly.com/year05/issuexiii32/leadxiii32_2.html

http://www.somdnews.com/stories/02152008/weektop142540_32081.shtml

And a 4th article about Wolf's Blues Jams!

"Wolf's Southern Maryland Blues Jams"

-Christine Basham, Maryland Life, May/June 2009.

http://www.theidleamericans.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/wolfsbluesjamsMarylandLifearticle.pdf

Bret Littlehales aka "Big Boy Little", Matt Kelley, “Wolf” Crescenze & Robby Leebrick

Bret's opened for B.B. King, Koko Taylor, Junior Wells, and more!

About The Big Boy …

Big Boy Little may be the nom de blues of veteran harp player/singer Bret Littlehales, but then again it may not. If it is, then we can trace him back to the Northside Blues Band in 1968-69, with a young Bobby Radcliff on guitar. If not, then he might have been the mysterious harp player on Son House's extended recording of Death Letter Blues in Mississippi circa 1942. Then again, that might have been someone else.

This we know for sure: he's led the BBL Blues Band in DC for the last seven years, five in residence at the Zoo Bar, and that, much like the Duke of Earl, nothing can stop him. In fact, the brand new edition of the band debuts Thursday nights at the Zoo Bar Blues Jam.

Loved by some, including himself, reviled by some, also including himself, BBL keeps those blues keepin' on, whatever that means.

What they're saying about The Big Boy …

"Great job guys. You all sounded great." – Bill Wax, XM Radio

"This guy's a real blues player." - Huey Lewis of The News

“He was a major influence on shaping the Washington blues scene back then & he's still playing the real 100%, low down & dirty blues to this day." - Bobby Radcliff

“Now Bret's back. I guess I better tighten up." - Mark Wenner of The Nighthawks

"These guys play blues for grown-ups." - Bill Kirchen

"(Matt Kelley) - a stunning young guitarist/singer" - Washington Post

www.wolfsmusicweekly.com

www.mdparty.com/BigBoyLittleBand

www.myspace.com/BigBoyLittleBand

Hot Rods & Old Gas:

Hot Roddess: Lisa Lim - newest member!

Hot Rods: Tom Maxwell, Andy Poxon & Zach Sweeney - 4 guitarists and Mike O'Donnell (drums)!

Old Gas: "Wolf" Crescenze (bass).

HROG - playing their own style of Rockin' Blues!

Great blues talent! If you haven't seen these young hot shot guitarists yet, you're in for a treat!

What they're saying about these hot-shot Hot Rods ...

"The combination is particularly potent ...." - Washington Post.

“This band will put a smile on your face that will last all night.” – Steve Keirn, Blues Nation Forum, www.mojoworkin.com.

“Tom is a young guitarist/singer … with a mature Jimmy Vaughn-like approach to the guitar. And his slide work is sweetly exquisite, reminiscent of Duane Allman.” – Steve Keirn, Blues Nation Forum, www.mojoworkin.com.

"Andy is a singer / guitar player of enormous ability. A big mature voice emanates from a pale blue eyed boy with a huge red head afro - you can't believe how strong that voice is. And he is an absolute wiz on guitar. The combination of the vocals and guitar is as good as it gets." -Steve Keirn.

Zach Sweeney, "young guitar phenom ... A+ student of the blues-rock school of Eric Clapton, Danny Gatton and Jimmy Page" - Washington Post.

"You'll be amazed at Zach Sweeney pickin' on guitar for all the world like Danny Gatton.” - Steve Keirn.

"Lisa Lim is dangerous with that slide guitar .... She is for real ...." - Sue Foley, Antone's Records.

"Lisa Lim is an excellent blues guitarist ... quite talented" - Gaye Adegbalola, Uppity Blues Women, Alligator Records.

"Where has this fine lady been hiding? ... Lisa Lim should be gigging every night of the week! She is a player to keep an eye on ... she is up and coming on the blues scene ...."
- Tom Principato, Powerhouse Records.

"....musician extraordinaire ... a very big deal ...." - Zack Zorn, The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, VA).

www.mdparty.com/WolfsMusic

www.andypoxon.com - cool t-shirts available!

www.myspace.com/andypoxon

www.myspace.com/tommaxwellblues

www.lisalimmusic.com

www.myspace.com/lisalim

Lisa Lim & Over the Limit:

Check out our newest project! High energy roots, rock and rockin' blues featuring Lisa Lim and Tom Maxwell on guitar, slide and vocals, Bart/Mike on drums and "Wolf" Crescenze on bass. For more info about Lisa and Tom, see what others are saying about them under "Hot Rods & Old Gas".

New gigs being booked - keep checking back!

Wolf's Music Weekly Newsletter

wolfsweekly at aol.com with "join" in the subject.

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http://www.wolfsmusicweekly.com/id14.html

Howlin' & prowlin' for good music!

Show Schedule

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Beach Cove

Chesapeake Beach, MD

Open blues jam every Wed. w/ Wolf's Hot Rods & Old Gas featuring local blues talent, great food, food/drink specials, wooden dance floor, friendly blues-loving crowd! www.wolfsmusicweekly.com more info

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Big Boy Little - Finalist (Top 11) - Int'l Blues Challenge, billed as the "World's Largest Gathering of Blues Bands" in Memphis, TN - out of 110 bands from 39 states and 14 countries!

Guitarist Matt Kelley wins Albert King Award for Top Guitarist at Finals and is awarded custom blue Gibson guitar with Blues Foundation logo and custom Category 5 amp!

Big Boy Little Band wins DC Blues Society Blues Challenge and represented the DC Blues Society and community at the Int'l Blues Challenge in the "Blues Capital of the World" Memphis, TN, Jan. 21-23, 2010!

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