Dan Treanor’s Afrosippi Band with Erica Brown

By Revbobj3220

I first had the pleasure of meeting Erica Brown when she started singing with my friends in the legendary Denver band, Foreskin 500. That’s right! She sang on their last album, Starbent But Superfreaked! Pick up a copy and check it out, it’s pretty incredible! I could tell back then she had an amazing voice! So when a friend told me that she was performing at The Pearl St. Blues And Brews Festival this past weekend, I had to go check it out. Needless to say, as she came out on stage singing Tangled Road, I was once again blown away! I haven’t been that moved since I first saw Etta James up at Red Rocks back in the 80’s! Between Erica Brown and the incredible vocal talents of Ms. Merrian Johnson and the rest of The Afrosippi Band, they had the audience in the palm of their hand from the minute they hit the stage! Big thanks out to Mr. Dan Treanor, local Colorado blues guru, for putting together this band. They are SMOKIN’! I, for one, will be coming to see you a lot more in the future! Thanks for a stellar performance! Now, through the miracle of modern technology, you can watch the complete performance! The crowd was very drunk and rowdy (why is it every time a drunk white college guy sees a video camera, they have to make stupid faces in front of the camera and make an ass out of themselves???), got bumped A LOT, so it’s a little shakey in places. I still feel it documents the moment really well and it’s a great show! Special thanks to Dan Treanor, Erica Brown, Merrian Johnson and the rest of The Afrosippi Band for a great performance! Be sure to pick up a copy of the new CD, Tangled Road Again! If it’s anything like their live performance, it has to be good!
So, if you haven’t already, sit back, turn it up to 11 and get ready for a soul changing experience! Dan Treanor’s Afrosippi Band featuring Erica Brown live at The Pearl St. Blues and Brews Festival in Denver, CO an August 10th, 2013! This clip is brought to you for your educational and entertainment purposes from The Rev. Bob Archives. Always be excellent to each other and enjoy the show!

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I almost forgot! Special congradulations to Dan Treanor and The Afrosippi Band for recently winning 3rd place in the Blues Foundation’s International (yep, that means world wide) Blues Challenge! Way to go guys! They obviously know talent when they see it!

Dan Treanor’s Afrosippi Band Featuring Erica Brown “Tangled Road”. Self Production 2013.Después de sus últimos e innovadores trabajos discográficos en los que mezclaba blues con raíces africanas, Dan Treanor nos deleita ahora con un cd autoproducido, donde el blues clásico y ortodoxo vuelve de su mano y la de su banda, la Afrosippi Band, con la inclusión estelar de la cantante Erica Brown, cuyas cuerdas vocales despiden fuego cada vez que los blues salen de su garganta. Erica es también un auténtico torbellino cuando sube a un escenario, despertando pasión con su enérgica puesta en escena y su entrega absoluta. El pasado mes de febrero Dan Treanor’s Afrosippi Band y Erica Brown quedaron clasificados en tercer lugar en el prestigioso International Blues Challenge (IBC), que anualmente organiza la Blues Foundation en Memphis, TN. Creo que el tercer puesto obtenido lo dice todo acerca de esta banda, que poseen un alto nivel de calidad y un sonido más que satisfactorio. Para los que no lo sepan decir también que Dan Treanor fue ganador del premio ‘2012 Keeping The Blues Alive’ por su importante contribución en la educación escolar de la música blues. MUY BUENO.After his last innovative recordings, where he mixed blues with African roots, now Dan Treanor delights us with a self-produced cd, where the classic orthodox blues comes back performed by Dan and his group, Afrosippi Band, including Erica Brown, a star singer whose vocal cords burst on fire whenever the blues goes out of her throat. Erica is a real hurricane on stage, she communicates passion and fever with her energetic performing and absolute commitment. Last February Dan Treanor’s Afrosippi Band and Erica Brown were ranked third in the prestigious International Blues Challenge (IBC) that every year organizes The Blues Foundation in Memphis, TN. This important recognition says everything about them, because now they have got a high quality level and a more than an excellent sound. I will also mention Dan Treanor won ‘2012 Keeping The Blues Alive Award’ for his important contribution to introduce blues music in schools educational programs. VERY GOOD.

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Dan Treanor’s Afrosippi Band with Erica Brown releases “Tangled Road Again”
 

Release Date: May 14, 2013

Available at: http://www.dantreanorband.com/store.cfm

Dan Treanor’s Afrosippi Band with Erica Brown delivers an incredible mixture of Blues and Roots that is brimming with Fire and Soul on their new CD Release “Tangled Road Again.” The CD showcases the entire band–Erica’s powerhouse vocals along with Merrian Johnson’s sultry voice, resulting in an emotionally charged trip through the a Blues landscape. Afrosippi is far from a one dimensional band, they cut a path that is so wide it covers a rich array of Blues. From a downhome field holler to a smooth ballad to visions of Koko Taylor when doing 2 standards like Earnestine and Wang Dang Doodle. Erica IS the queen of the Colorado blues scene…and the rest of the band is as equally talented as Erica. Dan Treanor on harp, guitar and Khalam; Mike Hossler on guitar, lap steel and gitjo; Mike Wysocki on bass and Gary LaDuke on drums are all consummate pros at the top of their game. Mix in a little help from friends like blues violinist Lionel Young and the Subdude’s John Magnie on accordion and you get a remarkable collection of original music full of passion and the deepest love of the blues. This CD is the blues and nothing but the blues!
For more info on this CD go to www.dantreanorband.com

Dan Treanor’s Afrosippi Band Featuring Erica Brown is in the top 25 of Blues Debut Online!!

SomethingElse Reviews of “Tangled Road” from Blues Bytes on line blues mag!
I’ve only been in Colorado for a little over a year now, but I’m thoroughly impressed by the amount and diversity of great Blues players we have here in the “squar…e” state. One such Bluesman is Dan Treanor, leader of the Afrossippi Band who along with featured singer, Erica Brown, won this year’s Colorado Blues Society’s IBC challenge and just captured third place at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis. I’ve known Dan for several years now and the addition of Erica’s voice to the mix was a stroke of genius. You can hear the result of this collaboration on a rocking disc entitled Tangled Road.

The title cut, written by Dan, is a tune in the vernacular of the old spirituals and features Erica in a classic call and response. Dan kicks the party off with the intro on his Khalam while Erica asks the question, “who’s that walking down a tangled road? Ain’t nobody but me…Lord!” I had a friend who heard Erica’s voice singing this from the speaker’s at Alfred’s and she said, “My God, Kyle, that voice! I had to go inside and see what was going on!” Erica Brown is definitely one of Colorado’s treasures and Dan’s right when he says, “Erica has a world-class voice!”

Dan’s harp provides the introduction on our next cut, “Tell Me Daddy,” another tune written by Dan. Here we find Erica wondering, “Tell me daddy…where did you stay last night? Tell me daddy, cause I really got to know…where did you stay last night?” Obviously he was out late and didn’t make it home, I would hate to be the one facing Erica’s wrath at the door, that’s for sure!

Our tempo slows down considerably as Erica, Dan and the band tackle Toussaint McCall’s classic tune, “Nothing Can Take the Place of You.” “Each day finds me so blue…cause nothing…nothing…takes the place of you!” You can hear the passion and love in Erica’s voice as she laments the loss of this love of her life…”nothing takes the place of you!” Dan’s rocking harp picks up the pace for our next tune, Koko Taylor’s “Ernestine.” Here we find Erica defending her territory and ready to challenge the woman who is after her man. “I told you for the last time….find a man of your own….Ernestine…girl, what you doing you know ain’t right!” Somehow I think Erica will win the battle and successfully kick Ernestine to the curb!

A local bluesman, J.D. Kelly, wrote the song “Dynamite,” and Dan, Erica and the band tackle it next. “Your love’s like fire…the fire get out…come on shake it baby…show me what you got…your love’s like dynamite…if you’re looking for good love…you just might find it!” Tangled Road closes with the Willie Dixon classic, “Wang Dang Doodle,” and the guitar work of Michael Hossler provides the intro to Erica’s vocals, “we going to pitch a ball…down to that union hall…we going to pitch a wang dang doodle…all night long!”

Tangled Road is an excellent representation of the work put in by Dan, the Afrosippi Band and the incomparable Erica Brown. They took Memphis by storm and gained a lot of Blues fans for the “square” state in the process. It was quite the week in Memphis for those of us from Colorado, and we couldn’t be prouder of the performances our IBC entry cranked out. You can grab a copy of this disc on Dan’s website, www.dantreanorband.com, and the energy of the entire disc is amazing. Enjoy!

— Kyle Deibler

STEVE MILLER BAND WITH BUDDY GUY AND SPECIAL GUEST QUINN SULLIVAN
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO, Jul 23, 2011
Review by Robin Abb of Rockin’ Robin’s Boutique, Niwot, CO
Sent to Ticketmaster Reviews at ticketmaster.reviews.com

Keep on Rocking Me, Steve!!!
STEVE MILLER BAND WITH BUDDY GUY AND SPECIAL GUEST QUINN SULLIVAN @
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO, Jul 23, 2011
Posted 07/26/2011 by RockinRobin2

My friend, Karen leaned over to me at last Saturday night’s Steve Miller concert to tell me that seeing a show at Red Rocks had been on her bucket list and now she can cross it off. She and Sherry had flown in to visit me for the first time from LA and San Francisco, respectively. The highlight of their trip was the concert. We were rocking out at the Rocks. I hope that most of the people close to us found our energy infectious instead of annoying.

Buddy Guy is still in great form….on the guitar and his voice. The 12 year old that played with him was quite accomplished on the guitar, but he did sing like a girl. Of course he did! His balls haven’t dropped yet!!

I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for the Space Cowboy being that we’re both Texans. Just like Buddy, Steve hasn’t missed a lick on the guitar and his voice was also in top form.

Sonny Charles. his additional singer was also a great voice, but to be honest, I’d rather see Steve put a rockin’ chick up there. Sonny dancing around just wasn’t the visual that a sexy woman would be. I would nominate Denver’s own, Erica Brown to go on the road with Steve……she’d knock ’em dead everywhere!!

Favorite moment: When the father and daughter sitting next to us recognized me as Rockin Robin. I felt like quite the celebrity.