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The Bluetone Cafe, Easton PA
The King of Rust
Belt Blues (Mike Dugan) is back. He is joined by two staples here in
the (Lehigh) Valley...Rob Fraser and Don Plowman are as good as it
gets.
Jodi Duckett
in The Morning Call, Allentown PA
Dugan has honed a
sharp, focused, high-energy style. (His) band had gone through
several incarnations (before emerging as) the Blues Mission.
Tomlinson has drummed with the Mission from the beginning; Fraser
brought his upbeat spirit last year. The band tours relentlessly.
Tom Hyslop
in Living Blues Magazine
Mike Dugan & the
Blues Mission emphasize solid grooves and tasty, blues-rock guitar
and songwriting. Dugan lets the music breathe behind his powerful,
Bluesbreakers-style guitar.
Chris Barnes
in The Free Press, Quakertown PA
Rob Fraser is a
pure pleasure to watch. Not only is he an incredible musician, but
his stage antics, while not consciously made, provide for great
visuals.
Karen Cimms
in the Times News,
Lehighton PA
(The new release
by) recording artist Mike Stanley offers 13 mostly original tunes
from the veteran guitarist and singer/songwriter. "Big As Y'Head" is
an eclectic collection of blues, rock and country with just enough
zaniness tossed in. The outrageous, yet enormously talented, Stanley
is backed by an all-star lineup, (including) Rob Fraser on bass and
harmony vocal.
Chuck
Thurman in Coast
Weekly Monterey County,
Monterey CA
East Coast blues man Mike Dugan comes to Sly McFly's
(Dugans) most recent album, A
Step Ahead of Trouble, features a full horn section playing
behind Dugan, drummer Mark Tomlinson and bass man Rob Fraser, (but)
while on tour, the band is stripped down to just the three-piece
outfit. Although the horn section definitely rounds out the sound of
the band, one gets the feeling that the pared-down trio might do an
even better job of representing work.
Jodi Duckett
in The Morning Call, Allentown PA
The electricity
in the air at Main Street Theatre was generated by more than the
searing guitars of bluesmen Craig Thatcher and Mike Dugan. The
musicians and their bands fed off each other like they were
hot-wired, creating a corresponding electric surge in the audience.
Fans of Dugan and Thatcher who have missed their team-ups should go
out of their way to catch a show.
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