Kimon & the Prophets

Genre: Blues
Secondary Genre: Funk Rutherford, New Jersey USA Contact

A hot blues guitar, a super funky rhythm section, and the truth...
We will be representing the Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Foundation at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN - Feb. 2011!

Artist Information

Biography

Kimon & the PROPHETS have won the Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Foundation's battle of the bands, and will compete in Memphis, TN along with 110 other bands at the International Blues Challenge, this February, 2011.

While constantly performing live every chance they get, they have recently completed their new album (Title to be determined) which will be going for a run at Blues / Americana radio and press in 2011. With these new recordings, the band continues to develop their own melodic blend of blues, funk, 70’s rock, and hip-hop.

The Prophets 2009 album “Roadhouse Party” garnered international reviews (see http://www.kimon.tv/pages/press.html), international radio play (see http:/www.kimon.tv/pages/radio.html), including being played on the nationally syndicated radio show “Blues Deluxe”, reaching over 100 U.S. radio stations with two million potential listeners.
Whether raising eyebrows with their superbly crafted originals, exploding the hits of Stevie Wonder into the ultimate groove tune, or funkin’ up a Stevie Ray Vaughn blues jam, anything is possible in the vast PROPHETS library of songs. And they do it all with a blues style all their own, and a funk back beat that will make you stand up and move your feet.

Veteran musicians who have long since paid their dues in the NYC club circuit and beyond, the members of the Prophets have been in numerous bands with national releases. Early on Kimon (pronounced kéy-mon) survived a long stint as guitarist and co-writer with an over-the-top, edgy NYC garage band called The Wilsons, later joining Hoboken NJ favorites Fear of Falling as guitarist, there gaining much experience in making albums and performing via touring in Europe and the U.S. He went on to form Psonica, signing with the now defunct Navarre Entertainment. They released their national debut effort, but disbanded soon after due to internal disagreements, at which point, Kimon went on in the following five years to release 4 critically acclaimed solo albums, methodically cultivating his own brand of protest blues, while simultaneously developing an incendiary guitar technique.

Touring around as Kimon & the Prophets with various members, in February of 2008 Kimon was joined by long time friend and musical conspirator Marc Gambino on bass and vocals, to begin the creation of a solid band lineup. Marc enjoyed much European success as a member of the rock band Concrete Jungle and later a six year stint with Asbury Park favorites Maybe Pete. Quickly solidifying their own melodic blend of blues, funk, 70’s rock, and hip-hop, joined by Jason Kronick on drums, they charted a musical homecoming back to their roots.

A true working class rock band, the members of Kimon & the PROPHETS have a long history of performances from up and down the I95 corridor from MA to TX, and as far as England and Germany, and as this lineup, from venerable original music clubs The Bitter End and Arlene’s Grocery in NYC, Maxwell’s and The Stone Pony in NJ, The Trocadero Balcony and Grape St. Pub in Philly... to local cover music joints like the Whiskey Bar and Texas Arizona in Hoboken, Kroghs in Sparta, and Crossroads in Garwood, New Jersey. They have performed live on radio stations including WDBK, WPSC; they’ve shared the bill with stars like Gavin DeGraw, Alana Davis and Mark Copley.

Instrumentation

Marc Gambino - Bass and Vocals.
Jason Kronick - Live Drums
Kimon Katafigiotis - Vocals and Guitars

Discography

ROADHOUSE PARTY
(Released, Spring 2009)
Radio Play Highlights Include:

Played on Blues Deluxe, a nationally syndicated radio show on over 100 radio stations with over 1 million listeners.

• Smokestack Lightning Network - FL, AZ, MA
• Radiojazz 34 - Sussargues, FRANCE
• Blues News & Le Blues Vous Va Si Bien Network - FRANCE
• Radio Winschoten - NETHERLANDS
• Radio Holstebro 97.4 FM & 89 FM - DENMARK
• RADIO FM GOUD - BELGIUM
• Electric Boogie Show - Valencia, SPAIN
• Hillbilly Rockhouse / Roots - Show - GERMANY
• Mojo Alt Radio - 94.1 FM Radio 2 - Skopje, FYR MACEDONIA
• Suffolk 'n Cool Radio Show - Suffolk, UK
• WNTI - Hacketstown, NJ
• WRSU - New Brunswick, NJ
• WHUS - Storrs, CT
• WESU - Middletown, CT
• WVOF - Fairfield, CT
• WBOR - Brunswick, ME
• WUEV - Evensville, IN
• KMFB - Mendocino, CA
• WCMU - Mt. Pleasant, MI
• KQLN - Lincoln, NV

and more! details at www.kimon.tv/pages/Radio.html



Links

Audio

Lyrics

Video

RoadhouseParty_You_Tube_HQ

Photo Gallery

  • Live at 2011 International Blues Challenge, Memphis TN

  • Kimon & the Prophets

  • Roadhouse Party Album Cover

    Download print quality (high-res) version
  • Live at Crossroads

  • Kimon - Vocals, Guitar

  • Marc Gambino - Vocals, Bass

  • Live at Crossroads

  • Songs of the Revolution - Album Cover

Press

  • BLUES MATTERS • UK [+ Show ]

    Fans of Stevie Ray Vaughan will lap up this three-piece as they launch into a fiery selection of ele...

  • LAZLO'S DEN • USA [+ Show ]

    ...aren’t the only blues coming out of NJ... The aptly titled new Kimon & The Prophets album truly i...

  • ROOTSTIME • BELGIUM [+ Show ]

    The Prophets of New Jersey veterans who composed the musical club circuit of New York explored and c...

  • MUSIC WAVES • FRANCE [+ Show ]

    Kimon & the Prophets is a trio from New York whose singer / guitarist has released four albums under...

  • MUSIK AN SICH • GERMANY [+ Show ]

    Kimon & The Prophets is a trio featuring singer, guitarist and namesake Kimon Katafigiotis (which al...

  • BLUESMAGAZINE • NETHERLANDS [+ Show ]

    Some veterans of the musical N.Y.C. Circuit where we have going on, have already earned their spurs ...

  • ROCKTIMES • GERMANY [+ Show ]

    Before it joined the band Kimon & The Prophets, the three musicians had already brought a few other ...

  • BOBTJE BLUES • NETHERLANDS [+ Show ]

    The title track "Road House Party" (a quite solid blues song) is the first song that echoes through ...

  • HOME OF ROCK • GERMANY [+ Show ]

    The first CD of the band around Kimon (pronounced key-mon) and his prophet, although individually ha...

  • BILLYBOP • BELGIUM [+ Show ]

    Kimon & The Prophets developed their own melodic blend of blues, funk and seventies rock and get awa...

Setlist

A large repertoire for a full night of music...
1 - 4 long sets of originals and / or covers.
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Original songs include:

Roadhouse Party
Far Off Places
Time To Move On
A Letter From Oceanside (Long Gone Away)
You Beautiful Thing, You
dues:PAID
Supply & Demand
Blind Leading The Blind
Light Up The Stars
Captured
A World Away
...and much much more
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Choice Covers including:

Ace Freeley • New York Groove
Beatles • Ticket to Ride
Black Crowes • She Talks To Angels
Bob Marley • No Woman No Cry
Bob Marley • Could You Be Loved
Chalengers • Tequila
Chris Issak • Wicked Game
David Bowie • Rebel Rebel
David Bowie • Heroes
Don Henley • The Boys of Summer
Doors • Roadhouse Blues
Eagle Eye Cherry • Save Tonight
Elvis Costello • Peace, Love and Understanding
Geroge Thorogood • Who Do You Love
Geroge Thorogood • I Drink Alone
Incubus • Drive (Whatever Tomorrow Brings)
James Gang • Funk 49
Jimi Hendrix • Fire
Jimi Hendrix • Little Wing
Joe Cocker • Feelin' Alright
John Mayer • Waiting for the World to Change
Jonny Lang • Rack 'em Up
Led Zeppelin • D'yer Mak'er
Led Zeppelin • Good Times, Bad Times
Los Lonely Boys • Heaven
Los Lonely Boys • Oye Mamacita
Rolling Stones • Sympathy For The Devil
Rolling Stones • You Can't Always Get What You Want
Rolling Stones • Miss You
Santana • Evil Ways
Sly and the Family Stone • Thank You (Faletinmebemicelfagain)
Steve Miller • The Joker
Stevie Ray Vaughn • Couldn't Stand The Weather
Stevie Ray Vaughn • (Leavin' You) Comit A Crime
Stevie Ray Vaughn • Pride & Joy
Stevie Wonder • Master Blaster
Stray Cats • Stray Cat Strut
Stray Cats • Rock This Town
Tom Petty • Breakdown
Van Halen • Finish What You Started
Ventures • Pipeline
ZZ Top • La Grange
...and more.
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