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"Great musicianship...an impressive range of material ...and a whole bunch of fun! Love the Code Blue Band!”
July 14th, 2007
- -Jim Hausfeld WTUE Radio Creative Services Director
"Great musicianship...an impressive range of material ...and a whole bunch of fun! Love the Code Blue Band!”
July 14th, 2007
- -Jim Hausfeld WTUE Radio Creative Services Director
August, 2007
The Code Blue Band Played the 1st annual Southern Ohio Blues Festival this year. The band,
from Columbus, Ohio, put on a great show and kept the audience captivated throughout their entire set.
The crowd wanted more and they got an encore that really impressed everyone there.
High Energy, excellent song choice and a class A performance made Code Blue the hit of the Festival.
- Robert Husak Event Co
August, 2007
The Code Blue Band Played the 1st annual Southern Ohio Blues Festival this year. The band,
from Columbus, Ohio, put on a great show and kept the audience captivated throughout their entire set.
The crowd wanted more and they got an encore that really impressed everyone there.
High Energy, excellent song choice and a class A performance made Code Blue the hit of the Festival.
- Robert Husak Event Co
"Blues is hot, it's been hot, and there's no sign of it cooling down. This is why The Code Blue Band, based out of Ohio, is well worth catching over and over again. Not only does the band present a broad spectrum of blues material, it does so in true blues fashion, with fire, passion, dexterity, and all-out good olla' fashioned honky-tonkin' fun.”
-FAT FISHBLUE-CLEVELAND- JULY, 2005
- -FAT FISH BLUE-CLEVELAND- JULY, 2005
"Blues is hot, it's been hot, and there's no sign of it cooling down. This is why The Code Blue Band, based out of Ohio, is well worth catching over and over again. Not only does the band present a broad spectrum of blues material, it does so in true blues fashion, with fire, passion, dexterity, and all-out good olla' fashioned honky-tonkin' fun.”
-FAT FISHBLUE-CLEVELAND- JULY, 2005
- -FAT FISH BLUE-CLEVELAND- JULY, 2005
Blues Station-Columbus:
April 17, 2004
"Code Blue set an early attendance record at Blues Station and always has an amazing turnout at Blues Station.
There is good reason:
They put on a great show."
- BLUES STATION
Blues Station-Columbus:
April 17, 2004
"Code Blue set an early attendance record at Blues Station and always has an amazing turnout at Blues Station.
There is good reason:
They put on a great show."
- BLUES STATION
"Band gets audiences involved with its power chord-oriented, upbeat blues . . .and keeps them on their feet until well after last call."
Dayton City Paper
Sept. 4, 2003
- DAYTON [OHIO] CITY PAPER
"Band gets audiences involved with its power chord-oriented, upbeat blues . . .and keeps them on their feet until well after last call."
Dayton City Paper
Sept. 4, 2003
- DAYTON [OHIO] CITY PAPER
“Code Blue is hitting hard on all cylinders with their tight licks and heavy groove. I was blown away with the teamwork and fun they have on stage, it was a party in and out of my chair. Code Blue I salute you.” October 28, 2006
-Mr. Keith Little -Cincinnati United Local Artists Network Inc.-Judge @ 2006 Columbus Blues contest
- Mr. Keith Little -Cincinnati United Local Artists Network Inc.-
“Code Blue is hitting hard on all cylinders with their tight licks and heavy groove. I was blown away with the teamwork and fun they have on stage, it was a party in and out of my chair. Code Blue I salute you.” October 28, 2006
-Mr. Keith Little -Cincinnati United Local Artists Network Inc.-Judge @ 2006 Columbus Blues contest
- Mr. Keith Little -Cincinnati United Local Artists Network Inc.-
Discography
We have self-released 6 cd's:
1. Dumpster Diver 2002
2. Best of Code Blue 2003
3. Wrong Side of Town 2004
4. Live from the West Coast 2006
5. The Hard Way July 31, 2007 -This gets regular airplay on Delta Daughter's blues show
6. TIGHT AT MIDNIGHT -also featured on Delta Daughter's show, features our renditions of funk blues covers, some originals, and several powerfully played slow songs.
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Bio
"The Code Blue Band is a crowd favorite and consistent winner at Blues contests and festivals around the region, including Columbus, Marietta, Chillicothe, Gahanna, Cincinnati, Cleveland, and the Kentucky area."
The one ingredient every song we write or cover must have is "energy."
Audiences may wonder, at first, what is meant by: "Mike ‘Captain Mojo’ Newhart in charge of ‘chaos’”. As frontman, wide-ranging vocalist, and harp assassin, Mike gets down and dirty as soon as the stage is within smelling distance. Picking up on cues like an undercover agent, Mike blends in with the crowd and becomes one with them. . On the other side of the stage is OUR ONE-PERSON HORN SECTION, master of the baritone & tenor saxes, flugelhorn, and trumpet, Matt ‘Jebus’ Stuber, who astounds and titillates the crowd with his varying throaty and squealy brass blasts. We all pinch ourselves every gig--that we have KEITH 'SHOELESS' BLAIR on keyboards--best we've seen or heard, and is a great vocalist!! Picking up the guitar is Columbus's own Dave 'FAT DADDY' Thompson, who plays outstanding rhythm and burning lead guitar. Setting fire to the rhythm, is young drummer Frank ‘Da Freak’ Lapinski of Columbus. Carving out the lower frequency is 4-7 string electric & upright bassist, Gary “The Enforcer” Mack.
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