The Johnny Boots Band
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The Johnny Boots Band

Fairfield, Connecticut, United States | SELF

Fairfield, Connecticut, United States | SELF
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"Mick Martin-Mick Martin's Blues Party"

"I was knocked out by your new cd and sent it to Living Blues as one of my top 25 for July."
Mick Martin - Mick Martin's Blues Party - WXJZ 90.9 Sacramento - WXJZ 90.9 Sacramento


"Eric R. Danton"

"Johnny Boots Band, 'Everybody's Got to Eat' (Boot in Yur Ear) - Fairfield guitarist Johnny 'Boots' Giannicchi burns up the fretboard on a set of blues-rock originals, a funkified version of Jimi Hendrix's "Fire" and a rock-solid cover of 'Crosscut Saw' (recorded by Albert King, among others). Giannicchi plays with a thick, dirty guitar tone sure to thrill electric blues fans, and sings in a voice that fits with the blues without ever sounding forced. He swings, he shuffles and he rocks, making 'Eat' tasty indeed.
Eric R. Danton - The Hartford Courant, Hartford, CT - Hartford Courant


"Nikki Armstrong"

"This CD has it all, great playing and vocals, great arrangements,tunes and superb recording. I don't know what the budget was but it sounds like a million!" - Across The Tracks WFDU 89.1FM


"On Air"

"I have fallen in love with this CD...I think this CD is loaded with hits"
Beef Stew, Sunday Night Blues w/Beef Stew WCCC 106.9 Hartford - WCCC 106.9 Hartford


"Bill Nolan - "Antique Blues" WPKN 89.5FM"

Here's a guitar player/vocalist, who can write his own songs and play with the fire of a Jimi Hendrix or Stevie Ray Vaughan, a real deal "Italian Stallion," when it comes to riding the blue note into the stratosphere to entertain the heavens and the rest of us music fans here on Mother Earth!! - WPKN-FM 89.5 Bridgeport, Connecticut


Discography

"Everybody's got to eat" LP - April 2007 release

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The band features guitar slinger/singer Johnny Boots (Giannicchi). Johnny has played with internationally recognized blues greats like Buddy Guy, Tab Benoit, Johnny "Clyde" and daughter Shemekia Copeland, Shirley King (Yes, BB's daughter) as well as local CT artists like, Jeff Pitchell, Chris Cross, Greg Piccolo and George Baker among others.
While influenced by so many of the blues greats of yesterday, Johnny adds his soul, feeling and imagination to create his unique sound today.
Thom “Gilly” Gilbert on drums, Pete Bennett on bass and Tim "T-Bone" Stone on keyboards add up to a rock solid rhythm section, eager to explore the boundaries of where the groove can take you.

What are people saying about Johnny Boots and The Johnny Boots Band?

Here's a guitar player/vocalist, who can write his own songs and play with the fire of a Jimi Hendrix or Stevie Ray Vaughan, a real deal "Italian Stallion," when it comes to riding the blue note into the stratosphere to entertain the heavens and the rest of us music fans here on Mother Earth!!
Bill Nolan - host of "Antique Blues"
WPKN-FM 89.5 Bridgeport, Connecticut

"Johnny Boots Band, 'Everybody's Got to Eat' (Boot in Yur Ear) - Fairfield guitarist Johnny 'Boots' Giannicchi burns up the fretboard on a set of blues-rock originals, a funkified version of Jimi Hendrix's "Fire" and a rock-solid cover of 'Crosscut Saw' (recorded by Albert King, among others). Giannicchi plays with a thick, dirty guitar tone sure to thrill electric blues fans, and sings in a voice that fits with the blues without ever sounding forced. He swings, he shuffles and he rocks, making 'Eat' tasty indeed.
Eric R. Danton - The Hartford Courant, Hartford, CT

"I have fallen in love with this CD...I think this CD is loaded with hits"
Beef Stew, Sunday Night Blues w/Beef Stew WCCC 106.9 Hartford - wccc.com

"I was knocked out by your new cd and sent it to Living Blues as one of my top 25 for July."
Mick Martin - Mick Martin's Blues Party - WXJZ 90.9 Sacramento

"How about this band? Put your hands together for the guitar player (Johnny)!"
Buddy Guy, Silvertone Recording Artist

"Nice job out there man you sounded great"
Tab Benoit, Telarc Recording Artist, two time Blues Music Award winner and Grammy nominee

"He (Johnny) sounds really good"
G.E. Smith, Guitarist, former Saturday Night Live bandleader

"You sound real good man"
The late Johnny "Clyde" Copeland
Verve Recording Artist

"Johnny you sound great!"
Murali Coryell
Czyz Recording Artist

"That is a really good song" ("Little Lady")
Jorma Kaukonen of The Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna
Columbia Recording Artist

"Johnny can really play!"
Shemekia Copeland,
Alligator Recording Artist