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Colin Aberdeen's low-down exuberance makes him a joy to all who play with him and all he plays for. A mainstay in the Syracuse music scene, Colin is a charter member of Los Blancos, The Westcott Jugsuckers, a regular in The Barking Loungers, plus he's one of the region's top solo performers.

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Brian Mulkerne is a guitarist and singer-songwriter who has
performed for two decades, both as a solo artist and with the Brian Mulkerne Band. His early-blues project, The Parlor Dogs, with Matt Lomeo and Sean Peters, released an eponymous CD in 2018.His repertoire includes songs by many early blues figures, Rev. Gary Davis, LibbaCotton, Blind Blake, Muddy Waters and others. A Grateful Dead fan, healso covers many of their songs.

 

Colin and Brian will be joined by New York Blues Hall of Fame guitarist extraordinaire George Deveny and the wonderfully talented bassist John Handzel.

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Deveny has performed as a member of Dust Devil Band, Blueprints, Homegrown, Tom Healey Band, Slidewinder, the Solid Oak Band, the Al Nathan Band and Brian Mulkerne Bands. He has earned acclaim from internationally renowned blues greats for opening set performances he has done for their concerts.

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Bassist John Handzel is one of Central New York’s  most experienced practitioners of the instrument. John excels at electric, fretless andupright acoustic bass. He was the bassist for the legendary CNY-based band, Drivin’ Sideways in the 1970s.

 

For the past couple of decades he has been one of the most in-demand bass players in the area, playing with Rebecca Miner, Les Brers, Midnite Mike, The Fabulous Mojos and more!

 

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