“THE CATCH BLUES BAND” BRINGS BACK-STREET BLUES TO THE TOWNGATE STAGE JANUARY 10

WHEELING, W.Va. (December 30, 2008)- - Blues fans won’t want to miss the funky repertoire and crowd-pleasing style of the “The Catch Blues Band” as they perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, January 10 at Towngate Theatre, 2118 Market Street in Wheeling.

The concert is part of Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Spotlight, which features some of the Ohio Valley’s most versatile and entertaining musicians on the Towngate stage when there is no live theater in production.

From traditional rhythms to their own reggae/Latin infusion, The Catch Blues Band jams the blues. With a musical style that can best be described as “the blues with a splash of rum, where B.B. King meets Bob Marley, with a Clapton-like vocal,” The Catch Blues Band has earned a dedicated fan base in the Upper Ohio Valley since the veteran musicians formed the group in 2006.

Members Mike Roeder, Dana Burkhart, Johnny Lemmon and Kevin Brosh create the band's distinctive rhythms and expansive sound. The interplay between Burkhart's elaborate bass lines along with the Latin-influenced percussions created by Lemmon gives the music a serious depth. When added to the unmistakably blues-like raunchiness of Brosh's organ and piano accompaniment and topped off with Roeder's distinctive vocal and guitar stylings, The Catch Blues Band will give any blues-lover that back-street blues-battle house feeling.

In August 2007, The Catch Blues Band released their first CD,  “It's Not Right.” The band appeared at the 2007 and 2008 Heritage Music Bluesfest in Wheeling, and is planning its second release, “You Left Me.” All are band members are Wheeling residents, with the exception of Brosh, who currently resides in Shadyside, Ohio.

Don’t miss “The Catch Blues Band” at 8 p.m. January 10 at Towngate Theatre.

Admission is $10/$8 for Oglebay Institute members. No advanced tickets will be sold. Tickets are available at the door only, so come early for best seats. Call 304.242.7700 for more information.

Located at 2118 Market St., Wheeling, Towngate is easy to find and located just across the street from St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in the historic Centre Market district of Wheeling. Refreshments are available, and parking is curbside or in the nearby Center Wheeling Parking Garage.

This program is made possible through the generous support of the members of the Institute as well as with financial assistance from the West Virginia Division of Culture and History and the National Endowment for the Arts, with approval from the WV Commission on the Arts.