Juli Blue
JuliBlue will groove you with some funky blues and R&B. This very danceable four piece consists of sax/vocals, guitar, organ, and drums. You’ll hear great tunes like Sly Stone’s If You Want Me to Stay, Stand, and Que Sera Sera (did Sly really date Doris Day ?!); Aretha Franklin’s Evil Woman Blues and If You Want to Make a Fool of Somebody; The Meters Cissy Strutt; Etta James’ At Last and Eeny Weeny Bit; James Brown’s Funky Drummer, I Feel Good and Pass the Peas. Stevie Wonder’s Isn’t She Lovely and My Cherie Amour; Joe Williams’ Goin to Chicago and Everyday I Have the Blues; Bobby Blue Bland’s Lead Me On and many more …
Juli has been performing in various R&B, blues, and “funky good time music” bands for the past thirty years. She’s played with the R&B Cadets, Hot Canary, the Rhythm Club, Valley of the Dolls, Paul Cebar and the Milwaukeeans (now Paul Cebar’s Tomorrow Sound) and has performed with the O’Jays, the Four Tops, and with Reginald Torian jr. (the Impressions) in a sold out tribute to Curtis Mayfield called ” All Things Mayfield.” Juli’s gutsy sax sound and bluesy vocals have been heard on countless stages all over the world; Summerfest – Milwaukee, WI; Skansen Jazz and Blues – Stockholm, Sweden; Elo Jazz and Blues – Oulu, Finland; Bumbershoot Festival – Seattle, WA; Fitzgerald’s American Music Festival – Berwyn, IL; Wisconsin State Fair; Minnesota State Fair; The Maple Leaf Bar – New Orleans, LA; The Cubby Bear – Chicago, Il; Martyrs, Chicago, IL; Lounge Ax, Chicago, IL; to name a few.