Fundraising Benefit for Big Monti Amundson @ Vie De Boheme – Sunday, April 22
Time: Sunday April 22, 2012 from 3pm to 9pm
Location: Vie De Boheme 1530 SE 7th Ave. Portland, OR 97214
Website or Map: http://www.viedebohemepdx.com/
Phone: 503-360-1233
An all-star lineup for this event — gathering in support of Big Monti Amundson, who suffered a heart attack. While he has no permanent damage, the bills are huge and he will need our assistance to make it through the next few months of recuperation. Confirmed for this event are:
3:00 — Kevin Selfe and the Tornadoes
4:00 — Ty Curtis
5:00 — Henry Cooper
6:00 — King Louis and Sweet Baby James
7:00 — Duffy Bishop
8:00 — Lloyd Jones
Dover Weinberg, Dave Kahl, Chris Carlson and others in support
Sliding Scale: $10 to $40. Many of these bands charge $10-$20 a head but having them all at one venue is priceless. Please donate generously if you are able. Payment at door.
Big Monti Amundson – http://www.montiamundson.com/
Monti’s breakout band, The Blubinos (pronounced blue-bye-nose), were a dominant force in the Northwest music scene from 1987 to 1992 and shared concert stages with some of the biggest names in the business, including John Lee Hooker, Johnny Winter and Buddy Guy. In 1991 The Blubinos won Portland Music Association’s award for “Outstanding Blues Act”.
In 1993 Monti signed on with Munich Records in Holland and promptly moved his headquarters to Amsterdam. Over the next six years Monti recorded five albums and toured extensively in Europe, developing a huge fan base.
When Monti gets compared to Stevie Ray Vaughan or Johnny Winter he just says “thank you”. The fact is, the big man has his own style. “I’m a blues guitar player in a band that plays rock n’ roll,” is how Monti explains it. He doesn’t so much as straddle the line between the genres as bend it, ignore it, or race back and forth across it until both sides go up in flames. The blues of Big Monti comes straight from the heart, cuts through your soul and is as real as it gets.