They won the 2019 LA Critics Award for Best Holiday Album for All I Got For Christmas Is The Blues. In 2018, Mindi Abair and The Boneshakers won 8 Independent Blues Awards including Artist of the Year, and an Independent Music Award for Best Blues Song Fan Award for “Pretty Good For A Girl” featuring Joe Bonamassa. As a solo artist, she has consistently topped the Billboard Contemporary Jazz and Blues charts. You might know her as the featured saxophonist on American Idol, sitting in with Paul Shaffer on The Late Show with David Letterman and The Roots on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, or from moonlighting on tour with Duran Duran or Aerosmith. In 2014, Mindi received her first GRAMMY nomination in the Best Pop Instrumental Album category for Summer Horns with Dave Koz, Richard Elliot and Gerald Albright, followed by a 2015 GRAMMY nomination for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album for her solo LP Wild Heart featuring the late Gregg Allman, Joe Perry, Trombone Shorty, Booker T. “21st Century Sophistication, A Gritty, Raucous Spirit, And Exceptional Creative Imagination” – Allmusic.Comĭuring her remarkable 21-year recording career, saxophonist/vocalist Mindi Abair has garnered 2 GRAMMY nominations, recorded with some of the biggest names in music, and built a substantial following among jazz and blues audiences with her soaring melodies and powerhouse style. For tickets and more information, click here.“Forget You, Who’s Your Sax Player? – Steven Tyler on American Idol Soars, Jeff Loyd (Heavy Pets), Mark Telesca, and Richie Schmidt. On Monday, August 31st the venue will hold a special edition of the Monday Night Biscuit Jam dubbed “It’s Not Farewell… It’s Just So Long For Now.” The show will feature Albert Castiglia, J.P. We wish you all love & peace and look forward to seeing you again soon at The Funky Biscuit! This is not the end of our story…just a new season! We fought the good fight and now it’s time for us to rest. We are very proud of not only what we have accomplished over the last 9 years, but also what we have done safely and responsibly over the last 5 months in the face of a global pandemic. Monday August 31st, will be our last waltz for the foreseeable future. It is with a heavy heart and great sadness that we announce that as of September 1st, we will be closing our doors until further notice. Albert Poliak, Founder and CEO of the venue, said on the bar’s Facebook page, Related: Peter Shapiro Talks Capitol Theatre, Save Our Stages, The Tile Business On FOX 5 Interview Įven though The Funky Biscuit has been organizing and advertising socially distant concerts that abide by all CDC guidelines, the venue’s final day of operation will come on August 31st. The lobbying group stated back in June that 90 percent of its 2,000+ members in all 50 states will be forced to permanently close if they do not receive substantial government assistance. This announcement comes as various state officials across the country continue to keep concert venues closed for the foreseeable future and the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA)’s calls for federal aid via the Save Our Stages Bill go unanswered. The Boca Raton, FL bar and restaurant featuring nightly music will close its doors on September 1st. Owners of The Funky Biscuit took to social media on Monday to announce the venue’s closure.
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