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The Love Light Orchestra
12+ albums
blues
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If you were to walk into a Memphis nightclub in the 1950s — say, the Flamingo Room or the Hippodrome or any of the other long-gone legendary Beale Street venues of the era — what would the music be like? What would you see on stage? “You wouldn’t be seeing someone doing Stevie Ray Vaughn covers; you wouldn’t be seeing what you see on Beale Street or in the modern blues scene now,” says Joe Restivo, guitarist with the Love Light Orchestra. A new Memphis band, the Love Light Orchestra transports local audiences back to the era when rhythm and blues big bands — led by the likes of Willie Mitchell, Gene “Bowlegs” Miller, Al Jackson Sr., and Phineas Newborn Sr. — were king. “What you’d see at the time would be bunch of saxophones and horns, and a crooner fronting a big R&B band doing an uptown thing,” says Restivo. “That’s what music — blues music, R&B music — was in Memphis back then.” Led by Restivo, trumpeter Marc Franklin — both members of retro soul outfit The Bo-Keys — and noted Bluff City blues singer John Németh, the Love Light Orchestra is re-conjuring a sound and style that was dominant in Memphis, and that would have a formative influence on the young artists who would come to stock the rosters of Stax Records and Hi Records in the decades to come. On Thursday, Dec. 8, the Love Light Orchestra — named after the Bobby "Blue" Bland hit "Turn On Your Love Light" — will play its final show of 2016 at Lafayette’s Music Room. Although they’ve performed together just a han
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Leave the Light On
The Love Light Orchestra (Live)
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Come on Moon
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The Love Light Orchestra Live [featuring John Németh]
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The Love Light Orchestra (Live) [feat. John Németh]
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The Love Light Orchestra
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Blind Raccoon & Nola Blue Collection, Vol. 4
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The Love Light Orchestra Live [featuring John Nйmeth]
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The Love Light Orchestra (Live) (Feat. John Nemeth)
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Breakin' News: 10 Years of Blues
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Live From Bar Dkdc In Memphis, Tn!
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Blind Raccoon Nola Blue Collection, Vol. 4