Chris Bergson Band

tix $20 ADV / $25 DOS The Chris Bergson Band returns to The Bitter End performing music from their latest albums, East River Blues and  Comforts of Home  (2 Shirts / CRS.)    Chris Bergson - guitar, vocals  Moses Patrou - organ, vocals Matt Clohesy - bass  Diego Voglino - drums, vocals   "A first-rate bluesman."  - LIVING BLUES   “Chris Bergson possesses that rare ability to make the streets of New York converse with the deep history of the blues. As a guitarist, singer, songwriter, educator, sought-after sideman, and respected bandleader, he has established himself over three decades as one of the most distinctive voices on the American music scene.“  -  ZICAZIC (France)    “A record steeped in after-hours soul, jazz-club cool and the kind of hard-earned musical maturity you cannot fake. Bergson’s guitar work is masterfully understated throughout, as it is soulful, economical and deeply melodic…Bergson has crafted a blues album defined not by excess but by nuance, feel and quiet mastery. One for any music lover’s collection, this is a must buy record.” -  BLUES MATTERS  (UK)    Chris Bergson  is an internationally acclaimed guitarist, singer and songwriter. “Chris Bergson plays the kind of guitar you can build a house on – it’s B.B. meets Steve Cropper meets John Scofield.” ( ROLL Magazine ) Hailed as "the New York street poet with a blues soul" (MOJO) and "one of the most inventive songwriters in modern blues music," (All Music Guide) Bergson is best known as the leader of the Chris Bergson Band.  Elmore Magazine  calls the Chris Bergson Band “one of the most talented bands playing today...From blazing rock to funk to soul to Delta blues and all that's in between.” Bergson is also an accomplished sideman who has performed with luminaries across a wide range of genres including pop and rock (Norah Jones, Levon Helm), blues and soul (Hubert Sumlin, Bernard Purdie) and jazz (Annie Ross, Al Foster.) The Chris Bergson Band’s 2007 album  Fall Changes , recorded at The Band drummer Levon Helm’s studio in Woodstock, New York, was named MOJO Magazine’s Number One Blues Album of the Year in 2008. Bergson was inducted into the New York Blues Hall of Fame as a Master Blues Artist in 2015. Bergson is an Associate Professor of guitar at Berklee College of Music in Boston and endorses D'Addario Strings and MONO cases.    Website: www.chrisbergson.com