Ken DeRouchie Band
Soul, Funk, R&B
James Brown, Lenny Cravitz, Galactic
Portland, Vancouver
Rob Busey - Bass, Wayne Thompson - Keys, Jeff Knudson - Lead Guitar, Clayton Daffron - Tenor Sax, Ken DeRouchie - Vocals and Guitar, Steve Moretti - Drums, Erika Denison - Vocals, Caleb Denison - Trumpet
b.b. king, james brown, lenny cravitz
Description:
The Ken DeRouchie Band is a 9-piece Soul/R&B/Funk band featuring a 3-piece horn section and a massive rhythm section, performing original music written by Ken DeRouchie as well as a few handpicked classic Soul tunes.
Top players from the Northwest join DeRouchie, including long-time KDB bassist Rob Busey, virtuoso guitarist Jeff Knudson, keyboardist Wayne Thompson, two-time Grammy nominated drummer Steve Moretti, Clayton Daffron on tenor sax, Caleb Denison on trumpet, and vocalist Erika Sullivan.
The band currently has two full length CDs released through Burnside Distribution. Their forthcoming CD Unglued is currently in production.
KDB's first CD FunkSoulJazzPopLatinRock featured their first radio single, "Keep on Walkin'," which stayed on the Gavin Up and Coming Chart for 12 weeks. Later that year they earned the #1 Soul position on MP3.com with the single "Hangin' with My Baby". This was then regionally released as a radio single and was featured on KBBT FM and KINK FM (Portland) as well as G4 TV nationally.
In 2004, "In My Arms," from the band's second release Y2KDB, was featured on the highly publicized Oregon Bus Project Benefit CD, alongside other Portland music veterans such as Art Alexakis from Everclear and Pink Martini.
In 2005, "In My Arms" stayed on the Top 40 R&B charts on GarageBand.com for over 6 months and garnered DeRouchie the #11 All Time R&B Male Vocal Award. This led to The Ken DeRouchie Band being selected for the Clear Channel NEW! web radio and satellite radio promotion for the first quarter of 2006.
In 2006, The Ken DeRouchie Band was put into rotation on the Portland Jazz/R&B radio station KMHD and has contributed tracks to the upcoming KMHD Spring compilation CD to be released later this year. KMHD also did a 30 minute feature on the Ken DeRouchie Band in March of 2006.
Hailed as "…one of the best live bands in the Northwest" (Andre Hagestadt, The Oregonian and Statesman Journal), The Ken DeRouchie Band has played hundreds of live shows over the last decade -- from small club appearances to festivals and concert halls; live radio to TV appearances -- including shows with Cheap Trick, Blood Sweat and Tears, The Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Mary Wilson and the Supremes, and Leftover Salmon.
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You guys are awesome! |
9/12/2008 |
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The site doesn't allow html posting right now, which is why you got an error. I will make an update so that new lines will format correctly. Thanks. |
11/15/2007 |
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Thanks for joining Choosik and setting up your artist profile! If you're able to sell your own music, I hope to see it uploaded soon! |
11/15/2007 |