Dennis Gruenling and Friends (Special Event)

(a tribute to Little Walter) Record-Release Event

$15 admission INCLUDES limited edition CD giveawayDennis Gruenling is ?a leading light among the new generation of harp players? (Blues Revue Magazine). After spending some time in New Orleans in the early 90?s, he?s been laying down some of the best blues & roots harmonica on the East Coast for 15 years. Along the way, Gruenling has shared the stage with many top names in the blues world, such as Pinetop Perkins, Snooky Pryor, Homesick James, Little Sammy Davis, A.C. Reed, Mick Taylor and Jimmy Dawkins, as well as contemporary masters such as Rod Piazza, Little Charlie & The Nightcats, Charlie Musselwhite, Kim Wilson, Rusty Zinn, Steve Guyger, and Mark Hummel.Now after 10 years of leading a swinging jump-blues outfit of his own, being awarded ?Best Modern Blues Harmonica Player? 3 years in a row (Real Blues Magazine) and developing ?a sound that promises to re-define the role of the harmonica? ( HIP Magazine), he goes on to pay tribute to the greatest and most influential harmonica player in blues history ? Little Walter Jacobs.Dennis will be giving tribute to LIttle Walter in this concert, and will be accompanied by friends including Doug Deming (vocalist and guitarist) and Steve Guyger (vocalist and a harmonica master in his own right!).This concert is organized by Jeff Glassie, out local blues harmonica afficianado, and co-sponsored with the Archie Edwards Barbershop Blues Foundation in the Social Hall of the historic Brookmont Church in Brookmont, Maryland, just off of MacArthur Blvd. a few blocks outside of the DC line.Contact Jeff Glassie for further information at jeffglassie (at) comcast.net or 301-320-7865.?They don?t just play the songs of Little Walter, they express themselves with fluency within the idiom of Little Walter?s blues?Gruenling pulls out all the stops, showing his mastery of all aspects of Little Walter?s music, and providing sensitive and dynamic support behind his guest artists. This is deep blues played by some of the best practitioners active today, period?-- Scott Dirks (co-author of Blues With a Feeling: The Little Walter Story)