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Victor Wainwright
The 443 Social Club & Lounge
443 Burnet Ave
Syracuse, NY 13203
Jul 28, 2024
6:00 PM EDT
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2019 GRAMMY NOMINEE & SEVEN TIME BLUES MUSIC AWARD WINNER Victor Wainwright - THE PIANA FROM SAVANNAH is on Tour ‘SOLO’ with Special Guests and has been selling out venues throughout the S.E. with his highly acclaimed Palette of Roots & Americana piano tunes, making us cry on one song and splitting our sides with laughter on the next, while he delights us with rollicking fun entertainment as he pulls us into his Zany Blues Stew!
2019 Grammy Nominee and 7X Blues Music Award winner Victor Wainwright is selling out venues throughout North America. With five Blues Music Piano Awards, Band of the Year, and the coveted BB King Entertainer of the Year Award, Victor Wainwright is at the top of his game on the heels of his newest released album, Memphis Loud. Garnering media accolades across the world with his latest studio work - The Train creates a robust sonic landscape exploring the Joys and Mysteries of Life, Love, and Music!
Personal Message from Victor: “I cannot wait to perform at 443 Social Club! I have a fantastic evening planned, filled with joyous music and uplifting spirit! With impeccable atmosphere and terrific sound, the performing arts center is truly a treasure of a venue, and a WONDERFUL place to celebrate the treasure that is LIVE MUSIC! We cannot do this without you, so I welcome and invite you personally to help us along with our efforts of keeping Piano Roots, Boogie and Blues music alive! We will not let you down!”
"..Electrifin' boogie-woogie at warp speed, a piano pounding ministry powerful enough to raise the dead and scald the living with righteous piano fervor." "Wainwright's roaring like a conductor with a snootful of cinders, his piano rocking so hard it's about to know the train off the tracks." - No Depression Magazine
"Not just Loud, but Memphis Loud, the latest sermon of boisterous, big-hearted Americana from Victor Wainwright and The Train is an absolute showstopper that shakes, rattles and rolls until it's completely out of breath." - Elmore Magazine
“Savannah, GA native Victor Wainwright is all about boogie woogie piano, deep soul, and a voice that recalls Dr. John at his best. He is a blues star, a tremendous player.” -Chicago Blues Guide
“Victor Wainwright is a world champion piano player, two times over! Not only is Victor one of the greatest blues piano players in the business, he’s also a world-class entertainer and vocalist.” – Blues Revue Magazine
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Danette
August 18th 2024
These guys know how to put a show on! You can't help but feed off their love of the music they share!
The drummer was smiling throughout the entire show, JP is a guitar master, Damon has a hypnotic way of playing and singing, "Sweet T" on the bass shows the love of what he does on his face in every song. As for Vic.....he is # one with his keyboard and vocals! It's no wonder the awards he has achieved. Put them all together and it's PURE MAGIC!!!
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Victor Wainwright Biography
It had to be a train. The name of Victor Wainwright’s new band – and the sleeve image of their debut album – is also the most fitting of metaphors. In music folklore, the train might have associations with the freight-hopping bluesmen of yore, but with this restless boogie-woogie innovator stoking the furnace, this latest project is a charging locomotive – surging forward, crashing through boundaries of genre, sweeping up fresh sounds and clattering headlong past the doubters. As the man himself hollers in the ivory-pounding title track: “If you wanna boogie get aboard this train/Get yourself a ticket or get out of the way…”
At a sweet-spot in his career, where most established stars would rest on their laurels, Victor Wainwright & The Train instead rips up all that has gone before. These twelve tracks are originals in every sense, written by Wainwright, pricking up ears in a sterile music industry and stretching the concept of roots in bold directions. “I wanted to write this new music mostly on my own,” he explains, “as it was coming and speaking to me. I believe that for roots music to grow, and reach out to new audiences, we have to push it forward.”
The result is an album that walks a tightrope between scholarly respect and anarchic irreverence. You’ll hear Wainwright twist boogie-woogie tradition on barrelhouse thrillers like Healing and Boogie Depression, both driven by his visceral piano style. But you’ll also hear him fearlessly explore the gamut of genre, from the Latin flavors and New Orleans horns of Wiltshire Grave, to the mellow near-psychedelia of Sunshine.
It’s a musical cocktail served up by Wainwright’s inimitable gravel-flecked vocal. His words can be hilarious, as on I’ll Start Tomorrow, on which he postpones his doctor’s clean-living advice. But they can also be heartfelt, on the gospel-tinged kiss-off of That’s Love To Me. “I’ve tried to write songs that remind us to love ourselves,” he considers. “It doesn’t matter who voted for who, what your religion is, who you love…”
On this white-knuckle ride, only The Train could keep the material on the tracks. “I ended up with a hit-squad of downright amazing musicians,” he reflects, “that shared my curiosity for all corners of the roots genre. We wanted to capture how we feel performing, right smack-dab on this record, and I believe we’ve done that. Now I just try to keep up.”
In truth, Wainwright has always been an artist that sets the pace. Born into a musical family in Savannah, Georgia, the formative influence of his father’s vocals and grandfather’s rolling boogie-woogie piano compelled him into a life of music. By 2005, he’d announced his talent with solo debut, Piana’ From Savannah, while his central role in Southern Hospitality and partnership with Stephen Dees in WildRoots has seen him ignite stages and stereos for over a decade. “Looking back on your career is a tough thing to do,” he says. “Challenges are many, and frequent, but when you get it together, it can also be extremely rewarding.”
A man of many talents, Wainwright is a composer, producer, vocalist, piano player and award-winning entertainer. A long-standing leader of the boogie-woogie pack, he could refer you to his BMA and Blues Blast trophies, or a catalog that has repeatedly hijacked the Billboard Top 10. But rather than dine out on past glories, this questing artist would rather you joined him for the ride ahead. “Of course, I still have songs on this album that are just about kicking ass and taking names, like The Train,” he laughs. “But if you listen to the lyrics, what I’m really saying is, we got to get on the train and move forward together…”
Musicians
Victor Wainwright
vocals, piano, B3, electric piano, mellotron (1), lapsteel (4), belly tambourine (10)
Billy Dean
drums, percussion, vocals (2, 5, 12), baseball bat (2), knife (2), bicycle bell (2)
Terrence Grayson
bass, vocals (2, 5, 12)
Pat Harrington
guitar, vocals (2, 5, 12)
Featuring special guests:
Mark Earley
bari & tenor sax (1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11), flute (11)
Doug Woolverton
trumpet (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11)
Reba Russell
vocals (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Nick Black
vocals (1, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12)
Dave Gross
ambient guitar (2), baritone guitar (9), tambourine (8, 9, 10), percussion (2), thump (6)
Greg Gumpel
lead guitar (4), wah guitar (5), vocals (5)
Josh Roberts
lead guitar (9), rhythm guitar (7)
Monster Mike Welch
lead guitar (6)
Patricia Ann Dees
vocals (6)
Jeff Jensen
acoustic guitar (12)
TRACKLIST
001 Healing 00:05:01
002 Wiltshire Grave 00:04:30
003 Train 00:03:35
004 Dull Your Shine 00:05:35
005 Money 00:04:21
006 Thank You Lucille 00:05:10
007 Boogie Depression 00:03:33
008 Everything I Need 00:05:09
009 Righteous 00:04:45
010 I'll Start Tomorrow 00:04:21
011 Sunshine 00:07:02
012 That's Love To Me 00:08:37
Read MoreAt a sweet-spot in his career, where most established stars would rest on their laurels, Victor Wainwright & The Train instead rips up all that has gone before. These twelve tracks are originals in every sense, written by Wainwright, pricking up ears in a sterile music industry and stretching the concept of roots in bold directions. “I wanted to write this new music mostly on my own,” he explains, “as it was coming and speaking to me. I believe that for roots music to grow, and reach out to new audiences, we have to push it forward.”
The result is an album that walks a tightrope between scholarly respect and anarchic irreverence. You’ll hear Wainwright twist boogie-woogie tradition on barrelhouse thrillers like Healing and Boogie Depression, both driven by his visceral piano style. But you’ll also hear him fearlessly explore the gamut of genre, from the Latin flavors and New Orleans horns of Wiltshire Grave, to the mellow near-psychedelia of Sunshine.
It’s a musical cocktail served up by Wainwright’s inimitable gravel-flecked vocal. His words can be hilarious, as on I’ll Start Tomorrow, on which he postpones his doctor’s clean-living advice. But they can also be heartfelt, on the gospel-tinged kiss-off of That’s Love To Me. “I’ve tried to write songs that remind us to love ourselves,” he considers. “It doesn’t matter who voted for who, what your religion is, who you love…”
On this white-knuckle ride, only The Train could keep the material on the tracks. “I ended up with a hit-squad of downright amazing musicians,” he reflects, “that shared my curiosity for all corners of the roots genre. We wanted to capture how we feel performing, right smack-dab on this record, and I believe we’ve done that. Now I just try to keep up.”
In truth, Wainwright has always been an artist that sets the pace. Born into a musical family in Savannah, Georgia, the formative influence of his father’s vocals and grandfather’s rolling boogie-woogie piano compelled him into a life of music. By 2005, he’d announced his talent with solo debut, Piana’ From Savannah, while his central role in Southern Hospitality and partnership with Stephen Dees in WildRoots has seen him ignite stages and stereos for over a decade. “Looking back on your career is a tough thing to do,” he says. “Challenges are many, and frequent, but when you get it together, it can also be extremely rewarding.”
A man of many talents, Wainwright is a composer, producer, vocalist, piano player and award-winning entertainer. A long-standing leader of the boogie-woogie pack, he could refer you to his BMA and Blues Blast trophies, or a catalog that has repeatedly hijacked the Billboard Top 10. But rather than dine out on past glories, this questing artist would rather you joined him for the ride ahead. “Of course, I still have songs on this album that are just about kicking ass and taking names, like The Train,” he laughs. “But if you listen to the lyrics, what I’m really saying is, we got to get on the train and move forward together…”
Musicians
Victor Wainwright
vocals, piano, B3, electric piano, mellotron (1), lapsteel (4), belly tambourine (10)
Billy Dean
drums, percussion, vocals (2, 5, 12), baseball bat (2), knife (2), bicycle bell (2)
Terrence Grayson
bass, vocals (2, 5, 12)
Pat Harrington
guitar, vocals (2, 5, 12)
Featuring special guests:
Mark Earley
bari & tenor sax (1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11), flute (11)
Doug Woolverton
trumpet (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11)
Reba Russell
vocals (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Nick Black
vocals (1, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12)
Dave Gross
ambient guitar (2), baritone guitar (9), tambourine (8, 9, 10), percussion (2), thump (6)
Greg Gumpel
lead guitar (4), wah guitar (5), vocals (5)
Josh Roberts
lead guitar (9), rhythm guitar (7)
Monster Mike Welch
lead guitar (6)
Patricia Ann Dees
vocals (6)
Jeff Jensen
acoustic guitar (12)
TRACKLIST
001 Healing 00:05:01
002 Wiltshire Grave 00:04:30
003 Train 00:03:35
004 Dull Your Shine 00:05:35
005 Money 00:04:21
006 Thank You Lucille 00:05:10
007 Boogie Depression 00:03:33
008 Everything I Need 00:05:09
009 Righteous 00:04:45
010 I'll Start Tomorrow 00:04:21
011 Sunshine 00:07:02
012 That's Love To Me 00:08:37
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