Route 66

Quarto Valley Records artist T Bear brings his incredible band to TheVenice West. They will be playing tracks off T Bears FRESH BEAR TRACKSalbum and debuting the new single RED HARVEST.T Bear keys, lead vocals, songsLaurence Juber guitarsJon Woodhead guitarPaul ILL - bassTony Braunagel drumsJon Papenbrook trumpetJerry Vivino saxGia Ciambotti bg voxRichard T Bear boasts a career that spans more than 40 years, one that led toa string of solo albums & collaborations with numerous music icons includingCrosby, Stills s Southern Cross, The Blues Brothers Soundtrack,Richie Havens Mixed Bag II, Kiss members Gene Simmons soloventures, Toby Beaus hit single My Angel Baby, Billy Squiers solodebut Tale of the Tape, former Rascals Gene Cornish & Dino Danelli. He alsopenned the song Love and Pain, one of the standout tracks on Chersblockbuster album Take Me Home. Hes shared the stage with artists such asRichie Havens, Odetta, The Doobie Brothers & Jeff Beck.In 1978, T Bear signed with RCA Records & released his debut album, Red, Hot &Blue, produced by Jack Richardson (Bob Seger, The Guess Who) that featured LesDudek, Billy Squier, Paul Shaffer & the Brecker Brothers. The album spawnedthe single Sunshine Hotel. A remix of the song reached the top five onthe world dance charts before becoming the dance staple that it remains today.A second album followed titled Bear that includes a rendition of the RollingStones classic Ruby Tuesday and Captured Alive, a concert recorded inHamburg, Germany. In 1984, he moved to Teldec Records, which led to therelease of The Bear Truth, and the Giorgio Moroder produced album The Runner.