The Triple A Blues Band
Original and Eclectic Blues
(Curt, Ronnie, JT, Andy, Pete, Bill)
"We chose the name Triple A to honor the many minor-league baseball teams that travel the country--not for glory or wealth--but for the love of the game."
The Triple A Blues Band's first CD, Highwater, won first prize in the Billboard/Musician Magazines' "Best Unsigned Band Competition" for best song writing and musicianship. The band is in top form as it winds its way through a world of blues styles, from the brooding "Highwater" to the jugband-blues sound of "Biscuits." They perform swing, old folk blues, electric blues, and blues standards.
The title track, Pork Chop Money, is a story of a billiards tournament and the characters in the world of pool hustling.
Click to buy CD.Andy Tolins' deep vocals and guitar, harmonica player, Pete "Jukester" Sheridan together with piano player-vocalist John 'JT Blues' Thompson, bassist Ronnie Wasco, drummer Curt Krebs, and guest vocalist Bill Besecker, powers the band's down-home, old-school howlin'-growlin' blues music.
Triple A's second release, Pork Chop Money, displays more of the band's unique sound and songs.
"High Water was always going to be a hard act to follow, but Pork Chop Money manages to maintain the streak" says Gordon Baxter from Blues On Stage.
Read the complete Pork Chop Money CD review here and see what the fuss is about.
They opened in larger venues for blues mainstays such as Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown, the late Johnny 'Clyde' Copeland, Buddy Guy, Tinsley Ellis, Derek Trucks, and Luther "Guitar Jr." Johnson. They perform with national acts and at regional festivals and clubs throughout Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, and New Jersey.
The band performs regularly as the house band on Friday nights from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Zeno's on the corner of College and Allen Streets, in downtown State College, Pennsylvania.
Listen to more Triple A Blues Band songs here