Rose City Kings - 2 albums: Delta Hop / Up On It

Established in Portland, OR in 2002, Rose City Kings is a well respected musical ensemble in the Pacific NW. They have performed seven times at the Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival (the second largest in the nation) and at some of the premier West Coast Blues venues such as Biscuit & Blues (San Francisco), Cafe Boogaloo (Los Angeles), Torch Club (Sacramento) and Highway 99 (Seattle).

Rose City Kings has received Real Blues Magazine’s awards for Best Pacific Northwest Blues Band, Best West Coast Blues/Rock Band. They were the Cascade Blues Association’s Muddy Award winner for Best Contemporary Act 2004 & Best New Act 2003; and were finalists for Best Contemporary Act in 2007 & 2008.

Album: Delta Hop
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:10
Size: 96.6 MB
Styles: West Coast blues
Year: 2003
Art: Front

[4:21] 1. Fire It Up!
[2:46] 2. Biscuits 'n Gravy
[2:46] 3. Coffee Blues
[4:06] 4. Reckless Sinner
[3:24] 5. Amy
[4:24] 6. Delta Hop
[3:08] 7. I Am The Captain
[5:24] 8. What A Shame
[4:28] 9. Catch That Train
[4:29] 10. Devil In My Shoes
[2:49] 11. Can't Fool Me (This Time)

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Album: Up On It
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:37
Size: 120.5 MB
Styles: West Coast blues
Year: 2004
Art: Front

[4:50] 1. Up On It
[3:53] 2. Best Friend
[3:31] 3. Breakdown Blues
[4:44] 4. Double Belly Twist
[3:19] 5. Big Trouble
[5:41] 6. Dark Cloud
[3:56] 7. Put A Wiggle In It
[5:17] 8. Tequila Blues
[3:09] 9. Baybelline
[4:55] 10. Temptation
[2:55] 11. Sweet Nothings
[6:23] 12. One Thing

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Rose City Kings - A Love So Strong

Size: 126,2 MB
Time: 54:07
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Rockin' Blues
Art: Front

01. One Lonely Morning (5:02)
02. A Love So Strong (4:41)
03. Just Like I Treat You (3:39)
04. Working Girl Blues (5:33)
05. My People (6:03)
06. Superbee (4:18)
07. All Your Love (4:13)
08. Love Karate Chop (4:10)
09. Rumba All Night (3:40)
10. Sight To See (3:49)
11. No Justice (4:41)
12. Nah Nah Nah (4:13)

Personnel:
Dan Berkery: Guitar, Lead Vocals
Steve Kerin: Keyboards
Gary Keeney: Percussion
David Lipkind: Harmonica
Katy Oberg: Vocals
Tim Shaughnessy: Bass

Rose City Kings’ newly released album, “A Love So Strong,” is an homage to music, love and life. The album takes the listener on a tour of 12 original songs flavored with traditional and contemporary Blues, propulsive Latin rhythms, and down-home swampy grooves.

Established in Portland, OR in 2002, Rose City Kings is a well respected musical ensemble in the Pacific NW. They have performed seven times at the Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival (the second largest in the nation) and at some of the premier West Coast Blues venues such as Biscuit & Blues (San Francisco), Cafe Boogaloo (Los Angeles), Torch Club (Sacramento) and Highway 99 (Seattle).

Rose City Kings has received Real Blues Magazine’s awards for Best Pacific Northwest Blues Band, Best West Coast Blues/Rock Band. They were the Cascade Blues Association’s Muddy Award winner for Best Contemporary Act 2004 & Best New Act 2003; and were finalists for Best Contemporary Act in 2007 & 2008.

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Rose City Kings - Holler Out For More (Live)

Size: 144,3 MB
Time: 61:41
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2005
Styles: Dirty Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Full

01. Delta Hop (6:25)
02. Devil In My Shoes (4:37)
03. Biscuts N' Gravy (4:49)
04. Up On It (5:35)
05. Tequila Blues (6:52)
06. Babyelline (5:22)
07. Coffee Blues (4:36)
08. Way Down Low (5:34)
09. Put A Little Wiggle In It (4:23)
10. Double Belly Twist (4:57)
11. Sweet Nothings (3:20)
12. Reckless Sinner (5:05)

Rose City Kings has been on a roll since its inception 5 years ago, steadily gaining recognition in the Pacific Northwest and on the West Coast. Rose City Kings regularly performs at the premier Northwest Blues clubs and festivals. Be sure to catch them at their next show. With fresh new line-up of musicians, Rose City Kings is set to propel even farther.

In its first year, the 1,000+ members of the Cascade Blues Association voted Rose City Kings as the winner of its Muddy Award for Best New Act. The following year, Rose City Kings won the prestigious Muddy Award for Best Contemporary Act, was the regional winner of the 2004 Journey to Memphis competition sponsoring Rose City Kings to compete in the 2005 International Blues Challenge. Most recently, Rose City Kings is a nominee in four categories for the 2005 Muddy Awards: Best Contemporary Blues Act; Northwest Recording for Holler Out for More; Male Vocalist for lead singer Kolvane; and Harmonica for Joe Powers.

Rose City Kings are winners in several categories in Real Blues Magazine's 11th Annual Real Blues Awards for the year 2004, as announced in issue #29/August 2005. In June 2004, during its second year as a band, Rose City Kings released UP ON IT. Real Blues ranked UP ON IT as #4 in its listing of 2004's Top West Coast Blues CDs. UP ON IT was the highest ranked, self-sponsored CD by an independent act on the list of Top West Coast CDs. Moreover, UP ON IT was the winner of the award for the Best West Coast CD in the Blues/Rock category. As importantly, Rose City Kings tied for #1 West Coast Blues/Rock Band. At the regional level, Rose City Kings was named the Best Pacific North-West Blues Band for 2004.

Awards:
2006 Nominee for Muddy Awards
2005 Real Blues Magazine names Rose City Kings winner of Multiple Real Blues Awards for 2004: #1 West Coast Blues/Rock Band and Best Pacific North-West Blues Band for 2004; #4 Top West Coast Blues CDs - UP ON IT; and #1 West Coast Blues/Rock Band.
2005 Nominee for Multiple Muddy Awards
2005 International Blues Challenge Contestant.
2004 Muddy Award Winner Best Contemporary Blues Act
2004 Winner, CBA Journey to Memphis Competition
2003 Muddy Award Winner for Best New Act.

Holler Out For More (Live)

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