The Rusty Wright Band

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Rusty Wright Band

The Rusty Wright Band is a hot fusing of Texas-style blues, driving boogie and Southern guitar rock. Wright’s sound assimilates everything from the passion and flamboyance of SRV, to the cool riffs and right-in-the pocket grooves of Chicago blues guitarist Hubert Sumlin and Freddy King, AKA “the Texas Cannonball“, with the occasional indulgence of including one of Wright’s interesting musical ‘left turns.’ It’s all blended with the forthright nature of Rusty’s world-weary (yet hopeful) plight-of-the-common-man lyrics. This ain’t your granddad’s blues.

PERFORMER BIO:

The son of a blues record-collecting father and a gospel-singing mother, Flint, Michigan native Rusty Wright has spent most of his life on the road and in the recording studio honing his singular take on improvisation blues.

Rusty Wright is a masterful lyric storyteller, guitarist, vocalist, and producer. This Billboard Top 5 artist’s sound is a hot fusing of Texas-style blues; driving boogie and Southern soul. The band’s lineup includes Rusty on guitar and lead vocals, wife Laurie LaCross-Wright on guitar and lead/harmony vocals, Billy Agner on bass/harmony vocals, and Vail Hayes on drums.

Wright’s sound assimilates everything from the passion and flamboyance of SRV, to the cool riffs and right-in-the-pocket grooves of Chicago blues guitarist Hubert Sumlin and Freddy King, AKA “The Texas Cannonball”, to the intricate harmonies of the Allman Brothers, with the occasional indulgence of including one of Wright’s interesting musical ‘left turns’. It’s all blended with the forthright nature of Rusty’s world-weary (yet hopeful), plight-of-the-common-man lyrics. This ain’t your granddad’s blues.

Call it contemporary blues, call it blues rock, southern rock, driving boogie, jam blues, blues-infused rock…. It’s all that… just not all at the same time. Call it whatever you want. As Rusty likes to say “It doesn’t matter what you call it. If it sounds good, it IS good.”

BAND MEMBERS

Rusty Wright – Lead Rhythm Guitars, Vocals

Laurie LaCross-Wright – Lead Rhythm Guitars, Keys, Vocals

Billy Agner – Bass, Vocals

Vail Hayes – Drums Percussion