Author: pianomalone

I just spent 3 amazing, sleepless days as the musical director for the Ultimate Vocal Music Summit here in Los Angeles. We mentored a group of stunningly talented young people, ranging in age from 4 to 20, and got to show them what their dreams of a life making music looked like up close. The growth I saw from them in just three days was astounding. I was on panels with songwriters, players, and producers who have all been responsible for countless hit records (I have been responsible for exactly zero hit records, but there I was anyway!), and I sang a few of my songs and told the stories behind them. But mostly, I was the musical director: I wrote band charts and arrangements for some 30 tunes. Transposed them a few times, and rewrote them, as the kids worked with their vocal coaches and got closer to their vision of how they would perform the songs. Then yesterday, I led an all-star band of amazing players – including my John Fogerty bandmate Kenny Aronoff – through a concert featuring all of the singers. And even though I was sleep-deprived nearly to the point of hallucination, and I had mostly forgotten to eat for most of the weekend, and I had stared at sheets of music until they had nearly lost all meaning, I was transported with joy as I sat behind the piano and saw the show through the eyes of these young singers who were having their musical dreams come true. Many thanks to Dawn Elder for inviting me on this journey – it was unforgettable.

And now, back to my regular life! This week I have two solo shows in Delaware (one of them opening for blues legend Joe Louis Walker!), followed by a week in Canada with John Fogerty, followed by three more solo shows in Seattle/Portland in early November. Here’s a list:

10/13: Arden, DE – Arden Gild Hall (w/Joe Louis Walker)
10/14: Wilmington, DE – Bellefonte Cafe
10/18: Abbotsford, Canada – Abbotsford Centre (w/John Fogerty)
10/19: Victoria, Canada – Save On Foods Memorial Centre (w/John Fogerty)
10/21: Calgary, Canada – The Saddledome (w/John Fogerty)
10/22: Edmonton Canada – Rogers Place (w/John Fogerty)
10/23: Fort McMurray, Alberta (w/John Fogerty)
11/3: Portland, OR – Skype Live Studio at KINK-FM
11/4: Seattle, WA – Kenyon Hall (with Arthur Migliazza)
11/5: Portland, OR – Music Millennium

Just in time for Halloween – the sheet music for my song “So What If It’s Hallowe’en” is available now! Get the sheet music and the recording at the Bob Malone Store!

I am immoblized by pie and turkey, but determined to get this message to you! The Mojo Live DVD is out – it’s the concert DVD I’ve been wanting to make for years. The show was filmed live earlier this year at the Grand Annex Theatre with an all-star band, and in addition to the full 14-song concert, there are cool special features you’ll find nowhere else! For Black Friday weekend, #ShopSmall at bobmalone.com and get DVDs, T-shirts and vinyl for only $14.99 each and all CDs for $9.99. That’s 5 bucks off everytyhing! These prices only last til Monday – so get on it!

Here’s the best part: post a photo of yourself with your Mojo Live DVD and the hashtag #showusyourmojo on Facebook, twitter or Instagram (be sure to tag me!), and you get a chance to win a free Bob Malone house concert at your house! Also at the Bob Malone Store, from now thru the end of 2015, I’m donating 100% of the proceeds from digital downloads of the song Paris (from the Mojo Deluxe CD) to the family of Nick Alexander. Alexander was the band merchandise seller who was killed along with scores of others in the terrorist attacks at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris. He was one of us – a brother in rock and roll.

Mojo Deluxe is now at #13 on the Relix/Jambands radio chart, and #10 on the Roots Music Report Blues radio chart! Also, Alternative Root Magazine premiered the video for “Can’t Get There From Here” this weekend. Here’s the latest list of stations that have added “Mojo Deluxe” to their playlists since its release:

KKFI – Kansas City, MO – Edged In Blue
KIOS – Omaha, NE
WBOR – Brunswick. ME
WGMC – Rochester, NY – Blues Spectrum
WVPE – Elkhart, IN – The Blues Review
WQLN – Erie, PA – Jazz, Ballads & Blues (#13)
WLRH – Huntsville, AL – Talkin’ The Blues
KIWR – Council Bluffs, IA – Pacific Street Blues
KSPQ – West Plains, MO
WRFG – Atlanta, GA – Good Morning Blues (#11)
WNIJ – DeKalb, IL – The Saturday Blues
KAFM – Grand Junction, CO – Bad Dog Radio
WMNF – Tampa, FL – Mo’ Blues Monday
WXCI – Danbury, CT – Shout Brother Shout
KZUM – Waverly, NE – Highway Blues
CKUT – Montréal, Canada – L’Hôtel Du Blues
WWOZ – New Orleans, LA – Dennis Big D Schaibly
KTDE – Sonoma, CA – Your Friday Night Fish Fry 8 to the Bar with Tarr
KTUH – Honolulu, HI – Somethin’ Else
KTEP – El Paso, TX – Friday Night Blues
Mick Martin’s Blues Party:
KXJZ – Sacramento, CA – KKTO – Reno/Tahoe City, NV
KUOP – Stockton/Modesto, CA
KXSR – Eureka, CA
WJMU – Decatur, IL – Very Big Blues
KVMR – Nevada City, CA – Blues 2 You
CRN National Radio – Canada – Blues Beat
Sirius/XM Bluesville (CH 70)
Blues Deluxe (syndicated)
Confessing The Blues (syndicated)
At The Crossroads – Canada (Syndicated)
BBC-2 Blues w/Paul Jones
Gateway 97.8 – Basildon/Thurrock, UK – Digital Blues
Blues & Roots Radio (syndicated UK) – Blues & Roots Connections w/Paul Long
Get Ready To Rock Radio – UK – Pete Feenstra
KUSH – Cushing OK
KZRJ – Jerome AZ
WMSR – Auburn AL
WRRW (formerly WYOU) – Williamsburg VA
KBAC – Santa Fe NM
WYCE – Grand Rapids, MI
KTUH – Honolulu HI
WECS – Voluntown CT
WNTI – Santa Fe, NM
WKKL – Barnstable MA
WXCI – Ridgefield CT
DeepJams.Net – Raleigh NC
EVOLVEMENT RADIO – Newburyport MA
KFAI – Minneapolis MN
KFJC – Los Altos Hills, CA
KKFI – Kansas City MO
KLCZ – Lewiston ID
KVNF – Paonia CO
KZMU – Moab, UT
RadioFreeAmericana.com – Verona VA
Semi-Twang – Sacramento, CA
Stingray Music – Montreal, QB
WBSD – Burlington WI
WCNI – New London CT
WERU – E. Orland ME
WETS – Johnson City TN
WMNF – Tampa FL
WIZN – Burlington, VT
WSUM – Madison, WI
WUTC – Chatanooga, TN
WXOU – Rochester, MI
KGNU – Boulder, CO
KPUR – Forest Grove, OR
WNCW – Spindale NC
WPKN – Westport CT
WUMF – Farmington ME
WUSO – Springfield OH
CKUA – Edmonton AB
KVMR – Nevada City CA
WFDU – Teaneck NJ
WSUW – Whitewater WI
WUTK – Knoxville TN
WVMP – Roanoke VA

RELIX, the bible of all things jamband, premiered the “Certain Distance” video from the upcoming MOJO LIVE DVD. See it HERE. Buy/download the CD HERE – or at iTunes, Amazon, or your local record store!

“John Fogerty keyboardist Bob Malone released his eighth album earlier this year. On Mojo Deluxe his all-star band includes Stan Behrens (WAR), Tim Lefebvre (Tedeschi Trucks Band), Mike Baird (Journey, Bob Dylan, Joe Cocker), producer/guitarist Bob DeMarco, and Bob’s John Fogerty bandmate Kenny Aronoff. Coming in October is the Mojo Live DVD, which demonstrates the rich southern soul and deep blues of Malone’s live group which also includes Marty Rifkin (Slide guitar), Bob Demarco (Guitar) Jeff Dean (Bass), Mike Baird (Drums) and Chris Trujillo (Percussion) with vocals from Lavone Seetal, Trysette and Karen Nash, while Malone, himself, appears on Wurlitzer piano, stompbox and vocals. Today we premiere “Certain Distance” from the forthcoming DVD. The song is also the lead track on Mojo Deluxe.”

The new Mojo Deluxe album arrives online and in stores today, and the rave reviews and radio adds keep rolling in!

Here are the latest Blues, Americana, AAA, and JamBand radio adds:
WNIJ – DeKalb, IL – The Saturday Blues
KAFM – Grand Junction, CO – Bad Dog Radio
WMNF – Tampa, FL – Mo’ Blues Monday
WXCI – Danbury, CT – Shout Brother Shout
KZUM – Waverly, NE – Highway Blues
CKUT – Montréal, Canada – L’Hôtel Du Blues
WWOZ – New Orleans, LA – Dennis Big D Schaibly
KTDE – Sonoma, CA – Your Friday Night Fish Fry 8 to the Bar with Tarr
KTUH – Honolulu, HI – Somethin’ Else
KTEP – El Paso, TX – Friday Night Blues
Mick Martin’s Blues Party:
KXJZ – Sacramento, CA – KKTO – Reno/Tahoe City, NV
KUOP – Stockton/Modesto, CA
KXSR – Eureka, CA
WJMU – Decatur, IL – Very Big Blues
KVMR – Nevada City, CA – Blues 2 You
CRN National Radio – Canada – Blues Beat
Sirius/XM Bluesville (CH 70)
Blues Deluxe (syndicated)
Confessing The Blues (syndicated)
At The Crossroads – Canada (Syndicated)
KUSH – Cushing OK
KZRJ – Jerome AZ
WMSR – Auburn AL
WRRW (formerly WYOU) – Williamsburg VA
KBAC – Santa Fe NM
KTUH – Honolulu HI
WECS – Voluntown CT
WKKL – Barnstable MA
WXCI – Ridgefield CT
DeepJams.Net – Raleigh NC
EVOLVEMENT RADIO – Newburyport MA
KFAI – Minneapolis MN
KKFI – Kansas City MO
KLCZ – Lewiston ID
KVNF – Paonia CO
RadioFreeAmericana.com – Verona VA
WBSD – Burlington WI
WCNI – New London CT
WERU – E. Orland ME
WETS – Johnson City TN
WMNF – Tampa FL
WNCW – Spindale NC
WPKN – Westport CT
WUMF – Farmington ME
WUSO – Springfield OH
CKUA – Edmonton AB
KVMR – Nevada City CA
WFDU – Teaneck NJ
WSUW – Whitewater WI
WUTK – Knoxville TN
WVMP – Roanoke VA
UNITED KINGDOM
BBC-2 Blues w/Paul Jones
BBC Cambridgeshire
Gateway 97.8 – Basildon/Thurrock, UK – Digital Blues
Blues & Roots Radio (syndicated UK) – Blues & Roots Connections w/Paul Long
Get Ready To Rock Radio – UK – Pete Feenstra

Buy it now!
iTunes
Amazon
BobMalone.com

The New Mojo Deluxe album drops on August 21, and it’s already pulling some impressive reviews and radio adds. Most of this summer, Bob has been on tour with John Fogerty – including shows at Radio City Music Hall and the Hollywood Bowl – and the Mojo Deluxe Tour begins August 21 with shows in the Northeast, Florida, Texas and New Orleans, and the UK. with more being added.

RADIO ADDS THIS WEEK
Digital Blues – UK
Blues Deluxe Radio – syndicated on 79 stations!
KTEP – El Paso, TX
WRFG – Atlanta, GA
KTDE The Tide – Gualala, CA
CKUT – Montréal, Canada
KAFM – Grand Junction, CO
KTUH – Honolulu, HI
WJMU – Decatur, IL
Get Ready To Rock – UK

Click to view the MOJO DELUXE Promo Teaser Video

My new album is finished. It’s called Mojo Deluxe. A companion live DVD, “Mojo Live,” is just about to be finished. Since 2013, most of my spare time and disposable income have gone towards making these recordings a reality. Now, after 3 years of sweat, tears, happiness, frustration, long hours, bloodletting and neurosis, I want the world to hear the finished product. This is where you can help!