Ohio  State Fair Aug 5 2009

                     Athens Winter

               Jazz and Blues Festival

                           2009

 Gary VanMeter and Mike Doughty in a recording session! July 25 2011

Below Ohio State Fair Aug 7 2011

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         Blues Band

               Bio

Meet the Station Break Physco Blues Band, a powerful show of rock, rhythm and blues. Mike Doughty, bass and keys, and Mike Price two well known and established guitar players, from Athens, Ohio have been together for years forming bands all over the country which has led to their sucwith the R and B Station. Now they have changed their name to The Station Break-Physco Blues Band after recruiting their old friend and drummer Gary VanMeter.Gary played with Mike and Mike in the late 60's as teenagers. They have also recuited a very talented and a very young  Hayley VanMeter., Gary VanMeters daughter. Hayley has been playing piano and singing since the age of 8 yrs old. The band  has developed a new sound built off of Physcodelic, British Invasion and Blues and fused them all together. Very high energy!

          randbstationband.com

Raising Star
    
Shirley King, can’t deny her last name, it is a door opener. Chicago’s daughter of famous blues singer, B B King has a standard to up hold, but in the end its own voice that she discovers that sets her aside from even him.

Internationally recognized in her own right, Shirley’s star is rising as well. Countries as far away as Brazil, England have been carried by her soulful sound to the heart of what is Chicago, the authentic voice of a real blues. Audiences at the end of performances, line up to have their picture taken with Shirley purchasing cd’s but in the end everyone wants the hug. It’s a hug that embraces everyone in the midst of our struggles and bad economy that for a moment we feel it’s going to be alright. We can feel our life energized and infused by her magnanimous heart, your life is changed.

Everyone including our City has struggles, difficulties and obstacles that seem so unimaginable by even today’s standards. Listening to a true blues artist, Shirley unites us in the moment to acknowledge that its tough but we can’t give up, hope is just around the corner. Song after song an inner resilience builds our own determination. Shirley brings us together. A room full of perfect strangers from all over the world and strangers to each other, in our OWN little community our hearts are filled with the blues.

Shirley has had her own blues. A voice so powerful to make such a change in us of inner peace has had own struggles. It’s difficult to imagine that her career started from singing to the hustle and bustle of morning foot traffic along the sidewalk. The container at her feet filled quite quickly as the offering of money filled over the top. The life of a musician performs well after the morning foot traffic left at the end of the day. Shirley would then set her stage for performance that evening at her club venue singing well into the night, only to start again by the sidewalk. Those sidewalk days are long gone. Now she can be found performing every Wednesday night at Gold Coast’s, The Joynt, to packed audiences dancing to earthy soul of a voice that penetrates the deep depths of everyone’s lives.

Shirley’s voice sings from that very dark place as she is a survivor of cancer. Nothing can be more painful for a talented artist but to have a precious gift as her singing soulful heart be held suppressed by her own failing health. It’s a long journey back to the microphone but she is a testament that singing is not the destination but the journey. Perhaps that is what the blues is really all about, our own journey.

Shirley is bringing her performances to new levels. She has a long list of R & B/Motown to add to her repertoire. If you have a festival, venue or corporate event that needs a true blues artist to perform please contact her manager .

             To book 

           Shirley King 

-     -Call Mike Doughty

          740-593-5867
          

R&B Station opened for Bucky Covington on Sept 11 2010

Smoked Meat Festival. Oct 16 2010 Nelsonville Ohio

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 5th Anual Jazz and Blues Festival, Shirley King, Mark Pender, Tom Pender and The Station Break Band