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Stuey Blue started performing every weekend with his band Sunrise at
the age of fifteen. He graduated Wesleyan University, Middletown Ct.
with a B.A. in music and then went on the road with the Otrabanda
Theatrical Revue which performed shows in major cities such as New
Orleans, Baton Rouge, St Louis, Memphis, and N.Y.C as well as in small
towns along the Mississippi river. The revue was featured in an hour
long PBS documentary as well as numerous TV spots. After the tour he
settled in N.Y.C. performing with numerous local bands and doing
session work on CD’s and for TV and film.
He formed his own band the
Screamin Honkers which were quickly hailed the “best bar band in
town(N.Y.C)” by the Village Voice. They headlined at major clubs like
Studio 54, The Stone Pony, The Lone Star Café, and The 930 club and
colleges like StonyBrook, Univ. Of Richmond, and Queens College
performing their original compositions. Their video aired nationally on
ABC’s Hot Tracks, HBO, and CNN. They also appeared in the major motion
picture “Ishtar”. The band averaged 150 shows a year playing
extensively in N.Y.C. and the Northeast states for many years. Their
self-released albums sold well. Stuey’s exciting live shows,which
featured him blowing his sax while dancing through the audience,
dropping to his knees on the beat,jumping on tables and bars, playing
on his back rocking and kicking his feet while wailing and honking to a
jump beat, brought audiences to a frenzy.
After many years in N.Y.C. Stuey Blue moved to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
and began playing with numerous local bands as well as his own. He has
played at major festivals like Sunfest, Riverwalk Blues Festival, and
the South Florida Blues Society sponsored Blues Diva’s of South Florida
concert, which will be releasing a live CD in the fall of 2006. Stuey
Blue just released his own CD, “New Way Of Living” which can be
purchased at CDBaby.com. He can currently be seen at local venues in
the South Florida area.
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