WATCH: Damon Fowler's 'Sugar Shack Mondays' with Wendy Rich

The Valentine's Day edition of Damon Fowler's "Sugar Shack Mondays" with special guest Wendy Rich:

Wendy Rich and the Soulshakers at Ace's in Bradenton

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Wade Tatangelo interviewing Wendy Rich and Damon Fowler

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WATCH: Damon Fowler's Sugar Shack Mondays with Sol Driven Train

Check out the Feb. 7 edition of Damon Fowler's "Sugar Shack Mondays" with superb, genre-hopping, national-touring act Sol Driven Train.

Intro by Damon Fowler and Wade Tatangelo

Sol Driven Train performance

Wade Tatangelo interviews Sol Driven Train's singer/guitarist Joel Timmons and Damon Fowler

WATCH: Damon Fowler's 'Sugar Shack Mondays' with Biscuit Miller at Ace's in Bradenton

"Sugar Shack Mondays" jam Jan. 31 at Ace's in Bradenton. Photo by Lacy Campbell.

The Damon Fowler's "Sugar Shack Mondays" with special guest Dave "Biscuit" Miller on Jan. 31 at Ace's in Bradenton. Click to read about it.

Damon Fowler and Wade Tatangelo interview/introduction of Biscuit Miller  

Biscuit Miller and the Mix performance

 Wade Tatangelo interviews Biscuit Miller and Damon Fowler


Sugar Shack Monday Jam: Damon Fowler Group, Biscuit Miller and the Mix, RJ Howson, Selwin Birchwood

TONIGHT: Damon Fowler's 'Sugar Shack Mondays' webcast debuts 8 p.m. at Ace's in Bradenton

Here's my Sunday column about Damon Fowler's "Sugar Shack Mondays" webcast/show that debuts 8 p.m. Mon., Jan. 3 at Ace's in Bradenton. Attend the event and/or watch online for free.

Damon Fowler tours nationally, records for the highly respected label Blind Pig and his 2009 release “Sugar Shack” reached No. 12 on Billboard’s Top Blues Albums chart.
Fowler also happens to live on Bradenton Beach.

Since relocating about a year ago to Anna Maria Island from Brandon, the singer/songwriter and guitar hero has returned from the road to regularly deliver powerful performances to a packed house at Ace’s.

Billed as “Bradenton’s live music venue,” it’s where Fowler will debut his ambitious new webcast series “Sugar Shack Mondays,” which features a nationally-touring guest each week. I’ve known Fowler for the past decade and gladly agreed to co-host the interview segment of the show.

“Last summer we were playing in Kentucky and the promoter did a webcast of our performance,” Fowler said. “I saw that it was well viewed and how cool and easy it could be.”

Boca Raton-based JP Soars and the Red Hots, the 2009 International Blues Challenge winner, is the special guest for the Jan. 3 premiere of “Sugar Shack Mondays.” The trio recently released the album “Back of My Mind.” Singer/guitarist Soars excels at everything from blues and jazz to rock and metal. Like Fowler, he’s an ace slide player as well.

Continue reading.

Watch the webcast by clicking screen below at 8 p.m. Mon., Jan. 3.

Damon Fowler's 'Sugar Shack Mondays' debuts Jan. 3 at Ace's in Bradenton

PUBLICITY PHOTO - Damon Fowler

"On Sunday afternoons when I was young, the whole family would get together and play and sing," Damon Fowler said in a release issued today. "I thought that's what all families did on Sunday. It never occurred to me that music was not part of the fabric of daily life for everyone."

Fowler, a national touring artist signed to the highly respected blues label Blind Pig, will bring his spirit of family music gathering to Ace's in Bradenton by hosting "Sugar Shack Mondays" starting January 3.

"Since the release of Damon's CD, 'Sugar Shack,' then Damon moving to Bradenton Beach, I thought it would be cool to name a night or series after both Damon and the CD," said owner of Ace's Renee Bennett. "Then coincidentally I ran into Damon on the beach. After a few creative moments the idea evolved and now we are on our way to a very special event with many of Damon's friends."

Damon Fowler (right) and Wade Tatangelo at music writer's Tampa place Jan. 2009.

Fowler's vision includes broadcasting the regular Monday night series as an online webcast. In addition to the live show, Wade Tatangelo, music writer with the Bradenton Herald, will conduct interviews with the guest acts, reads the publicity release. 

Watch "Sugar Shack Mondays" show by signing up here on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sugar-Shack-Mondays/165375620169515


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Ace's in Bradenton presents:
Damon Fowler's "Sugar Shack Mondays"

Showcasing the best in touring talent

Begins Mon., Jan. 3 with special guest J.P. Soars

Showtime: 8 p.m.

NO COVER
 

Fowler and band mates Chuck Riley (bass) and James "Big Country" McKnight recently finished recording "Devil Got His Way." It will be released Jan. 18 by Blind Pig Records.

Click for "Devil Got His Way" cover art and track list (first posted here Dec. 8).