Miami, FL; Dunedin, FL (Little
Silver Records) --
Little Silver recording artists, Graham Wood Drout & Iko-Iko headline the 16th annual Dunedin Wines The Blues Festival in Dunedin, Florida. The Downtown Dunedin Merchants Association (DDMA), Dunedin Brewery, C&N Publications, Coldwell-Banker, Wachovia, Sterling Winery, J.B. Edwards and others are sponsoring what promises to be their biggest event to date. Additional performers include The Jumpin' Bobcats and Traveling North. The festival entertainment was supported in cooperation with SonicBids.com.
featured band of the week
Saturday, November 11, 2006 at 5:00 PM
DUNEDIN WINES THE BLUES 2006
Pioneer Park at Main & Douglas Sts.
Dunedin, FL
About The Dunedin Downtown Merchants Association The DDMA is a non profit organization dedicated to the preservation of the independent, local business environment in this coastal Florida town located just outside of Tampa. According to Kerry Speckman of AOL City Guide, "What started out as a way of drumming up business during the September sales slump in the early 1990s has turned into a major popular annual event for locals. Centered around Main Street and Pioneer Park downtown, Dunedin Wines the Blues brings together the seemingly disparate worlds of oenophiles and blues aficionados for an evening of wine tasting and live music."
About Graham Wood Drout & IKO IKO
Graham Wood Drout's songs are performed by a wide range of artists as well as his own band. Albert Castiglia's version of "Big Toe" reached the #2 spot on the National Contemporary Blues Radio charts in August of 2006 and Joey Gilmore's version of "The Ghosts of Mississippi" won him the IBC award for "Best Blues Performance of 2006." Castiglia's current CD, A Stone's Throw, is tied for Blues CD of The Year 2006 for Sirius Radio Networks and features additional songs from Drout as well. But that is just one small part of the legacy of IKO IKO. "This is so much more than the ol' 'wine, women and song' -- this is a great event where everyone feels right at home," reports lead singer, Drout.
A favorite of AAA, Blues and Alt Country radio, Graham Wood Drout and IKO-IKO has a dedicated following of fans, multiple awards and a performance schedule that rivals some "major tours." As the twice- "featured band of the week" on KPIG in San Francisco and appearances on the National Public Radio productions "Music of the Subtropics" and the original "BlueStage," the band reaches far and wide with fans in many music genres. Other media appearances include MTV, HBO, ABC, Fox, NPR and many more (see complete press kit for details). This award-winning band also has movie soundtracks to their credit. "Don't Mess With The Voodoo" appeared, as did the band, in the Martin Scorsese film, Cape Fear starring Robert DeNiro and the band performed on the soundtrack for the film, Contact starring Jodie Foster. The band has released four albums including Snowstorm in the Jungle on Kingsnake Records, Riding On the Rims, Protected By Voodoo and Shineon Little Silver Records with the latest release, The Bittersweet Sessions, as an acoustic duo from Drout and Albert Castiglia.
IKO-IKO music is available from Little Silver Records online (www.littlesilver.com), Amazon.com and wherever fine music is sold.
