{"id":313,"date":"2012-09-07T19:02:36","date_gmt":"2012-09-08T01:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bluedice.com\/?page_id=313"},"modified":"2020-04-17T08:25:12","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T14:25:12","slug":"press","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bluedice.com\/?page_id=313","title":{"rendered":"Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"694\" height=\"381\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-center aligncenter\" alt=\"Blue Dice Band Live in Concert\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bluedice.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/in-concert\/blue-dice-band-in-concert.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>PRESS<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 255, 255);\">&#8220;<strong>The party starts now!<\/strong>&nbsp; Anyone within earshot of the eight-piece <strong>Blue Dice Band<\/strong> knows them to be the quintessential soul\/blues revue in these parts, with an ass-kickin&#8217; horn section burning of Tower of Power like funk that never gives up. While the opening volley of &#8220;Right Off My Face&#8221; and &#8220;Let it Shine&#8221; sounds like killer Paul Butterfield Blues Band era romps, the band coast along with some Boz Skaggs-influenced soul vamping, eventually settling into a few smooth, laidback yarns that are primo Tupelo Honey-styled Van Morrison.&nbsp; &#8220;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\">&#8211; <em>Focus Magazine<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 255, 255);\">&#8220;<strong>Great Sound<\/strong>&#8230; Now that&#8217;s R&amp;B,&nbsp; the proper R&amp;B not the new age R&amp;B that has claimed it.&nbsp; I&#8217;ve added &#8220;Right Off My Face&#8221; and &#8220;Little Dirties&#8221; on whotune radio&#8230; Thanks for sharing guys.&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\">&#8211; <a style=\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\" href=\"www.whotune.com\">Chris, <em>Who Tune Radio<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 255, 255);\">&#8220;With a four-piece horn section, you might at first mistake Tampa&#8217;s <strong>Blue Dice Band<\/strong> for a retro-swing bandwagon masters.&nbsp; But no, this crew harks back the grittys &#8217;50&#8217;s (Chicago Blues) and &#8217;60&#8217;s (Memphis R&amp;B). &#8220;<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"><em>&#8211; Rolling Stones Magazine<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 255, 255);\">&#8220;<strong>Blue Dice Band<\/strong> is a classic funk and soul throwback outfit composed of a talented group of musicians with a diverse array of styles, as the brass section of the eight-man band blast golden flurries of tight soul harmonies.&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"><em>&#8211; Gina Vivinetto, Tampa Tribune<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 255, 255);\">&#8220;Tampa&#8217;s<strong> Blue Dice Band<\/strong> fires up its Blues and R&amp;B mix with the brassy blare of its four-piece horn section, while keyboardist David Bley tops off the tunes with appropiately soulful vocals.&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"><em>&#8211; Curtis Ross, St. Pete Times<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>What the Indie Music Industry are saying about Blue Dice Band in rotation on Butterflies Radio<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8220;Seriously&#8230; Amazing!&#8221;- Alternative Press and AP Tour CEO &amp; Founder, Mike Shea<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8220;It&#8217;s all about Blue Dice Band and their tasteful brand of music.&#8221;- Kevin Lyman, Van&#8217;s Warped Tour Founder<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8220;Well done, Blue Dice Band!&#8221;- Steve &#8220;Stevo&#8221; Robertson, Atlantic Records VP of A&amp;R<\/strong><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRESS &#8220;The party starts now!&nbsp; Anyone within earshot of the eight-piece Blue Dice Band knows them to be the quintessential soul\/blues revue in these parts, with an ass-kickin&#8217; horn section [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-313","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bluedice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bluedice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bluedice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bluedice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bluedice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=313"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/www.bluedice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1236,"href":"https:\/\/www.bluedice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/313\/revisions\/1236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bluedice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}