Steve Lucky and the Rhumba Bums featuring Miss Carmen Getit will be performing at Half Note Jazz Club in Athens from the 19th of December through the 27th of December.
Called “Instant Crowd Favorites” by the San Francisco Blues Festival and “Consummate musicians and entertainers” by New York City’s Lincoln Center, Lucky and Getit really shine before a live audience, bringing an intense energy and sheer personal magnetism to the stage, exercising wit in a continuous battle of the sexes. They’ve earned a reputation as captivating entertainers with “superior musicianship” (Downbeat), engaging audiences in many places.
Born in Seattle and raised near Detroit, Steve Lucky started playing piano at age eight and was playing and singing professionally by the time he was thirteen. While attending the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor he founded and led the six-piece Blue Front Persuaders through the ‘80s, playing jump-blues, ‘40s and ‘50s R & B, and swing.
Sticking to his musical roots, Lucky formed his own band in New York City and toured Europe extensively until he moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1993. Culling the best of the Bay area’s musicians, Lucky started the Rhumba Bums in 1993 as a quintet but the band really took shape in ‘94 with the addition of Miss Carmen Getit.
In Carmen’s powerful sound, one can hear echoes of her idols Ruth Brown, T-Bone Walker, Etta James, Dinah Washington, and Tiny Grimes. Miss Getit is also a versatile vocalist, swingin’ or shoutin’ the blues.
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