Recent Performances: March 23, 2007
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THE CURRENT
CD: "PARADISE
BLUE" is
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Paradise Blue's CD " Relentless" is now available to digitally download as individual songs or the whole CD, through these internet companies:
CDbaby, Apple ITunes, Puretracks, MusicMatch, MusicNow, MusicNet, LoudEye, MSN Music, NetMusic, Emusic, Rhapsody
Thanks to all our freinds who turned out to party with Paradise Blue in May 2005 at the Greer Family Festival !!! Expect to see many changes in our website in the coming weeks!
Thanks to all who came to our CD release party at Steel Wheels !!! It was a blast !!!
Also in July 2005 look for a great new Paradise Blue CD featuring the best cuts from their 5 current CD's as well as some great new tracks!!!
Paradise Blue's song "Dealing With the Devil" is track of the day on Garage Band .com on Sept.22. Their song "Too Much for Me" was track of the day earlier this month.
More exciting shows to be announced soon!
What a great parties
we've had recently at Ty's and Steel Wheels in Greenville, SC!
Thanks to all of our friends who came out and thanks to all of
our new friends! Also thanks to everyone who joined us at DeSheilds
in Taylors, S.C. If you missed any of these shows you missed
a real treat. Paradise Blue has really taken their music to a
new level. We hope to see YOU soon!!!
Dec. 12
What a show at the
Poinsett Hotel! This was a private party for General
Electric Corp. at Greenville's Historic Landmark that has
recently been restored to its original style of the early 1900's.
Nov. 16
Great new club and
a great audience at Papa Marlowe's - a good time was had
by all. Be sure to check out this club with its new atmosphere
and food and drink. Look for us to be there again in the near
future.
Oct. 12
What a great show at
Fall for Greenville !!! Certainly one the best, with a
great audience and a whole lot of fun for all. Even the Greenville
Grrowwl mascot had a good time and got up on stage to meet Doug,
who is one of the Grrowwl's best fans. For those of our fans
that don't know, that's our local Ice Hockey team that plays
its Home games in The Bi-Lo Center.
Oct. 6
Our music has just
hit Australia and was relayed via Satellite to 103 stations in Australia on the Saturday night program
"The National
Rock & Blues Show"
which is broadcast weekly across their country. A tremendous
thanks to Terry Iredale, the current host of the show, for recognizing
the talent of this band and for sharing it with Australia. Keep
up the good work Terry and keep your listeners in tune with Paradise
Blue music!
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Sept 27
Entertainment magazine
award:
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The
band will announce other new gigs soon.
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More News
Sept. 22
Once again Paradise
Blue was voted best
R&B band in the Upstate
of South Carolina! This makes in now 4 out of the past 5 years
that they have received this honor. Congratulations Paradise
Blue!
Aug. 23
Recent Newspaper article - check this out:
Wednesday,
August 23
By Donna Isbell Walker
ENTERTAINMENT WRITER
Every
band wants its music exposed to potential fans, of course. The
more far-flung, the better. But for Greenville blues-rock trio
Paradise Blue, those fans are flung a little farther than you
might expect. Thanks to the magic of the Internet, radio listeners
in Germany, Croatia and Denmark are grooving to tunes recorded
in the Upstate.
It all began when Paradise Blue's manager Randy
Sellet hooked up with a national music promoter, who listed the
band on several music Web sites. After checking out the band
online, a disc jockey from Vinkovci, Croatia, e-mailed Sellet
to ask for a couple of CDs. Sellet sent him, via old-fangled
snail mail, three of the band's four CDs, including the latest,
"Relentless," recorded at Crystal Rain Studios in Travelers
Rest and released in April. "He immediately played them
on his very next show, he worked them right in, played four songs
in a row," Sellet said.
The Croatian DJ passed along the band's information
to radio friends in Germany and Denmark, who also requested Paradise
Blue CDs to play on their shows. Paradise Blue also is featured
on a blues disc jockey group on Yahoo!, and through that, Sellet
hopes to spark an interest in the band at even more radio stations,
including one in Australia.
If international listeners become Paradise
Blue fans, they don't have to beg their local record store to
order copies of "Relentless." It's available online.
Not bad for a band that usually finds its audiences in the bars
and clubs around Greenville and Myrtle Beach. Although Paradise
Blue has hit the stage at Freedom Weekend Aloft and RiverPlace
Festival, and is set to perform at Fall for Greenville, the three
members are still waiting for that big break.
The performers are no strangers to the local
music scene. Lead singer Doug Mullinax, who produces many local
bands, played with the band Vision, which opened for 38 Special
and Joan Jett. Charles Moses, the bass player, is a veteran of
Upstate bands such as the Power Tools and Sky Dancer. He also
played in Aaron Tippin's band for a time. Drummer Russ Lofland,
is a Louisiana native who earned his chops playing in bands around
Shreveport. Although band members still have their day jobs,
they would happily shift gears if the right opportunity came
along for Paradise Blue, Sellet said. They're understandably
excited about this international exposure, Moses said.
In many cases, he said, it can be easier for
a band to break through on European radio stations, which have
less firmly defined playlists than American stations, many of
which are owned by media conglomerates. "Europe's not quite
as rigid about things like that; they're more likely to play
original music by bands that are not necessarily well-known,"
Moses said.
Closer to home, Paradise Blue has enjoyed airplay
on radio stations in Greenville and Columbia. Still, the band
hasn't created a stir on the national scene. But then, that's
the case with many bands. Groups such as Monster Magnet and Cheap
Trick built followings in Europe and Japan, respectively, before
moving on to conquer America.
Already, the Internet exposure has given Paradise
Blue a glimpse of new horizons; the trio is looking into an offer
for an overseas tour, Moses said. The international airplay is
"really nice; hopefully, it's going to lead to some other
things," Moses said. "You never know how far something's
going to go."
Aug 12
Thanks to
Kruno at VFM in Vinkovci, Republic of Croatia, we have
been heard on the air-waves in Europe for the first time. He
played 4 of our songs in a row from our 3 latest CDs. Many thanks
to this great DJ, who has also hooked us up with some of his
friends in Germany and Denmark, where our music
is now being played. There is talk of getting us on an overseas
Record Label - great news! ...More news on this soon...
Aug 4
Another great
show at McAdoo's Cafe in Myrtle Beach. It was really packed and
the crowd was really getting into our music. Unfortunately, it
was our last show of the year there, but we look forward to seeing
everybody again next year!
July 20
We are happy
to have new listeners and fans in Croatia that listen to Radio
Staion VFM, that has a 2 hr. blues show every Wednesday. Thanks
for "catching the wave" as we say in America, as Paradise
Blue continues to gain in popularity. And as always we welcome
emails from all fans. We have a lot of plans for the future,
and you can always count on new-original music coming from these
guys. Their combination of experience, creativity, and goals,
is why they are where they are right now. Keep up the great work
guys!
July 6
CD sales
have done really well, thanks to our fans regionally, and those
elsewhere such as in England, California, Oregon, Rhode Island,
and North & South Carolina. Now with the WWW publicity about
to take-off there's no telling how widespread our fanbase will
become. All thanks go out to the Musicians who have put a
tremendous effort into both live and recorded music. I need
say no more.
June 23
What a great
show it was at McAdoo's Cafe in Myrtle Beach. It was really packed
and the crowd was really getting into our music. Jeff joined
us on-stage and played harp. Man it sounded great! Jeff plays
in the house band at Buddy Guy's Legends Club in Chicago. We
look forward to seeing everybody again in Myrtle Beach next time
we visit in August!
June 22
Paradise
Blue's website and international presence will soon be taking-off,
as we are now just starting to list ourselves in Music sites
& Search Engines. Get READY to "Catch the Wave"
of Paradise Blue!
Be sure to
listen to KC Carson on Rock 101 during the "An Hour From Atlanta
to Charlotte" program Sunday nights from 9-10pm where our
latest CD "Relentless" is being played, as well as some of
our previous CDs.
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Check out our good friends in the band CLOVE in Pennsylvania at www.clovemusic.com ...we may be doing a gig with them soon...!
Once Again - - - Big NEWS !!!
Paradise Blue is going to have the Featured Song of the Day on May 14th, 2001 on Garageband.com - thanks to the 1000's of listeners around the world that really like our new song: What's Come Over Me You can hear this song and several other from their brand new album by going directly to our MUSIC page on this website. In just a few days this new album will be available to purchase at Cdbaby.com
>>>>>>>This is the 2nd time this year that Paradise Blue has been selected to have the Featured Song of the Day on Garageband.com - an award not easily attainable. Many 1000's of Listeners around the world also ranked the song Matter of Fact very highly about a month ago, which earned it the spot of Featured Song of the Day on April 3rd. And there are several more hit songs to be released out of this album in the coming months! These guys have really put out a Great Album!
New CD:
PARADISE BLUE
's new CD entitled "Relentless" is now available
at
Horizon Records in Greenville, SC and is also now
available at CDBABY.com I am happy to
report the new CD has been played on the radio and has had rave
reviews!!
Previous Shows this year:
March 10th, Saturday
Kincaid's - in
Greenville, SC -
be there for a great show!! This
place used to be called Dempsey's, then Tidewater. Great place
to hear live music downtown!
April 6th, Friday
Park
Avenue Pub
- in Greenville, SC - CD Release Party !!! Small but nice place with really cool
people. And, the release of the brand new CD:
"Relentless". Buy an
autographed copy!
May 3th, Thursday
Kincaid's - in
Greenville, SC - CD
Release Party
!!! Enjoy another great show
at this downtown club, and the release of the brand new
CD: "Relentless". Buy an autographed copy!
May 4th, Friday
Park
Avenue Pub
- in Greenville, SC - Another CD Release Party!!! Same cool place
with another chance to hear the band and buy the brand new CD:
"Relentless"
May 26th, Saturday from
6-8pm
Freedom
Weekend Aloft - in Anderson,
SC - Be There! This promises to be a great show! If you've never
been to F.W.A., you're in for a real treat - there are lots of
things to see and do, not to mention - listen to great music!
Also, Travis Tritt will be performing shortly after Paradise
Blue.
What a great show
at Freedom Weekend Aloft
in Anderson, SC. Beautiful day, great fans, what more could you
ask for! The stage officials said we were the best band out there!
And be sure to see
some of the photos and video from this show in our MUSIC &
Videos page - they're
really cool. And don't forget to buy our latest CD from cdbaby.com
June 23rd, Saturday
McAdoo's
Cafe - in Myrtle Beach,
SC - OCEANFRONT
Gig!!! We
love this place! -its casual, plenty of brew, and will be another
enjoyable show with Paradise Blue and their Powerful Rockin'
Blues music.
July 14th, Saturday
AlleyGators - in Greenville, SC -
Paradise Blue
starting at approx. 7pm. Other bands there will be Catatonic
and Phungusamungus.
Aug. 4th, Saturday
McAdoo's
Cafe - in Myrtle Beach,
SC - OCEANFRONT
Gig!!! >>>SAME
PLACE - ANOTHER NIGHT<<<We love this place! -its casual,
plenty of brew, and will be another enjoyable show with Paradise
Blue and their Powerful Rockin' Blues music.
Aug. 31th, Friday
Mi
Pueblito - in Shelby, NC
- Come
to this Gig - see why they've been voted Best Blues Band in the
Upstate 3 years in a row !!!
Great food and a fun place be. We
look forward to seeing all our friends in North Carolina! Don't
miss this opportunity to experience a show by one of the best
Blues / Rock bands in this region of the U.S. - Paradise Blue
with their own original music plus many cover tunes, too!
Sept. 7th, Friday
Park
Avenue Pub - in Greenville,
SC - Really
Nice Club!!! We
welcome you to another evening of music by Paradise Blue with
their own style of original Blues-Rock plus many cover tunes,
too. Don't miss this show!
Oct. 6th, Saturday
Gottrocks - in Greenville, SC - Great
Night Club - come enjoy the fun & music. This is sure to
be a great show! Paradise Blue starts at about 10pm.
Oct. 12th, Friday
Fall
for Greenville - in Greenville,
SC - The biggest Festival of
the year! This is the one, gotta be there! Rock101
/ Bud Light STAGE(near the Beer Garden)
Paradise Blue performs from 5:30-7:30pm on Friday. Lots of food, spirits, and music!
Location: Downtown Greenville
As one of the region's largest and most successful events, Fall
for Greenville attracts guests from all over the area in addition
to winning international awards from organizations such as the
International Festival & Events Association (for art work,
promotional ideas and volunteer program). Fall for Greenville
features over 40 restaurants and food vendors from around the
city offering festival guests a wide variety of cuisine. The
event also hosts competitive elements such as the chili cook-off,
cooking school, ice carving competition, bartender's mix-off,
waiter's race, restaurant pentathlon, the Michelin Cycling Classic
(bicycle race), a youth soccer tournament, continuous free entertainment,
a children's area, and much, much more. Admission is free.
Nov 16th
Papa
Marlowe's - in Greenville,
SC - This
should be great show at one of the Premier New Clubs in the Upstate.
They have a slightly new theme which is Carribbean in nature,
but has a similar layout compared to its previous existance as
"Occaisionally Blues".
Dec 12th
The
Poinsett Hotel
- downtown Greenville, SC
- Private Party in one of the
most notable historical Landmarks in the Upstate of South Carolina.
ORDER Paradise Blue's
latest CD
-"Relentless" by going to www.cdbaby.com CDBaby takes Masercard
and Visa and its a convenient, secure way to get our latest CDs.
Also they have a great selection of other CD's, so check them
out!
1st
CD Release Party!
This night was
a HUGE night! This was the first CD Release Party for the new
CD, and we sold lots of CDs. A member of the band NILE shared
the stage with us for a cover tune... ...it
was really hot ....the crowd loved it
Thanks to the club and Mike Ritters ....plus Gene, Joan, and
Brian for supporting us.
Best Unsigned Bands:
Paradise
Blue's song "I Got Love" was #66 on August
01, 2000 in the U.S. out of over 35,000 songs of the best unsigned
bands in the U.S. This song was #8 on the Pop Rock Chart. It is track #2 on the
current CD "Trouble in Paradise". Check out garageband.com
to see our latest ranking!
Six songs of ours
are now available
through Planetjam. Just go to www.planetjam.com.
Watch the Greenville News and Creative Loafing -in the Upstate of South
Carolina for exciting PARADISE BLUE gigs soon to be announced.
Also be sure to listen to KC Carson on Rock 101 for PARADISE
BLUE music and updates on the band.
Our good friends-The Oath,
have just released their new CD Realistic Dreamers. You need
this CD! It jams!
Paradise Blue has recently signed with Planetjam of Atlanta, G.A. Planetjam is one of the pioneers of the Internet music industry. Also the band has signed with IRL Music for International representation. Paradise Blue is excited about working with Planetjam and IRL Music.
Check out our
friends in Impulse Ride out of Athens, G.A. and The Oath aka
Party of Four from Greenville, S.C. These are two great bands
well worth seeing.
93.3 THE PLANET plays our CDs on their new program "Upstate at 8" which is every Sunday night from 10-12pm. They've got a great DJ running that show named Scooter Lesley, who has been a fan of ours every since we became a band. We're big fans of Scooter and appreciate his help in promoting us and other regional acts.Thanks Scooter for playing "I Got Love", and keep up the great work!