{"id":450,"date":"2015-10-07T16:14:11","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T23:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomrigney.com\/home\/?page_id=450"},"modified":"2026-03-05T01:25:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T09:25:31","slug":"promoters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tomrigney.com\/home\/promoters\/","title":{"rendered":"PRESS KIT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>PHONE: 510 526-1048 (office)<\/strong>, <strong>510 367-3686 (cell)<\/strong>   <br \/><strong>EMAIL: tomrigney9@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Tom Rigney<\/strong> is one of the premier American Roots Music fiddle players on the planet. His band&#8211;<strong>Tom Rigney and Flambeau<\/strong>&#8211;specializes in blazing Cajun and Zydeco two-steps, low-down Blues, funky New Orleans grooves, Boogie Woogie piano, and Roots Rock and Roll.&nbsp; Much of the repertoire is original music written by Rigney, but they mix in some classics from the Cajun\/New Orleans songbook.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Flambeau<\/strong> showcases Rigney\u2019s fiery, virtuoso fiddling, his charismatic stage presence, and his range and originality as a composer. He and Flambeau have forged a unique sound that blends American Roots styles into something original and HOT&#8211;mixing irresistible grooves with deep musicality and spectacular soloing. 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is to present &#8220;an alternative to the assembly line music machine&#8221; we are all fed up with. I was looking for the very best of roots music I could find. 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href=\"http:\/\/tomrigney.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Tom-Rigney-BIO.doc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.DOC format<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>REVIEWS:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201dThe&nbsp;surprise&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;festival&nbsp;came&nbsp;from&nbsp;Tom&nbsp;Rigney&nbsp;and&nbsp;Flambeau.&nbsp;THEY&nbsp;SET&nbsp;FIRE&nbsp;TO&nbsp;THE&nbsp;TENT!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><br \/><strong>Clint Eastwood\u2019s twin paid us a visit, and he plays the violin. God, he has an incredible amount of energy!&nbsp; Tom and his band\u2019s performance was THE revelation of the festival. Even the headliner\u2019s performance could&nbsp;not&nbsp;eclipse&nbsp;the&nbsp;incredible&nbsp;punch&nbsp;of&nbsp;Tom&nbsp;Rigney&nbsp;and&nbsp;Flambeau.\u201d&nbsp;<br \/><\/strong><strong>JEAN-PIERRE LHOIR, MUSIC IN BELGIUM&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;The absolute definition of killer stuff. Wonderful real music for real ears looking for new kicks, the master shines when he does his thing.\u201d&nbsp;<br \/><\/strong><strong>CHRIS SPECTOR, MIDWEST RECORD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cTom Rigney plays the violin and MAN can he play! High, low, moans, screams, etc., all from that fiddle. He is in my mind one of the cleanest, smoothest fiddle players I\u2019ve ever heard. He somehow adjusts that&nbsp; instrument to the right genre. The band is made up of talented artists who are themselves impressive. These guys are good, fiery, talented, and hot. The originals here have the feel of classics.<br \/><\/strong><strong>THE CRITICAL REVIEW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201dTom&nbsp;Rigney&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;world&nbsp;class&nbsp;fiddler&#8211;he&nbsp;wields&nbsp;a&nbsp;fiery&nbsp;bow&nbsp;with&nbsp;power,&nbsp;precision&nbsp;and&nbsp;exquisite&nbsp;taste.\u201d&nbsp;<br \/><\/strong><strong>Jim Beal, Jr., SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cCajun&nbsp;Fandango is a perfect pairing of two of Cajun-roots music\u2019s finest musicians. Kicking up a positive <\/strong><strong>storm&nbsp;they&nbsp;are&nbsp;joined&nbsp;on&nbsp;this&nbsp;wonderful&nbsp;release&nbsp;by&nbsp;Rigney\u2019s&nbsp;band,&nbsp;Flambeau&#8211;guitarist Danny Caron (Marcia Ball, Clifton Chenier), Caroline Dahl on keys, Steve Parks on bass, and Brent Rampone on drums. The resulting band sound is bouncing, banging, thigh-slapping brilliance.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/><\/strong><strong>ELMORE&nbsp;MAGAZINE&nbsp;(Review&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Michael&nbsp;Doucet\/Tom&nbsp;Rigney&nbsp;CD,&nbsp;\u201cCajun&nbsp;Fandango\u201d)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8220;Playing with Tom is really fun. There are hardly EVER two fiddle players from different bands playing together. We have two different styles, California West Coast style and Louisiana Gulf Coast style, and it just fits like a glove&#8211;we just go for the source and whatever comes out is usually better than either one of us would have originally thought! The live show is filled with songs we never get tired of playing&#8211;there is a lot of improvisation and it evolves every time we play. The songs flow&#8211;not fixed, not like a fly in amber<strong>MICHAEL DOUCET<\/strong>&#8211;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8220;Tom Rigney has written exacting music that requires&nbsp;a high level of skill to play and absolutely no effort&nbsp;to listen to. Try to sit still while Rigney&#8217;s guys play&nbsp;-I dare you! Try to pretend that they are not unabashedly beautiful, wistful, haunting or mirthful&#8211;these guys are great! &#8221; &#8211; Peter Coyote<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8220;If Ry Cooder&#8217;s out of the budget, you might come calling for a guy named Tom Rigney. The Bay Area fiddle player is an all-American eclectic and his instrumental album, Chasin&#8217; The Devil, is moody evocative, original and energetic.&#8221;&nbsp;&#8211; Inside Report<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8220;Rigney&#8217;s lack of &#8220;purity&#8221; is a big part of the fun. Even though Back Porch Blues, to a large degree, a shout out to the 1920s and 1930s, the fact that Rigney doesn&#8217;t forget about the &#8217;50s, &#8217;60s, and &#8217;70s adds to the intrigue. An excellent CD that Rigney should be proud to have in his catalog.&#8221; &#8211; All Music Guide<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8220;Cajun Fandango is a perfect pairing of two of Cajun-roots music\u2019s finest musicians. Kicking up a positive storm they are joined on this wonderful release by guitarist Danny Caron (Marcia Ball, Clifton Chenier), Caroline Dahl on keys, Steve Parks, Bass, and Brent Rampone on drums. The resulting band sound<span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">&nbsp;is<\/span>&nbsp;bouncing, banging, thigh-slapping brilliance. This is an outfit with clear attitude and a joy de vivre&nbsp;that pours from the disc.&#8221; &#8211; Ian Patience, Elmore Magazine<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8220;Epic jam sessions between BeauSoleil\u2019s Michael Doucet and Flambeau\u2019s&nbsp;Tom&nbsp;Rigney&nbsp;eventually materialized into this fiery twin fiddle record for the rest of world to hear. Doucet&nbsp;brought several Cajun tunes, including three new originals;&nbsp;Rigney&nbsp;contributed the rest, including three of his own, for a wide and varied listen. The ingenious title track, a Doucet&nbsp;masterpiece, shifts between a scorching gypsy section and a sweeter Cajun melody. \u201cMarie&nbsp;Catin\u201d opens the proceedings much like a starter\u2019s pistol\u2014with a loud bang.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">But don\u2019t expect&nbsp;Rigney&nbsp;to hang back and only second Doucet on the Cajun numbers because&nbsp;he\u2019s not within spitting distance of I-10. He kicks off \u201cMaman Rosin\u201d and \u201cOh Pauline,\u201d&nbsp;alternates melodies with Doucet and is a lightning bolt in every fiddle storm where bow&nbsp;thrashing and squealing, electrifying high notes are the norm.&nbsp;But it\u2019s not all about swashbuckling fiddling. On \u201cOh Pauline,\u201d the two achieve a harmonic&nbsp;soulful ness together, especially towards the end when most of the band drops out and Doucet and&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Rigney<\/span>&nbsp;accentuate the tune\u2019s beauty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Rigney\u2019s groove-bound originals are genre hopping. \u201cChasing the Devil\u201d is a solid Cajun two-step; the turbo-charged \u201cSwamp Fever\u201d mixes a gypsy motif and minor blues chord changes over&nbsp;a zydeco rhythm section. Two J.J. Cale tunes appear here, the darkly amusing \u201cLast Will and&nbsp;Testament\u201d and the road trip friendly \u201cCall Me the Breeze.\u201d Flambeau guitarist Danny Caron&nbsp;practically lights his fingers on fire in several places while Caroline Dahl motors on ivories.&#8221;&nbsp; &#8211; Dan Willging, OFFBEAT<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">&#8220;Two of the finest fiddlers in the music world,&nbsp;<\/span>Michael Doucet and&nbsp;Tom&nbsp;Rigney, have convened for a dream session consisting of Cajun, blues, and roots music.&nbsp;Cajun Fandango&nbsp;(Parhelion Records) finds Doucet, the longtime leader of Beausoleil, joining forces with&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Rigney<\/span>, founder of the Swamp Rock band, The Sundogs, and current leader of Flambeau, headlining a spirited session of Cajun two-steps and waltzes and deep blues numbers, backed by an excellent band, Flambeau .&#8221; &#8211; Grahame Clarke, Blues Bytes<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomrigney.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/FLAMBEAU-Stage-Plot-2021-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"813\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2041\" src=\"https:\/\/tomrigney.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/FLAMBEAU-Stage-Plot-2021-813x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomrigney.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/FLAMBEAU-Stage-Plot-2021-813x1024.jpg 813w, https:\/\/tomrigney.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/FLAMBEAU-Stage-Plot-2021-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/tomrigney.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/FLAMBEAU-Stage-Plot-2021-768x967.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tomrigney.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/FLAMBEAU-Stage-Plot-2021-1220x1536.jpg 1220w, https:\/\/tomrigney.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/FLAMBEAU-Stage-Plot-2021-1627x2048.jpg 1627w, https:\/\/tomrigney.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/FLAMBEAU-Stage-Plot-2021-scaled.jpg 2033w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 813px) 100vw, 813px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomrigney.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Flambeau-Stage-Plot-2013-Grand-Piano.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2520\" height=\"3173\" data-id=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/tomrigney.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Flambeau-Stage-Plot-2013-Grand-Piano.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomrigney.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Flambeau-Stage-Plot-2013-Grand-Piano.jpg 2520w, https:\/\/tomrigney.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Flambeau-Stage-Plot-2013-Grand-Piano-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/tomrigney.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Flambeau-Stage-Plot-2013-Grand-Piano-813x1024.jpg 813w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2520px) 100vw, 2520px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHONE: 510 526-1048 (office), 510 367-3686 (cell) EMAIL: tomrigney9@gmail.com Tom Rigney is one of the premier American Roots Music fiddle players on the planet. 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