The Pulsators will salute the legendary Dr. John... come out and dance to one of New Orleans best! come on down an get some of dat gris-gris gumbo ya ya!
The Pulsators formed in 1989 and released four albums over the following years. Their first CD, titled THE PULSATORS, prompted a Northern California music magazine to call them “one killer band with irresistible hooks.” The Press Democrat’s “On Q” responded to the second album, HERE’S TO YOU, with “this firecracker band proves it’s only getting better with time,” adding that The Pulsators reproduce “the hyper essence of their live shows, along with a tight professional musicianship”. The Petaluma Argus-Courier wrote that the album “captures the easy groove and good-time feeling that the band projects.”
Rooted in the fertile musical soil of the Sonoma County Wine Country the Pulsators are a five piece band that plays its own brand of music. With a get-up-and-dance kind of orchestration, their music has been defined as a spicy blend of driving blues, New Orleans-funky R&B, rock steady reggae and rock-and-roll. Their music supports an ever-growing legion of faithful fans who keep coming back for more. The Pulsators have been voted a Sonoma County fan-favorite four times in reader’s choice polls given by The Press Democrat. In the Bohemian’s music poll they won best rock band in 2009.
On their home turf, The Pulsators play festivals, nightclubs and private events but have also toured extensively throughout the western United States and began collaborating with New Orleans music pioneer Art Neville, who signed a publishing deal with them and lent his talent to HERE’S TO YOU, by performing on three of the album’s tracks. Art invited the Pulsators to open for the Funky Meters at Tipitina’s in New Orleans; they later played numerous shows with the Neville Brothers in Louisiana and California, including the House of Blues in Hollywood and the Fillmore in San Francisco. The band has been billed with such artists as Bob Dylan, Little Feat, Chris Isaac, Al Green, Taj Mahal, The Radiators, Buddy Guy and B.B.King.
The Pulsators recently finished their much anticipated fourth CD, “LIVE!”. The new album is filled with new Pulsators originals, a couple cover songs and live versions of Pulsators favorites that rock. It’s a combination of “make your feet move” dance music, great grooves and soulful harmonies with a lot of tasteful horns.
“I’ve been knowin’ Johnny and these cats for a long time. They sound as good as me! I always knew they were cold blooded and throwin’ bricks. Check these dude’s out!” Art Neville NOLA
The Band:
Johnny Campbell – Singer-songwriter and drummer.
Douglas Ian McKenzie – Blues purest on guitar, vocals and percussion.
Mick Whittington – On bass and vocals and percussion.
Rick Clifford – St. Louis saxophonist, vocals and percussion.
Glenn Sulllivan – Big Guns on trumpet, vocals and percussion.
John Farey – Keyboards, trombone and vocals