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• The members of Head Honchos, featuring Rocco Calipari Sr. and Rocco Calipari Jr. The band is making its area debut at Double D’s in Tonawanda Saturday.

  

January 25, 2012

Head Honchos bringing the blues to Double D’s

Staff Reports Niagara Gazette The Niagara Gazette Wed Jan 25, 2012, 10:34 PM EST

BUFFALO — Chicago blues-rock party band Head Honchos make their area debut at 9 p.m. Saturday at Double D’s Queen City Grill, 83 Niagara St., Tonawanda.

A father/son affair, Head Honchos play a smokin’ Chicago blues imbued with elements of rock. The band is formed by guitarist Rocco Calipari Sr. (who is also a member of noted longtime Chicago band, Howard and the White Boys) and his son, Rocco Calipari Jr.

In just under two years together as a working band, Head Honchos have garnered positive reviews for their self-titled debut release in publications both far (Blues Matters and Metalliville in the U.K.) and near (Blues Source, Vintage Guitar, Chicago Examiner, Bluesrockers, Barrelhouse Blues, Southland Blues and American Blues Blog). The band is about to record the follow-up to their debut, tentatively titled Come Strong.

Front person Rocco Calipari is a skilled teacher of guitar and since 1995 has been playing lead guitar for well-known Chicago band, Howard and The White Boys. Rocco recorded with Buddy Guy on H&TWB's CD, The Big Score. Additionally, he has performed with Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Carl Weathersby, Son Seals, and many more. As one of Chicago's great contemporary blues guitarists, Rocco has played in 40 states and 12 countries around the world.

Rocco Calipari Jr. first sat in with Howard and the White Boys when he was 15 years old. He attended the Guitar Institute in Hollywood, Calif. where he studied under Carl Verheyen (Supertramp), jazz/blues great Scott Henderson, and famed blues instructor/writer Keith Wyatt. His approach to the guitar, while grounded in rock and blues, is keenly aimed at a post-modern interpretation of American roots music.

Tickets at $10. For more info, call 743-0660 or visit www.doubledsqcg.com.

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