BLUES FRIDAY brings in The Amosphere!
Band leader, Amo Chip Dabney is a two-time Grammy nominee, Native American Music Award winner (NAMA), Tucson Hall Of Famer, and multiple Tammie Award winner. Amo has developed a mastery of many styles in his thirty plus years of performing and recording. He plays basses, keyboards, guitar, European and Native American flutes, percussion, vocals and has been seen playing as many as three saxophones at once.
Over his career he has worked with the legendary Sun Ra and his Omniverse Arkestra, Afro-Beat innovator O.J. Ekemode and The Nigerian All-stars, Zydeco’s Queen Ida, New Orleans master percussionist and singer Cyril Neville of the Neville Brothers Band, Mardi Gras Indian Monk Boudreaux, Steven Stills, premier Native American Flutist, R. Carlos Nakai, and many others. He currently performs with his band, The AmoSphere!
“Dabney impressed the audience even more when he leaned down and added the soprano sax to the group of reed instruments he was playing simultaneously. His talent didn’t stop at that. Dabney also gave amazing piano, bass, percussion and vocal performances.” -Julia Selby Smith, The Round Up