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<"b00004ds1d2999"> About the Artist
Billy Price has been thrilling east coast audiences with his brand of rhythm and blues for the past two decades. In his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pa., he is an institution. Price's popularity isn't hard to explain. As Geoffrey Himes of the Washington Post has said, "Unlike so many blues revivalists, Price is not an imitation of older, better singers--he's the real thing."

Billy Price first attracted national attention during his three-year association with guitarist Roy Buchanan. Price is the vocalist on two of Buchanan's LPs, That's What I'm Here For and Livestock. With Buchanan, Price toured the U.S. and Canada, playing such venues as Carnegie Hall in New York, the Newport Jazz Festival, the Roxy and the Troubadour in Los Angeles, and the Spectrum in Philadelphia. Price assembled Billy Price and the Keystone Rhythm Band in 1977. Before their breakup in 1990, the band recorded four critically acclaimed LPs and developed a reputation as one of the most exciting touring bands in the U.S.

In April 1997, Billy Price released The Soul Collection, which featured a duet by Price and his friend and mentor Otis Clay on Clay's "That's How It Is," as well as background vocals by veteran Chicago vocalists Theresa Davis (former member of the Emotions), Robin Robinson, and Dianne Madison.

In Living Blues (September/October 1997), Bill Dahl called The Soul Collection "an inspired stroll through the glorious history of soul music [invested with] uncommon passion and authenticity." In the April 25, 1997 edition of the Washington Post, Mike Joyce called The Soul Collection "an R & B homage full of revealing and compelling performances...Price is a terrifically expressive soul singer," says Joyce, "one who conveys both the pain and the pleasure in these choice songs."

Price's latest release is Can I Change My Mind on Green Dolphin Records, produced in Los Angeles by Jerry "Swamp Dogg" Williams.

Band members: Produced by Phil Niccolo and Billy Price
Don Aliquo, Jr. - tenor and baritone sax
David Dodd - drums
Mike Karwowski - keyboards, trumpet
Glenn Pavone - guitar
Tom Valentine - bass
Tony Murtha - trumpet

<"b00004ds1d4999"> Album Description
The last recording by Billy Price and the Keystone Rhythm Band, this CD contains original material written by Price and his bandmates, including Who You're Workin' For, Absolute Love, Real Time, and I'm Gonna Win the War. Recorded in Philadelphia at Studio Four and produced by Phil Niccolo, this CD adds a rock/pop veneer to Price's traditional soul sound. Featured soloists are Glenn Pavone on guitar and Don Aliquo, Jr. on tenor sax.

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