Nick Moss Band featuring Dennis Gruenling – 7/7

The Nick Moss Band Featuring Dennis Gruenling

Date & Time: July 7, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Doors: 5:30 pm
Venue: The 443 Social Club & Lounge, 443 Burnet Ave, Syracuse, NY 13203

Since forming in 2016, master blues guitarist Nick Moss and harmonica virtuoso Dennis Gruenling have become torchbearers for traditional electric blues. Their high-energy take on old-school Chicago, Texas, and West Coast sounds is wholly their own. Their new Alligator Records album (their third for the label), Get Your Back Into It!, features Chicago native Moss and New Jersey native Gruenling with Rodrigo Mantovani (bass), Taylor Streiff (keyboards) and Pierce Downer (drums).

AllMusic says the band, winner of the 2020 Blues Music Award for Blues Band Of The Year, "makes the case for the vitality of old-fashioned Chicago electric blues in the 21st century." Get Your Back Into It! was produced by Moss and Mantovani and contains fourteen original songs: twelve by Moss and two by Gruenling. Guests include saxophonist "Sax" Gordon Beadle and, on "Out Of The Woods," organist "Brother" John Kattke. The album is inspired by the electrifying blues sounds of the 1940s through 1960s and includes stylistically distinct songs — including three instrumentals.

Moss is praised for his guitar work, soulful singing, and songwriting; the material ranges from life-lesson songs like "The Bait In The Snare," "Losing Ground" and "Choose Wisely" to harder blues such as "Aurelie" and "Living In Heartache," and the lighthearted "It Shocks Me Out." Moss learned his craft firsthand from many of the genre’s original creators and has played with Jimmy "Fast Fingers" Dawkins, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Jimmy Rogers and more.

Dennis Gruenling, a friend of Moss for over 20 years, is noted for high-energy, full-throttle harmonica work and has cited inspirations such as James Cotton, Little Walter and George "Harmonica" Smith. Vintage Guitar wrote, "Gruenling’s harp, along with the Midwestern intensity of Moss’ blues guitar, is pure ecstasy."

With previous releases The High Cost Of Low Living (2018) and Lucky Guy! (2019), the band earned wide acclaim and multiple Blues Music Awards. Moss says, "We like to push ourselves out of our comfort zone...and I feel like we accomplished that." On performing: "When we get together, the music takes over. We can’t hold back, and the energy just comes pouring out. We get carried away and the audience gets carried away with us."

Ticket Info and Seating
- The 443 is an intimate listening room with table service that seats 75 people.
- Most seats are sold as "Tables for Two" (each ticket admits two people).
- Green squares/circles on the floor plan are bar-height tables; orange squares are regular-height tables.
- Limited single seats are available; single attendees may share a table with other single attendees.
- Multiple tickets purchased under the same name will be seated together (up to 6 people).
- Requesting a specific table is a perk reserved for VIP Patron members.
- If anyone in your party needs special seating arrangements (walker, cane, service animal, wheelchair, low table requirement, or you want to be seated with another party), please email the venue after you place your order.
- All tickets are WILL CALL — give your name at the door; no printing required.

Links
- Tickets (Eventbrite): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-nick-moss-band-featuring-dennis-gruenling-at-the-443-social-club-tickets-1986027460597?aff=oddtdtcreator
- Website: https://.nickmossband.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nickmossmusic/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nickmossband
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6B3fdJhhhAVJ4RTrFAptMM?si=KjlWy4JcTUuH0mbWzl9YWA
- Video: https://youtu.be/hULABkRIS_E?si=1Nx0U_sUzW8B-r3T