NIPP: Erica Brown Band

Erica Brown Band

Artist Website	Bio
Erica Brown: Erica has been invoved in the music scene in Colorado for many years with an emphasis on the blues, which she calls, “my musical love”. She has worked with some of the finest local and national artists in the country, and has shared stages with Tab Benoit, Kenny Neal, Delbert McClinton, Debbie Davies, and Larry McCray. Her vocals were featured in the Sony Pictures movies, The Fan, with Wesley Snipes and Robert DeNiro in 1996. Of her band, she simply says, “these guys are the best I’ve ever worked with. They really know how to bring out my sound. I can’t wait for the rest of the world to hear them!!” Rich Sallee: Rich has played bass for over 30 years. For the past 18 years he played bass and wrote music for the contemporary jazz group, Images, which had six national releases, three of which made the Top Ten on radio. Rich has also played for numerous blues and rock groups like Fenton Robinson, Cash McCall. He worked a number of years with Jeff Cook, who co-wrote many songs with Tommy Bolin for Energy, The James Gang and Deep Purple, and is currently Radio Promotions Director for the New West Record Label. Jim Ayers: Jim has played Hammond Organ/keyboards/guitar for 25 years. He has performed or played on shows with B.B. King, The Allman Brothers Band, Greg Allman, Leon Russell, Charlie Daniels, Cheap Trick, Buddy Guy, Bon Jovi, Solomon Burke, The Outlaws, Dr. John and Mountain. He’s also recorded with Butch Trucks (The Allman Brothers Band), Jon Mathias (producer of White Lion, Badlands and the J. Geils Band), and Kurt Kinzel (Capricorn Records). Scotty Rivera: One of the top trap set players in the area, Scotty adds the drive to this style of blues and R&B music. He started playing drums at the young age of 4 and picked up his trade in the Motown Capital of Detroit. Scotty’s had the pleasure of recording with some of the industry’s big hitters like, Kurt Kinzel, (Capricorn Records), Butch Trucks, Stevie Wonder, Jon Bon Jovi, and The Allman Brothers. Marc Larson: After a successful career as a touring musician, Marc has been a fixture on the Denver scene for a number of years and has played with some of Denver

Bio

Erica Brown: Erica has been invoved in the music scene in Colorado for many years with an emphasis on the blues, which she calls, “my musical love”. She has worked with some of the finest local and national artists in the country, and has shared stages with Tab Benoit, Kenny Neal, Delbert McClinton, Debbie Davies, and Larry McCray. Her vocals were featured in the Sony Pictures movies, The Fan, with Wesley Snipes and Robert DeNiro in 1996. Of her band, she simply says, “these guys are the best I’ve ever worked with. They really know how to bring out my sound. I can’t wait for the rest of the world to hear them!!”

Rich Sallee: Rich has played bass for over 30 years. For the past 18 years he played bass and wrote music for the contemporary jazz group, Images, which had six national releases, three of which made the Top Ten on radio. Rich has also played for numerous blues and rock groups like Fenton Robinson, Cash McCall. He worked a number of years with Jeff Cook, who co-wrote many songs with Tommy Bolin for Energy, The James Gang and Deep Purple, and is currently Radio Promotions Director for the New West Record Label.

Jim Ayers: Jim has played Hammond Organ/keyboards/guitar for 25 years. He has performed or played on shows with B.B. King, The Allman Brothers Band, Greg Allman, Leon Russell, Charlie Daniels, Cheap Trick, Buddy Guy, Bon Jovi, Solomon Burke, The Outlaws, Dr. John and Mountain. He’s also recorded with Butch Trucks (The Allman Brothers Band), Jon Mathias (producer of White Lion, Badlands and the J. Geils Band), and Kurt Kinzel (Capricorn Records).

Scotty Rivera: One of the top trap set players in the area, Scotty adds the drive to this style of blues and R&B music. He started playing drums at the young age of 4 and picked up his trade in the Motown Capital of Detroit. Scotty’s had the pleasure of recording with some of the industry’s big hitters like, Kurt Kinzel, (Capricorn Records), Butch Trucks, Stevie Wonder, Jon Bon Jovi, and The Allman Brothers.

Marc Larson: After a successful career as a touring musician, Marc has been a fixture on the Denver scene for a number of years and has played with some of Denver