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"Great
bass leads, hot percussion, and zealous organ. Had
me holding my breath. Absolutely amazing work."
Peter "Blewzzman"
Lauro, Mary 4 Music
“Hayes is an excellent guitarist and
vocalist and the band is equally impressive in support.
Reclamation is an exceptional set of modern blues.”
Graham Clarke, Blues Bytes
2011 Blues Music Award Nominee for "Best New
Artist Debut!"
2011 WYCE Jammie Award Recipient for "Best
Album, Best Blues Album, Best Group, and Producer of The Year
(Glenn Brown)"
Led by Vincent Hayes on vocals and guitar, and
fueled by one of the tightest rhythm sections in modern blues,
the Vincent Hayes Project has recently been receiving world wide
critical acclaim for their debut CD release of original inspired
blues titled, "Reclamation." Nominated by The Blues Foundation
in Memphis, TN for a prestigious 2011 Blues Music Award for
"Best New Artist Debut", as well as the recipient of three 2011
WYCE Jammie Awards (Best Album, Best Blues Album, Best Group),
the West Michigan based ensemble released "Reclamation in the
spring of
2010 on Hayes's own independent label North 61 Records. By late
May the disc had been added to regular rotation on a growing
list of over 200 radio stations in ten different countries,
including the nationally syndicated program "Blues Deluxe." In
June, Reclamation made its debut on the National Living Blues
Top 25 Radio Chart, where it spent two consecutive months during the summer of 2010, and also made the national
Roots Radio Chart where it remained on the chart for most of the
summer.
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Finally, in
September 2010 Reclamation debuted on "B.B. King's Bluesville"
on Sirius/XM Radio Channel 74, fast becoming a favorite of
legendary radio jock Pat St. John. In November the disc reached #4 as
a "Pick to Click" on Blues Foundation President and Bluesville
host Bill Wax's weekly "Rack of Blues" countdown.
After being a
favorite solo acoustic blues performer on the Michigan club and
festival circuit for nearly a decade, Hayes formed The Vincent
Hayes Project in early 2004 as a blues power trio. In 2006
and 2007 they competed as semi-finalists in the International
Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN, and in 2007 the band was asked
to back counter-culture icon John Sinclair as his band of "Blues
Scholars" on a leg of his summer tour. They have also opened for
The Steve Miller Band, Ludicris, Joe Bonamassa, and more, and are
a favorite on the festival and club circuits.
Live, the band has a reputation as a high-energy
unit, with an unstoppable rhythm section featuring David "The
Butcher" Alves on bass guitar and Donnie Hugley on
percussion. Driven by Hayes’s dynamic guitar work, and
punctuated by the world class keyboard duo of Steve "Doc" Yankee ,
and Christian VanAntwerpen, the band's performances are
dominated by powerful dynamics and lively showmanship inspired
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The
Vincent Hayes Project is on a mission to maintain
respect for the roots of the genre, while remaining open
to both new sounds and the diverse array of influences
within the band. It is an ever-evolving vibrational
organism based firmly in the blues, but with
long-reaching roots. This is perhaps what best sets the
band apart; the ability (and determination) to transcend
cliches’ without dishonoring the essence of the blues,
while being delivered in a powerful modern package by
four seasoned professionals. Hayes says, "We play from
the soul and not from the head, and each one of us is an
integral part of the creative process, both live and in
the studio.”
"Honest, sensitive blues, played with passion from a
point of desperation with the huge intensity that should
be required of any band to play the blues. GREAT.”
Vicente’ Zumel, La Hora del Blues
“(there is) a realism to the band that
you soon learn applies to everything that they do. The
lyrics aren't forced, and neither is the playing. The
music is natural.” Fulltime
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