Bluesman Bob Lanza Signs with Connor
Ray Music
The Bob Lanza
Band expands beyond the horizon
If you know Bob Lanza, (shown in the white suit above)
then you know one of the coolest, together bluesmen in the
business. A home grown New Jersey boy that shares the stage
with the likes of folks like James Cotton, Tom Holland, Trudy Lynn,
and Darrel Nulisch just to name a few. This cat gets it done.
Bob recently signed with Connor Ray Music (Houston, Texas) and
was in Rock Romano’s Red Shack recording studio and met with
Paul Heath, CEO, of Radio X Belgium. Paul had this to say, “I’m
often impressed by the talented people who I meet and interview on my
travels, and then, there I was one day chatting with
Bob… A most humble man, great sense of humor, and
totally focused on nothing but the music. It just oozed out of
him – natural all-round talent at it’s best.”
When I asked Bob what’s the difference to an artist between
being self released or with a label Bob had this to
say, “I made the move to Connor Ray after realizing
that the business side of the blues was hampering my
creative time. You simply cannot do everything in this
business, you need others. It’s much better to be an artist
only. I find I perform better with less worries and I enjoy
being free of that stuff. I feel like I did when I first
started laying down the blues. I didn’t get into this
to get caught up in the business side. I got into this
because there’s nothing like the blues and a blues
audience. I enjoy creating it, delivering
it, and when an audience gets in the groove with
you man nothing compares to that feeling brother, nothing.
It was time to make a move and Connor Ray brings a lot to the
table.”
Connor Ray Music CEO John Abbey shared this, “New Jersey
has always turned out marvelous musicians, Frank Sinatra
and Bruce Springstein come to mind immediately and there are many
others as well. Bob Lanza and Steve Krase had shared the stage
on more than occasion and each had noted the other guy’s
performance abilities. That started it. As they got to
know each other each realized the other had something of value and
that formed an alliance between them. Today, we have surrounded
Bob with a complete team of business people: press, bookings, studio,
distribution, and more. Bob is right – now he can do
what he wants to do, create, record, and play his
music. We are really excited to have Bob on board.”
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