Live & Extended

The scene is Quebec's upscale concert venue, le Petit Imperial, on a weekend night in July, in the middle of the exuberant Festival D'ete de Quebec. The packed house responds quickly as Brandon Santini and his tight touring band hit the stage with all the raw blues power and impact of the 1970's-era Paul Butterfield or James Cotton Blues Band. The band feels the energy and responds with over an hour of the hard-hitting harmonica-driven blues that's been causing fans and critics alike to tap the Memphis-based Santini as one of the most quickly-rising blues stars of his generation.