The Cobalt Rhythm Kings Blues Band from New Haven, CT

"Best Blues Band" -- 2010 New Haven Advocate Grand Band Slam "Finalist" -- 2011 Connecticut Blues Challenge The Cobalt Rhythm Kings -- one of the Northeast's top blues bands -- are steeped in the jazzy jump blues of Louis Jordan, Big Joe Turner and Wynonie Harris; the cool, raging West Coast blues of William Clarke, Rod Piazza and James Harman, and the tough, hard-edged Chicago blues of Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Junior Wells and Freddie King, to name a few -- with a healthy helping of funk dished in on the side. The quartet, also available as a six-piece band with horns and a seven-piece with a fabulous female vocalist, can provide everything you need to make your wedding, private party, outdoor concert or corporate event a huge success -- with a high-intensity, no-holds-barred bluesy-funky edge! Formed in 1996 and featuring two Chicago natives on vocals, The Cobalt Rhythm Kings have played everywhere from New York's premier blues club, Chicago B.L.U.E.S., to the New Haven Jazz Festival, where they opened for Son Seals, to Black-Eyed Sally's in Hartford. The band debuted on the national stage on Oct. 8, 2005 at the Arkansas Blues and Heritage Festival -- formerly the King Biscuit Blues Festival -- in Helena, Arkansas. They've opened for the great Johnny Winter at Toad's Place, Connecticut's premier music club, and for blues diva Etta James on the New Haven Green. Other stops along the way have included many of Connecticut's top clubs, town greens and family festivals, including the New Haven Jazz Festival, the Savin Rock Festival, the Norwalk Harbor Splash and the Milford Fine Arts Council Coffeehouse, plus slots opening for the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Roomful of Blues, Ronnie Earl, Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, John Hammond Jr. and Debbie Davies, among others. Book the 'Kings to perform at your event and see what the buzz is all about!

• Louisiana Bayou | Cobalt original
• Cross-Eyeded Mama | Cobalt original
• Tougher Than That | Cobalt original
• King of the Boogie | Cobalt original -- John Lee Hooker boogie
• Break These Chains | Cobalt original
• My Dream | Cobalt original
• Cool Rockin’ Woman | Cobalt Original
• I Can't Win | James Hunter
• Juicy Fruit | Rudy Greene
• Your Hoodoo Man | Studebaker John
• Bad Avenue | Lefty Dizz
• See See Baby | Freddie King
• Tore Down | Freddie King
• Love Her With a Feeling | Freddie King
• Route 66 | Bobby Troupe (Nat King Cole)
• Howlin' For My Baby | Willie Dixon/Howlin' Wolf
• Kiddio | Brooke Benton/Johnny Littlejohn
• Messin' With The Man | Muddy Waters
• I'd Rather Drink Muddy Waters | Lou Rawls
• Flip Flop Fly | Big Joe Turner
• Shake Rattle & Roll | Big Joe Turner
• I'll Play The Blues For You | Albert King
• A Pretty Girl A Cadillac & Some Money | Buddy Johnson
• Money's Gettin' Cheaper | Jimmy Witherspoon
• Lollipop Mama | Ray Brown/William Clarke
• Got My Mojo Workin’ | Ann Cole/Muddy Waters
• Ooh Baby | Willie Dixon/Howlin' Wolf
• I Can't Get No Grindin' | Muddy Waters
• Farther Up The Road | Bobby "Blue" Bland/Eric Clapton
• Somebody Loan Me A Dime | Fenton Robinson
• Can I Change My Mind? | Tyrone Davis
• How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You | Marvin Gaye
• Help Me | Sonny Boy Williams II
• Stormy Monday | T-Bone Walker/Bobby "Blue" Bland
• Let Me Love You | Willie Dixon/Buddy Guy/Stevie Ray Vaughn
• You Say You're Gonna Leave Me | Johnny Winter
• I Want To Be Loved | Muddy Waters
• Everyday I Have The Blues | BB King/Lou Rawls
• What's The Matter With You? | Albina Jones covered by Lavay Smith
• Pipeline/Secret Agent Man | the Chantays/Johnny Rivers
• Lover's Rock | Johnny Burgess/Johnny Horton/The Paladins
• Keep Your Hands Off Of Her | Koko Taylor
• Too Right To Run | James Harman
• Black Magic Woman | Peter Green/Fleetwood Mac/Santana
• (Medley with Otis Rush’s “Keep on Loving Me Baby | ” Willie Dixon’s “Wang Dang Doodle” and Ray Charles’ “Hit the Road
• Chessie Cat | Mighty Blue Kings
• Fever | Little Willie John/Peggy Lee
• For You My Love | Pinetop Perkins
• Kansas City | Wilbert Harrison/Muddy Waters/others
• House of Blue Lights | Bob Wills/Chuck Berry
• A Fool No More | Peter Green
• Last Night | Little Walter
• Can't Lose What You Never Had | Muddy Waters
• Hoochie Koochie Man | Willie Dixon/Muddy Waters
• Mannish Boy | Muddy Waters
• Let The Good Times Roll | Louis Jordan/BB King/Muddy Waters
• The Thrill is Gone | BB King)
• Cadillac Boogie | Joe Liggins
• Hey Bartender | Floyd Dixon/Koko Taylor/Blues Brothers
• You Can't Take It With You | Tom McFarland
• Next Time You See Me | Junior Parker
• Turn On Your Love Light | Bobby "Blue" Bland/Grateful Dead
• Fulsom Prison Blues | Johnny Cash
• As The Years Go Passing By | Albert King
• All She Wants to Do is Rock | Wynonie Harris
• Lovin' Machine | Wynonie Harris
• Susie-Q | Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Madison Blues | Elmore James/Fleetwood Mac/George Thorogood
• Mean Disposition | Muddy Water
• I'm Ready | Willie Dixon
• How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) | Marvin Gaye/James Taylor
• Chain of Fools | Aretha Franklin
• I Heard It Through The Grapevine | Marvin Gaye/Gladys Knight/Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Twist and Shout | The Isley Brothers/The Beatles
• Hound Dog | Elvis/Big Mama Thornton
• Allright, OK, You Win | Big Joe Williams/Diana Crall
• Mack the Knife | Bobby Darrin
• Dancing In the Streets | Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
• Stand By Me | Ben E. King
• God Bless The Child | Billie Holiday/Blood Sweat & Tears
• Summertime | Bessie Smith/Janis Joplin
• Moondance | Van Morrison
• Runaway | Del Shannon/Bonnie Raitt