Vudu Café and Salvador Santana & Band June 8, 2012

Salvador Santana & Band come to the Club Fox in Redwood City on June 8th with his brilliant keyboard virtuosity and full band, along with Vudu Café, who bring a modern spin to a classic genre of music, Chicano Rock. With Vudu Café, one can hear the echoes of Malo, El Chicano, Tierra, Santana & even a little Motown soul. Featuring crowd engaging live performances & honest songs with incredible musicianship, vocalist Jesse Flores is considered to be the new voice of Chicano Rock.

Vudu Cafe is a powerhouse Chicano Rock band based between Houston & Austin Texas. The band consists of California native Jesse Flores on vocals/guitar, and Texas natives Tyson Sheth on drums, Jorge Siller on Bass, and Michael Ramos on keyboards. Vudu Café is on the forefront of Chicano Rock in Texas and is currently promoting their CD, "Chicano Life", produced by Jesse Flores (lead singer, song writer, and guitarist) and co-produced with Andy Bradley (Sugar Hill Studios) and Michael Ramos (Los Lonely Boys, John Mellancamp, The Bodeans, The Rembrandts).

For Jesse, Vudu Café is more than a band that plays great music; it's his way of life. Growing up listening to his older brothers jamming to "Tell Her She's Lovely" & his older sisters slow dancing to "Suavecito", it gave him the desire to start singing. Every night when Vudu Café hits the stage, it's not about if it's a sold out to capacity crowd (usually it is....) it's about the here and now, everyone has come together in one place, at one time to support their Chicano music heritage.

http://www.vuducafe.com
Video at: http://youtu.be/YXuMG76_S9Y

Music is a burst of choices. Not only what note to play when and with what instrument, but whether to play a note at all. Salvador Santana, the 28-year-old keyboardist, vocalist, composer and songwriter with strong Bay Area roots, knows what it means to navigate the infinite options of music.

Collaboration has always been the centerpiece of Santana's creations, and this passion manifested his solo debut Keyboard City (released February 2, 2011 via Various Music/Quannum Projects) around the inspirations of a few legends: Bay Area MC/producer Del the Funky Homosapien (who helped hone in Santana's writing skills,) Beastie Boy studio wizard Money Mark and GZA of the Wu-Tang Clan. "With all the people I've ever collaborated with or just working by myself, I have never produced such a range of ideas in my songs as I did during the Money Mark sessions. That guy is just a machine," said Santana. "He has mentored me by showing me that it's cool to be all over the place. It's cool to sit there and work on a song, then out of nowhere, interrupt that flow and work on another idea. To just go with it," Santana elaborates. Santana is pushed by a need to step out of his comfort zone in a quest for new ideas. Easy going and humble, Santana exudes the Bay Area vibe.

http://salvadorsantana.com
Video at: http://www.youtube.com/SalvadorSantana09

Official Website: http://www.foxrwc.com