 ANTHONY GERACIWHERE WERE YOU OUT TOMORROW DIGITALLY • PRE-ORDER THE CD & LP NOW!! |
Pre Order Now! A masterful pianist, Hammond B3 organist, composer and bandleader, Geraci brings more than four decades of blues, jazz, soul and roots music experience to this exciting new collection of original songs.🎹 LISTEN 9/18 ON ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS 💿 PRE-ORDER THE CD & LP GRAPHIC T SHIRTS Coming Soon!! A STELLAR LINEUP Geraci is joined by an incredible cast of musicians, including Sheryl Youngblood, Dave Specter, Anne Harris, Pooky Styx, Jon McDonald, Barrett Anderson, Mario Perrett and Barrence Whitfield, along with members of the Boston Blues All-Stars. The result is a soulful, swinging and deeply rooted album that moves from boogie-woogie and blues to jazz, R&B and Americana. FOUR DECADES IN THE BLUES A two-time Blues Music Award winner, Geraci has shared the stage and studio with legends and toured with Otis Rush, J.B. Hutto, Big Joe Turner and many more great blues artists. He recorded two records with Big Walter Horton and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Super Harps I (Telarc) that featured James Cotton, Charlie Musselwhite, Billy Branch and Sugar Ray Norcia. Now he brings that experience to Where Were You—his latest musical statement and a powerful new addition to the Delmark catalog. WHAT THE PRESS IS SAYING “Geraci makes his Delmark debut in style.”— Chicago Blues Guide RockandBluesMuse.com praises the album’s mix of boogie-woogie, jazz, R&B, soul and Americana, highlighting the chemistry between Geraci and his stellar lineup. Pre Order your copy today!!   CELEBRATE AMERICA’S 250th BIRTHDAY! DELMARK ARTISTS LIVE IN LYONS This weekend, America’s Blues Birthday Party brings two days of blues to Lyons, Illinois, celebrating America’s 250th birthday through the music that helped shape the American story. The FREE festival takes place September 19–20 at Veterans Park & Smith Park, featuring two stages and more than 40 performances from Chicago, national and regional blues artists. 🎶 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 SHIRLEY JOHNSON & THE DELMARK ALL-STARS 2:50–3:50 PM • Main Stage Shirley Johnson and the Delmark All-Stars take the stage Saturday afternoon as part of an incredible lineup that also includes Dwayne Dopsie & The Zydeco Hellraisers, Keeshea Pratt, Spit Cup & The Jukes, Stephen Hull Experience, Mud Morganfield and more. 🎶 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 THE BOB CORRITORE REVIEW 4PM-5:50 PM• Main Stage featuring Delmark artists Bob Stroger, Billy Flynn, Willie Buck plus Kenny Smith, Oscar Wilson, John Primer, and Lil Ed DEMETRIA TAYLOR & HER BAD BOYS 6:10–7:10 PM • Main Stage And Sunday brings Demetria Taylor & Her Bad Boys, with a fireworks finale. FREE ADMISSION • TWO STAGES • TWO DAYS OF BLUES 📍 Veterans Park & Smith Park 4200 Lawndale Avenue, Lyons, IL COME VISIT US AT THE DELMARK MERCH TENT!!    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aA85I1_rmc Listen to “Say La-Ti-Da” feat. Sheryl Youngblood here! |
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Two-time Blues Music Award Winner for Instrumentalist-Piano/Pinetop Perkins Piano Award from The Blues Foundation in Memphis, TN. Anthony is on the Board of directors at The Pinetop Perkins Foundation.
Pianist, Hammond organist and composer Anthony Geraci was born in New Haven, CT in 1954. His interest in playing piano began at age four when he told his parents “I want a piano!” Kind of an odd request when most kids want a new baseball glove or bicycle. His parents weren’t musical-not even a record player at their house- but they always supported his undeniable passion for music. They soon bought a Kimball Grand Piano that his mother paid $4 a week to own. Lessons at the Neighborhood School of Music, affiliated with Yale University, soon followed. At around the age of sixteen he befriended a fellow musician, Ed Cherry, at high school. They began listening to music together after school and one day Ed played a Jimmy Rogers recording, Chicago Bound, that literally changed his life. Ed went on to be Dizzy Gillespie’s guitarist for many years.
New Haven was rich as far as listening to and seeing major music artists, and NYC was only a few hours away by train. Seeing Muddy Waters, B.B. King, and Willie Dixon was part of his blues education that could only be learned by seeing these great artists firsthand. Years later Anthony had the opportunity to play piano with Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Otis Rush, Chuck Berry, Big Mama Thornton, Big Joe Turner, Jimmy Rogers and many more-something a sixteen-year-old budding blues pianist would never have seemed possible. Anthony has recorded with Big Walter Horton, Ronnie Earl, Big Jack Johnson, Zora Young, Sugaray Rayford, Debbie Davies, Kenny Neal and many more great Blues Artists. Anthony graduated from the Berklee College of Music with B.A. Degree, and a M.A. from Skidmore College.
His critically acclaimed 2015 release, Fifty Shades of Blue, (Delta Groove Records) earned multiple Blues Music Award nominations from the Blues Foundation in Memphis. Nominations include Best Song-for the title track, Best Album, and Best Traditional Blues Album. Anthony also received an individual nomination for the Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year Award. Fifty Shades of Blue was also nominated for Traditional Blues Album of the year by Blues Blast Magazine and was ranked as one of the top 50 Blues recordings of 2015 by Living Blues Magazine and earned a 4-Star Review in Downbeat Magazine.
In 2019, Why Did You Have To Go (Shining Stone) received nominations by the Blues Foundation Blues Music Awards for Album of the Year, Traditional Album of the Year, Song of the Year-“Angelina, Angelina”, as well as individual nominations: Pinetop Perkins Piano Award, Traditional Male Blues Artist and Band of the Year-an unprecedented 6 personal Nominations!
His 2020 release, Daydreams in Blue (Shining Stone) debuted at #1 – Living Blues Radio chart, #1 -Roots Music Report-Blues, and #4 – Billboard Blues Chart.
In 2021, Anthony won the Instrumentalist-Piano Blues Music Award. He won the award again in 2023.
Following his chart-topping Daydreams in Blue, Anthony returned with Blues Called My Name, a dynamic collection of original compositions featuring esteemed special guests Anne Harris, Walter Trout, Sugar Ray Norcia, Monster Mike Welch, Erika Van Pelt, and The Boston Blues All-Stars. Award-winning blues guitarist Ronnie Earl shared this praise for Geraci and the new album: “Anthony has been contributing to this music for many years, and his new album illuminates the many colors, shades, and styles of the blues. Anthony is very inspiring, and I love his dedication to the old masters like Otis Spann, Sunnyland Slim, and Big Maceo Merriweather.”
Anthony’s recent CD, Tears in My Eyes debuted on The Billboard Blues Chart, and spent 17 weeks on The Roots Music Report. Walter Trout writes in the liner notes: “This album is his latest musical exploration. I feel like he grows with each new release. Along with his stellar band, he continues to put out vital and beautiful art. His playing continues to be about honesty, tradition, invention, expression, and even humor. I am honored to call him my friend.”
Blues Music Award-Blues Foundation. Memphis, TN. Wins/Nominations: Anthony Geraci
2016-Album: Fifty Shades Of Blue (Delta Groove) -Traditional Album: Fifty Shades Of Blue (Delta Groove) -Song of the Year: “Fifty Shades Of Blue” (Geraci) Pinetop Perkins Piano/Instrumentalist-Piano
2017-Pinetop Perkins Piano/Instrumentalist-Piano
2018-Pinetop Perkins Piano/Instrumentalist-Piano
2019-Album: Why Did You Have To Go (Shining Stone) Traditional Album: Why Did You Have To Go (Shining Stone) -Pinetop Perkins Piano/Instrumentalist-Piano
-Song of the Year: “Angelina, Angelina” (Geraci)
-Traditional Male Blues Artist
-Band of the Year
2020-Pinetop Perkins Piano/Instrumentalist-Piano
2021-Winner: Pinetop Perkins Piano/Instrumentalist-Piano -Band of the Year
2023-Winner: Instrumentalist-Piano/Pinetop Perkins Piano Award. -Band of the Year
2025-Nomination: Instrumentalist-Piano/Pinetop Perkins Piano Award.
2026-Nomination: Instrumentalist-Piano/Pinetop Perkins Piano Award.
“Anthony Geraci has long been part of the bedrock of the Boston-Providence blues scene. In recent years, he has stepped out of the seaside shadows into the limelight of international acclaim, largely on the strength of feature albums. “Tears” keeps the momentum going. Blessed with a fraught musical imagination and considerable ability on piano or organ, Geraci airs out a set of original songs of blues or bluesy persuasions.” 4 Star review in Downbeat Magazine. Frank-John Hadley.
“Tears In My Eyes, Anthony Geraci – on piano, Hammond organ, and vocals. I’m talking about the kind of stuff that would garner as many as ten Blues Music Award Nominations for one release. It appears that Anthony’s dues are paid in full and it’s now his time to shine.” Mary 4 Music-Peter Blewzzman Lauro.
“Geraci is one of the better instrumentalists in the blues world today.” – Bill Mitchell, Blues Bytes
“You’re one heck of a piano player.” – B.B King
“Geraci offers a picture of a time when the piano was THE featured instrument. Geraci’s knowledge of that history is obvious.”- Art Tipaldi, Blues Music Magazine
“Anthony Geraci is not only a gifted pianist, he also a talented a songwriter.” – Debra C. Argen, Luxury Experience
“A stalwart on the New England blues scene for decades as a key member of both Sugar Ray & the Bluetones and Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters, keyboardist Anthony Geraci continues to deliver stellar work as a bandleader.” – Jim Hynes, Glide Magazine
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Anthony Geraci
Award winning Blues Pianist
Anthony Geraci: Upcoming recording Where Were You, his first on the Delmark Records label is scheduled for release September 18, 2026.
Delmark Records is the oldest continuously operating jazz and blues independent record label in the United States. Joining Anthony on the recording will be Delmark Artists Sheryl Youngblood and Dave Specter. As well as Rodrigo Mantovani, Anne Harris, Pooky Styx (from Buddy Guy’s band), Jon McDonald, and members of The Boston Blues All-Stars, including standout vocalist Barrence Whitfield on one track!
https://windycityblues.org/americas-blues-birthday
The Windy City Blues Fest 2026 is a FREE, two-day outdoor celebration honoring 250 years of blues music, spanning various eras and regions of America. Scheduled for September 19th & 20th 2026 at Veterans & Smith Park , next to Village Hall in Lyons, IL. The festival will have two stages, be accessible, with a wide variety of blues styles in a welcoming environment.
MAIN STAGE Sat. Sept 19th
12:30-1:20 Matt Hendricks & Greasy Gravy
1:35 – 2:35 The Hungry Williams
2:50 – 3:50 Shirley Johnson & The Delmark All-Stars
4:10 – 5:20 Spit Cup & The Jukes
5:40 – 6:50 Keeshea Pratt Band
7:10 – 8:40 Dwayne Dopsie & The Zydeco Hellraisers
9:00-10:30 Stephen Hull Experience & Sean “Mack” McDonald
MAIN STAGE Sunday Sept 20th
12:45-1:30 Maxwell Street Blues Revival
1:45-2:30 Deak Harp & Quicksand
2:45-3:45 Morry Sochat and The Special 20s
4:00-5:50 Bob Corritore’s Chicago Blues Review
featuring : Bob Stroger, Billy Flynn, Kenny Smith, Oscar Wilson, John Primer, Willie Buck, Lil Ed
6:10-7:10 Demetria Taylor & Her Bad Boys
7:30-9:00 Mud Morganfield
9:10 ish FIREWORKS
Line up subject to change.
Second Stage Sat Sept 19
5:30 – 7:00 Open Jam
4:00 – 5:00 Bob Corritore, Jimi Primetime Smith, Billy Flynn
3:00 – 3:45 Downtown Charlie Brown / Donna Herula
2:00 – 2:45 The Miles Minor Band
1:00 – 1:45 Gail Storm
Second Stage Sun Sept 20th
5:30 – 6:30 Open Jam
4:30 – 5:15 Rusty Ends & The Hill Billy Hoo Doo
3:30 – 4:15 Sonia Astacio / Donny Vleck
2:30 – 3:15 Windy City Rev Ups Duet W/ Gail Storm
1:30 – 2:15 Some Years Later
