The Crimestoppers

ARRESTING ROCK AND BLUES

 

  
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The Crimestoppers have been playing rock n' roll and blues in the Washington, D.C. area since 1981 (yikes - 32 YEARS!)  Originally known as "Dick Tracy and the Crimestoppers," the band shortened its name at the urging of an unnamed lawyer-member of the ensemble, who experienced angst about potential copyright infringement litigation in anticipation of the release of the Madonna-Warren Beatty 'Dick Tracy' film.  The band played such fabled D.C. venues as The Gentry, Club Saba, The Roxy, the Wax Museum, Bosco's, the Psychedelly, Friendship Station, The Bayou, and Chaplin's. 

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The Crimestoppers are now a 5 (sometimes 6  or 7) piece band playing lots of blues and rock 'n roll.  We cover such diverse groups and artists as Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Jackson, Los Lobos, the Allman Brothers, Eric Clapton, the Blasters, Neil Young, and Jimi Hendrix.  The band currently features Ed O'Connell (keyboards, guitar, vocals), Eric Nelson (drums, vocals), Lenny Stamm (guitar, vocals), Big John (vocals, harp, guitar) or Danny Jones (vocals, guitar, percussion), Barnaby Bristol (keyboards, vocals) and Kennedy Wright  (bass, vocals).  Occasionally the band is joined by either Eric Goldberg (guitar, bass, vocals), James Bazen (sax), Jamie MacKinnon (sax), Bob Garofalo (keyboards, harp), or Scott Ramminger (sax, vocals).  More recently the band has been joined on vocals by Liz Springer of the Built 4 Comfort Band.  Check us out on YouTube playing a Canned Heat medley in the Woodstock tribute at Strathmore on 8/13/09 and Rockin' in the Free World, Cold Shot, and One More Saturday Night, at the Reston Town Center on 6/12/09 (with Jamie MacKinnon on sax)!  And here are some hot mp3s from that gig - I'm Goin' Down, If I, Confidence Man, Marie Marie, Caldonia, Sweet Home Chicago, and Don't Worry Baby (they will stream with quicktime), The Thrill is Gone from Bangkok Blues on 6/26/09 (thanks to Evan Gangler) and My Baby's Gone from the Firehouse on 4/24/09.  (Above pictured at the National Rock 'n Roll Marathon - mile 26 - 3/17/12).

Check out our own Edward O'Connell's CD "Our Little Secret" released summer 2010 on Amazon or iTunes.  Here's what one reviewer said: Imagine Tom Petty, Warren Zevon, Pat Dinizio and Matthew Sweet locking themselves in a cabin with nothing but some recording equipment and a stack of old Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe albums. The result would be Edward O'Connell's "Our Little Secret," a hook-laden, finger-snapping, drive-around-and-sing-along-with-the-windows-open power pop gem. In fact, if any of the artists mentioned above had released this album, critics and fans would rank it among their best. If you think I'm being hyperbolic, listen to the sound clips. Hear the crisp, timeless production? Hear the smart lyrics? The warm vocals? The catchy melodies? Buy this now, and recommend it to your friends. O'Connell's music is too good to remain a secret.

some photos courtesy of Terry Brennan http://lifescenesphotography.smugmug.com/ 
Hard Rock photo courtesy of Matt Cwikiel, Driven to Clarity, http://www.facebook.com/driventoclarity