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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 - 28 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, and Chaplin's. And we're still going strong in the new century! |
The
Crimestoppers are now a seven 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), Steve Keller (bass, guitar, vocals), Eric Nelson (drums, vocals), Lenny Stamm
(guitar, vocals), Danny Jones (vocals, guitar), Kennedy Wright
(bass, vocals), and Scott Ramminger (sax, vocals)(pictured here - rocking at the
crack of dawn at the Army Ten Miler Race at the Pentagon). Check us out on
YouTube playing Rockin' in
the Free World,
Cold Shot,
One More
Saturday Night, and a
Canned Heat
medley at the Reston Town Center on 5/12/09 (with Jamie MacKinnon on
sax)!
photos of Scott and Steve courtesy of Terry Brennan http://lifescenesphotography.smugmug.com/
