Ellen Sheeley and The Core

Main events at
Historic Ashland Armory
208 Oak St., Ashland

Saturday, January 14, 2006
Doors open for dinner 6PM
Music begins 6:30PM

     The Core is Andy Piementel on keyboards, Mark Stever on drums, Chris Graves on guitar and John Trujillo on bass.
     Blonde dynamo Ellen Sheeley has been a professional musician for most of her life. She has performed all over the United States and Canada playing various styles of music with many bands. Originally from Los Angeles, she settled in the Rogue Valley in 1982. She has opened concerts for The Righteous Brothers, Wilson Pickett, Curtis Salgado, B.B. King, Dr. Hook, Lester Chambers, The Byrds, K.K. Martin and Dr. John. Most recently, she performed in Women Sing the Blues, a fund raiser put on last April by the Southern Oregon Blues Society to benefit the Women's Crisis Support Team in Grants Pass. She was the leader, arranger and lead vocalist of the well-known Rogue Valley band, Blues X-Press, from 1994 to 2002. Ellen's biggest vocal influences include Lydia Pense, Paul Rodgers, Janis Joplin, Gladys Knight and Bonnie Raitt. Her rich contralto voice and dynamic stage presence captures the attention of her audiences everywhere.