Booking Sarah & The Tall Boys

Booking contact:

Chuck Wentworth,
Lagniappe Productions
e-mail: chukwent@cox.net
phone: 401-783-3926
51 White Oak Court, Wakefield, RI 02879

Press Kit

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A Little About the Band….

In 2008, Sarah Potenza & The Tall Boys released their debut album, “Shiny & New”, a powerful collection of original songs that drew attention from venues and festival producers nationwide.  Within that year, the band was performing at festivals and sharing bills with acts like Joss Stone, Bonnie Raitt and the legendary Stevie Wonder.

In 2010,  the group released its second full-length album, “A Lifetime Worth of Sin”. A collection of Americana music, derived from blues, bluegrass, and alternative-country, all songs were written and produced by Sarah and the band, with the exception of one cover of Lucinda Williams. This CD features a talented list of notable guest musicians from such groups as The Hen House Prowlers, The Hoyle Brothers, and The Congregation.  To capture a warmer and more authentic sound, the entire album was recorded on two inch analogue tape with a Studer track tape machine at Strobe Recording Studio in Humbolt Park, Chicago.

Since the release of “A Lifetime Worth of Sin”, the album has reached #17 on the Freeform American Roots Radio Charts.  Sarah & The Tall Boys have been touring nationally, playing an average of over 200 shows a year.

Nate Dow, of the Boston Herald, remarks, “It has been said that Lucinda Williams can blow the chrome off her streamline trailer.  If that’s true, Potenza can blow the trailer right out of the lot.”

And the Reviews are in….

“Sarah Potenza and the Tall Boys are such a unique and dynamic force, it’s hard to fathom how they haven’t taken just Chicago but also Nashville, Memphis and Austin by storm. Potenza and her soaring voice are at home in any of the musical genres favored by those famous cities. … The group’s latest album is proof that Sarah and the boys mightily beg to be heard. “A Lifetime Worth of Sin” is clearly worth the consequences.  – Boston Herald

“This woman can belt out zesty country two steps and downshift to searing, smoky ballads, throw in a few split register notes at the end of her phrasing, reminiscent of Susan Tedeschi or Janis Joplin, but you don’t think of anyone else but Sarah when she’s on stage. 
…..When she finishes a song, you cheer and wait for the next one you’re pretty sure will barrel from the stage with the hypnotic sway, rumble and roar of a freight train.”  – pt at large

“Sarah and The Tall Boys, featuring lead singer Sarah Potenza, a Smithfield native, levitated the workshop tent with Potenza’s huge voice shining through honky-tonk tunes such as “Put On That Record,” putting on some grit for the blues of “Texas,” and smoldering through a cover of Tom T. Hall’s “How I Got to Memphis,” which drew a standing ovation and an encore. ”  – Providence Journal

“Led by wild-at-heart country singer Sarah Potenza-Crossman, the band likes its country straight — no amateurish punk chasers, no gimmicky fashion statements, no worn-out barroom clichés. For this Live at KDHX session, Sarah & the Tall Boys kick off with “Put On That Record,” a gritty slice of contemporary honky tonk, then follow up with the Waylon-esque strut of “Life I Chose” and the betrayed isolation of “Shadow of a Doubt,” sung with scratchy realism by Sarah. Finally, the band rips into “Last Two Dollars,” and then they’re off, ready to hit the lonesome highway again.”  – KDHX radio

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