"These guys are crowd pleasers and they always go
the extra mile to deliver, whether it’s a big festival or small club
audience!" – Mark Hummel, Promoter of "Harmonica Blowout Tour".
The MoFo Party Band is a real blues band playing
the Music influenced by their surroundings and life experiences growing up
in California’s Central Valley. The band came into being when former well
drilling brothers John and Bill Clifton decided to hang up their shovels and
leave the hard labor behind to pursue their mutual love of music.
"Drilling wells is a cold, thankless and dangerous
job" says John Clifton (singer and harmonica player). The experience,
however, helped to shape the blue collar style they play. True Americana
Blues that can only come from living life real and playing for keeps.
The MoFo Party Band has come a long way from their
Central California beginnings. Thrilling audiences worldwide in venues of
all sizes! They play small clubs and large festivals with several tours of
Europe and regular regional and national touring. Performing shows such as
the Belgian R&B festival in Peer Belgium, Luxemburg Jazz & Blues Rally in
Luxemburg, Blues Express Festival in Poland, and The San Francisco Blues
Festival in California.
"People tell us they like us because it always
looks like we are having fun," says lead guitarist Bill Clifton, "that’s
because we are and we love what we do."
The MoFo Party Band has recorded five highly
acclaimed albums which have received national and international airplay.
"Invigorating, straight forward, honest stuff!"
says Ken Smith of Red Lick Records, Wales UK.
Former backup musicians for late Chicago blues
legend Luther Tucker and west Coast Harp Master Johnny Dyre, they have also
shared the stage with blues legends Bo Diddley, Robert Cray, Charlie
Musselwhite, Los Lobos, Otis Rush, Huey Lewis, Tommy Castro and many others.
The MoFo Party Band
is a well respected and hard working band
on the West Coast blues scene.
Sporting a retro look and exciting
sound The Band pays great attention to detail. Their live show is filled
with energy and the music is raw and real. The shows are a musical Journey
through the lives and experiences of life’s pain and triumphs, heartbreak
and happiness. It’s the Blues, no holds barred and no apology. A unique
breathtaking show performed by a dynamic band, The MoFo Party Band!