Band members pictured here:  Dave Innis, Earl Peaks, Lorelei McBroom, Paul Litteral,  Paulie Cerra, William  Ellis & Sammy Stafford

Somewhere between the Big Apple and the Bayou, came the birth of The “B” Street BLUE ZONE at

The Bourbon Street Blues and Boogie Bar in Nashville’s infamous PRINTERS ALLEY. Here's the Story of The BLUE ZONE.                                               
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Lorelei & Paul Litteral

“Hollywood” Paul Litteral, (trumpet player) is a Kentucky native. He moved to New York City during a brief stint in the Navy’s music program out of high school. He went on to form the world-renowned Uptown Horns with Saxophonist Arno Hecht. Along with Crispan Cioe (sax), and Bob Funk (trombone), their four-piece horn section spent 13 glorious years performing and recording with greats from all walks of music. Artists such as: Ray Charles, Etta James, James Brown, Sammy Davis Jr., The B 52s, Cameo and many more. While on tour with the Rolling Stones, Paul met Lorelei McBroom. She was a backing vocalist and featured soloist with Mick Jagger on the Urban Jungle/Steel Wheels tour. Paul and Lorelei decided to join musical and romantic forces after the conclusion of that tour. Shortly after the birth of their son Miles Litteral, Paul was offered the opportunity to return to his southern roots, and join Country Super Star Wynonna Judd’s band. Lorelei and Miles joined him a couple of months later.     

Songwriter Joey Gunn met Paul during a tour break from Ms. Judd. Joey was looking for a bandleader to headline at a brand new club opening in Printers Alley. The theme of the club was a New Orleans style restaurant and bar, featuring live Blues and Classic R&B music five nights a week. During the sweltering heat of July 1995, the Blue Zone launched. Soon thereafter, Lorelei joined the band as their featured lead vocalist. Along with keyboardist /vocalist Dave Innis of  “Restless Heart”, bass player/vocalist Earl Peaks, guitarist/vocalist Sammy “Buzu” Stafford, drummer William Ellis and Saxophonist/vocalist Paulie Cerra they became the must see Blues Band in music city!

 

They attracted the likes of Billy Preston, Slash (of Guns N’ Roses), the Etta James band, J. Geils, Magic Dick & Blues Time,  Bobby Keyes (Of the Rolling Stones) and even Bluegrass legend Bill Monroe.
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Peter Rodman

WRLT Lighting 100 Radio

“Sunday Night with Peter Rodman” pioneered the 'rock-talk' radio format in 1974. It was the first (and one of the longest running) of the regularly scheduled, weekly radio interview shows in rock 'n' roll history. (Beginning on KRNW, and then on its groundbreaking successor KBCO in Boulder, Colorado for more than a decade.) 'SNPR' eventually had a second golden era ('93-'96) on Nashville's trend setting 'Triple-A' upstart, WRLT Radio Lightning 100. Peter's guest list is well up into the thousands, and he has retained ownership of every tape from the very beginning.

Members of The Blue Zone became regularly scheduled guests, touted and showcased on “Sunday  Night with Peter Rodman”.

Pictured here with Rolling Stones Saxophonist Bobby Keyes, DJ Peter Rodman, J. Geils and
Magic Dick (of the J. Geils band and Blues Time).

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