Artist of the Week: Tony Vega

HouStoned Rock's first Artist of the Week is bluesman Tony Vega, of the Tony Vega Band (TVB). Fresh off yet another successful Eurpean tour, Vega is currently hard at work promoting his latest CD, Glorybaby. The current TVB line-up includes Vega on guitar and vocals, Jeremy Pierce on drums and Brad McCool on bass. Former TVB members Mighty Orq, Preston Hubbard, Kevin "Snit" Fitzpatrick, Jessica Will.

Vega is a veteran of the Houston Press Music Awards, having been nominated in the Best Blues/Best Contemporary Blues category every year since 2001 and winning in 2001, 2002, and 2004. He's up for three awards in the 2007 race, Best Blues, Musician of the Year, and Best Male Vocalist.

The TVB discography includes:

* Glorybaby (2007)
*Then & Now (2006)
*Tastes Like Love ( 2004)
*Yeah You Right! (2003) (Available digitally only)
*Dear Sweet Goodness (2001) (Available digitally only)

(Most TVB CDs are available at the band's live shows, except for Dear Sweet Goodness and Yeah You Right! which are available only digitally. All TVB CDs are available online at CDBaby and I-tunes.)

To hear "Dixieland" and "Send Me" from Glorybaby, click on the Listen button.

Upcoming TVB shows:

May 26 Sandbar, Kemah
June 2 The Big Easy, Houston
June 9 Dr. Rockits, Corpus Christi
June 15 Main Street Crossing, Tomball
June 16 Woody's, Galveston
June 22 Sullivan's, Houston
June 23 Cosmos Cafe, Houston
June 29 Sandbar, Kemah
June 30 Howling Coyote, North Houston

For more information about Tony and the Tony Vega Band, visit TonyVegaBand.com or MySpace.com/BandOfTonyVega online. For booking information, contact Tony at 281-974-1197 or TonyVegaBand@Yahoo.com. - Olivia Flores Alvarez