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Rudy Ray Moore aka Dolemite/Jon Paris
B B King

HIGHLIGHTS

Highlights Soundtracks

See also the Press & Links Page


Highlights

2008
opened for:
  • O.A.R. - Summerfest (Milwaukee, WI)
headlined:
  • Monday Nights - B.B. King's Lucille's Bar & Grill (Times Square - NYC)
  • Mississippi Day Festival (Central Park - NYC)
  • Long Island Maritime Museum Festival (Sayeville, NY)
  • HARLEY-DAVIDSON 105th Anniversary (Potowatami Casino Stage - Milwaukee, WI)
special guest with:
  • LES PAUL & His Trio - Iridium Jazz Club at Les Paul's 93nd Birthday Celebration (NYC)
  • Les Paul's Birthday and Homecoming - The Pabst Theatre (Milwaukee, WI)
2007
opened for:
  • GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS - Summerfest (Milwaukee, WI)
  • JOHNNY WINTER - B.B. King's (Main Room - NYC)
headlined:
  • Monday Nights - B.B. King's Lucille's Bar & Grill (Times Square - NYC)
  • Mississippi Day Festival (Central Park - NYC)
  • Cha-Cha's (Coney Island - NYC)
  • Tour of Sweden with CLAS YNGSTROM (THE PARIS-YNGSTROM BLUES PROJECT)
performed with:
  • STREETLIFE the Official MILWAUKEE BUCKS House Band                               
  • LES PAUL & His Trio - Iridium Jazz Club at Les Paul's 92nd Birthday Celebration (NYC)
  • Les Paul's Birthday & Homecoming Celebration (Waukesha, WI)
2006
opened for:
  • GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS
                              - Toad's Place (New Haven, CT)
                              - House of Blues (Atlantic City, NJ)
                         BUDDY GUY - Summerfest (Milwaukee, WI)
headlined:
  • Monday Nights - B.B. King's Lucille's Bar & Grill (Times Square - NYC)
  • Breast Cancer Benefit (The Cutting Room - NYC)
  • Mississippi Day Festival (Central Park - NYC)
  • New York Waterways Festival (NYC)
  • Cha-Cha's (Coney Island - NYC)
  • Dinosaur Bar-B-Q - (NYC)
  • Garfield Avenue Festival (Milwaukee, WI)
special guest with:
  • STREETLIFE the Official MILWAUKEE BUCKS House Band
  • LES PAUL & His Trio - Kean College (Union, NJ)
  • Iridium Jazz Club at Les Paul's 91st Birthday Celebration (NYC)
2005
opened for:
  • GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS - B. B. King's (NYC)
  • LEON RUSSELL - B. B. King's (NYC)
  • LITTLE FEAT - Summerfest (Milwaukee, WI)
  • MAGIC SLIM - Buddy Guy's Legends (Chicago, IL)
  • JOHNNY WINTER - B. B. King's (NYC)
  • JOHN HAMMOND - B. B. King's (NYC)
headlined:
  • Monday Nights - B. B. King's Lucille's Bar & Grill (NYC)
  • Cha-Cha's on Coney Island (NYC)
  • Dinosaur Bar-B-Q (NYC)
  • The Garfield Avenue Festival (Milwaukee, WI)
  • Jimi Hendrix Birthday Celebration - The Cutting Room (NYC)
performed with:
  • LES PAUL and an All-Star Line-Up at Les's 90th Birthday Celebration - Carnegie Hall (NYC)
 
2004
opened for:
  • Little Richard - B B King's - NYC
  • Buddy Guy - Summerfest - Milwaukee, WI
  • Bobby Bland - South Street Seaport - NYC
  • Corey Harris - Buddy Guy's Legends - Chicago, IL
headlined:
  • The Montreal International Jazz Festival - Montreal, Ontario, Canada
  • Tobacco Road - Miami, FL
  • Guitarbeque - Asbury Park, NJ
  • The Garfield Avenue Festival with the Jim Liban Combo - Milwaukee, WI
  • Tosa Fest with Jim Liban and Jeff Dagenhardt - Wauwatosa, WI
  • The Buck's County Blues Society's 27th Annual Halloween R & B Spectacular - Levittown, PA
  • Jimi Hendrix Birthday Celebration - The Cutting Room - NYC
  • New Year's Eve Celebration - The Cutting Room - NYC
  • B B King's Lucille's Bar & Grill - Monday Nights - NYC
performed with:
  • Les Paul at his 89th Birthday Celebration - The Iridium - NYC
  • B B King, Henry Butler, John Mayer - B B King's - NYC
  • Hubert Sumlin, Levon Helm, John Sebastian, David Johansen, Dave Maxwell, Jimmy Vivino - "Howlin for Hubert" - B B King's - NYC
  • The Rockats - Elvis Presley Birthday Tribute - B B King's - NYC
  • Stanley Jordan - Birdland - NYC
  • Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes - B B King's - NYC
  • The Milwaukee Buck's House Band (Streetlife featuring Warren Wiegratz) - The Bradley Center - Milwaukee, WI
  • Frankie Paris, Dana Carvey - Arthur's - NYC
  • Carlton J Smith & Company - B B King's - NYC
  • Steve Cohen, Sam McCue - Liquid Johnny's - Milwaukee, WI
  • Crispin Cioe & Cracked Ice - Ye Olde Tripple Inn - NYC
  • Stuffy Shmitt - North Six - Brooklyn, NY
 
2003
opened for:
  • B B King - B B King's - NYC
  • George Thorogood & the Destroyers - Summerfest - Milwaukee, WI
  • Joan Jett - Harley-Davidson 100th Anniversary - Milwaukee, WI
headlined:
  • Tour of Sweden (Stockholm, Sandviken, Gavle, Borlange, Sala, Uppsala...)
  • Tobacco Road - Miami, FL
  • Tribeca Rock Club - NYC
  • Gypsy Bar - Borgata Hotel & Casino - Atlantic City, NJ
  • Blue Christmas Celebration - B B King's - NYC
  • Jimi Hendrix Birthday Tribute - B B King's - NYC
  • John Mayall DVD Release Party - A & M Roadhouse - NYC
  • A.J.'s Sport Zone - Levittown, PA
  • Sande's National Pastime - Milwaukee, WI
performed with:
  • B B King, Les Paul, Hubert Sumlin, Gary "U S" Bonds, Gene McDaniels... - B B King Club 3rd Anniversary - NYC
  • Hubert Sumlin's Tribute - B B King's - NYC
  • Jim Liban's Blues Combo - Garfield Avenue Festival - Milwaukee, WI
  • Streetlife - Milwaukee Bucks Game - Bradley Center - Milwaukee, WI
 
2002
opened for:
  • Hubert Sumlin with Bob Margolin, Citifest (Toledo, OH)
  • Jack Bruce, B.B. King Blues Club (NYC)
  • The Guess Who, Westbury (Long Island, NY)
  • George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Summerfest (Milwaukee, WI)
headlined:
  • Jimi Hendrix Birthday Celebration with Hiram Bullock and the Uptown Horns, B.B. King Blues Club (NYC)
  • B.B. King's Lucille's Lounge (NYC)
  • Tribeca Blues (NYC)
  • Guitars for Life Benefit (Nyack, NY) - with Nokie Edawards, Bernard Purdie, Tommy Emmanuel, Lou Pallo, Nick Sterling, Commander Cody, Thom Bresch, Nicki Parrott, Bob Leive
  • Bob Dylan Birthday Tribute, Tribeca Blues (NYC)
  • The Wild Rose (Bridgehampton, NY)
  • Blues Alley (Danbury, CT)
  • Harley-Davidson pre-100th Celebration (Milwaukee, WI)
 
2001
opened for:
  • Jonny Lang, Summerfest (Milwaukee, WI)
  • Etta James, B.B. King Blues Club (NYC)
  • John Entwistle, B.B. King Blues Club (NYC)
headlined:
  • B.B. King Blues Club (NYC)
  • Chicago Blues Festival (Chicago, IL)
  • Chicago Blues (NYC)
  • The Wild Rose (Bridgehampton, NY)
performed with:
  • Bo Diddley, B.B. King Blues Club (NYC)
  • Bo Diddley, Blue Note (Japan)
  • Bo Diddley, Blues Festival (Madison, WI)
 
2000
opened for:
  • George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Summerfest (Milwaukee, WI)
headlined:
  • B.B. King Blues Club (NYC)
  • Tribeca Blues (NYC)
  • Chicago Blues (NYC)
  • Club Muddy Waters (Oslo, Norway)
  • The Wild Rose (Bridgehampton, NY)
  • The Bayou (Mt. Vernon, NY)
  • The Spectrum, Montreal Jazz Festival (Quebec, Canada)
 
1999
opened for:
  • Elvin Bishop, Buddy Guy's Legends (Chicago, IL)
  • Foreigner, Summerfest (Milwaukee, WI)
headlined:
  • Chicago Blues (NYC)
  • The Garfield Avenue Festival (Milwaukee, WI)
  • Manny's Car Wash (NYC)
  • The Wild Rose (Bridgehampton, NY)
  • The World Trade Center CenterStage (NYC)
  • Jimi Hendrix Tribute, The Red Lion (NYC)
 
1998
opened for:
  • Cheap Trick, Harley-Davidson 95th Anniversary (Milwaukee, WI)
  • Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, Irving Plaza (NYC)
  • Foreigner, Summerfest (Milwaukee, WI)
headlined:
  • The Blues Room (Johannesburg, South Africa)
  • The Oysterfest (Norwalk, CT)
  • The Hot Tin Roof (Martha's Vineyard, MA)
  • Chicago Blues (NYC)
  • A.J.'s (Levittown, PA)
 
1997
opened for:
  • Dick Dale, Stephen's Talkhouse (Amagansett, NY)
  • Cheap Trick, Summerfest (Milwaukee, WI)
  • Bobby "Blue" Bland, Stephen's Talkhouse (Amaghansett, NY)
  • The Brian Setzer Orchestra, The Hot Tin Roof (Martha's Vineyard, MA)
  • George Thorogood & The Destroyers, The Hammerstein Ballroom (NYC)
  • Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, Tramps (NYC)
headlined:
  • The Columbus Avenue Festival (NYC)
  • Manny's Car Wash (NYC)
  • Maxwell's (Hoboken, NJ)
  • Chicago Blues (NYC)
  • Shank Hall (Milwaukee, WI)
 
1996
opened for:
  • Johnny Winter, Bottom Line (New York, NY)
  • Johnny Winter, Club Bene (South Amboy, NJ)
  • Summerfest (Milwaukee, WI)
headlined:
  • Camelot (Tel Aviv, Israel)
  • Blues & Jazz Club (Elat, Israel)
 
thru 1995
opened for:
  • The Fabulous Thunderbirds
  • Albert King
  • Willie Dixon
  • Huey Lewis & The News
  • Little Feat
  • Edgar Winter
  • Screamin' Jay Hawkins
  • Matt "Guitar" Murphy
  • Johnny Copeland
  • Charlie Musselwhite
  • The Steve Miller Band
  • The Grateful Dead
    "You guys are a great rock'n'roll band!" - Jerry Garcia
  • Steely Dan
  • Rory Gallagher
  • Procol Harum

Soundtracks

  • NAKED GUN 2 1/2 - Born to Rock
  • NAKED GUN 33 1/3 - 99 Bottles of Beer Boogie
  • BASEKETBALL - The Defenders' Theme
  • MY BOSS' DAUGHTER - Overhauled Cadillac Blues
  • SCARY MOVIE 3 - 'Wish That I Could Dance
                      Strike While the Iron Is Hot
  • SHALL WE DANCE? - Born to Rock
  • SCARY MOVIE 4 - Lost in the Shuffle
                      Go! Mary Lou

See also Jon Paris' Discography.




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