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October 26th, 2009 - RCS Winter Fireside Concert Series Announced

NORCROSS, GA. The Racquet Club of the South and Music Matters Entertainment LLC is pleased to announce the RCS Winter Fireside Concert Series beginning on Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 8:30 p.m. in Café Mosi at the Racquet Club of the South, with Hittin’ the Note Records’artist Tommy Talton and Tony Giordano. The Racquet Club of the South is located at 6350 Courtside Drive Norcross, GA 30092. Café Mosi is located to the right at the bottom of the staircase as you enter the Club. A special dinner menu will be served for the concert series beginning at 6:30 p.m. The RCS Winter Fireside Concert Series continues on December 10 with Jimmy Hall of Wet Willie from Nashville in a rare acoustic performance, followed by local singer/songwriters Diane Durrett and Donna Hopkins on January 14, 2010. The RCS Spring/Summer Concert Series will begin in April 2010 with major national artists performing in the stadium.

Talton has performed all over the United States with Gregg Allman and Cowboy throughout the years, and has been touring extensively with The Tommy Talton Band in support of its new live CD, Live Notes Form Athens. Talton recently performed at the Beacon Theatre in New York City with the Allman Brothers Band as a special guest. Talton is performing an intimate, acoustic concert with keyboardist/singer/songwriter Tony Giordano at RCS on Thursday, November 12.

Talton is one of the best songwriters and guitarists of our time. He is best known for his smokin’ slide guitar licks, distinct vocals and prolific songwriting with Cowboy, founded by Scott Boyer and Talton in the 70s, and his undeniable guitar work on Gregg Allman’s Laid Back album and the Gregg Allman Tour with Special Guest Cowboy live album . Talton has taken the southern music scene by storm in recent years a new determination, exceptional new music, a new studio album, Tommy Talton in Europe, Someone Else’s Shoes, released in 2008 on Hittin’ the Note Records, and the new highly anticipated live CD, Live Notes from Athens. There is no doubt that Talton continues to deliver! The dreamy laid-back grooves, punchy guitar-driven jams, and hook-laden melodies hint of 1970's-era Van Morrison, Allman Brothers, and Little Feat, but are not throwbacks as much as they are powerful, intelligent, thought-provoking contemporary compositions. Talton plays with a subtlety that gets deep under your skin, while still being capable of bringing an audience to its feet, instantly. Talton’s live performances showcase not only his classic slide and guitar work, but his distinctive vocals, and passionate songwriting. Expect to hear music from many genres from Talton, from funky blues, southern rock and country rock to Americana, R&B and soul, including a few tunes penned and performed by Talton with Cowboy. For more information on Tommy Talton please visit www.tommytalton.com or www.myspace.com/tommytaltonband .

… Almost thirty-four years after The Gregg Allman Tour release, Talton has rolled tape on another epic live recording, The Tommy Talton Band, Live Notes From Athens . Live Notes From Athens will delight new music fans hungry for an extraordinary, original artist whose sound is dynamite burning with a short fuse.
- Bill Thames, Hittin’ the Note Magazine

Tickets are only $15 for non-members and $10 for members, and are available at the Racquet Club of the South on the evening of the performance. For more information, please contact the Racquet Club of the South at (678) 478 6649 or info@rcsconcerts.com. The Café opens for dinner and drinks at 6:30 p.m.; music starts at 8:30 p.m.

To arrange interviews or receive bios or hi-res photos of the musicians, or for other booking inquiries, please contact Terry Reeves at treeves@musicmattersentertainment.net or (404) 734-6168.