BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:Lower Case Blues and Friends: Scott Tournet LIVE at The Listen ing Booth! BEGIN:VEVENT UID:269542025-06-06 DTSTART:20250606T230000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20250606T040000Z LOCATION:18388 Coastal Highway #11\nLewes DE 19958 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=18388 Coastal Highway #11\n Lewes DE 19958;X-APPLE-RADIUS=49;X-TITLE=18388 Coastal Highway #11:geo:38. 739577,-75.147381 GEO:38.739577;-75.147381 SUMMARY:Lower Case Blues and Friends: Scott Tournet LIVE at The Listening B ooth! CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Hailing from the Mid-Atlantic\, Lower Case Blues is a Blues/Jam trio\nthat has been on the scene since 2003. The band plays a mix of\ntra ditional Blues with a modern funky style\, full of improvisation and\norga nic instrumentation. Founding members B.J. Muntz (Bass\, vocals)\nand Jake Banaszak (guitar) met in high school and found a mutual\nrespect for the blues as well as music of the 60s and 70s. After\nforming the band\, they found themselves sharing the stage with their\ninspirations such as Buddy Guy\, Blues Traveler\, Robert Randolph and\nmany more. Having released sev eral albums and playing shows\nrelentlessly over the years\, LCB has earne d the reputation of being\none of the hardest working bands around. ------ ------------ Scott\nTournet is known for being the frontman for Elektric V oodoo\, a\nfounding member of Grace Potter & The Nocturnals (2003-2014)\, Blues &\nLasers\, a solo artist\, and producer. Like the Black Keys\, Jack White\,\nand Gary Clark Jr.\, Tournet manages to update the blues rock ge nre by\nincorporating deep bass\, hip-hop influenced grooves\, and modern \nproduction. His music immediately sounds familiar while also feeling\nne w and exciting. “I’m always trying to find the cross section of\nnew and old\,” says Tournet. “My passion for vinyl records from the\n50s t hrough the 70s is never-ending\, but I’m not interested in\nrecreating a nything. I’m always looking to make something new and\nexciting that fee ls fresh. In the process of doing that\, the music\nthat is in my DNA inva riably sneaks through and provides a feeling of\ncomfort and familiarity. ” direct their own curriculum. At the time\nGoddard had a recording stud io\, a jazz program\, private lessons\, and\nclasses focusing on songwriti ng and current music. After struggling\nthrough much of his scholastic car eer\, Scott found his inner student\nwithin this new approach to learning. “I discovered that I love\nlearning and pushing myself. I had been push ing myself and learning by\nplaying 8 hours a day but not everyone saw it that way. At Goddard I\ndove in headfirst. I was taking Jazz courses\, pri vate lessons in\nguitar\, drums and songwriting\, working in the recording studio…after\nmy courses were done I would stay in the music building u ntil 1 in the\nmorning practicing with bands or by myself. I was consisten tly playing\nin 3 or 4 bands. I started making big strides musically.”  Soon\nafter graduating from Goddard with a focus in composition and\nper formance\, Scott moved to upstate New York in the vicinity of St.\nLawrenc e University. He started playing bass in a hip hop band and met\nMatt Burr who introduced him to Grace Potter. Together\, the 3 of them\nformed Grac e Potter & The Nocturnals. Grace was performing solo sets\nat little coffe e shops and Burr and Tournet started accompanying her\nby playing quietly. Soon\, Scott and Matt started turning Grace onto\nmusic that they were in spired by like The Band\, Little Feat\, Led\nZeppelin\, soul music\, funk\ , blues\, and roots music. They got her to\ntrade in her modern keyboard f or a Hammond B-3 organ and started to\npush the music into what became the GPN sound. For the next decade\nGrace\, Matt\, and Scott rode the wave of success. They started selling\nout shows regionally and soon signed with a booking agency and record\nlabel. They soon found themselves touring nat ionally and\ninternationally with acts like Robert Plant\, Mavis Staples\, The Black\nCrowes\, The Allman Brothers\, Gov’t Mule\, and many others. They\nplayed Leno\, Letterman\, Fallon\, Conan\, Ellen\, Good Morning Ame rica\,\netc. Their songs showed up on TV shows\, movies\, and commercials. They\nstarted their own festival\, Grand Point North that hosted acts lik e\nThe Flaming Lips\, The War On Drugs\, Lake St. Dive\, Warren Haynes\, e tc.\nThey made records with T-Bone Burnett\, Jim Scott (Tom Petty\, Johnny \nCash)\, Dan Auerbach\, Mark Batson\, Michael Brauer\, Rich Costa\, etc.\ nThey performed for and met President Obama\, Bernie Sanders\, and two\ngo vernors of Vermont. For Scott\, the career success had been\nsatisfying bu t after a decade he began longing for new challenges.\n“We unfortunately agreed to open for Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw in\nfootball stadiums for a summer. It was a terrible fit and we only got\nto play for 30 minutes a show. Between stuff like that and only making\nan album every 3 years\, I started to get creatively out of shape. We\nwere always on the road and s o many days were spent in airplanes or on\nthe set of a TV show where we w ould wait around all day and then play\nmusic for 5 minutes. Also\, our “appearance” began to become more\nimportant than the music. One day I woke up and realized that I was\nvery far away from who I was when I was at Goddard. I wanted to get\nback to music and what made me love it so muc h”. Soon after this\,\nScott made the difficult decision to leave the ba nd he helped build\nand abandon financial security and career certainty fo r the hope of\nrediscovering the joy of music and creativity. He took a fe w much\nneeded months off from the road in his sunny home studio in San Di ego\nand started delving into the music he left behind when he left\nGodda rd. Afrobeat\, experimental and psychedelic music\, latin music\,\njazz\, and more started showing up in his compositions. Soon he had\nuncovered so ngs like he had never heard before. He called it World\nBeat Rock & Roll. Elektric Voodoo was formed shortly thereafter and\ncontinues to this day. Throughout this journey\, Scott had periodically\nput out solo albums (Nex t To Canada ’03\, Everyone You Meet Is\nFighting A Hard Battle ’07\, a nd Ver La Luz ’12) and produced\nalbums for other artists and bands as w ell. Venue: The Listening\nBooth. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Hailing from the Mid-Atlantic\, Lower Case Blu es is a Blues/Jam trio that has been on the scene since 2003. The band pla ys a mix of traditional Blues with a modern funky style\, full of improvis ation and organic instrumentation. Founding members B.J. Muntz (Bass\, voc als) and Jake Banaszak (guitar) met in high school and found a mutual resp ect for the blues as well as music of the 60s and 70s. After forming the b and\, they found themselves sharing the stage with their inspirations such as Buddy Guy\, Blues Traveler\, Robert Randolph and many more. Having rel eased several albums and playing shows relentlessly over the years\, LCB h as earned the reputation of being one of the hardest working bands around. ------------------ Scott Tournet is known for being the frontman for Elek tric Voodoo\, a founding member of Grace Potter & The Nocturnals (2003-201 4)\, Blues & Lasers\, a solo artist\, and producer. Like the Black Keys\, Jack White\, and Gary Clark Jr.\, Tournet manages to update the blues rock genre by incorporating deep bass\, hip-hop influenced grooves\, and mode rn production. His music immediately sounds familiar while also feeling ne w and exciting. “I’m always trying to find the cross section of new a nd old\,” says Tournet. “My passion for vinyl records from the 50s thr ough the 70s is never-ending\, but I’m not interested in recreating anyt hing. I’m always looking to make something new and exciting that feels f resh. In the process of doing that\, the music that is in my DNA invariabl y sneaks through and provides a feeling of comfort and familiarity.” dir ect their own curriculum. At the time Goddard had a recording studio\, a j azz program\, private lessons\, and classes focusing on songwriting and cu rrent music. After struggling through much of his scholastic career\, Scot t found his inner student within this new approach to learning. “I disco vered that I love learning and pushing myself. I had been pushing myself a nd learning by playing 8 hours a day but not everyone saw it that way. At Goddard I dove in headfirst. I was taking Jazz courses\, private lessons i n guitar\, drums and songwriting\, working in the recording studio…after my courses were done I would stay in the music building until 1 in the mo rning practicing with bands or by myself. I was consistently playing in 3 or 4 bands. I started making big strides musically.”  Soon after gradua ting from Goddard with a focus in composition and performance\, Scott move d to upstate New York in the vicinity of St. Lawrence University. He start ed playing bass in a hip hop band and met Matt Burr who introduced him to Grace Potter. Together\, the 3 of them formed Grace Potter & The Nocturnal s. Grace was performing solo sets at little coffee shops and Burr and Tour net started accompanying her by playing quietly. Soon\, Scott and Matt sta rted turning Grace onto music that they were inspired by like The Band\, L ittle Feat\, Led Zeppelin\, soul music\, funk\, blues\, and roots music. T hey got her to trade in her modern keyboard for a Hammond B-3 organ and st arted to push the music into what became the GPN sound. For the next decad e Grace\, Matt\, and Scott rode the wave of success. They started selling out shows regionally and soon signed with a booking agency and record labe l. They soon found themselves touring nationally and internationally with acts like Robert Plant\, Mavis Staples\, The Black Crowes\, The Allman Bro thers\, Gov’t Mule\, and many others. They played Leno\, Letterman\, Fal lon\, Conan\, Ellen\, Good Morning America\, etc. Their songs showed up on TV shows\, movies\, and commercials. They started their own festival\, Gr and Point North that hosted acts like The Flaming Lips\, The War On Drugs\ , Lake St. Dive\, Warren Haynes\, etc. They made records with T-Bone Burne tt\, Jim Scott (Tom Petty\, Johnny Cash)\, Dan Auerbach\, Mark Batson\, Mi chael Brauer\, Rich Costa\, etc. They performed for and met President Obam a\, Bernie Sanders\, and two governors of Vermont. For Scott\, the career success had been satisfying but after a decade he began longing for new ch allenges. “We unfortunately agreed to open for Kenny Chesney and Tim McG raw in football stadiums for a summer. It was a terrible fit and we only g ot to play for 30 minutes a show. Between stuff like that and only making an album every 3 years\, I started to get creatively out of shape. We were always on the road and so many days were spent in airplanes or on the set of a TV show where we would wait around all day and then play music for 5 minutes. Also\, our “appearance” began to become more important than the music. One day I woke up and realized that I was very far away from wh o I was when I was at Goddard. I wanted to get back to music and what made me love it so much”. Soon after this\, Scott made the difficult decisio n to leave the band he helped build and abandon financial security and car eer certainty for the hope of rediscovering the joy of music and creativit y. He took a few much needed months off from the road in his sunny home st udio in San Diego and started delving into the music he left behind when h e left Goddard. Afrobeat\, experimental and psychedelic music\, latin musi c\, jazz\, and more started showing up in his compositions. Soon he had un covered songs like he had never heard before. He called it World Beat Rock & Roll. Elektric Voodoo was formed shortly thereafter and continues to th is day. Throughout this journey\, Scott had periodically put out solo albu ms (Next To Canada ’03\, Everyone You Meet Is Fighting A Hard Battle ’ 07\, and Ver La Luz ’12) and produced albums for other artists and bands as well. Venue: The Listening Booth. DTSTAMP:20261029T164440Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR