2003 Nation Records™

Pete Special Mozart Street                       

© "Pete Special is an originator and professor of the fat, funkified, urban R&B sound that influences and now spills out from the best regional bar bands in America's great northern cities: Chicago, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Kansas City Missouri. He continues the pedigree, which he established with the breakthrough band, Big Twist & the Mellow Fellows, and is one of the leaders in the new millennium blues movement. Along with Robert Cray, Johnny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Blues Traveler, Sy Klopps Band, Ron Sunshine, and Buddy Guy, Pete Special will be laying down the future of the classic American music in the years to come." -Dan Aykroyd (aka Elwood Blues and founder of The House of Blues Radio Hour)

Up Town R& B 
TRACKS
1. Cool WorldMusic
2. Mozart ST
3. Those Were The Days
4. Like a Rolling Stone
5. Hold On
6. When Something is Wrong With My BabyMusic
7. Inside Out
8. Are We Rockin or What?
9. Breaking Up Somebody's Home
10. Chicken Heads

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NOTES
By far the Best R & B Band to come from Chicago Pete the Co-Founder of the 80"s R&B sensation Big Twist and The Mellow Fellows Special is a guitar-playing hipster (who) treads the territory somewhere between Dr. John and Tom Waits. A little horny rock, a little soul, a little blues, all played well."- The horn driven eight piece band that Special fronts on this Cd is rock solid and a perfect accompaniment for his gruff, Dr. John style vocals and sophisticated

"Special is a guitar-playing hipster (who) treads the territory somewhere between Dr. John and Tom Waits. A little horny rock, a little soul, a little blues, all played well."- (Nation Records) -Blues Access Magazine, Fall 1999

"Those who like their blues rock funked-up and stirred with R&B/Soul should follow Pete Special down Mozart Street". -Ed Hogan, Illinois Entertainer April 1999

"Pete Special brings the legacy of Chicago's R&B scene into the millennium with a smoky. Late-night funk reminiscent of Dr. John and Tom Waits, but with his own original stamp that will leave you wanting more." -Steve and Johnnie, WGN Radio

"The horn driven eight piece band that Special now fronts is rock solid and a perfect accompaniment for his gruff, Dr. John style vocals and sophisticated, film noir-ish lyrics." -Jeff Johnson, Chicago Sun Times