Pianist/Hammond Organist/Composer Anthony Geraci has a long history in the American Blues Community. He is an original member of Sugar Ray and the Bluetones, and Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters-he has recorded with both Artists extensively. Anthony has been nominated for the prestigious Pinetop Perkins Piano Award for the last Five years- 2016/2017/2018/2019/2020 by the Blues Foundation in Memphis, TN.
In 2019 Anthony received nominations from Living Blues Magazine: Outstanding Musician-Keyboard; Traditional Blues Album/Blues Band of the Year/Male Blues Artist- Blues Blast Music Magazine; Best Traditional Blues Band-Making-A-Scene. Anthony’s latest recording Why Did You Have To Go (Shining Stone) has received worldwide accolades. It debuted at #4 on the Living Blues Radio Chart, and was in the top 50 most played recordings for 36 weeks- Blues Roots Report. 2019 Nominations from the Blues Foundation-Memphis, TN include: Album, Traditional Album, Song of the Year “Angelina, Angelina” Traditional Male Blues Artist, Band of the Year Anthony Geraci and the Boston Blues All-Stars.
New Recording Dreaming (Shining Stone) features Anthony’s band-Dennis Brennan, Troy Gonyea, Michael Mudcat Ward and Jeff Armstrong. With special guests Walter Trout and Monster Mike Welch. Release date April 2020.
Anthony has been featured on over 50 recordings with some of the biggest names in Blues Music. He has recorded with Blues Pioneers: Big Walter Horton, Carey Bell, Odetta, Big Jack Johnson, Charlie Musselwhite, Lazy Lester, Snooky Pryor and John Brim. As well as contemporary Artists: The Proven Ones, Kenny Neal, Sugaray Rayford, Debbie Davies, Otis Grand, Welch/Ledbetter, Zora Young, and Duke Robillard. Grammy Nomination: Super Harps I (Telarc).
Nanaimo Blues Society acknowledges that we are on the traditional and unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, the traditional territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation.
