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Billy Price
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 21, 2006 – On June 1, 2006, Pittsburgh rhythm and blues singer Billy Price will release East End Avenue, his first studio recording since late 1999, on Bonedog Records (BDRCD-18).

East End Avenue features Price and the Billy Price Band on a set of 13 original new songs, five of which were co-written by Price with Jon Tiven, recent winner of four 2006 Blues Music Awards, including Song of the Year for “Think of Me” by Little Milton. East End Avenue also has a song written by Billy Price Band keyboard player Jimmy Britton, a cover of Dan Penn’s “Faithful and True,” and six songs written by Pittsburgh songwriter Mike Sweeney. Sweeney has written songs for several Bonedog artists as well as for Glenn Pavone, former guitarist with Billy Price and the Keystone Rhythm Band.

Price and his band—Lenny Smith (guitar), Paul Thompson (bass), Dave Dodd (drums), Jimmy Britton (keyboards), Joe Herndon (trumpet), Eric DeFade (tenor sax), and Rick Matt (baritone and tenor sax)—recorded East End Avenue at the Mojo Boneyard in McKeesport, PA. The Boneyard is the site of a burgeoning soul and blues revival in the Pittsburgh area; artists who have recorded there include Bobby Wayne, Hoodoo Drugstore, Piney Brown, Tommy Brown, and Guitar Shorty. East End Avenue was produced by Price and Jeff Ingersoll, owner of the Mojo Boneyard and Bonedog Records.

“For the past year and a half or so,” says Price, “I've been writing songs with Jon and Sally Tiven from Nashville, and I’m thrilled with what we’ve produced. It’s also been great to have an opportunity to record some of Mike Sweeney’s songs, which I’ve admired for a long time, and to work with Jeff at the Boneyard.”

To celebrate release of the new CD, the Billy Price Band will perform at two CD release parties in June: at 7:30 and 10:00 pm at the Tin Angel in Philadelphia, PA on June 3, and at 8:00 pm at the Rhythm House Cafe in Bridgeville, PA on Friday, June 16. In addition, Price and the band plan a busy touring schedule in 2006.

East End Avenue will be available in many Pittsburgh-area record stores, on the Billy Price Band web site, through online services such as Amazon.com and cdbaby.com, and through electronic download services such as iTunes.

“I’m as excited about this CD as I have been about anything I’ve ever done in my career,” says Price. “It showcases the extraordinary talents of my band members. I know that my fans are going to love it, and I expect that it will help to introduce our music to lots of other people too.”