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Playing primarily original songs by keyboard player P. V. Nunes, the Occasional Saints brand of music is New Orleans blues and swing
Rolling with the good times
By FRANK DE BLASE | May 20, 2022
Pianist P.V. Nunes plays with a mixture of Big Easy ease and lapsed Catholic chagrin. It’s nasty, but Nunes and his band, the Occasional Saints, don’t work blue. They don’t have to. They get enough salacious swing out of their new self-titled 10-song pleasure platter. It’s Professor Longhair with a haircut. It’s Fats Domino just before he found his thrill....
Occasional Saints to launch new album at Record Archive
by Fox Rochester, Tuesday, May 17th 2022
P.V. Nunes on Keyboards and Vocals
Carmen Verzillo on Lead Guitar
Jay Chafee on Bass
Michael Verzillo on Drums
Rick McRae on Trombone
Mark Bradley on Sax
The Rochester-based six-piece Occasional Saints will bring their New Orleans-styled swing, roots, and blues music to the Record Archive for a Wednesday Night Happy Hour performance on May 18th. The band will be celebrating the release of their new 10-track full-length album. Attendees can pick up a copy of the CD at the show. Click here to continue reading