Press & reviews

What the blues press said about the Phat noiZ

A round-up of the reviews and mentions that followed Alvin Jett & the Phat noiZ Blues Band through the Wet My Beak era.

Review index

Blues Revue — Tom Hyslop

“Wet My Beak (self release) is highly recommended. This band should be playing festivals this summer.”

MO Blues Association — Chris Puyear

“I do believe they're just getting better with age… I like it and I think you will too.”

Blues Bytes — Graham Clarke

One of the reviewers who caught Wet My Beak on its 2005 release; the full text ran on BluesBytes.com.

Blues On Stage — “Mad Dog” Dave Madlener

The Minneapolis-based blues review site weighed in on the band's soul-blues hybrid sound.

STLBlues — Cornbread

St. Louis's own blues webzine gave the hometown band a close listen — see the full write-up at stlblues.net.

Real Blues Magazine

Wet My Beak landed among the Top 100 CDs in Real Blues' 2005 list, with a review in issue #30/31.

Also making news

House of Blues Radio Hour

The band was featured with Elwood Blues (a.k.a. Dan Aykroyd) on a nationally syndicated program dedicated to the International Blues Challenge, airing in over 180 markets in January 2006.

Best of The STL — City TV-10

Alvin Jett & the Phat noiZ Blues Band performed on the Best of The STL on January 11, 2006 at 7:30 pm.

Press members: grab photos on the media page and booking details on the contact page.