Q: Are you on MySpace?
A: Joey the Saint and the A-Men have a MySpace presence
here. You won't find anything on the MySpace
site that you won't find here, but go ahead and check it out, be our friend.
I, Joey the Saint, will not have a MySpace page. If you can't understand why I’m not on MySpace, allow me to direct you to this article, perhaps the most sincere thing that has yet been published in cyberspace. Please take ten minutes and read it; it's crucial. Go ahead. I’ll wait.
Q: I can’t find you’re (sic) blog.
A: My blog is called Debbie Gibson Owes Me Fifty Bucks.
I'll be updating it regularly, putting the ol' English degree to good use. Finally. Sorta.
Q: Who are your influences?
A: As a horn player, Big Jay McNeely, Plas Johnson, Joe Houston, Scott Page, Michael "Tunes" Antunes, and Clarence Clemons. As a
songwriter, Randy Newman, Adam Duritz, Ray Charles, Bo Carter, Mark Dufresne, and Victor Borge. As a keyboardist, Jonathan Cain and Josh Wilson.
Q: What kind of horn / mouthpiece / reeds do you play?
A: I play a custom RPC mouthpiece on a 1956 Martin tenor saxophone. My baritone
is a Low-Bb Conn 12M with a refaced vintage hard rubber Brilhart. I play Rico Plasticover baritone sax reeds on both.
My sound reinforcement is about as low-tech as you can get; I use a Sennheiser E604
on a mount that I fabricated myself and run an XLR straight into the board.
Q: So if I get this horn / mouthpiece / reed, I can sound like you?
A: Sure.
Q: Is that picture real? Do you really play on your back?
A: On my back, behind my back, jumping on tables, duck-walking down the bar, yes. I once lit my horn on fire with a shot of 151
in the bell but I won't be doing that again anytime soon.
Q: Is it true you refuse to play Mustang Sally?
A: No. Joey the Saint and The A-Men will play Mustang Sally, but it requires $100, cash, in my hand, in advance. The price is
not negotiable and you have no mediation options. If the song is as great as you think it is, then taking up a collection from the club patrons
shouldn't be all that hard.
Q: Who's your tailor?
A: Thank you. Brooks Brothers in downtown Seattle.
Q: Why does Debbie Gibson owe you fifty dollars?
A: Get me drunk and I'll tell you all about it.
"Batting it out of the park with nasty juke joint saxophone."
-- Blue Suede NewsHonkin', growlin', screamin', and wailin', Joey the Saint’s hallmark tenor style has become a fixture around the Pacific Northwest from roadside bars and juke joints to the Gorge Amphitheatre. His aggressive sound, electric stage presence, and showmanship hail back to the 40's and 50's honkers and shouters.
Joey cut his teeth in the Seattle Blues and R&B scene as a saxophonist and vocalist with the internationally acclaimed jump blues combo Tim Casey & the Bluescats. He has performed with such legends as Frankie Lee, Charlie Musselwhite, Rusty Zinn, John Nemeth, Mitch Woods, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, and the JB’s, and has been nominated for Best Horn by the Washington Blues Society for his work with local heroes including Polly O'Keary, Nick Vigarino, and The Fabulous Wailers. He is featured prominently on the soundtrack of the cult horror smash RetarDEAD from 4321 Films, and remains a steady call for recording projects in Seattle and L.A.
Joey is currently available as a saxophonist and keyboardist for sessions, lessons, subs, and roadwork.