Bio

Bishop Mayfield And Friends Featuring: Dave Storie is one of the best bands in this or any area. They play originals as well as covers, which they do their own way. This is a five piece band that plays the blues, smooth jazz, funk & soul music. We will perform for concerts, fairs, clubs, weddings, and corporate gigs. The band is lead by the smooth and silky voice of: Bishop Mayfield and the awesome guitarist Dave Storie. Mr. magic Dean Angermeier 0n keys, holding down the groove is Mr. David Towe. His partner in crime the very "Solid" as a rock Michael-Scott Bowman on bass. Bishop Mayfield, Was born in N.Y.C and has been singing since the age of 5. He has been a fixture up and down California & Canada since 1966. He has toured or jammed with such greats as Albert Collins, B.B. King, Al Wilson, Martha Reeves & The Vandella's, Tower Of Power, Jr. Walker & The All-Stars, Charlie Musslewhite, Ike & Tina Turner, John Lee Hooker, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Jose Feliciano, James Brown, Robert Cray, Graham Central Station, Bo Diddley , Etta James, Neal Schon, Sonny Terry & Brownie Magee, The Neville Brothers, Buddy Guy & Junior Wells, Norton Buffalo, Steel Pulse, Pato Banton, Burning Spear, & many, many more. He has performed at many noteworthy venues over the years in California, Oregon and around the country as well as Canada. A few venues of note: are The Craterian Theatre, The Jackson County Fair, The Oregon Wine Festival, The Southern Oregon Music Festival, The Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s “Green Show”, The Harvest Festival, The Monterey Bay Blues Festival, The Mission Ranch, the Keystone Corner’s in San Francisco, Berkely, & Palo Alto, as well as The North Coast Music Festival and many, many more. http://www.reverbnation.com/bishopmayfield http://www.facebook.com/bishop.mayfield http://www.soundcloud.com/bishopmayfield