Feelin' Good Magazine Featured "Bullit" Bill Tarsha European Blues Artist Calendar 1990 |
Arizona Entertainment Award Achievement in Music 1989 |
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Wrote original music and appeared in NBC made for TV movie Desert Rats which aired in the fall of 1988 |
European Tour September and October 1988 |
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Voted "Best Blues Band" Best of Phoenix, New Times Magazine ten times |
Susie Tarsha won "Female Vocalist of the Year" Soundboard Music Awards, 1987 |
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The Hohner Harmonica Artists Calendar, 1989 featured "Bullit" Bill Tarsha |
Won first annual "Soundboard Award for Music Excellence" Soundboard Magazine, 1984 |
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Voted "Band of the Year" Soundboard Magazine, 1984 |
Voted "Best in Blues" Arizona Republic, Phoenix Gazette 1991-92 |
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"Bill Tarsha is one of the best harp players on the scene today." -Muddy Waters |
"Rocket 88's, blues as it should be played for all times." -Tom Mazzolini, San Francisco Blues Festival Promoter |
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"The Rocket 88's, I wanted to hear again and again." -Bay Blues, San Francisco |
"Bill is the best!" -Pee Wee Crayton |
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"The Rocket 88's have an exciting raw sound" -Cadence Magazine New York |
"A trim four-piece band with a big fat sound." -Tucson Weekly |
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"You'll find yourself searching for more of the Rocket 88's' LPs." -Living Blues Magazine |
"The Rocket 88's never run out of energy, they always give their audience their best." -Soundboard Magazine |
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"The 88's, a work of Blues purity. Sharp and clean as I've ever seen, energy is the byword of this band." -City Life Magazine |
"The band is a strong aggregation with a good reputation, solid, strong, and ever evolving." -Wired for Sound Magazine San Diego |
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"The Rocket 88's bring the blues theme home with sets that put other groups to shame." -Arizona Republic |