Melodia Mariposa’s Third Annual Halloween Extravaganza
Saturday, October 28th
5:00pm
On the Driveway of:
1165 E Mariposa Street
Altadena, CA 91001
Featuring The RJ Mischo Blues Trio
R. J. Mischo: Internationally Touring Blues Harmonica Master and Vocalist
Josh Harp: Internationally known Blues Guitar Player
Jack O Roonie: Award Winning Double Bass Player
FEATURED ARTISTS
RJ MISCHO
RJ Mischo is an award-winning world-renowned Blues Singer, Harmonica player, and Band Leader. He is the kind of entertainer that only 20 years of International touring experience can bring to the stage.
RJ’s music is a combination of originals and obscure gems that create an exciting mix of Grooving Boogies, Bump & Grind Shuffles and Electric Chicago Blues. RJ is endorsed by Hohner Harmonicas and has 9 Globally Distributed CDs out to date. RJ can also be heard on 21 additional CDs as a guest or on compilations with Jimmie Vaughan, James Cotton, G. Love, James Harman, Kim Wilson, Candye Kane, John Mayall and others. RJs Harmonica playing is on Nationally Aired TV Commercials as well as documentaries on the Discovery Channel and Independent Movie Scores. He has contributed his Harmonica expertise to two published Harmonica instruction books and has conducted workshops at Music Schools in the US, Europe and Brazil.
In addition to fronting his own bands, RJ has been hired to be in bands alongside Grammy Award Winning Pinetop Perkins, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, Jimmy Thackery, Earl Cate, Junior Watson and more.RJ Mischo & His Red Hot Blues Band has toured in 18 countries performing at top Showcase Night Clubs and on Major Festival Stages.
To name a few…
Arkansas Blues & Heritage Festival – Helena, AR
Delta Blues Festival – Greenville, MS
San Francisco Blues Festival
Monterrey Jazz & Blues Festivals
International Harmonica Festival – Sao Paolo, Brazil
Spring Blues Festival – Belgium
Moulin Blues Festival – Holland
Lucerne Blues Fest – Switzerland
Great British Rhythm & Blues Festival – And many more…
JOSH HARP
Josh Harp was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He grew up in a large family that listened to many different types of music. Josh liked them all! He started playing guitar, harmonica and saxophone at the age of 12. Josh really got into the blues at the age of 16 after attending a free outdoor street festival called the Bessie Smith Strut in 1982 in downtown Chattanooga. He saw up close and in person, such legendary Blues performers like Albert King, Koko Taylor, Gatemouth Brown, to name a few.
After completed his degrees in Political Science and Education from UTC, Josh moved to Chicago in 1990. He started working at the Chicago Public Library and playing with some of Chicago’s leading Blues musicians including, but not limited to, Eddie C. Campbell, Billy Branch, Lurrie Bell. He played in numerous venues in Chicagoland including The Kingston Mines, Navy Pier, Blues Etc, Buddy Guy’s Legends, Lilly’s, Bill’s Blues, Blues on Halstead. During this time, Josh also had many theater friends in Chicago that invited Josh and his band for music gigs at some of the top theaters in Chicago. Josh’s band played many theater parties and held a weekly gig at the Gaslight bar in Chicago during the mid 1990’s. Josh played gigs in Belgium, Holland, England, Switzerland during the early 2000’s. He held a weekly gig at Buddy Guy’s Legends in the spring/summer of 2003. He moved to South Florida in 2004, then to Los Angeles,
California in 2005.
As a Certified Teacher, Josh started working for the Los Angeles Unified School District shortly after arriving in Los Angeles in 2005. From 2006 to 2010, he was teaching music full time at Dorsey High school. Josh still works as a substitute teacher for the LAUSD. In 2010, Josh started working as an actor. Taking lessons, attending workshops and taking any acting job available. Over the years, Josh has developed a unique acting style. He has worked in numerous Films (Babylon,The Joker 2, Alone, Band of Robbers), TV Shows (S.W.A.T, CSI Las Vegas, NCIS: Los Angeles) Music Videos (Chromeo, Avril Lavigne, Machine Gun Kelly, Nicki Minaj, The Weekend) and Commercials (DirecTV, American Red Cross, Southwest Airlines, Apple), to name a few.
Today, Josh still continues acting, working for LAUSD, recording/writing music and performing music live, most recently playing in Spain 2022, North Carolina 2022/23 and Peru 2023.
JACK O ROONEY
Innovative and award winning professional with a 35 year long expertise in live performance, studio recording and musical composing. Accomplished double bass and electric bass player. Devoted to Americana roots music. Master in accompanying internationally renowned artists. Eager and capable teacher.
Jack set out to hone his craft by broadening his horizons, after an eye-opening and grueling stint at the Music academy Schools, Concervatory, Master classes, privates lessons with internationals bass players, Jack began to embrace music genres as Jazz, classical music, movie scores, Charles Mingus variations… the only common thread is a complete dedication to the Art of the DoubleBass.
That is not to say that Jack has forgotten how to rock out, put him on the same stage or in the same studio as touring rock & roll royalty and you are guaranteed a virtuoso performance of relentless ferocity.