Gaetano’s Underworld Blues Band Credit: Courtesy of Gaetano Letizia’s Underworld Blues Band
Veteran local blues and jazz act Gaetano Letizia and his blues rock quartet, dubbed the Underworld Blues Band, just announced that they’ll play a release party at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 16, at the Bell Tower in Kent. Cleveland Blues Society Hall of Fame singer-drummer Mike D’Elia along with bassist Lenny Gray will join the group, which will also feature special guest on Moss Stanley on Hammond organ.

The group will perform all 15 original songs from its new album, Black Sheep of the Family.

“None of us are sharecroppers or slaves but we have our share of modern problems that the blues can help us with,”  says Letizia in a press release.

Publications such as Downbeat and Guitar Player have heaped praise upon Letizia during the course of his 50-year career.

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This article appears in Nov 8-21, 2023.

Jeff has been covering the Cleveland music scene for more than 25 years now. On a regular basis, he tries to talk to whatever big acts are coming through town. And if you're in a local band that he needs to hear, email him at jniesel@clevescene.com.