MoFo Party Band
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The MoFo Party Band from Fresno, California; has been captivating audiences at concerts, festivals, and night clubs since 1989, and are becoming the west coast premier blues band. These guys put on a show that will knock your socks off! Playing Chicago style blues, covering tunes by the great Magic Sam, Little Walter, Junior Parker, and others as well as a whole show of original numbers. The group is fronted by blues dynamo John Clifton on vocals, and is known as the harmonica tone master, his blistering harmonica riffs will leave you breathless. And with “Wild” Bill Clifton on lead guitar his movin’ and shaken’ the frenzied crowd with the baddest of bad, never to let you down blues guitar stylings. The Clifton Bros. are always ready for the show, their high energy stage antics are second to none.
This is the most entertaining show you will ever see. With Jon “The Croz” Crossen on
the bass guitar, bringin’ it back home but stayin’ on the hot side of a live wire. And Daniel Burt “The Rhythm King” on the drums laying down the solid foundation that makes the rhythm section drive like a locomotive in high gear. Mix all these elements together and you have the MOFO PARTY BAND!!!! The members of this band are not strangers to the big stage, opening shows for major names like, Anson Funderburg, Los Lobos, Tommy Castro, Jimmy Thackery, Charlie Musselwhite, Sista’ Monica, Bo Diddley, Little Charlie and the Nightcats, Gatemouth Brown, The Marshall Tucker Band, as well as many others. They have performed at many west coast blues festivals, and served as the Fresno based backup band for the powerful blues recording artist such as Kenny “Blue” Ray, Fillmore Sims, Jr. Watson, and the late Luther Tucker. 
They are seasoned pros. The band has recorded two C.D.’s.
Their first “10 Dynamite Hits” has sold thousand of copies and received rave reviews in major blues publications around the world. Their second effort, “Call the Doctor”; released in July ’99, has met with overwhelming response through record sales, magazine and media reviews, and feedback from fans and radio stations everywhere! A third CD project is now underway and should be released late summer, 2000. This is a group of dynamic individuals, with an original sound and a hard working professional attitude. They take advantage of the power blues that can invoke, unleashing it with the passion that only comes from the true love of the music.
