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Blue Byou is a successful and dynamic musical
duo, well known throughout the Florida Keys. They have entertained thousands
of tourists and locals alike for over a decade, performing a variety of
music.
The duo is a husband and wife team, consisting of Diana Namerdy on lead
vocals and rhythm guitar and David Namerdy on his Fender Telecaster, playing
lead guitar and vocals. They are accompanied by sequenced music, via a
laptop computer, giving a full band sound and the styles vary from Dance
Music, Rock & Roll, Island Music, Lite Jazz, Blues, Oldies, Swing,
Country & Western and the
list goes on.
Diana and David have performed everywhere in the Keys from Key West to the
exclusive Ocean Reef. They have entertained members of the Yacht and Country
Clubs on a regular basis, as well as doing private parties, and the many
tiki
bars, night clubs and restaurants. They have several hundred songs, many of
which are played upon request. In addition, they have their own original
songs which are often played on several of the local radio stations up and
down the Florida Keys.
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UPDATE
As many of you know, we have relocated to the Gulf Coast of Florida,
Rotonda to be more specific, and are
performing throughout the area.
Our new home is near Venice and Sarasota. We are making many new friends
and really love it here. We hope that you will check our
schedule and
venues page from time to time and catch one of our shows
EARLIER
YEARS
Diana & David both started playing
guitar at age 13. The two met in 1978 at a night club in Washington, D.C.
while playing in a blues band, backing up a Detroit based singer named
Catfish Hodge (http://www.catfishpond.com).
After recording an album with him entitled "Eyewitness Blues" produced by
"Freebo", bassist for Bonnie Raitt, they toured for a solid year, playing
with many of the blues greats, such as John Lee Hooker, James Cotton,
Professor Longhair, John Mayall, The Dixie Dregs, Edgar Winter, Lowell
George and Bonnie Raitt.
After departing the Catfish Hodge Band, David & Diana formed a local band in
the D.C. area and played around at various clubs until moving to New York
City in late 1980. While in New York they hooked up with an independent
management company, which shall remain nameless and worked on original
music, recording demos with various studio musicians, including Laura
Brannigan's band.
They also did a video with a group they named "Lafayette", after living on
Lafayette Street in Chinatown, lower Manhattan. The video was done in the
pre MTV days and being that there was a shortage of videos on the market at
the time, record companies not fully believing in them yet, David & Diana
managed on their own to have their video aired between movies on HBO (video
jukebox) and CINEMAX (pop spots) for about a month or so. Boy, times have
changed. They also recorded a 5 song EP at the famous Electric Lady Land
Studios in Greenwich Village, entitled Lafayette.
In November of '91 they left the "Big Apple" behind and headed down to
the sunny Florida Keys, where Blue Byou was formed early the following year
and the rest is Blue Byou history in paradise.
For
booking information, email us
here or check out our
contact page
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