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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
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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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