Double Barrel Blues Band of Syracuse signs contract with B.E.B.E. Entertainment

By Mark Bialczak/The Post-Standard

November 30, 2009, 9:35AM

Dick Blume/The Post-StandardGuitarist Mark Cloutier of East Syracuse and the Double Barrel Blues Band are working on a new CD. Cloutier also is promoting his solo release, 'Shake a Leg.'

Guitarist Mark Cloutier of East Syracuse sees years of hard work paying off for the Double Barrel Blues Band.

He reports this morning that Double Barrel is "officially signing with B.E.B.E. Entertainment for booking and some marketing."

"We feel patience and hard work will pay off for us in the long haul," says Cloutier, adding that a new CD "is now in the works with some exciting new material and so many contacts worldwide."

Cloutier adds that he's working with an A&R label rep in Seattle, who's helping promote Cloutier's solo CD "Shake a Leg." So far, Cloutier says, his songs have been played on radio stations in California, Washington, Arizona and Maine. "With many European stations playing the DBBB and my solo work," he says.