"Eddie Manzanares & Café Blanco play originals and covers with a Latin flair for smooth mood or high energy..."
About Eddie Manzanares
Eddie Manzanares (lead vocals & Guitar) brings the experience of over 20 years on the road. He has performed for audiences, large and small, in Mexico, South America, USA, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, South Korea, Canada, and the Caribbean. His perfomance style is a combination of Latin-Jazz, Bossanova and Rumba Flamenca. He also loves to perform Salsa, Cha Cha Cha, Son Cubano, and Son Montuno songs for your dancing pleasure.
About Café Blanco
Good music, good friends, and good wine! Café Blanco is available for all your entertainment needs including parties, weddings, business gatherings, etc. Café Blanco has been performing regularly at Bookwalter Winery and other venues in the Tri-Cities, WA region since 2004.Band Members:
- Eddie Manzanares - Guitar, Vocals (Mexico)
- Debi Eng - Piano (USA)
- JP Benitez - Percussion, Vocals (Ecuador)
- Jay Almaguer - Bass (Mexico-USA)
- Tony Woods - Flamenco Guitar (USA)
- Pamela Bowman - Flute (USA)
- Cuco Martinez - Percussion, Bass and Vocals (Cuba)
Sit-ins:
- Dustin Amos - Guitar (USA)
- Steve Haberman - Piano (USA)
- Alex Sanchez.- Percussion (Puerto Rico)
- Evan McPherson - Guitar (USA)
- Kyle Garello - Percussion (USA)
- Erick Alderson - Percussion (USA)
We now have a band fan page on Facebook. Check it out!
Upcoming Events
TomatoFare 2010 - Quincy, WA
We will be performing at the Tomato Fare 2010 on September 5, 2010 at White Heron Cellars located in the ghost town of Trinidad, between Quincy and Wenatchee, above the Columbia River (view map). Activities include tastings of over 100 different varieties of organic, locally grown heirloom tomatoes, sample recipes by the local chefs, live music, and wine tasting. The event is from 3-8pm and tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the event. You can purchase tickets online from Brown Paper Tickets. Hope to see you there!
Performance Schedule
Eddie & Café Blanco will be performing on the dates shown in our event calendar:
Music Sampler
Soņar y despertar soņando mas (MP3) - the name means "to dream and awakening dreaming more."
Porque ya no estas (MP3) - recorded live at The Barrel House Cafe & Wine Bar in September 2009 and features Eddie Manzanares, Jay Almaguer, and Debi Eng.
Te Deseo Amor (MP3) - recorded live at The Barrel House Cafe & Wine Bar in September 2009 and features Eddie Manzanares, Jay Almaguer, and Debi Eng.
Demo Video - Eddie Manzanares, Pam Bowman, and Jay Almaguer perform.
Reviews
The Spring/Summer 2007 issue of Reactor featured Eddie Manzanares & Café Blanco. The magazine cover shows Eddie with Christian & Dana Camarena who are Salsa and Latin dance instructors in the Tri-Cities.
(photo by Essence Photography)
Booking Information
For information about booking Eddie Manzanares & Café Blanco for your event, contact Eddie:- phone: (509) 396-8571
- email: manzan599@aol.com
- website: eddiemanzanares.com
- printable 8.5in x 11in one page flyer (PDF format - best printed on photo quality paper)
- guitar studio: 7425 West Clearwater Avenue, Suite A, Kennewick, WA
Guitar Lessons
Eddie teaches private guitar lessons (see above) and he will also be teaching two beginning guitar lessons this Fall (Sept 20-Nov 8) through the Kennewick School District's Community Education Program. The new course catalog will be available September 11.
Tri-Cities Musicians & Venues
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