Midnight Sugar... Soulful, Groove-oriented Blues from the SF East Bay.
Midnight Sugar is a 5-piece SF Bay Area eclectic Blues band from Concord, CA, USA. The band formed in 2019 from a collection of blues loving seasoned players; their unique brand of entertainment fuses elements of blues, rock, jazz and funk with dynamic, hard-hitting grooves and soulful, smokey vocals. Midnight Sugar's high energy and top-notch delivery will make you fall deeper in love with the blues and want to dance the night away...
Angelina Bentley - Vocals
“The blues is a celebration, because when you take sorrow and turn it into music, you transform it.” ~Odetta
Angelina Bentley is a recording artist, songwriter, and studio vocalist. Her voice can be heard on countless recordings, including film and TV. As a performer, she is known for her smoke and velvet voice and riveting, soulful delivery. She is a people and music lover, who always strives to uplift and entertain her audience, sharing the healing power of the blues.
Bill Bentley - Guitar
Bill Bentley has worked with Eddie Money, Starship, Beach Boys, Boz Scaggs, Huey Lewis, 5th Dimension, Diahann Carroll, and members of Pablo Cruise, Stevie Wonder, Poison, Whitney Houston, Doobie Brothers, Elton John, etc.
You have heard his work in film and TV on Discovery, MTV, Nickelodeon, HBO, Cinemax, Starz, ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, etc.
Neil Bellenie - Bass
“I can't help the shape I'm in, I can't sing, I ain't pretty and my legs are thin.” ~Peter Green
Thomas Churchill - Drums
“Have drums, will travel”
Thomas' musical journey started in Gary, Indiana with a desire to learn to play the drums in junior high school, unfortunately
this opportunity did not happen for Thomas. His desire to play the drums became his first 'bucket list' item that went untouched for many years.
Thomas, in 1991, checked this item off his list when he began studying drums with local Bay Area drummer/educator John Xeapoleas.
In those early years Thomas learned many drum concepts from John X and thrived from the many music schools and 'blues jams' available in the Bay Area.
Thomas' love for the drums continues, he has played in several Bay Area bands such as 'Blue Conspiracy', 'The Shorty Garcia Band', ‘Lizards of Lounge’ and 'Midnight Sugar'.
Thomas plays: DW drums and pedals; Zildjian cymbals; Vic Firth sticks; and Aquarian drum heads.
Tony Malfatti - Keyboard / Sax