Aury Moore Band prepares for European Tour

By Ty Hughes

Aury Moore celebrated her birthday October 16 at Seattle’s Ohana on 1st Avenue Belltown with her main man, drummer Eddie Mendoza, and a parade of old friends.

Sahwoosh made her a nice birthday cake, and Aury’s old friend Lynn was in town from California for a bit. Terry, Ohana’s most prevalent karaoke fan, was also celebrating a birthday in a couple days.

Looking better than ever, Aury is excited about the future of The Aury Moore Band, now on the verge of breakthrough success.

After the unfortunate passing of the band’s beloved manager and friend, Tom Pfaeffle, the band fell into the hands of new manager, Stevie Adamek, who has garnered the confidence of Aury and the rest with his creative angles.

“Tom, my former Producer, was a great talent, very well-respected,” Aury tells me. “He produced my first CD. He worked with us on three songs just a couple months before he passed, and had me in the studio doing back up work for a couple other bands.”

Tom taught Sound and Engineering at the Art Institute of Seattle, came home and recorded for many, many artists in the studio he had built in his house.

“It was huge and beautiful,” Aury proclaims. “The whole place felt like Tom!”

Aury is very careful about dealing with the loss of her friend and manager.

It was at the HardRock Seattle show for the unveiling of the late Joe Shikany’s guitar, who died three years ago, where met she Stevie Adamek.

Stevie had worked on a couple projects for Roger Fisher, originally with Heart. Drummer Eddie Mendoza and Aury’s keyboardist are also working with Stevie.

“He brings new meaning to the AMB”, she says.

The AMB is preparing for a tour through Europe where they enjoy a “big following”. Recent funding became available for that, and an eventual U.S. tour, also in the works.