Sheila E. and the E-Train - SOLD OUT

City Winery Philadelphia presents Sheila E. and the E-Train live on June 25th at 6pm

One of life’s constants for Sheila E. comes down to a simple phrase: follow the beat.

And her impeccable inner rhythm is the pulse behind a trailblazing career that still

knows no bounds.

Family, faith

and music were guiding forces for Sheila E. growing up in the Bay Area. In

addition to percussionist dad Pete, the Oakland,CA native counts former Santana

member/Azteca founder Coke Escovedo and The Dragons front man Mario Escovedo

as uncles. Fellow Latin

star Tito Puente was her godfather. In addition to being weaned

on Latin jazz and Motown, Sheila E. was exposed to a diverse array of Bay Area acts.

Those influences ranged from the rock of Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead to

the R&B/pop of the Po

inter Sisters and the funk of Sly & the Family Stone. “I used to sit

on the corner

outside of the local community center with Twinkies and 7

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Up listening to

Sly and Larry Graham rehearse,” remembers Sheila E. “The sounds of the Bay Area

molded me.”

So it’s

no surprise that after such a music

-

immersive childhood, the gifted, world

-

class

drummer and percussionist began amassing an impressive string of credits playing not

only with her dad but also with pioneering talents like George Duke, Herbie Hancock,

Marv

in Gaye, Diana Ross, Lionel Richie, Prince, Ringo Starr, Gloria Estefan, Beyonce

and Jennifer Lopez. Grammy Award

-

nominated singer/songwriter behind the seminal

hits “The Glamorous Life” and “A Love Bizarre.” A fearless multi

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instrumentalist, equally

profi

cient on guitar and bass, actress, mentor and philanthropist.

Following a Bay Area gig in the late ‘70s, Sheila E. met Prince backstage. Their

Purple

Rain

recording sessions

—

including her vocals on the 1984 classic “Erotic City”

—

morphed into launching her

solo career that same year. Debut album

The Glamorous

Life

spun off the Grammy Award

-

nominated top 10 hit of the same name plus a second

top 40 single “The Belle of St. Mark.”

Between her ‘80s tenure as drummer, songwriter

and musical director for Prince’

s backup band, Sheila E. released two more solo albums

(

Romance 1600

and

Shelia E.)

and scored another classic hit with “A Love Bizarre.”

Sheila E.’s fierce, dynamic verve onstage has made her a major concert draw since the ‘90s. Along

the way, she has

acted in the films “Krush Groove”, “The Adventures of Ford Fairlane”, “Chasing

Papi” and launched various music projects (E

-

Train, C.O.E.D., E Family Band). She added to her

arsenal of credits performing on the 2012 Academy Awards with pop hitmaker Pharre

ll Williams and

composer Hans Zimmer. Sheila E. was also among the roster of stars chosen to perform at the 2013

Kennedy Center Honors whose honorees included artists Herbie Hancock, Billy Joel and Carlos

Santana.

Sheila E.'s producing, arranging, and perf

ormance talents have been showcased throughout the

music and film industry with appearances on, The Academy Awards, The Latin Grammy Awards,

BET Awards, The American Music Awards, The Kennedy Center Honors, The Summer Olympics,

WOW Awards, ALMA's, and The

Image Awards just to name a few. In 2010 Sheila was nominated

for an Emmy Award for “Outstanding Music Direction” in recognition for her leadership as musical

director for President Obama’s

Performance at The White House: Fiesta Latina

and again more

recen

tly in 2020 for “Let’s Go Crazy” Grammy Salute to Prince. Other projects, include

The E Family Now and Forever

,

Pete Escovedo Live at Stern Grove Festival

with her father Pete Escovedo, and

brothers Juan and Peter Michael Escovedo,

Sheila E. Live from Luga

no Switzerland

DVD,

Silk

Road

from the group Heavenese hailing from Japan, a literary biography released by Simon &

Schuster Publishing Titled The Beat of My Own Drum,

ICON

Sheila's 2014 solo album and the

single release Girl Meets Boy in memory of the lat

e, great, Prince.

Her 2017 studio project and tour,

ICONIC, was Sheila's effort to bring awareness to social issues and humanitarianism.

Her 2020

single releases, “No Line” with the legendary Snoop Dogg, “Lemon Cake”

& “Bailar” are Sheila's

continued cont

ribution to the music industry.