1931 Detroit Junior*
1957 Wolfgang Kalb*
1958 Robert Charels*
Regina Bonelli*
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Emery "Detroit Junior" Williams, Jr. (October 26, 1931 – August 9, 2005)[2] was an American Chicago blues pianist, vocalist, and songwriter. He is known for songs such as "So Unhappy", "Call My Job", "If I Hadn't Been High", "Ella" and "Money Tree". His songs have been covered by Koko Taylor, Albert King and other blues artists.
Born in Haynes, Arkansas, United States,[2] Detroit recorded his first single, "Money Tree" with the Bea & Baby label in 1960. His first full album, Chicago Urban Blues, was released in the early 1970s on the Blues on Blues label.[1] He also has recordings on Alligator, Blue Suit, The Sirens Records, and Delmark.
Detroit Junior began his career in Detroit, Michigan, backing touring musicians such as Eddie Boyd, John Lee Hooker, and Amos Milburn. Boyd brought him to Chicago, Illinois in 1956, where he spent the next twelve years. In the early 1970s, Detroit toured and recorded with Howlin' Wolf.[1] After the death of Wolf in 1976, Detroit returned to Chicago, where he lived and performed until his death from heart failure in 2005.[2]
He was survived by his wife Ella, and brothers Keith and Kenneth H. Williams.
Detroit Jr. - "Hot Pants Baby"
Robert Charels (born October 26, 1958 in Catskill, New York) is a blues singer in the vein of B. B. King, Duke Robillard, and other artists of the genre. He has recorded three albums under his name: Deception In Your Eyes (1997), Metropolitan Blue (2000, produced by Robillard), and Three Leg Dogs & Old Skool Cats (2007, produced by Michael Hill).
In 2005, Charels took part in a memorable jam at the B.B. King Blues Club in Nashville, as he performed onstage with B.B. King, Coco Montoya, Garry Tallent of Bruce Springsteen's E-Street Band, and other top musicians.
Regina Bonelli *26.10.
Inspired by early Blues and R&B legends of the 60's and 70's, Regina began singing and playing piano at the tender age of five. Ten years later, after picking up a guitar, she was out on the scene in NYC performing her original songs at all the clubs. As the years went by, she had two children and raised them on her own. Life and love gave Regina more than enough inspiration to sing the blues. She has written the songs, both music & lyrics, on her stunning debut recording "Open Up the Door." World-acclaimed bluesman Michael Hill produced and plays on the record, along with some of the country's premier musicians. This collection of tunes represents modern blues with a ton of soul and storytelling at it's finest. This album has been a #1 Pick To Click and featured in the "Rack Of Blues" on Siriusxm BB King's Bluesville radio and airplay worldwide. Regina's scorching vocals, songwriting and keyboard playing are garnering worldwide attention.
http://www.reginabonelli.com/
Regina is a NY Blues Hall Of Fame singer/songwriter out of NYC writing original blues music. In addition to composing, she plays keyboards. Regina is accompanied by international recording artists and Blues Hall of Fame members Michael Hill-guitar, Pete Cummings & Mike Griot-bass, Bill McClellan-drums and David Barnes-harmonica. Brooklyn born and bred, Regina is a single mother who takes her life experiences and puts them into song. Her tracks are receiving worldwide radio airplay and her album "Open Up the Door" is soon to be released. Regina and the band are hitting venues with their live show. bookings regbonelli@hotmail.com
Regina Bonelli - Organ Solo - Standing On Shakey Ground
Regina Bonelli: Cybersex Blues from the album "Open Up the Door"
Mehr als 40 Jahre spielt und singt Wolfgang Kalb
akustischen Blues, vorwiegend Country Blues, angereichert durch
Ragtimes, Gospelsongs oder auch Jazzballaden. Im Fingerpickingstil
oder mit der Bottleneckspielweise auf der Dobrogitarre
(Resonatorgitarre) interpretiert er die Lieder der alten Meister auf
eigene Weise, verändert Musik und Texte und passt sie an seine
persönliche Situation an. Sein Repertoire umfasst die Spielweisen
seiner Vorbilder wie Blind Blake, Robert Johnson, Mississippi John
Hurt und anderen Vertretern des Country Blues aus den 20er und 30er
Jahren. Unüberhörbar sind allerdings auch die musikalischen
Einflüsse von Muddy Waters oder von John Lee Hooker. Seine Stimme
gilt als ehrlich, persönlich und authentisch, trotzdem ist er den
Originalen sehr nahe.
Bei Auftritten Ende der 70er bis Mitte der 90er
Jahre teilte er sich die Bühne neben regionalen Künstlern wie
Martin Philippi aus Nürnberg auch mit den Bluesgrößen wie Champion
Jack Dupree, Louisana Red oder Blind John Davis.
Nach einer mehrjährigen Konzertpause tourt er
seit ca. mehreren Jahren wieder und ist zu einer festen Größe der
deutschen Country Blues Szene geworden.
Neben den etablierten Bluesfestivals gastiert er
regelmäßig in den renommierten Jazzclubs Deutschlands, Österreichs
und der Schweiz (z. B. New Orleans Jazz Festival in Wendelstein,
Schmölzer Bluestage, Jazz-Weekends, Bluesnacht Meppen, Jazz
T(w)oday, New Orleans Festival Fürth, Jazzclub Salzburg, Bühler
Bluesclub, beim Summer Blues Festival in Basel oder beim Magic
Blues-Festival bei Locarno als support für die R & B Allstars
(ehemalige Spencer Davis Group). Heuer gastierte er beim Blues'n'Jazz
Festival in Rapperswil mit seinem Solo-Programm und als Duett mit der
Blueslegende Jimmy "Duck" Holmes.
Erzählungen über den Blues, die Entstehung der
Lieder und persönliche Erfahrungen ergänzen bei Konzerten die
musikalische Reise durch die Geschichte dieser Musik.
For more than 40 years,
Wolfgang Kalb has been playing and singing acoustic blues,
predominantly country blues, as well as ragtime music, gospel songs
and jazz ballads. He interprets the songs of the old masters in his
unique way using the fingerpicking style or bottleneck method on his
Dobro guitar (resonator guitar), changing the music and lyrics and
adapting them to his own personal situation. His repertoire includes
the styles of his role models Blind Blake, Robert Johnson,
Mississippi John Hurt and other country blues artists from the 20’s
and 30’s. The musical influences of Muddy Waters and John Lee
Hooker are also clearly evident. His voice is considered to be
honest, distinctive and authentic, but still sounds very much like
the original.
At appearances between the 70’s
and the mid-90’s he shared the stage with regional artists such as
Martin Philippi from Nuremberg and blues greats such as Champion Jack
Dupree, Louisiana Red and Blind John Davis.
After taking a break from
giving concerts that lasted several years, he started to tour again
six years ago and has become firmly established in the German country
blues scene.
As well as appearing at
established blues festivals, he plays regular gigs at well-known jazz
and blues clubs in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (New Orleans Jazz
Festival in Wendelstein, Schmölzer Bluestage, Jazz Weekends,
Bluesnight Meppen, Jazz T(w)oday, New Orleans Festival Fürth,
Jazzclub Salzburg, Bühler Bluesclub in Switzerland, Summer Blues in
Basel, Valle Maggia Blues Festival, Locarno, support for R & B
Allstars/Spencer Davis Group, Blues'n'Jazz Festival in Rapperswil,
featuring Jimmy "Duck" Holmes, etc.).
He is a welcome guest at
previews of art exhibitions and as an opening act for bands. At
church concerts he presents his special gospel blues show.
Wolfgang Kalb visited New York
in May 2006, where he met blues veterans David Honeyboy Edwards and
Robert Lockwood Jr., who has passed away in summer 2006.
At his concerts, the musical
journey through the history of this music is accompanied by stories
about the blues, the origin of the songs and his personal
experiences.
All of the songs were recorded
live in the unique-musique studios in Bamberg, Germany, without
overdubbing, re-recording, double-tracking, sampling or the like of
it.
Wolfgang Kalb: Terraplane Blues
Walking Blues
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