1900 Laughing Charley
Lincoln*
1945 Harvey Mandel*
1954 Ronny Seffinga*
1986 Sonny Terry+
2014 Rick "Mad Dog"
Moyer+
Jeremiah
Johnson*
Lorenzo
Thompson*
Happy Birthday
Harvey Mandel *11.03.1945
Harvey Mandel (* 11. März 1945 in Detroit, Michigan) ist ein US-amerikanischer Blues- und Rock-Gitarrist.
Mandel spielte in den Chicagoer Blues-Clubs und war Mitglied der Bands von Charlie Musselwhite und Barry Goldberg, bevor er 1967 an die Westküste zog. 1968 kam sein Debütalbum Christo Redentor heraus.
Von 1969 bis 1970 war Mandel Mitglied von Canned Heat und spielte mit ihnen beim Woodstock-Festival. Anschließend ging er mit John Mayall auf Tournee. Mit ihm spielte er das viel beachtete Album USA Union ein und wurde ein begehrter Studiomusiker. Er spielte unter anderem mit Love und den Ventures. Mandel war einer der Kandidaten für die Nachfolge von Mick Taylor als Gitarrist der Rolling Stones, auf deren Album Black and Blue (1976) er als Studiomusiker bei den Stücken Hot Stuff und Memory Motel mitspielte. 2010 und 2011 tourte Mandel mit der wiedervereinigten Band Canned Heat auch in Deutschland. Im Januar 2014 wurde bekannt, dass bei Mandel bereits Mitte 2013 eine Krebserkrankung diagnostiziert wurde.[1] Er verließ daher Canned Heat um sich einer Behandlung zu unterziehen. Eine Initiative von Mandels Freunden und Familie versucht nun Geld für die Therapie zu sammeln. Es wird ein Betrag von 50.000 bis 70.000 US-Dollar angestrebt.
Harvey Mandel (born March 11, 1945, in Detroit, Michigan, United States)[1] is an American guitarist known for his innovative approach to electric guitar playing. A professional at twenty, he played with Charlie Musselwhite, Canned Heat, The Rolling Stones, and John Mayall before starting a solo career. Mandel is one of the first rock guitarists to use two-handed fretboard tapping.[2]
Career
Mandel was born in Detroit, Michigan but grew up in Morton Grove, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.
His first record was the album Stand Back! Here Comes Charley Musselwhite's Southside Band in 1966 with Charlie Musselwhite. Described in 1997's Legends of Rock Guitar as a "legendary" album, it was influential in bridging the gap between blues and rock and roll, with Mandel's "relentless fuzztone, feedback-edged solos, and unusual syncopated phrasing."[3] He relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area, performing often at a club called The Matrix, where local favorites like Jerry Garcia or Elvin Bishop would sit in and jam. He then met up with pioneering San Francisco disc jockey and producer Abe 'Voco' Kesh (Abe Keshishian), who signed Mandel to Philips Records and produced his first solo album, Cristo Redentor in 1968. Mandel recorded with Barry Goldberg on a bootleg from Cherry Records and recorded with Graham Bond. He cut two more solo LPs for Philips, Righteous (1969) and Games Guitars Play (1970), followed by three more solo albums for the independent record label Janus in the early 1970s, which included Baby Batter.
On the night that Henry Vestine quit Canned Heat, Mandel was in their dressing room at the Fillmore West. Mike Bloomfield joined them for the first set, and Mandel came in for the second set. His third performance with the band was the Woodstock Festival in 1969. During this same period, with Canned Heat bandmates Larry Taylor and Fito de la Parra, Mandel contributed to the 'Music From Free Creek' super session project. Mandel stayed with Canned Heat for a year, touring and recording material which appeared on three albums. "Let's Work Together", a song by Wilbert Harrison which was included in the album Future Blues became an international hit. He is also on the Live in Europe album prior to Alan Wilson's death.
With Canned Heat bassist Larry Taylor, Mandel joined John Mayall's band for the next two years. He is heard playing on the two albums of that period USA Union and Back to the Roots. In 1972, he teamed up with Don "Sugarcane" Harris, Randy Resnick on guitar, Victor Conte on bass, plus Paul Lagos on drums, and formed the band Pure Food and Drug Act, which released one album, Choice Cuts.
When The Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor left the band, Mandel was auditioned as his replacement and he recorded two tracks with the Stones for their 1976 album Black and Blue, "Hot Stuff" and "Memory Motel". During the 1970s Mandel released the albums Baby Batter, The Snake and Shangrenade, in the latter employing the technique of two-handed tapping. He has also released an instructional video titled Harvey Mandel: Blues Guitar & Beyond.
Mandel acted in the film Chalk, directed by Rob Nilsson.
In 2009, Mandel and Larry Taylor reunited with Fito de la Parra and the rest of the current Canned Heat line-up to perform certain shows on the Canned Heat tour. Taylor, Mandel and de la Parra had all been part of the 1969 Woodstock Festival line-up. Mandel rejoined Canned Heat permanently in 2010.
Harvey Mandel and the Snake Crew was released in 2006, and was produced by Mandel and Michael Borbridge. Notable guest performers included Elvin Bishop, Norton Buffalo, Marcy Levy, and Nick Gravenites, plus Freddie Roulette, Pete Sears, Peter Albin, Mic Gillette, Barry Goldberg and Howard Wales. Harvey Mandel and the Snake Crew (Live) followed in 2009.
Career
Mandel was born in Detroit, Michigan but grew up in Morton Grove, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.
His first record was the album Stand Back! Here Comes Charley Musselwhite's Southside Band in 1966 with Charlie Musselwhite. Described in 1997's Legends of Rock Guitar as a "legendary" album, it was influential in bridging the gap between blues and rock and roll, with Mandel's "relentless fuzztone, feedback-edged solos, and unusual syncopated phrasing."[3] He relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area, performing often at a club called The Matrix, where local favorites like Jerry Garcia or Elvin Bishop would sit in and jam. He then met up with pioneering San Francisco disc jockey and producer Abe 'Voco' Kesh (Abe Keshishian), who signed Mandel to Philips Records and produced his first solo album, Cristo Redentor in 1968. Mandel recorded with Barry Goldberg on a bootleg from Cherry Records and recorded with Graham Bond. He cut two more solo LPs for Philips, Righteous (1969) and Games Guitars Play (1970), followed by three more solo albums for the independent record label Janus in the early 1970s, which included Baby Batter.
On the night that Henry Vestine quit Canned Heat, Mandel was in their dressing room at the Fillmore West. Mike Bloomfield joined them for the first set, and Mandel came in for the second set. His third performance with the band was the Woodstock Festival in 1969. During this same period, with Canned Heat bandmates Larry Taylor and Fito de la Parra, Mandel contributed to the 'Music From Free Creek' super session project. Mandel stayed with Canned Heat for a year, touring and recording material which appeared on three albums. "Let's Work Together", a song by Wilbert Harrison which was included in the album Future Blues became an international hit. He is also on the Live in Europe album prior to Alan Wilson's death.
With Canned Heat bassist Larry Taylor, Mandel joined John Mayall's band for the next two years. He is heard playing on the two albums of that period USA Union and Back to the Roots. In 1972, he teamed up with Don "Sugarcane" Harris, Randy Resnick on guitar, Victor Conte on bass, plus Paul Lagos on drums, and formed the band Pure Food and Drug Act, which released one album, Choice Cuts.
When The Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor left the band, Mandel was auditioned as his replacement and he recorded two tracks with the Stones for their 1976 album Black and Blue, "Hot Stuff" and "Memory Motel". During the 1970s Mandel released the albums Baby Batter, The Snake and Shangrenade, in the latter employing the technique of two-handed tapping. He has also released an instructional video titled Harvey Mandel: Blues Guitar & Beyond.
Mandel acted in the film Chalk, directed by Rob Nilsson.
In 2009, Mandel and Larry Taylor reunited with Fito de la Parra and the rest of the current Canned Heat line-up to perform certain shows on the Canned Heat tour. Taylor, Mandel and de la Parra had all been part of the 1969 Woodstock Festival line-up. Mandel rejoined Canned Heat permanently in 2010.
Harvey Mandel and the Snake Crew was released in 2006, and was produced by Mandel and Michael Borbridge. Notable guest performers included Elvin Bishop, Norton Buffalo, Marcy Levy, and Nick Gravenites, plus Freddie Roulette, Pete Sears, Peter Albin, Mic Gillette, Barry Goldberg and Howard Wales. Harvey Mandel and the Snake Crew (Live) followed in 2009.
Harvey Mandel & Snake Crew 'Baby Batter' 5 6 09
Laughing Charley Lincoln *11.03.1900
Laughing Charley Lincoln (eigentlich Charley Hicks; * 11. März 1900 in Lithonia, Georgia; † 28. September 1963) war ein US-amerikanischer Blues-Gitarrist und Sänger. Mit seinem jüngeren Bruder Barbecue Bob (Robert Hicks) war er einer der Hauptvertreter des Atlanta Blues.
Die beiden Brüder Charley (manchmal auch "Charlie" geschrieben) und Robert Hicks lernten wahrscheinlich zusammen mit Curley Weaver von dessen Mutter Savannah "Dip" Shepard das Gitarrespielen. Sie traten zusammen in ihrer Heimatgegend auf.
1923 ging Charley nach Atlanta und begann dort, auf einer 12-saitigen Gitarre zu spielen. Im Jahr darauf folgte ihm sein Bruder Robert, um 1925 kam auch Weaver.
1927 wurden ein Talentscout auf Robert Hicks aufmerksam und machte Aufnahmen mit ihm, die sich unter dem Künstlernamen "Barbecue Bob" recht erfolgreich verkauften. Auf Barbecue Bobs Empfehlung hin konnte auch sein Bruder als "Laughing Charley Lincoln" Aufnahmen machen.
Charleys erste Aufnahme It Won't Be Long Now war noch mit Barbecue Bob zusammen, die nächste Nummer Hard Luck Blues wurde auch ohne die Unterstützung seines Bruders ein Hit. Allerdings konnte Laughing Charley nie an den Erfolg seines Bruders heranreichen.
1931 starb Barbecue Bob, und Laughing Charley verfiel dem Alkohol. Er sollte keine weiteren Aufnahmen machen. Er kam mit dem Gesetz in Konflikt und wurde für einen Mord im Jahr 1955 zu 20 Jahren Gefängnis verurteilt. Laughing Charley Lincoln starb im September 1963 im Gefängnis.
Die beiden Brüder Charley (manchmal auch "Charlie" geschrieben) und Robert Hicks lernten wahrscheinlich zusammen mit Curley Weaver von dessen Mutter Savannah "Dip" Shepard das Gitarrespielen. Sie traten zusammen in ihrer Heimatgegend auf.
1923 ging Charley nach Atlanta und begann dort, auf einer 12-saitigen Gitarre zu spielen. Im Jahr darauf folgte ihm sein Bruder Robert, um 1925 kam auch Weaver.
1927 wurden ein Talentscout auf Robert Hicks aufmerksam und machte Aufnahmen mit ihm, die sich unter dem Künstlernamen "Barbecue Bob" recht erfolgreich verkauften. Auf Barbecue Bobs Empfehlung hin konnte auch sein Bruder als "Laughing Charley Lincoln" Aufnahmen machen.
Charleys erste Aufnahme It Won't Be Long Now war noch mit Barbecue Bob zusammen, die nächste Nummer Hard Luck Blues wurde auch ohne die Unterstützung seines Bruders ein Hit. Allerdings konnte Laughing Charley nie an den Erfolg seines Bruders heranreichen.
1931 starb Barbecue Bob, und Laughing Charley verfiel dem Alkohol. Er sollte keine weiteren Aufnahmen machen. Er kam mit dem Gesetz in Konflikt und wurde für einen Mord im Jahr 1955 zu 20 Jahren Gefängnis verurteilt. Laughing Charley Lincoln starb im September 1963 im Gefängnis.
Charley Lincoln (also known as Charley Hicks or Laughing Charley) (March 11, 1900 – September 28, 1963),[1] was an early American country blues musician.[2] He often recorded with his brother Robert Hicks (who was billed as Barbecue Bob).
He was born Charley Hicks in Lithonia, Georgia, United States.[3] In his teens he was taught guitar by Savannah Weaver, the mother of Curley Weaver, and performed in the Lithonia area until 1920.[4] He moved to Atlanta, Georgia and worked outside the field of music, while also performing occasionally with his brother.[3] He recorded with his brother for the Columbia label 1927–30.[4] An example is the two part duet with crosstalk, "It Won't Be Long Now" that the brothers recorded in Atlanta on November 5, 1927.
After Robert's early death in 1931, Charley Lincoln continued to perform into the 1950s. From 1955–63 he was imprisoned for murder in Cairo, Georgia, where he became a prisoner trustee. He died there of a cerebral hemorrhage on September 28, 1963.
Jeremiah Johnson *11.03.
Born and grown in St. Louis, Jeremiah seasoned his style on the Gulf Coast of Texas and then came home to lay down some dirty, rockin' blues. Now 5 albums into his music career, he has created a sound all his own. Nobody does blues like the JJB because it's not just blues. There is no genre for this music, you just have to hear it and feel it to understand.
Honors and achievements include being first place finalist of the Houston, Texas Regional Blues Challenge sponsored by The Houston Blues Society in 2004, 2005 and 2006. In 2011, the were the proud winners of the St. Louis Blues Society IBC Challenge and went on to the semi finals to represent St. Louis in Memphis, Tennessee. Sirius XM's B.B. Kings Bluesville picked up JJB in 2012 where they can still be heard nationwide, as well as on Touch Tunes Jukeboxes in your local bars and clubs and on radio stations across the country, including our very own KDHX 88.1 FM in St. Louis.
"Fire in the Kitchen" Jeremiah Johnson & The Voodoo Blues Band 3/10/2013
Lorenzo Thompson *11.03.
Lorenzo has played with such Chicago stalwarts as David Meyers, Pinetop Perkins, Melvin Taylor, Detroit Junior, Buddy Scott, and Harmonica Hinds. Lorenzo and his band has open festivals for the likes of Son Seals, Koko Taylor, Huey Lewis and the News, and Lonnie Brooks.
Lorenzo has toured Europe performing in Germany, Czech Rep, Vienna Austria, Hungary, Poland & Moscow. His South American ventures has been in Madrid & Barcelona Spain, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil.
Lorenzo has played with such Chicago stalwarts as David Meyers AND MORE. Our Home town Bluesman Lorenzo Thompson is always in high demand from Sweet Home Chicago to South Bend Indiana and beyond. Fans leave with tears and smiles on their faces as their hearts are jumping for joy.
LORENZO THOMPSON-SWEET HOME CHICAGO
Ronny Seffinga *11.03.1954
Die Emsland Hillbillies (oft auch E. L. Hillbillies) wurden 1973 in Aschendorf (Emsland) von Hermann Lammers Meyer gegründet.
Die Gruppe erwies sich in den 1970er Jahren als Karriereschmiede für einige später sehr bekannte Musiker, unter anderen bis 1975 Carl Carlton (Gitarren, Stimme, Schlagzeug), von 1975-1976 Kralle Krawinkel (Gitarre, Stimme) und bis 1977 Horst Bösing (Piano, Tasteninstrumente), die der Gruppe Mitte der 1970er Jahre einen mehr rockigen Stil verpassten. Später orientierte sich die Gruppe unter Hermann Lammers Meyer und von 1976-1986 auch unter Ulli Möhring mehr am traditionellen Country und an der US-amerikanischen Outlaw-Bewegung um Willie Nelson.
Im April 1976 kam Gert Krawinkel (Gitarre) neu zur Gruppe. Auf dem zwischen 1975 und 1977 von Achim Reichel für Metronome Schallplatten produzierten ersten Album Endlich (1977) war er aber anscheinend nicht mit dabei. Auf der Homepage von Hermann Lammers Meyer wird dennoch davon gesprochen, dass "Kralle Kravinkel" [sic] "viele Jahre Gruppenmitglied" gewesen sei.
1976 spielten die Emsland Hillbillies erste überregionale Auftritte, unter anderem in der legendären Hamburger FABRIK, in Psycho-Rockpalästen wie das "Paradiso" und "Melk-Weg" in Amsterdam, sowie einige Auftritte in Österreich wo die Gruppe auch häufiger Gast in der ORF-Sendung Howdy in Wien war. Für das "rockige etwas" im Gruppenklang damals Gert Krawinkel (bzw. "Gert Kravinkel") verantwortlich. Viele Auftritte in den Niederlanden, in Österreich, der Schweiz und allen Teilen Deutschlands.
Lammers Meyer erinnerte sich 2007: "Kralle hat uns mit seiner rockigen E-Gitarre tatsächlich seinen Stempel aufgedrückt und unseren Sound mitgeprägt. Als wir mal auf einem Jazz-Festival in der Münsterlandhalle spielten und damit eigentlich fehlbesetzt waren, kamen wir trotzdem gut an: auch dank dieses Sounds."
Als Musiker auf dem Album Endlich waren jedenfalls mit dabei:
Hermann Lammers Meyer (Stimme, Steel-Gitarre)
Ronny Seffinga (Bass)
Klaus Scheit (Fiedel)
Rolf Sieker (Banjo)
Detlef Wiedecke (Schlagzeug, Gitarre)
Werner Protzner (Bass)
Emmo Doeden (Schlagzeug)
Axel Cornelius (Schlagzeug)
Carl W. Buskohl (Gitarren)
Horst Bösing (Piano, Moog-Synthesizer)
Ulli Möhring (Gitarre, Harfe)
R.I.P.
Sonny Terry +11.03.1986
Sonny Terry (* 24. Oktober 1911 in Greensboro, North Carolina; † 11. März 1986 in Mineola, New York), eigentlich Saunders Terrell, war ein US-amerikanischer Bluessänger und Mundharmonikaspieler.
In der Kindheit durch mehrere Unfälle erblindet, wuchs Sonny Terry bei musikalischen Eltern auf (sein Vater war neben seiner Haupttätigkeit als Farmer auch Folkmusiker) und entwickelte bald einen eigenen lautmalerischen Mundharmonikastil, der auch Geräusche von Zügen und Tierlaute imitierte und bei dem er oft Stimmlaute mit einbrachte. Ein wichtiger Einfluss war der Harmonikaspieler DeFord Bailey, der in der landesweit ausgestrahlten Radiosendung Grand Ole Opry auftrat. Ab 1929 arbeitete Terry als Wandermusiker und arbeitete in den 1930er-Jahren mit Blind Boy Fuller, mit dem er 1937–1940, bis zu dessen Tod, in New York Plattenaufnahmen machte.
Bekannt wurde er vor allem durch seine Duo-Tätigkeit mit dem Bluesgitarristen Brownie McGhee (* 1915, † 1996), mit dem er in den Jahren 1941–1982 tourte und Plattenaufnahmen einspielte. Er machte aber auch Aufnahmen mit Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, Pete Seeger, Champion Jack Dupree, Blind Gary Davis, Mississippi John Hurt, Big Bill Broonzy und anderen Folk- und Bluesgrößen.
1947 spielte Sonny Terry am Broadway im Musical Finian's Rainbow, 1955–1957 zusammen mit Brownie McGhee in dem Stück Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955 gemeinsamer Auftritt auch im gleichnamigen Film Die Katze auf dem heißen Blechdach), in den 50er-Jahren nahm er sogar Werbespots (für Alka-Seltzer) auf.
1987 wurde er in die Blues Hall of Fame aufgenommen.
Saunders Terrell (24 October 1911 — 11 March 1986[2]), better known as Sonny Terry, was a blind, American Piedmont blues musician.[1] He was widely known for his energetic blues harmonica style, which frequently included vocal whoops and hollers, and imitations of trains and fox hunts.
Career
Terry was born in Greensboro, Georgia.[3] His father, a farmer, taught him to play basic blues harp as a youth. He sustained injuries to his eyes and went blind by the time he was 16, which prevented him from doing farm work himself,[2] and in order to earn a living Terry was forced to play music. He began playing in Shelby, North Carolina. After his father died, he began playing in the trio of Piedmont blues-style guitarist Blind Boy Fuller. When Fuller died in 1941, he established a long-standing musical relationship with Brownie McGhee, and the pair recorded numerous songs together. The duo became well known among white audiences, as they joined the growing folk movement of the 1950s and 1960s. This included collaborations with Styve Homnick, Woody Guthrie and Moses Asch, producing Folkways Records (now Smithsonian/Folkways) classic recordings.
In 1938 Terry was invited to play at Carnegie Hall for the first From Spirituals to Swing concert,[2] and later that year he recorded for the Library of Congress. In 1940 Terry recorded his first commercial sides. Some of his most famous works include "Old Jabo" a song about a man bitten by a snake and "Lost John" in this he demonstrates his amazing breath control .
Despite their fame as "pure" folk artists, in the 1940s, Terry and McGhee fronted a jump blues combo with honking saxophone and rolling piano that was variously billed as Brownie McGhee and his Jook House Rockers or Sonny Terry and his Buckshot Five.
Terry was also in the 1947 original cast of the Broadway musical comedy, Finian's Rainbow.[4] He also appeared in The Colour Purple directed by Steven Spielberg. With Brownie McGhee, he appeared in the 1979 Steve Martin comedy The Jerk. Terry collaborated with Ry Cooder on "Walkin' Away Blues" as well as a cover of Robert Johnson's "Crossroad Blues" for the 1986 film Crossroads.
Terry died from natural causes at Mineola, New York, in March 1986, three days before Crossroads was released in theaters.[5] He was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame that same year.[2]
In popular culture
Terry's rendition of the traditional song "Fox Chase", was used by the experimental filmmaker Len Lye as the soundtrack for his short film, Color Cry (1952). "Old Lost John" was used by Werner Herzog twice: at the conclusion of his 1977 feature film Stroszek and also during shooting scene in Bad Lieutenant. Port of Call: New Orleans (2009). More recently Terry's track "Whoopin' The Blues" was used for an EON Wind Farm brand commercial. It also appeared in the film 24 Hour Party People (Winterbottom, 2002).
Sonny Terry's harmonica is sampled in the song "Love is Eternal Sacred Light" on Paul Simon's album So Beautiful or So What.
Career
Terry was born in Greensboro, Georgia.[3] His father, a farmer, taught him to play basic blues harp as a youth. He sustained injuries to his eyes and went blind by the time he was 16, which prevented him from doing farm work himself,[2] and in order to earn a living Terry was forced to play music. He began playing in Shelby, North Carolina. After his father died, he began playing in the trio of Piedmont blues-style guitarist Blind Boy Fuller. When Fuller died in 1941, he established a long-standing musical relationship with Brownie McGhee, and the pair recorded numerous songs together. The duo became well known among white audiences, as they joined the growing folk movement of the 1950s and 1960s. This included collaborations with Styve Homnick, Woody Guthrie and Moses Asch, producing Folkways Records (now Smithsonian/Folkways) classic recordings.
In 1938 Terry was invited to play at Carnegie Hall for the first From Spirituals to Swing concert,[2] and later that year he recorded for the Library of Congress. In 1940 Terry recorded his first commercial sides. Some of his most famous works include "Old Jabo" a song about a man bitten by a snake and "Lost John" in this he demonstrates his amazing breath control .
Despite their fame as "pure" folk artists, in the 1940s, Terry and McGhee fronted a jump blues combo with honking saxophone and rolling piano that was variously billed as Brownie McGhee and his Jook House Rockers or Sonny Terry and his Buckshot Five.
Terry was also in the 1947 original cast of the Broadway musical comedy, Finian's Rainbow.[4] He also appeared in The Colour Purple directed by Steven Spielberg. With Brownie McGhee, he appeared in the 1979 Steve Martin comedy The Jerk. Terry collaborated with Ry Cooder on "Walkin' Away Blues" as well as a cover of Robert Johnson's "Crossroad Blues" for the 1986 film Crossroads.
Terry died from natural causes at Mineola, New York, in March 1986, three days before Crossroads was released in theaters.[5] He was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame that same year.[2]
In popular culture
Terry's rendition of the traditional song "Fox Chase", was used by the experimental filmmaker Len Lye as the soundtrack for his short film, Color Cry (1952). "Old Lost John" was used by Werner Herzog twice: at the conclusion of his 1977 feature film Stroszek and also during shooting scene in Bad Lieutenant. Port of Call: New Orleans (2009). More recently Terry's track "Whoopin' The Blues" was used for an EON Wind Farm brand commercial. It also appeared in the film 24 Hour Party People (Winterbottom, 2002).
Sonny Terry's harmonica is sampled in the song "Love is Eternal Sacred Light" on Paul Simon's album So Beautiful or So What.
Rick "Mad Dog" Moyer +11.03.2014
Mad Dog & Blues Night Out captures the soul of the Blues and hearts of all ages.
Their rich, genuine style and dedication to the music makes this band unique to all who appreciate American Blues Legends.
Their commitment to Chicago and Urban styled Blues reaches back in time to the great legendary artists such as Sonny Boy Williamson I and II, Big Walter Horton, Little Walter Jacobs, Willie Dixon, George "Harmonica" Smith, Mojo Beauford, Wynnonie Harris and Buster Brown. Experience the gutsy, authentic sound that captivates blues connoisseurs and brings audiences everywhere to their feet.
As Mad Dog leads the band with his growling vocals and howling harmonica it becomes evident that this man has been playing since the 70s.
Mad Dog & Blues Night Out have opened for Buddy Guy, Charlie Musselwhite, Ronnie Earl, John Hammond, Sonny Rhodes, Kenny Neal, The Nighthawks, Debbie Davies, Little Mike and The Tornadoes, James Cotton to name a few.
Rick "Mad Dog" Moyer has performed with Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Lonnie Brooks, Kenny Neal, The Kinsey Report, Sam Carr, Johnnie Johnson, Eddie C. Campbell, Artie "Blues Boy" White, Carey Bell, Mike Zito, Bobby Radcliff, and many more. Mad Dog had also appeared at the King Biscuit Blues Festival in Helena Arkansas in 1988.
Mad Dog has toured with "Big Jack" Johnson and the Oilers, and John Brim. Mad Dog and Blues Night Out were the backing band for Lonnie Shields.
Touring the US and Canada, working from club to club and building their ever-growing fanbase, Mad Dog & Blues Night Out are currently promoting their new CD release, "You Gotta Have Some Fun!". So join them and be a part of this exciting time with the Blues.
Their rich, genuine style and dedication to the music makes this band unique to all who appreciate American Blues Legends.
Their commitment to Chicago and Urban styled Blues reaches back in time to the great legendary artists such as Sonny Boy Williamson I and II, Big Walter Horton, Little Walter Jacobs, Willie Dixon, George "Harmonica" Smith, Mojo Beauford, Wynnonie Harris and Buster Brown. Experience the gutsy, authentic sound that captivates blues connoisseurs and brings audiences everywhere to their feet.
As Mad Dog leads the band with his growling vocals and howling harmonica it becomes evident that this man has been playing since the 70s.
Mad Dog & Blues Night Out have opened for Buddy Guy, Charlie Musselwhite, Ronnie Earl, John Hammond, Sonny Rhodes, Kenny Neal, The Nighthawks, Debbie Davies, Little Mike and The Tornadoes, James Cotton to name a few.
Rick "Mad Dog" Moyer has performed with Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Lonnie Brooks, Kenny Neal, The Kinsey Report, Sam Carr, Johnnie Johnson, Eddie C. Campbell, Artie "Blues Boy" White, Carey Bell, Mike Zito, Bobby Radcliff, and many more. Mad Dog had also appeared at the King Biscuit Blues Festival in Helena Arkansas in 1988.
Mad Dog has toured with "Big Jack" Johnson and the Oilers, and John Brim. Mad Dog and Blues Night Out were the backing band for Lonnie Shields.
Touring the US and Canada, working from club to club and building their ever-growing fanbase, Mad Dog & Blues Night Out are currently promoting their new CD release, "You Gotta Have Some Fun!". So join them and be a part of this exciting time with the Blues.
The
Lehigh Valley has a great wealth of musical talent, but as of 4:30 a.m.
March 11 2014 that account was diminished with the passing of
harmonica master and all-around good guy Rick "Mad Dog" Moyer.
At age 13, Rick decided he would learn to play the harmonica after experiencing Paul Butterfield, Canned Heat, etc., at Woodstock. Mad Dog learned his instrument of choice well and became a great player and bluesman.
He will be missed by his family and by the Lehigh Valley blues community of fans and musicians. Join us for a benefit and celebration of Rick's life and music at Pitchers Sports Bar & Grille, Union Boulevard, Allentown, 2-9 p.m. Sunday.
At age 13, Rick decided he would learn to play the harmonica after experiencing Paul Butterfield, Canned Heat, etc., at Woodstock. Mad Dog learned his instrument of choice well and became a great player and bluesman.
He will be missed by his family and by the Lehigh Valley blues community of fans and musicians. Join us for a benefit and celebration of Rick's life and music at Pitchers Sports Bar & Grille, Union Boulevard, Allentown, 2-9 p.m. Sunday.
http://www.reverbnation.com/maddogthebluesnightout
http://maddogandbluesnightout.com/index.html
Mad Dog & Blues Night Out @ LVMA 13 Musikfest Cafe Bethlehem, Pa
Keine Kommentare:
Kommentar veröffentlichen