”Javier Vargas was born in Madrid. When he was nine years old, he and his family moved to Argentina, where his parents had lived during the Spanish Civil War. They lived in Mendoza, San Luis, Buenos Aires and also in Mar del Plata, where he started playing the guitar with young musicians in places such as garages. He took guitar lessons, and he also used to go clubs to listen to groups playing blues live.
The Snowdroppers came together in the third quarter of 2007, a group of fucked up misfits and STD carriers with one thing in common; the desire to introduce the blues to a new generation of fans. Realising they were in fact four clean-limbed honkeys, they decided to mix things up a little, which seemed to work in their favour, as their first ever show drew 1300 paying audience members. Of the 1300, only half asked for their money back
Since picking up his first guitar at the age of four, Scott McKeon has devoted himself to the mastery of his craft and can now be considered to be one of the most gifted and naturally talented guitarist, singer/songwriters emerging on the UK blues rock scene. He plays with the technical expertise and passion that is the envy of musicians many years his senior. Scott made his debut on national television at the age of just seven and as the 1998 winner of Guitarist Magazine’s “Young Guitarist of the Year” title...
Musselwhite was born in the rural hill country of Mississippi. He has said that he is of Choctaw descent, and he was born in a region originally inhabited by the Choctaw. However, in a 2005 interview, he said his mother had told him he was actually Cherokee. His family considered it normal to play music, with his father playing guitar and harmonica, his mother playing piano, and a relative who was a one-man band. At the age of three, Musselwhite moved to Memphis, Tennessee.
Band was from near Indianapolis, IN. Their only release was recorded and produced in 1974 at Moe Whittemore’s 700 West studio in Indiana, US.
"Primevil’s "Smokin’ Bats at Campton's", is one of the heavy rock monsters of the Midwest. With a heaviness that sounds like Black Sabbath lead by two virtuoso guitarists Jay Wilfong and Larry Lucas. Their chemistry can be heard on “Hey, Lover” allegedly composed and recorded in one night in Whittemore’s New Palestine studio. Legend has it there used to be hundred count boxes of this record floating around.
Jon Paris is a blues guitarist singer/songwriter from Milwaukee. He now resides in New York where he spends most of his time on the blues club scene. One of his main gigs is B.B. Kings Blues Club & Grill close to Times Sq. Jon Paris has released his own albums, including, "Rock the Universe" and "Blue Planet". Jon Paris has also jammed with many acclaimed artists, including, B.B. King, Les Paul, Bo Diddley, The Yardbirds, Muddy Waters, Slash, Chuck Berry and Percy Sledge.
Atlanta based Blackberry Smoke continues to grow into the premiere Southern Rock band in America. Over the last 12 months, they have shared the stage with ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Montgomery-Gentry, Shooter Jennings, Cross Canadian Ragweed and countless others.
Blackberry Smoke has relentlessly toured the US this year including a 3 month opening for ZZ Top, and multiple dates with the bands mentioned, The Outlaws and more. They will be joining Lynyrd Skynyrd once again for the Simple Man Cruise in Jan 8-12 2009.
The Hoax was a blues-rock band founded in Wiltshire, England, active from 1991 through 1999. The band consisted of Hugh Coltman (vocals/harmonica), Jon Amor (guitar), Jess Davey (guitar), Robin Davey (bass), and Dave Raeburn (drums) later to be replaced by Mark Barrett (drums). After releasing two albums on the Code Blue label (formerly part of Atlantic Records), the band left to form its own label, Credible Records. On Credible Records, they released two more albums (as well as an EP) before disbanding in 1999.
