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| Friday, 07 September 2007 | |
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Tuesday 25 SeptemberFeaturing:
Tickets $35/$25 PBC Members
Big Joe Louis was born in Jamaica, West Indies, and moved to the UK during the 1970s. The Blues Kings were formed 18 years ago and have taken their special kind of real down-home Blues to venues the length and breadth of the UK and Ireland and with great success in virtually every country in Western Europe and Scandinavia. 1998 and 1999 brought two invitations to play in the USA, leading to exceptional reviews. A groundbreaking tour of Norway and Russia (filmed for Russian TV) in October 1993 brought blues to the north of Russia for the first time and a 1996 trip to Bulgaria was enthusiastically received. Big Joe Louis and His Blues Kings have recorded radio and TV sessions worldwide and the last two years have seen trips to South Africa, Poland, Finland, France, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and Egypt as well as two visits to the Caribbean for the Mustique Blues Festival. Onstage at 9.10pm.
Lynwood Slim (right) felt there were only two things he could do to make a living: shoot pool or play harmonica. Thank goodness he chose to be a musician. As a child he played trumpet, but at 15 he picked up the harmonica. Although drawn to listening to Jimmy Reed and Little Walter, he made the career choice after watching Brooklyn Slim and Paul Oscher. His early memorable gigs allowed him to sit in with Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson and others. When the California scene dried up in the mid-'70s, he packed up and moved to Minneapolis. Less than a week after arriving, Slim replaced a band's previous harp player, Kim Wilson, who left for Austin to form the Fabulous Thunderbirds with Jimmy Vaughan.
Eventually, he formed the Lynwood Slim Band, working often
with Leonard "Baby Doo" Caston, James Smith and Walter Horton. His
style of swing blues won him numerous awards bestowed by the Minnesota Music
Academy, and, in 1990m he documented musical triumphs with Lost in
America, and Soul Feet, released in 1991 and reissued five years later.
Since migrating to Perth from Egypt in 1963, Ivan Zar has become an important figure in the WA blues scene. Forming his first band in 1968, King Biscuit Co, Ivan went on to form The Elks, giving him his first tastes of touring and supporting big names like BB King, Joe Cocker and Ike and Tina Turner. He has played with Brian Fitzgerald in The Deltones, again supporting worldwide names such as Mick Jagger and John Mayall. As a soloist he has played with acts like The Black Sorrows, Paul Kelly, Cold Chisel and the Bondi Cigars. While continuing with his distinguished career, Ivan has also mentored young up and coming artists including Dom Di Blasio and Ben Witt. A fantastic musician, and a true champion of the WA music scene, Ivan Zar is a well respected and essential part of the local industry. Onstage at 8.15pm Coming soon:
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