We've Got It Covered
(2016)
The Blues Hounds were one of the best known Blues bands in Japan for over 12 years, opening for top visiting pro performers, as well as headlining their own major events, & doing some international touring. Harold's played on the stages of 8 countries, as well as being featured on the radio & TV in 4 countries.
Harold returned to the U.S. in 2011, & has establish the U.S. version of this top-notch, professional-attitude Blues band in the Columbus, Ohio area.
The cover-songs of the Blues Hounds repertoire are specifically chosen to be some of the coolest Blues songs around, & NOT standard "chestnut" jam-band style Blues songs.
Any potential new members should have experience playing BLUES music (shuffles, straight-8, slow blues, etc.), & be aware of standard Blues phrases, turn-arounds, & closings for songs.
Although the band members all have day jobs, this band looks at itself as a no-nonsense, professional undertaking, offering consistent, upbeat, top-shelf performances.
(Therefore, NO ego, punctuality, or substance-abuse issues will be tolerated from band members).
Influences
Our influences are the artists who made some of the coolest & funkiest Blues music ever, with a big horn-line & a Hammond B-3 organ sound, in the flavor of late-60's Stax Records:
Albert King, Otis Rush, Albert Collins, Jr. Wells, & Freddie King, as well as Lucky Peterson, Ray Charles, Roomful Of Horns, Delbert McClinton, etc.
Thank you Concha for these 4 CDs by Harold Stewart & The Blues Hounds. I wasn't familiar with this band before today, so I'm interested in having a listen.
ReplyDeletehi Concha, which is the best album of the 4 you shared to try first, never heard of them, and prefer traditional blues, not a fan of modern blues artists to be honest, so can you recommend one album as a starting point thanks
ReplyDeletethanks for these Concha - Reb
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