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The Greyhound George Band stands for blues, soul and boogie, as it could come from a juke joint in the Mississippi Delta or from a smoky club in Chicago or Memphis. This is music full of joy, lively and dynamic with groove and a lot of feeling, straightforward and yet virtuosic. This sound is interpreted authentically and freshly by the Greyhound George Band and so, in addition to some classic blues titles, the band's repertoire mainly includes their own songs. Musically, the boundaries between blues, jazz and soul, between Memphis, New Orleans and Bielefeld, are sometimes blurred.
The blues is often wrongly misunderstood as sad or even depressive music. The opposite is the case. The music of the Greyhound George Band is medicine against the everyday blues and so the listener can expect a blues party on the highest musical level!
For over 40 years, Greyhound George has been a specialist in the more traditional ways of playing the blues.
and has been nominated several times for the "German Blues Award". Together with
he has twice successfully taken part in the International Blues Challenge in Memphis.
Memphis.
The band, of which "Bluesnews" once wrote that they play "so tight that no sheet of paper fits between them", consists of:
Band line-up
Greyhound George, guitar, vocals
Andy Grünert, harp, vocals
Dieter Kozak, organ, piano
Wolfgang Lohmann, bass
Detlev Schütte, drums
Aaron Haug, trumpet
Matthias Günther, Sax
Michael Meyer, trombone
The band was nominated as "best German blues band" for the "German Blues Award" 2022. The album "Get Up And Walk!" was nominated for best recording.
In 1990 he put together his own band, the Vargas Blues Band, with which he performed in 1996 at the 30th anniversary of the famous Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. Javier played with Carlos Santana and Prince, had guest appearances with Glenn Hughes, Jack Bruce, Alex Ligertwood, Devon Allman.
In March 2011 Javier started a new project: “VBA” and traveled to Las Vegas to record a CD with the legendary Carmine Appice (drums), Tim Bogert (bass) - both formerly with Vanilla Fudge, Cactus and with Paul Shortino (vocals) to record.
In 2019 he worked with John Byron Jagger, which resulted in the album “Move” and had international success with the instrumental album “Del Sur”. The latest album “Back in Memphis” was brought along.
The line-up:
John Byron Jagger - vocals
Luís Mayo - bass and vocals
Jota Marsan - drums
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