Darren Watson and the Real Deal Blues Band
Darren Watson and his Real Deal Blues Band are heading north to promote the release of his new album, Saint Hilda's Faithless Boy, on Red Rocks Records.
It's Watson's fourth solo album in a career that goes all the way back to his days as leader of Kiwi blues outfit Chicago Smoke Shop in the late '80s.
With national tours alongside Robert Cray, George Thorogood, & Koko Taylor, and nationwide radio hits like Mind On My Sleeve, So Glad, and Another Man, Smoke Shop broke house attendance records all over the country.
Since leaving the band in the early '90s Watson has established a reputation as one our most original blues voices – as a blues singer/songwriter/guitarist he is almost without peer.
Watson has been busy since his last visit to Auckland in 2007, performing regularly around his Wellington home and working on the new material that makes up Saint Hilda's Faithless Boy.
A highlight was winning the prestigious International Songwriting Competition in 2008, a competition judged by Tom Waits, John Mayall, and Muddy Water's alumni James Cotton from over 15,000 entries worldwide.
And in 2009 he placed on the podium again!
Watson's new group, the aptly named Real Deal Blues Band includes ex-Chicago Smoke Shop drummer Richard Te One Jr. partnered with ex-Southside Of Bombay bassist Elliotte Fuimaono.
On piano, organ, and accordion is Wellington R&B stalwart, and Windy City Struggler, Alan Norman.
Together they make a beautiful and formidable sound – you'd be hard-pressed to find a more entertaining and original take on the blues anywhere.
This is international award-winning Kiwi blues!
It's gonna be a fun night!
Saturday 23rd October 2010
SAINT HILDA'S FAITHLESS BOY
CD Release Party
The Juice Bar at the Windsor Castle
144 Parnell Road, Parnell
Show starts at 8.00 pm, $20.00 door charge
Click HERE to visit Darren Watson and his Real Deal Blues Band's web site.
