Popa Chubby
Theodore Joseph “Ted” Horowitz (born March 31, 1960 in The Bronx, New York City, United States). He plays under the stage name of Popa Chubby (a play on the slang idiom “pop a chubby”, meaning to get an erection). Popa is an American electric blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
At age thirteen Horowitz began playing drums; shortly thereafter, he began listening to the music of the Rolling Stones and started playing guitar. Although he grew up in the 1970s, Horowitz was influenced by artists of the 1960s. For example Jimi Hendrix and Cream, among others. In his early twenties, although he mainly played blues music, he also worked as backing for punk rock poet Richard Hell. Horowitz first came to public attention after winning a national blues talent search sponsored by KLON, a public radio station in Long Beach, California, which is now known as KKJZ. He won the New Artist of the Year award and as a result, was chosen as the opening act at the Long Beach Blues Festival in 1992.
Horowitz played more than 200 club dates a year through the 1990s. His Sony/Okeh debut, Booty and the Beast was produced by Atlantic Records engineer/producer Tom Dowd. Tom worked on recordings for artists such as Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, and Wilson Pickett.
His career has always been about moving forward and carving a place for himself in the imposing terrain of the music business, overcoming odds to continue growing and maturing as a creative force.
(source: wikipedia.org)
Horowitz first came to public attention after winning
a national blues talent search sponsored by KLON,
a public radio station in Long Beach, California.
He won the New Artist of the Year award and as a result
was chosen as the opening act at the Long Beach Blues Festival
in 1992.
