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  • Otis Taylor & Gary Moore – Blues

    Otis Taylor & Gary Moore – Blues

    Otis is the heaviest of the heaviest. There will never be another Gary! Otis is as cool as ever. There is also fabulous hypnotic and metronomic drummer Josh Kelly.

    Gary Moore

    An outstanding composer, guitarist, and singer of blues and rock. He is known mainly for his unique, highly emotional style of playing the guitar. The perfect technical mastery of the instrument.
    Gary Moore was born April 4, 1952, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He began his career in the second half of the 60s. Inspired by the works of contemporary blues-rock guitarists  Jimi Hendrix and John Mayall. He spread his wings as a guitarist of the Irish group Skid Row. That’s when he was spotted by his idol, Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac, who helped the group to sign a contract with a major label and gave Gary one of his favorite guitars 1959 Gibson Les Paul. After years Moore played this guitar on the entire album with compositions of his idol, “Blues for Greeny.”

    Solo career

    The 70s are for Moore’s a very busy time. Solo career began by issuing in 1973 the album “Grinding Stone”. He also participated in many side projects. He played mainly in Thin Lizzy and progress rock project Colosseum II. At the end of the decade, and by the entire 80s seriously took up a solo career releasing during this period 7 albums and leaving behind such classics as “Parisienne Walkway’s”, “After The War” and “Over the Hills and Far Away”. In the 80s his style departed somewhat from blues to hard rock and soft metal, but in 1990, he reminded himself as a blues guitarist releasing his most famous album “Still Got The Blues“. This release, featured Albert Collins, Albert King, George Harrison.

    Blues accompanied guitarist on subsequent albums “After Hours” and “Blues for Greeny.” At the turn of the century Gary Moore experimented with new sounds, however, they issued these style albums that were not too well received by fans and critics here in 2001 again returned to the blues album “Back to the Blues.” His beloved music remained faithful until the end of his career.

    He died on 6 February 2011, of a heart attack in his sleep. It was during his holiday in the Spanish town of Estepona.
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  • Architect Of The Blues Revolution

    Architect Of The Blues Revolution

    Architect Of The Blues Revolution

    The earthy, soulful blues of Otis Taylor are an engagement with marginalised history and everyday emotion. Born in 1948 in Chicago, Otis Taylor is an unconventional American blues musician — unusual because of the variety of musical texture he brings to the regular blues structure. … Read More

    Betsy Badwater signs record contract and takes charge of own tattoo studio

    Steeped in all of Americana, Badwater’s music is rooted in the blues, and all else — rock, country and rockabilly ravers — evolve from there. But it’s the … Read More

    Troubadour Steve Earle gets the blues on latest album, ‘Terraplane’

    Sonically speaking, “Terraplane” is blues in the way that Earle has … “I probably thought I was God’s gift to country music for a second; then I realized … Read More

  • Otis Taylor & Gary Moore – Blues

    Otis Taylor & Gary Moore – Blues

    Otis is the heaviest of the heaviest. There will never be another Gary! Otis is as cool as ever. There is also a fabulous hypnotic and metronomic drummer Josh Kelly.

    Gary Moore

    An outstanding composer, guitarist, and singer of blues and rock. He is known mainly for his unique, highly emotional style of playing the guitar. The perfect technical mastery of the instrument.
    Gary Moore was born April 4, 1952, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He began his career in the second half of the 60s. Inspired by the works of contemporary blues-rock guitarists  Jimi Hendrix and John Mayall. He spread his wings as a guitarist of the Irish group Skid Row. That’s when he was spotted by his idol, Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac, who helped the group to sign a contract with a major label and gave Gary one of his favorite guitars 1959 Gibson Les Paul. After years Moore played this guitar on the entire album with compositions of his idol, “Blues for Greeny.”

    Solo career

    The 70s are for Moore’s a very busy time. Solo career began by issuing in 1973 the album “Grinding Stone”. He also participated in many side projects. He played mainly in Thin Lizzy and progress rock project Colosseum II. At the end of the decade, and by the entire 80s seriously took up a solo career releasing during this period 7 albums and leaving behind such classics as “Parisienne Walkway’s”, “After The War” and “Over the Hills and Far Away”. In the 80s his style departed somewhat from blues to hard rock and soft metal, but in 1990, he reminded himself as a blues guitarist releasing his most famous album “Still Got The Blues“. This release, featured Albert Collins, Albert King, George Harrison.

    Blues accompanied guitarist on subsequent albums “After Hours” and “Blues for Greeny.” At the turn of the century Gary Moore experimented with new sounds, however, they issued these style albums that were not too well received by fans and critics here in 2001 again returned to the blues album “Back to the Blues.” His beloved music remained faithful until the end of his career.

    He died on 6 February 2011, of a heart attack in his sleep. It was during his holiday in the Spanish town of Estepona.
    blues music t-shirts