Paul Oscher Tour Schedule
Joe Grandwilliams
For Immediate Release: June 25, 2009
Muddy Waters Band Member
Paul Oscher
brings his
"Alone with the Blues"
Show
to the northeast
First area tour since 1994
Paul Oscher, multi-instumentalist and multiple (W.C. Handy) Blues Music
Award winner, is making a rare swing through the Northeast this summer on
his first area tour since 1994, when he came through with fellow Muddy Waters
alumni Jimmy Rogers, Pinetop Perkins, Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson,
Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, and Calvin “Fuzz” Jones.
Paul Oscher’s place in music history was cemented in the 1960s when he
became the first white musician to join the Muddy Waters Blues Band. He has
been an inspiration to a host of new generation harmonica players ranging
from Eric Clapton’s Jerry Portnoy to Magic Dick of the J. Geils Band and Rick
Estrin of Little Charlie and the Nightcats. Oscher toured the “chitlin’
circuit” with Muddy Waters at a time when mixed race bands were not welcome
in the Deep South. He learned the nuances of the blues looking over the
shoulders of the best musicians the blues had to offer, players like
legendary pianist Otis Spann and guitarist Sammy Lawhorn. Paul lived in Muddy
Waters’ house on the southside of Chicago and shared the basement with the
great blues pianist Otis Spann.
Oscher remained with Muddy Waters until the early 1970s, and stayed active
after leaving the group, recording with and accompanying Louisiana Red,
Johnny Young, and numerous other blues artists. He also fronted his own
group for years under the name Brooklyn Slim featuring Boston’s own David
Maxwell on piano. In the late 1990s Oscher began recording again under his own
name, and his unique deep blues sound began earning him multiple music
awards. His increased visibility led to collaborations with Mos Def, Eric
Clapton, Keith Richards, Levon Helm, and Hubert Sumlin, and his songs have
been covered by Alligator recording artists Little Charlie & the Nightcats and
Blind Pig recording artist Big Bill Morganfield. He has also been quoted
extensively in two major books about Muddy Waters, Can’t Be Satisfied and
Mojo Man, and an excerpt of Oscher’s own upcoming book appears in the
companion book to the PBS series Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues. His latest
recording “Down in the Delta” earned him two W.C. Handy Awards: “Acoustic
Artist of the Year” and “Acoustic Album of the Year “
For the past several years Oscher has been touring as a solo performer,
playing clubs and festivals all over the world. Paul likes this traveling
arrangement, as he says "the only one I have to argue with is myself -- me
and the band are getting along real good." In his unique "Alone With the
Blues" show, Paul tells stories of his life in the blues and sings and plays
harmonica, guitar and piano, at times simultaneously. He also carries with
him a rare giant bass harmonica that invariably floors audiences. Oscher
remains true to the real down-in-the-alley, gutbucket blues -- a sound that
is rarely heard these days. He’s been playing those low-down blues for the
last forty years and in Oscher’s hands it is as potent and current as it
was back in the days of Muddy Waters.
Website: _http://www.pauloscher.com_ (http://www.pauloscher.com/)
For more information on Paul Oscher, contact Greg Baert 604-688-1976
_ba...@telus.net_ (mailto:bae...@telus.net)
Tour Dates:
Fri, Jul 24, 2009
Pocono Blues Festival,
Big Boulder, PA - 8PM
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Club Passim
Cambridge, MA - 8PM
Sat, Jul 25, 2009
Godfrey Daniels
Bethelehem, PA - 8PM
Sat, Aug 1, 2009
Tupelo Music Hall
Londonderry, New Hampshire - 8PM
Sun, Jul 26, 2009
Turning Point Cafe
Piermont, NY - 7:30 PM
Sun, Aug 2, 2009
Chans
Woonsocket, RI - 7PM
Tue, Jul 28, 2009
The Stephen Talkhouse
Amangansett, NY - 8PM
Tue, Aug 4, 2009
Jalopy Theatre
Brooklyn, NY - 9PM
Thu, Jul 30, 2009
Iron Horse Music Hall
Northampton, MA - 7PM
**************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy
steps!
(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222585087x1201462804/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd=
JulystepsfooterNO62)
Blues-L web site: http://www.netspace.org/~blues-l/
Archives & web interface: http://lists.netspace.org/archives/blues-l.html
NetSpace LISTSERV(R) software donated by L-Soft, Inc. http://www.lsoft.com
To unsubscribe from BLUES-L, send an email with the message UNSUBSCRIBE BLUES-L to: list...@lists.netspace.org
Jimmy Jacobs
It will also be my first opportunity to see Fruiteland and Terry Evans.
Jimmy
Joe Grandwilliams
there is a lot of nuance and subtlety that really moves it to another
level.
In a message dated 7/3/2009 12:19:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
jacobsl...@gmail.com writes:
Brian Slack
Ron Weinstock
Jazz & Blues Report which can be downloaded from the web-site
(www.jazz-blues.com). It is the issue with Buckwheat Zydeco on the cover.
Buckwheat and Trombone Shorty played the Duke Ellington Festival here
recently and will be at the Poconos and I reviewed their performances as
part of my review of the Duke Ellington Jazz Festival in that issue.
I excerpted my reviews of Trombone Shorty and Buckwheat for entries on my
blog, inabluemood.blogspot.com.
Looking forward to seeing many of you there.
Ron
>=========================================================================