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We’ve always listened to a lot of Delta Blues: Charlie Patton, Robert Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson…but unfortunately it was always our private passion, we always played with people who picked up blues after Muddy Waters. Or rather, in many cases, after The Blues Brothers.
When we discovered RL Burnside, Fat Possum, Bob Log and we were lucky enough first to see John Schooley and then to play with Jimbo Matthus, we discovered that you could simply ‘do it’. We needed the expressive and artistic freedom that only a duo could provide: the search for the true spirit of improvisation, the photography of music, without stylistic limits. Of course, you can hear Tom Waits, James Brown and AC/DC in our blues but, in the free form of the down home style of blues, we’ve found a more direct vehicle for our music. We know the tradition but we don’t always respect it because we’re telling our stories not borrowing the lives of others.
Furthermore, ‘essentiality’, in other words the desire to keep things simple, plays a part in our musical journey and you can hear this in even the most standard formations we work with. Musically, I went through a difficult period when I couldn’t understand the lack of ‘artistic need’ in other musicians. This sense of solitude strengthened me and I faced my fears through the duo where, on one hand, I’m limited but, on the other, I’m free… and only honest music works! Whilst we will always keep both Hendrix and John Spencer in our sights, our main focus is always on our music.

Marcello Milanese & Ivano Zanotti

"ME AND MY GUN" USA TOUR
July and August 2008

JULY
07.18 - Red Line Tap; Chicago, IL
07.19 - Big V's; St. Paul, MN
07.20 - Deep Blues Festival; Minneapolis, MN
07.22 - House Of Blues; Chicago, IL
07.23 - St. James Lounge; Appleton, WI
07.24 - St. James Lounge; Appleton, WI
07.25 - BB's Lawnside B-B-Q; Kansas City, MO
07.26 - Blayney's; Kansas City, MO
07.27 - Hideout; Kansas City, MO
07.29 - Paci's; Kansas City, MO
07.30 - The Underground; St. Louis, MO

AUGUST
08.01 - Flying Saucer; Memphis, TN
08.05 - Hard Rock Cafè; Memphis, TN
08.07 - The Rathskeller; Indianapolis, IN
08.08 - The Players Pub; Bloomington, IN
08.09 - The Players Pub; Bloomington, IN

NEW ALBUM "USED" PROMO USA TOUR
March and April 2009

MARCH
03.07 - School Of Rock Music; Bergen, NJ (Aft. Clinic)
03.07 - Mexicali Blues Cafe; Teaneck, NJ (Night show)
03.08 - Otto’s Shrunken Head; New York City, NY
03.09 - Europa Cafè, New York City, NY
03.11 - The Saint; Asbury Park, NJ
03.12 - Bar-A; Lake Como, NJ
03.13 - Howler’s Coyote Cafè; Pittsburgh, PA
03.15 - House Of Blues; Chicago, IL
03.16 - St. James Lounge; Appleton, WI
03.17 - St. James Lounge; Appleton, WI
03.18 - High Noon Saloon; Madison, WI
03.19 - Kathy’s Pub; Rochester, MN
03.20 - Cabooze; Minneapolis, MN (Deep Blues Festival Line Up Announcement Party )
03.21 - Rox Tav; St Cloud, MN
03.24 - Vaudeville Mews; Des Moines, IA
03.25 - Pizza Shoppe Collective; Omaha, NE
03.27 - Hideout Bar & Grill; Gladstone, MO
03.28 - Paci’s Cafè; Kansas City, MO
03.30 - Dennis Place; Springfield, MO

APRIL
04.02 - Fire Bird; St. Louis, MO
04.03 - Blues City Cafè; Memphis, TN*
04.04 - Camden, TN
04.05 - Bourbon Street Blues; Nashville, TN
04.06 - Reggie’s Music Joint; Chicago, IL

*Jam Session with Dr. Hermann Green

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