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----------------ROLLING STONES - ELVIS - HENDRIX - ZZ TOP - CREAM - BO DIDDLEY - BUDDY HOLLY - ALLMAN BROS - JIMMI PAGE - JOHNNY WINTER - MUDDY WATERS - CARLOS SANTANA - JOHNNY CASH - AND MY MOM AND DAD - WHO USED TO SIT IN THE LIVING ROOM MANY YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE JUST KIDS AND PLAY GUITAR AND SING - "FRANKIE AND JOHNNY" - "BEAUTIFUL" BEAUTIFUL" BROWN EYES" AND MANY MORE - "THANKS"
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HERE'S THE RECIPE - I TOOK ALL MY MUSICAL INFLUENCES --- ABSORBED THEM INTO MY SOUL - I STIRRED EM AROUND UNTIL THEY WERE WELL MIXED - I'VE PLAYED IN CLUBS - BARS AND ROADHOUSES FOR THIRTY SEVEN YEARS - AND WHEN I PLAY I SERVE HOT WITH PASSION AND CONVICTION AND THERE YOU HAVE IT'' -- NOW IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT I SOUND LIKE - LISTEN TO MY SONGS - OR GET YOUR ASS DOWN TO A CLUB WHERE I'M PLAYIN - ORDER YOURSELF A DRINK AND SOMTHIN TO EAT - RELAX OR GET UP AND DANCE AND HAVE A GOOD TIME - CAUSE LIFE IS JUST TO DAMN SHORT---GOT IT'' NOW GET IT' --- PEACE AND LOVE - BLIND ALBERT
Vincent Gabriel , aka - Blind Albert, has been creating and performing his own brand of music for more than fourty years. Influenced as a youth by the music of Elvis Presley and The Rolling Stones, Vincent soon developed a style rich in melody and emotion.---------
Born in South Amboy, New Jersey on September 16, 1947. Gabriel was first exposed to the music that his mother and father would play and sing in their living room as the family sat and listened back in the late fifties and early sixties. Vincent started playing guitar in 1964 and in 1965 formed his first band, performing at high school dances and local halls. After graduating from high school in 1966 he continued to perform in and around his home state of New Jersey until his musical career was put on hold when he was drafted into the united states army in 1967 and served a tour in Viet Nam in 1968 during the tet offensive as a combat infantry soldier with the First Infantry Division. Upon his return in 1969, he performed for ten years in and around Connecticut working in blues,rock and country bands,(performing with Dick Curless) honing his skills in clubs in New London, Norwich, Hartford and New Haven until 1979.---------
Moving to Santa Barbara, California in 1979,he enjoyed five years writing and
performing Latin influenced music with members of the "Flora Purim, Airto" backup band. Once again on the road, moving to Cape Cod in 1983, Vincent performed his original music in Cape clubs including TV appearances with his band "Illusion" until establishing a home base in mid-coast Maine 1989.--------
Forming the Blind Albert Band in the early 1990's,Vince established himself
throughout Maine as a no-holds-barred blues, rock and original music performer and was one of the bands invited to participate in the original blues festival held outdoors at the Tradewinds in Rockland, which later came to be known as the "North Atlantic Blues Festival"and was the opening act at the 2004 North Atlantic Blues Festival. Vince Gabriel is currently stage manager for the North Atlantic Blues Festival and has been since 1999 and is a regular
performer in NABF Club Crawl held every year in conjunction with the festival.----------
Vince has shared the stage with blues legend Jimmy Rogers as well as Eddie Shaw And The Wolf Gang (Howlin Wolfs Backup Band), Johnnie Rawls, Lucky Peterson, Philip Walker,Carey Bell and others and has opened shows for blues artists Eddie Kirkland, Carey Bell, AC Reed, Philip Walker, Eddie Shaw, Sam Lay, Son Seals, Magic Slim, Jerry Portnoy and many more. Vince has also opened for rockers Leon Russell and Merl Saunders of Grateful Dead fame and has worked in conjunction with Koko Taylor, Junior Wells,James Cotton, Bernard Allison, Johnny Winter, Coco Montoya, Aztec Two Step,Charlie Musselwhite,Maria Muldaur and the list goes on and on.---------
As a sound engineer for the past 18 years for Paul Benjamins monday nite blues shows vince has worked with some of the greatest blues artist past and present.a list to numerous to mention.
Vincent Gabriel is currently performing in and around the state of Maine, garnering rave reviews as a
solo artist and with the Blind Albert Band. -------
For booking or to contact blind albert - please email us at: blind_albert@yahoo.com
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To Order Blind Alberts "11 Bravo Vietnam" cd--(The Soundtrack To The "11 Bravo Vietnam - A Soldiers Story" Documentary)-------Please Mail Us A Check Or Money Order Made Out To Vincent Gabriel In The Amount Of $ 18.00 --- To:-----
Blind Albert Productions - PO Box 1042 - Rockland - Maine - 04841-----------
For A Copy Of The "11 Bravo Vietnam - A Soldiers Story" Documentary DVD
Please Send A Check Or Money Order Made Out To Vincent Gabriel In The Amount Of $28.00-------
To:-----
Blind Albert Productions - PO Box 1042 - Rockland - Maine - 04841-----------
A CD-DVD Package Is Also Available for $38.00--- These Prices Include Shipping---------Thanks'''''
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IN MEMORY OF - NICK SAUNDERS - BOB CAPLAN - HOWARD SPITZER
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Vincent Gabriel’s
11 Bravo Vietnam , A Soldiers Story
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Vincent Gabriel, Jr returned from his tour of duty in Vietnam thirty seven years ago. He fought in the Tet offensive of 1968. Now Gabriel, a noted midcoast Maine musician, has committed his experiences to songs from his 11 BravoVietnam cd and a series of spoken vignettes. The result is the moving documantary, 11 Bravo Vietnam , A Soldiers Story. The 55 minute presentation consists of songs and spoken memories with a multimedia accompaniment of documentary footage and personal photographs.
11 Bravo Vietnam , A Soldiers Story is a virtual scrapbook of one young man’s experiences in combat from the day he receives word of his induction to his homecoming. He sings of terribly brief friendships on the battle field, the searing awareness of his mortality and the random forces which preserve one life and take another. He tells of the importance of family and humor. It is a deeply personal tale. A tale, he notes, which is only one among a million others.
And now that American men and women are again deployed half a world away in Iraq and Afghanistan , Gabriel’s memoir is more relevant than ever. As the news media flash footage of anonymous warriors and cite statistics, 11 Bravo reminds us that each one of those figures on the screen has a dream for the future, hopes and loved ones, and a constant fear.
Gabriel’s documentary is not about policy, or politicians, or generals. 11 Bravo is about the combat soldier’s day to day struggle for survival in the chaos of a war - survival of the soul as well as of the body. Vincent Gabriel served as a pointman,radio operator with Charlie Company, Second Battalion, 18th Regiment,First Infantry Division during the 1968 Tet Offensive.
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Vincent Gabriels - 11Bravo Vietnam - A Soldiers Story Documentary
I added your RED HOUSE video to my NOISEHEAD.com homepage. As always, playing at least one BLIND ALBERT track on my radio show. Keep rockin' and see you soon!
Hey! It was greating seeing you play at the Pub Crawl during the North Atlantic Blues Festival. As always, you rocked the house! Thanks for the great music! Cap'n Barney ODD ROCK, WMHB 89.7 FM
Hey, See you on the 11th at the NABF and at the crawl. Hope you had a good (dry, weatherwise) 4th. I can't remember how many YEARS ago I started playing a Vince-track during each of my radio shows --- it must be close to 1,000 radio shows by now. Keep rockin'! Cap'n Barney ODD ROCK WMHB 89.7 FM www.wmhb.org
Viens ecouter mon single "ma music" sur ma page, le clip arrive bientot...du LOURD ;). Peace. et j'allais zapper...on est 7e dans le TOP Dailytunez de cette semaine!!
Yo bro, How you been? I'm diggin' that track "Life ain't ment to be lonely". Cool stuff.
On another note, I saw Niel Young in concert last week in Denver, CO while I was out on tour with my friend Jon. Ummmm... Unreal. I see why he's popular now, and it sure ain't his voice ;) Serious on that guitar bro! Woah.
Man this is some really great music here! Been listening to you while I work, but I'm not getting anything done cause the jams are too hot! Great guitar work.
Great set at the Blues Club in Waterville last night!! You kicked some booty. Stones, CCR, Neil Young -- AND Del Shannon! Good talkin' with you. Keep rockin'!
