RALPH SKUBAN (Vocals, Guitars, Ukulele, Stomp) & WALTER ZAEH (Vocals, Bass, Harmonica, Stomp). Ralph Skuban & Walter Zäh share the same stages for 20 years now. Well, we know each other and his way of grooving. Both of us we have a passion for our resonator instruments. They sparkle and gleam but most of all: They sound gorgious! Sound is the music's soul and Bliss'n'Blue has lots of it.
Influences
„ ... das umfasst mitreißende Grooves, herrlichen Swing und bestens in Szene gesetzten Satzgesang. Dadurch entsteht ein harmonisch dichtes, natürlich klingendes und rhythmisch geprägtes Songwriting. Wer eine wahrhaft musikalische, authentische und spannende Variante des Country Blues hören will, der wird hier aufs Beste bedient.“ - Akustik Gitarre Magazin Nr. 05/2007
Sounds Like
„ ... handgemachte akustische Musik, die sich gängiger Kategorisierung elegant entzieht. Die beiden Fingerpicker verschmelzen rockigen Drive, Harmonien der irischen Folklore, die tragenden Bassläufe der Country Music und ein tiefes Gefühl für den Blues zu einem kompakten, eigenständigen Klangbild.“ (Frieder Faist, Buch- und Hörspiel-Autor)
‚Coming together as a duo after decades of playing in bands, Bliss 'n' Blue's CD Keep on Walking preserves a band's instinct to drive a room and rock the house. Using traditional instruments, (resonator guitars and basses, ukulele, mandolin, harp, and stompbox), provides a texture that supports profound lyrics, original and emotionally dead on. The songs tell of the complex feelings that come up in relationships, the crosscut saw that makes life and love such an enjoyable pain in the ass! The phrase Bliss'n‘Blue says it all. These guys have been around the block musically and emotionally. There are echoes of many different country's roots musical traditions in this collection.‘ - Curtis Blues, USA
My new live album "Tempo, musique pour calcaire et guitares" (music for limestone and slide guitars from a live concert in duet with Franck Kernel, stone carver) will be available for may 2009. I'm really happy with this project. You can watch a video (the last song of this 6 hours long work with interview) from this show here
Hey there BnB's, Thanks for the invitation. I really enjoyed your music,, the resonator instruments are cool!! I'm working on one of my own resonator bass guitars at this time. I hope you'll stop by and say hello. Peace, Shannon Keep your Amp Trimmed and Burnin
