The BJ Band, a nice variety of acoustic instruments!! I really dig to have a bluesy mandolin along!!
Some scenery blues from the Swedish highlands..
A'cappella blues.. Just my voice and stompin' foot..
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Live at the Arkansas Blues & Heritage Festival, Helena, USA 2006..!!!
The Bandvillage Solo/Duo acoustic stage.
One of the nicest stages I've ever played on, beautiful!!
Photo: Jeff Brandon
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Filmed at the Regionalbibliothek, Weiden/Oberpfalz, during my Blues & Spirituals Tour in Germany..!! Just me and Ol'Rusty(reso-guitar)
Awesome audience, loved playing there!!!!
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Influences
The old bluesmen from the Delta..
Among others: Tampa Red, Blind Willie Johnson, Leroy Carr, Bo Carter, SON HOUSE and almost every other bluesman and woman playing in the 1920's & 30's..!!
Contemporary: Eric Bibb, Doug Macleod, Taj Mahal, Corey Harris among others..!!
Sounds Like
My sweet Duolian!! The MOJO machine.. LoL!!
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Here's me and the legendary piano man from England, Bob Hall!
I just sit there and admire this mans amazing boogie-woogie piano style!! Bob has played with more blues people than I can remember! For example: Savoy Brown, Howlin' Wolf, Rolling Stones, John Lee Hooker, Little Walter, Jimmy Witherspoon, Chuck Berry, Homesick James, Lightnin' Slim, Lowell Fulsom, Charlie Musselwhite, Snooky Prior, J B Hutto, Lazy Lester, Eric Clapton etc etc.. A long list.. So I'm happy to have done some tunes with him on this friday, the opening evening of the Blues Bonanza 2005!!! ...
About Bottleneck John - Acoustic Blues & Spirituals
The lone blues singer, sometimes I play the blues on my own as Bottleneck John! Mostly old-timey 1920's and 30's unpolished, raw Delta & Country blues stuff..
Spirituals, of course, are also an essential part of my repertoire!!
What better way to get your audience in the mood than with a set of laid back stuff from the Delta?
I play mostly resonator guitars, Tricones and Singlecones, my beloved tin-cans, in tunings and have one foot pounding out the rhythm on the floorboards... Some stuff in regular as well.. Vintage instruments such as ol'timey Levin guitars are favourites too! One of my trusted workhorses is a 1933 National Duolian, I just love the mechanically amplified sound..
Classic tunes from Robert Johnson, Son House, Blind Willie Johnson, Skip James, Muddy Waters, Bukka White etc.. As well as my own songs in the genre..!! From time to time some friends join in on Mandolin, Fiddle, Harmonica, Double Bass, Piano, Drums etc. An ACOUSTIC DELTA BLUES BAND!!
The past few years has taken me on tour to various stages/venues throughout Europe and USA, among others:
-Rootsway Blues & Food Festival, Parma, Italy 2009
-Davis Jazz Club, Vienna, Austria 2008
-Swing Blues Festival, Wespelaar, Belgium 2007
-Blues au Chateau, La Chèze, France 2007
-Paas Blues Festival, Asten, The Netherlands 2007
-Arkansas Blues & Heritage Festival, Helena, USA 2006
-Nidaros Blues Festival, Trondheim, Norway 2007, 2005, 2003
-Copenhagen Blues Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark 2006
-Dundee Blues Bonanza, Dundee, Scotland 2005, 2006
-Åmål Blues Festival, Åmål, Sweden 2005
-The Helicon Jazz Cafe, Warsaw, Poland 2005
-Music Café Pegasus, Munich, Germany 2006
-Breakfast Blues, Bunky’s, Helena, Arkansas, USA 2006
-Streets of Blues Festival, Tropea, Italy 2005, 2006
-Amistar Guitars, Frankfurt Musik Messe, Germany 2006
-Felsenkeller, Schwandorf, Germany 2006
-Jazzland, Vienna, Austria 2006
-Mississippi Welcome Center, Lula, MS, USA 2006
-Blues Cruise on the Baltic Sea, 2005
-Dalane Blues Festival, Egersund, Norway 2006, 2007
-Tartu ResoFest, Tartu, Estonia 2005
-Resophonic Guitar Festival, Pilzen, Czech Rep. 2005, 2006
-Street Blues, Memphis, Tennesee, USA 2006
-Isle of Capri Casino, Lula, Mississippi, USA 2006
- Skalica Cultural Centre, Slovakia 2005
-Imperial Hotel Blues, Karlovy Vary, Czech Rep. 2005
Here's a video clip with the band:
The Bottleneck John Band - Live at the 2007 Östersund Blues Festival!!
I just found an old guitar-banjo and it sounds great for the ol'timey material we play in the BJ trio..
Lately it..s been a constant travelling around to do gigs, solo and in bands.
A highlight so far is me playing in front of nearly one million people in Swedish national television!! That was something extraordinary..
Playing live as often as I can!
There..s nothin.. better than playin.. in front of an audience that likes the music from my heart & soul.. A great feeling!
I keep my music acoustic, the sound of these instruments warms my soul!!
Live in France, August 2007..
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Several programs on Swedish national television SVT, as well as local TV shows. Norwegian national television and radio, NRK.
BJ’s music is reguarly featured on radio shows and blues programs all over the world, France, Italy, Finland, Holland, Germany, USA, the UK, Australia, Mexico, Argentina and South-Africa to name a few...
Articles and reviews in blues magazines like:
Blues Matters-UK.
Blues in Britain-UK.
Blues News-Finland.
Twoj Blues-Poland.
Blues & Co-France.
Blues News-Norway.
Blues Art-Austria.
Concerto Magazine-Austria.
Radio interviews/Pod-casts in Holland, USA, Australia etc.
**Check out my YouTube site, lots and lots of video clips there!**
http://www.youtube.com/user/BottleneckJohn
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Ciao,John thanks for your friendship,Iam very happy, you are very good, I like your stupendous music a lot, and stupendous voice. you are certainly one of my favorite, in your musical kind The feels great admiration for you, be really one whom is worth rather to lot! The hope to listen soon to you, in italy.. talk to you soon, and all of my best wishes to always listen to your good music, all the best.. from italy.. and good life.. every day neal
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