Jeff Powers: Vocal, Guitar
Chris Boross: Vocal, Bass
Steve Zavesky: Drums
Influences
SRV, Johnny Winter, Jimi Hendrix, Muddy Waters, Paul Butterfield, Z.Z. Top, Freddy King, Magic Sam, Albert King, Albert Collins, Otis Rush, Eric Clapton, Robert Johnson, Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, "Boogaloo Joe" Jones Mississippi Fred MacDowell, Elmore James, Chuck Berry...on and on
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Dead Guy Blues plays blues from the Cuyahoga Delta. Cold hard steelyard blues. Their kind of blues was born in garages and grew up in broken bars with hard booze, hard love, hard men and women and hard rockin' music.
Living as an illegal alien and partying like a rock star in Mexico City for 7 years guitarist/singer/songwriter Jeff Powers cut his teeth in various blues bands there. Though Jeff moved to Mexico City to perform and teach classical guitar he soon dropped out of the cozy and well paid classical world to live and play in the down and dirty clubs, jails, and places at the end of dirt roads (street parties).
Barely eeking out a living Jeff would cross the entire city with guitar and amp in hand by bus and subway to get to a gig or rehearsal but during his years there he wrote over 200 songs and developed his own standout style of blues guitar based around his virtuoso classical technique.
It took a lot of gigs, tequila, beer, pulque and mota (a staple of the Mexican bluesman) to make the change but Jeff left Cleveland as a classical artist and returned a full fledged bluesman! He traded in his tux for a bad ass hat.
Soon after returning to the Cuyahoga Delta Jeff put together Dead Guy Blues to showcase his guitar, vocal and songwriting skills. Even though Jeff loves traditional blues of all kinds his mission is to take it (the blues) somewhere else…laying down songs with twists and turns in the lyric, rhythm and chord changes, hence songs like: "Aztec Trot" (something you might encounter after drinking the Mexican water, "Roadkill", "Cold Wind in Cleveland", "I Miss My Ball and Chain" (a not so tender love song), "Bad Voodoo", "Beer and Whiskey, Coffee and Cigarettes", "Throw This Dog a Bone" and "Drunk as a Skunk".
Their recordings show case only original songs but live they’ll tear it up on anything blues or anything that can be made into blues. From Link Ray’s classic “Rumble” to garage rock of the 60’s even an electric version of Stephen Still’s “Treetop Flyer” or a delta finger picked version of Hendrix’s classic “Voodoo Chile” (it will blow your mind), hell!they’ll turn a polka and into blues…nothing’s sacred! They even turn surf instrumentals into something they can crank on some roaring blues.
First Dead Guy Blues CD
The new DGB CD cover...release date set for January 2009
"As of Dec 9th, 2009 the new song "lizzie & ruthie" has us on the reverbnations blues charts: Local 1 in Blues & Local 7th in all genres, National Blues 116 out of 3374. Global Blues 162 out of 6113. And 120 on the top 500 Blues Hot List. the 69 band."
"As of Dec 6th, 2009 the new song "lizzie & ruthie" has us on the reverbnations blues charts: Local 1 in Blues & Local 7th in all genres, National Blues 136 out of 3350. Global Blues 187 out of 6075. And 184 on the top 500 Blues Hot List. the 69 band."
"BEACH BLANKET BLITZKRIEG!!"-PRISCILLA LIVE AT THE HI-FI CONCERT CLUB IN LAKEWOOD,OHIO(11729 DETROIT AVE.)...FRIDAY,NOVEMBER 27,2009...WITH VERY SPECIAL GUESTS THE KNOCKOUTS (FEATURING SINGER DAVID DIVINE OF MARKY RAMONE AND FRIENDS),DAY METHOD,AND MYTH AND COMPANY.SPECIAL PERFORMANCES BY INFUSION AND BY TWELVE YEAR OLD GUITAR PRODIGY ALEX RAZ...ALL AGES SHOW...TICKETS ONLY $5 IN ADVANCE!
"BEACH BLANKET BLITZKRIEG!!"-PRISCILLA LIVE AT THE HI-FI CONCERT CLUB IN LAKEWOOD,OHIO(11729 DETROIT AVE.)...FRIDAY,NOVEMBER 27,2009...WITH VERY SPECIAL GUESTS THE KNOCKOUTS,MYTH AND COMPANY,CHEAP THRILLS(FROM EERIE,PA),AND DAY METHOD.SPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY INFUSION AND BY TWELVE YEAR OLD GUITAR PRODIGY ALEX RAZ...TICKETS ONLY $5 IN ADVANCE!
Thanks for keeping the Blues breathing. Us Blues artists appreciate you much. I've added a link to the live video footage of five songs that are on my debut CD 'Hell and Back'. Hope you enjoy them. Peace. http://davidgerald.com/videos.php
Check it out! We just put up new everything...layout, bands, music, etc.
We are looking for new management clients for 2010. Email us if you interested. We are taking on graphic design projects (MySpace layouts, album artwork, t-shirt deigns), anything you or your bands needs we can do.
3 song recording special going on now at various studios we book at. Looking to record and want the BEST recordings email us!
I'm consolidating all my wonderful friends around the world into one list. So I have just created a new friends contact list. If you would like to be kept up to date on what I've got going on in my musical world, Just click the following link to join up. http://www.reverbnation.com/davidgerald?add_email=true See you on the internet... and at a show soon too I hope! Peace.
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