Latest CD "Rising Shun" Recording Members:
Gerald McClendon (Vo), J.W Williams (Vo), Billy Branch (Harp), Stan Banks (Key), Charles Mack (B), Andre Howard (B), Mark Mack (Dr), Jam Horns, Atsushi katano (B, P), Yoshikazu Seki (Ds), Norio Kanasashi (Ds), Voices (Chorus), Jamsbee (Shinsuke Kado-Gt, Makoto Uehara-Vo, Seinosuke Ikezaki-B), Mint. (Shamisen)
Special Guest: Koko Taylor (Vo)
Sounds Like
Modern Chicago blues guitar with touch of funk and R&B
Hello everyone,
Thanks for checking myspace/guitarshun.
Please let me introduce myself briefly.
I was born and grew up in a suburb of Tokyo called Utsunomiya, Japan and I have been playing the guitar since I was 10.
Now I am residing in The States for 22 years and 18 years in Chicagoland.
Since I moved to The States, I have been extremely lucky to have opportunities to perform or record with such blues ,R&B and jazz legends as B.B.King, Koko Taylor, Junior Wells, Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, Magic Slim, Robert Lockwood Jr, Pinetop Perkins, Billy Branch, Bo Diddley, Irma Thomas, James Cotton, Hubert Sumlin, Lonnie Brooks, Johnny & Shemekia Copeland, Tyrone Davis, Buddy Miles, Kenny Wayne Sheppard, Brian McNight, J.W Williams, Son Seals, Louis and Dave Myers, Otis Clay, Jimmie Johnson, Eddy"The Chief"Clearwater, Eddie Shaw, John Primer, Big Time Sarah, Tommy McCracken, Johnny Little John, Nellie"Tiger"Travis, Lurrie Bell, Carl Weathersby, Ronnie and Wayne Baker Brooks, Chicao Banks, Rico McFarland, Chick Rogers, Marva Wright, Deborah Coleman, Marcia Ball, Roy Hargrove, Mark Whitfield and Mark Turner.
Currently I am a member of Koko Taylor's Blues Machine , J.W Williams and The Chi Town Hustlers and Mt Moriah Baptist Church Band.
Here are what the presses have said about me.
"Shogun of the blues"
__ Asia Wall Street Journal (Hong Kong)
" Digging into the strings of his Fender Telecaster, Shunsuke Kikuta channels the crying vibrato of B.B.King one minute and the piercing attack of Albert Collins the next"
__ Chicago Tribune (U.S.A)
"Shun Kikuta, a fine Japanese guitarist who has absorbed the classic
Chicago sounds and play them with the feel and confidence.
__ Blues & Rhythm (United Kingdom)
"Shun Kikuta, an impressive young Japanese guitarist"
__ Living Blues (U.S.A)
You can check my biography, discography and live schedules on my web site at, www.shunkikuta.com
You also can check my story by Mark Guarino on Daily Herald
I was also introduced on the book
More Blues Singers from page 250 to 254.
Again, thanks so much to visit my page and hope to see you somewhere in the near future!
Shun Kikuta
hi shun, i think i met you a couple of years ago at legends playing with billy branch. please forgive the delay! :) hope all is well with you. peace & bless, lise
Hey Shun, I enjoyed your performance at Kingston Mines this past MON nite. I hope to see you perform again in the near future. Check out your pic in my The Windy City 09 album. Keep on chooglin' and God Bless!
Hi Shun! I'm Fran from Valencia(Spain). I met you yesteraday at Blues Fest (benidorm, Spain), Was a wonderful show. I had a lot of fun. You were very kind and all the other guys (melvin,Kenny, Andre...)too. I hope to see you soon. Maybe another Spanish Tour comes again or i'll visit at your hometown Chicago. we keep in contact! Thanks!
So sorry for your loss! I hope this finds you well....koKo will be missed! I hope you come back to Vancouver soon! I was even more saddened to hear that you were all booked for July 11th on Vancouver Island! Take Good Care Now!
We are sorry to hear the news about Koko, we will never forget the night we opened for you guy's may she rest in peace. peace and love.....the Dynaflows
Shun I know this is a very tough time for you and the guys. You all have weathered a tremendous storm and the Queen brought you guys through. She has passed the torch for you guys to continue on with your passion and desire promoting what she loved the most. Your music. She will be watching over her boys... Luv you all
Thanks so much for the Add–and your friendship. We enjoyed your music very much. Thanks for sharing it with all of us. It's a pleasure having you among our friends!
We've just added two new blogs about Umano, plus four more new compositions, making ten on our space. We hope you and your friends visit us and enjoy our music, too.
We wake up every morning and play the music of the new MySpace friends who have arrived at our site during the night. It occurred to us that these friends (you are among them) are almost universally positive, whether they be novices or legends, and without regard to their station in life or the country they occupy.
Although it's not an original thought, it also occurred to us that we couldn’t hold a verbal conversation with most of these friends, but we have bridged that gap by expressing our art honestly with each other.
We all have been filling the world with our music and art, in the hope that our messages of love and human understanding will have an impact on the world at large.
What a gift and what an opportunity we have received from this technology!
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