**I perform with different musicians... I often play with just a drummer...
Check out some stuff I recorded with JOHNNY RAPP (Henry Gray, Pinetop Perkins, James Cotton, Louisiana Red...) MARIO MORENO (Louisiana Red, Lazy Lester, Sonny Burgess...), BILL TARSHA (Big Walter Horton, Muddy Waters, Lightnin' Hopkins, Louisiana Red..), BRIAN FAHEY (William Clark, Louisiana Red, Big Pete Pearson, The Paladins...) and BOB CORRITORE (Robert Junior Lockwood, Jimmy Rogers, Louisiana Red, RL Burnside..) We did it at the Kyle Harris studio in Phoenix, Arizona. I posted four songs on this page. Witchcraft Records released the EP "Blues Shakedown" with four songs frome those sessions
**I just posted a song from my new album "Let's Get High"recorded for Wild Records in Hollywood, California with Lil' Luis Arriaga, Angel Hernandez, Ricky McCann, Alex Vargas, Omar Romero and other talented musicians.
**I produced and played on six songs for "Needy Time" the latest effort by Grammy-Award winner & blues guru David Evans for Inside Memphis Records. Check him out he's on my "Top" friends. He posted four songs we did together on his page.
**I also produced and played on Louisiana Red's new album "Back To The Black Bayou" , featuring Kim Wilson, Dave Maxwell, Bob Corritore and other special guests. Ruf records release the CD in the Staes, Europe and even Japan... The album got rare reviews in 3 Continents !!!
Influences
Joe Hill Louis, Doctor Ross, Robert Johnson, Papa Lightfoot, Louisiana Red, Tav Falco's Panther Burns, RL Burnside, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Son House, Junior Kimbrough, Robert Belfour, Uncle Ben Perry, Hasil Adkins, Memphis Minnie, Johnny Shines, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, Jerry McCain, T-Model Ford, Bo Diddley, JB Lenoir, Andre Williams, Charley Patton, Johnny Cash, Jimmy Reed, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Pops Staples, Elvis, Blind Boy Fuller, Charlie Feathers, James Brown, Kid Thomas, Hank Williams, Big John Wrencher, The Memphis Jug Band, The Blasters, Blind Willie Johnson, Hot Shot Love, Howlin' Wolf, Junior Wells, Little Walter, Juke Boy Bonner, Lazy Lester, Slim Harpo, Lightnin' Slim, Elmore James, Hound Dog Taylor & The Houserockers, John Lee Hooker, Lightnin' Hopkins, Frankie Lee Sims, Little Son Jackson, Furry Lewis, Snooky Pryor, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Cordell Jackson, Esquerita, Wee Willie Wayne, Piano Red, Professor Longhair, Champion Jack Dupree, Big Maceo, Otis Spann, Walter Horton, Willie Nix, The Cramps, JB Hutto, Link Wray, Jimmy Rodgers, Lee Dorsey, Tampa Red, Chuck Berry, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Ray Charles, Clifton Chenier, Ted Taylor, Johnny'Guitar'Watson, Eddie Taylor, Hop Wilson, Sonny Boy Williamson, Leadbelly, Guitar Slim, Junior Parker, Guitar Nubbit, Fred McDowell, Robert Nighthawk, Frank Frost, Baby Boy Warren, Homesick James, Blue Smitty, Asie Payton, Houston Stackhouse, Walter Davis,
Driftin' Slim, Jimmy Rogers, Son Thomas, Smokey Smothers...
**This favored son of the blues began his career in 1981 -at the age of 14- singin' with the Sunbeams. The band mostly featured songs from the Sun records vaults. Hence the name "Little" Victor. At 16 he picked up the blues harmonica and started to wail in the style of Jimmy Reed and Junior Parker.
He learned what the real blues was playin' with real bluesmen in Memphis, Tennessee when he was a young man. He was on Beale Street six days a week with High Water recording artist Uncle Ben Perry, the "King of Handy Park." ****************************************************************
Uncle Ben showed him the ropes of downhome blues guitar. Victor also hung out and played with with other Beale Street legends: Herman"Alabama"Alexander and Jessie Mae Hemphill, the "She-Wolf."
He often sat down with local celebrities as the Holliwood All Stars and The Memphis Fieldstones. He was not the first italian holdin' firth on the main thoroughare of black music and culture in Memphis. ****************************************************************
Then Driftin' down rivers to North Mississippi, Li'l Victor jammed in a variety
of deep blues guitar tunings in juke joints of RL Burnside and Junior Kimbrough and a host of other backwater bluesmen. Encouraged not only by blues artists, but blues schoolars like Robert Palmer and David Evans, this golden bluesboy also made experimental blues demo tapes recorded in Memphis by Alex Chilton. ****************************************************************
Later legendary guitarist Hubert Sumlin -of the Howlin' Wolf fame- played and recorded with Victor. In the 1990's he lived for some time in Austin, Texas.
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In 1994 Victor recorded "Cuttin' Out" a collection of original songs for Blue-Jay Records, followed in 1996 by "Space Shuffle," featuring drummer Uncle John Turner and Hector Watt on guitar.***
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By 1998 Little Victor joined forces with Sophie Kay, a blues chanteuse and guitar player of rapturous consequences, who was filming her acclaimed documentary "A Day With RL Burnside." It was Burnside himself that gave them the idea to title thir first record effort "Cookin' With Gas." ****************************************************************
In 2000 drummer Eric'Lulu'Lelet joined this eccentric blues combo. In late 2001, the album "Just Rockin' The Blues" was released thanks to blues guru David Evans, who also wrote the liner notes. This album of vintage juke joint blues sounds, recorded one-take -in superb LO-FI mono- received great response from the press and music fans and promoters, providing Little Victor with steady live work. ****************************************************************
He played hunderds of club dates, international tours and festivals as Notodden (Norway), Cognac (France) Boogie Town (Belgium) Big Rivers (Holland), BluesLive (Finland), Pellican Blues (Latvia) and many more ********************.*******************************************
Little Victor played shows with The Jelly Roll Kings, Big Jack Johnson, Sam Carr, Super Chickan, Snooky Pryor, Little Milton, Pinetop Perkins, The Black Keys, Mel Brown, James Harman, the Fat Possum Blues Caravan, T-Model Ford, Paul "Wine" Jones and backed up RL Burnside, Robert "Wolfman Belfour & many more.
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He also played guitar with The Hound Dog Taylor Tribute Band, Tav Falco's Panther Burns, David Evans and The Sophie Kay Band. Since 2005, Victor plays with the legendary Louisiana Red (his childhood idol) on regular bases...
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In late 2006 Victor recorded a new killer album in Phoenix, Arizona with help from Bob Corritore, Johnny Rapp, Mario Moreno, Bill Tarsha, Brian Fahey and Dave Forster.
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2007 was a busy busy year. He performed at festivals as Let's Get Wild(Germany), the Rhythm Riot (UK), Dark Season Blues (Norway), Mississippi Blues Nights (Germany) and performed over 140 club dates in England, Belgium, Holland, Greece, Italy, France, Spain, Norway etcetera...
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In december 2007 the EP "Blues Shakedown" (featuring four tracks from his Phoenix sessions) was officially released on the German Label Withchcraft Records.
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In january 2008 he signed with Wild Records of Hollywood. In late march 2008 he recorded a new album in California for the company. "Let's Get High" that was released in the States in august 2009.
He performed around the Los Angeles area and played at the "Ice House" and at the" Viva Las Vegas" festiva in Las Vegas, Nervada.
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He recorded a new CD with his mentor Louisiana Red for Bluestown Records, with Kim Wilson, Bob Corritore, Dave Maxwell and other special guests called "Back To The Black Bayou"... Victor also produced the album...
Ruf Records bought the masters and released the album in march 2009....
The resy is history... The record got outstanding reviews and pretty good sales in US, Europe & Asia...
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The Swamp-Tonk sounds of Little Victor are known from the Rio Grand to Paris and back again. Watch out for your happy home, friends... Little Victor is comin' to your town ! ****
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LITTLE VICTOR "GOIN' TO BROWNSVILLE" UBANGI STOMP 2009
This was shot at a cool festival in Benidorn, Spain before a real hot
crowd. I had a broken toe and the first finger on my right hand was
injured but as soon as I started to play I forgot all about it... I sold
lotta records that night... I reckon I recorded the song as "Brownsville
Blues" on my new album on WILD Records "Let's Get High"
LITTLE VICTOR "RHYTHM RIOT "2008" (The Story Inside)
I was asked fill up for somebody... My guitar was set just like a lap steel 'cuz I had a gig with the Tiki Marauders... I just put it in standard tuning before gettin' on stage again. I was probably lookin' like somebody that just fell from a cabbage truck from Mars... I reckon I plugged in and said to myself "Okay, what the hell I'm Gonna do now?" It didn't took too long to figure out something...
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LITTLE VICTOR & RAY COLLINS' HOT CLUB-LET'S GET HIGH-
This was filmed on january 20th 2008 at the unforgettable Hula Boogie 5th anniversary and Miss Aloha's -20th ?- birthday party at Hula Boogie in South London. I joined the band on stage and we sounded like we played together since day one... More to come...
HULA BOOGIE 5th ANNIVERSARY -FEAT. RAY COLLINS' HOT CLUB, MISS SOPHIE GARDNER & LITTLE VICTOR- Hey hey hey we got COLOR on this one...Wow ! Seems like everybody who had a camera in the house only filmed my first song... Ha Ha !
WARMIN' UP AT THE BBC-
I was invited by Mark Lamarr to do a recording session at the BBC studios in London with my band. I asked my friends Big Joe Louis and Jim Carlisle to join forces with me and I reckon we sounded pretty good together. My half-sister Miss Aloha took this video and also played tambourine on one number. It's short but sweet...
LITTLE VICTOR - ANOTHER SLEEPLESS NIGHT / SWAMP TWIST
A fan filmed this at the Flow Club in Valencia, Spain and put it on "You Tube"
I was sick as a dog (bad flu) and my guitar was givin' me hell (the jack input) but I made it thru. The crowd keept us playin' lot more than planned... we also did 3 encores. That's what I can do on a BAD Night... Ha Ha !
LITTLE VICTOR AT GAZ'S ROCKIN' BLUES, LONDON
Okay, the quality is pretty bad but y'all can see my "main" man Little George Sueref on upright bass and the great T. Daniel Howard on drums. It was a great gig. We played another show just around the corner-earlier that night. We packed up and rushed to Gaz's Rockin' Blues to play a real wild show...
DAVID EVANS & LITTLE VICTOR -JACK'S BLUES CAFE-
Check out this performance of yours truly with Uncle David. I play harp, drums and guitar behind him just like I did on some of the tracks of his album "Needy Time"...
Victor, sure was me you saw in London (now I know your dreams!). Some fine music you made there Saturday night. Enjoy Austria but look out for the Lederhosen look, abit chilly, so best avoided this time of year. xx
Congratulations on the BMA nomination for Back To The Black Bayou! You should come to Memphis with Red for the BMA's!!!! Add this to your many other accomplishments!!!!
your words of advice you sent me last week are truly inspiring to a young blues hound like myself.i played a gig this weekend and i really felt the blues in me,a lot more than usual.i'll keep in contact with you uncle vic,and ill let you know my progress.and once again id like to thank you for the time you spend on reading and answering my messages,it really helps me.... your nephew, pachuco blues boy
Ciao,Little Victor thanks for your friendship,I am 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
Hey Victor, I must have listened to "Let's Get High" about a thousand times and I love it more every time I hear it! My only tiny criticism is that you didn't get credit fore your awesome harp playing in the liner notes. Much love & respect, j.d.
Just dropping by to say thanks for the CD buddy, FANTASTIC sound, i'll make sure we plug that one at the club, you must be well chuffed with the disc. Keep up the good work & hope to catch you again real soon.
I love your new album. I'm listening to it as I write this. I wish I could have gone to the High. I hope you have a great time in switzerland. My friend Diana (aka Lil' Pearl) is on my top 10. Angel
Hi Victor hope all is swell sorry could not get to the High, glad you dig the cd, Its a fantastic Record,proud we could record it here in Hollywood. Keep up the Magic all the best REB
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