I play solo shows but also as Mojo Webb & Band - currently featuring Coojee Timms on drums; J.B. Lewis on bass and guitar; and when we get the chance, Jason Chandler on bass and Dillion James on organ.
Influences
Every note I have ever heard has influenced me, but most of those notes have been from bad-ass blues/jazz men/women of the first half of the twentieth century.
MOJO WEBB - RECENT WINNER OF THE FOLLOWING AWARDS -
2006 AUSTRALIAN BLUES MUSIC 'CHAIN' AWARD FOR BEST NEW TALENT
2007 BLUESTAR AWARDS (THREE) -
- INDUSTRY CHOICE AWARD:
BEST AUSTRALIAN CD RELEASE - SOLO (THE BURDEN)
- PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS:
BEST AUSTRALASIAN SOLO PERFORMER
BEST AUSTRALASIAN INSTRUMENTALIST - ACOUSTIC GUITAR
“Mojo Webb on Saturday arvo was great, he’s got the chops for sure, and as he wandered through he crowd, remotely plugged in, playing a solo and walking over to the bar and buying a beer before heading back to the stage where the band have been laying down a rolling groove the whole time, I couldn’t help but wonder why the hell Webb isn’t a huge blues name.”
Rhythms Magazine May 2007 review of East Coast Blues & Roots Festival, Byron Bay.
“If you’re looking for that metaphorical blues pot o’ gold at the end of your rainbow, then you can call off that search right now, kick back and get rich off the spoils thrown down by Brisbane’s , Mojo Webb. To use a cliché, Webb would have to be one of Queensland’s, and also Australia’s, best kept secrets. For 15 years, the 32-year-old Webb has been the purveyor of some of the sharpest blues, both electric and acoustic, solo and with a band, that you’ll see coming out of this country. And not only on guitar, but harmonica, drums and sax too, overlaid with a vocal reminiscent of Delta bluesmen of old. Let it be said right here, Mojo got the flow flow.”
Rhythms Magazine April 2007
“ Brisbane has never been renowned for spawning quality blues artists, but Mojo Webb’s The Burden could change all that.
From the blistering opening riff of ‘A Man Like Me’ to the swinging horns of closer ‘The Butterfly’, The Burden features some of the most authentic sounding blues tracks composed anywhere in recent times. Webb showcases his aptitude on bass, drums, sax and harmonica, but really shines with his wailing guitar and voice that ranges from the most gut-wrenching of screams, as heard in the title track, to the oddly sweet croon of ‘Two’.
While 14 tracks may seem like something of a marathon, Webb has used a diverse enough range of blues styles to keep the sound interesting throughout the record. For example, ‘Telephone Blues’ has all the grit of a T Model Ford song, while ‘The Butterfly’ hints at the sound of a less indulgent Ornette Coleman.
As far as blues records go, this is just about as good as it gets. In fact, it almost soothes the pain of the loss of so many blues greats over the past year. But who would’ve thought a record this good would come from a 32-year-old skinny white guy from Brisbane?“
love ya work mojo webb!!! are ya doin another album soon or is there allready one available? hope so. hope to catch you at a gig in melb soon saw you at the rainbow once and you were unreal, thought you were doin something a federation square in melb soon? or has it been?
"Light gives of itself freely, filling all available space. It does not seek anything in return; it asks not whether you are friend or foe. It gives of itself & is not thereby diminished." Michael Strassfeld
mojo frigin rocks.wails the blues shreds the guitar and hes even a great person to meet n talk to.keep on blusin brother u certainly inspired me to rip that guitar and sing with meaning n soul.how lifes treatin ya well n never let the devil get ya down.
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