Muddy Waters, Kim Wilson, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Little Walter, Sugar Ray Norcia, Rod Piazza, Junior Wells, Mark Hummel, Rick Estrin, Jumpin' Johnny Samsone, Carlos del Junco, Colin James, Larry "the Bird" Mootham, RIP Larry.
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Rod Williams was born into music, with deep musical roots from both sides of his family. Weaned on Bluegrass, Rockabilly and Country music, there were always guitars and fiddles around the kitchen table to the wee hours of the morning and that still continues to this day. As a teen, Rods influences were from bands such as Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and Deep Purple. By the mid 80's Rod discovered his love for Blues. I would go out every Thursday night to Tucson's Roadhouse for the live jams and was influenced and fascinated by the harmonica playing style of Larry the Bird Mootham, so I signed up for harmonica (or harp as it is known in the blues scene) lessons with Larry. Soon after, Rod was asked to join his first blues/rock band called Get Naked and not long after that, The Broadcast Bluesband was formed with the local Bear Blues til Midnight D.J., Mark Hall from the Bear radio station, on bass and a local guitar slinger named Al Tambay (Lil Als Combo)as well as Matt Sobb (Monkeyjunk) on drums. It was around this time that the nickname The Reverend was handed out by another Ottawa guitar virtuoso named Trevor Finlay. Rod and Al also performed for many years as a Blues duo act while at the same time; Rod was involved in another project with The Soulshakers with more R&B influences. Most recently, Rod was approached by Sean Burke and Ken Hitchmough to sing lead and play harp for a Swingabilly/Blues project, and after review of the material, "KING RATTLER" was born. Check out the King Rattler MySpace page for upcoming shows as well. And, you will still find Rod at the local jams that he loves so well, Irene's Thursday night Blues Jam and Sunday afternoons at The Rainbow Bistro.
We're playing a show in Ottawa next wednesday, and we'd REALLY like it if you came! Here are the details.
Wednesday November 18th @ Zaphod Beeblebrox (27 York St., Ottawa) Doors Open at 8pm
HotShotCasino - 8:30 Andrew Allen (Vancouver) - 9:10 Epyllion - 10:00
It would be real awesome if you could come to the gig. Honestly, we need to get some warm bodies in there - cause playing to nobody really sucks. :) And venues like Zaphods can only exist if awesome people like yourself go and support local bands like us.
Anyways, it would be really rad if you could come.
Thanks Rod, nice to know you liked the show. Hope to catch you again in November in Ottawa. Maybe we can have a few drinks and discuss about our common interests for music! Take care.
Thanks for your comment, were just hanging out this week getting ready
for a photo shoot on Sunday and preparing for our next event. "IT'S A
MAN'S WORLD" Nov.7-8 here in Vegas ...you should come by and check out
our show!
Las Vegas Hot Rod Girls
XOXOXOXO
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