The Shaftmen

Bio:

.. THE SHAFTMEN are a four piece blues rock & roots band hailing from TIMMINS ONTARIO CANADA also the home of world wide icon SHANIA TWAIN.... THE SHAFTMEN are now available at CD BABY and ITUNES WORLDWIDE.... THE SHAFTMEN'S hard rockin blues is making BLUES ROCK COOL AGAIN.... PAYCHEQUE BLUES our new album was released july 9 2009...... BLUES SCHOOL the first single is gaining major blues radio play across Canada and is now headed for Europe and the USA This is our second cd. Produced again by legendary Canadian guitarist JACK DE KEYZER, who also plays on the cd..... Both cd's have gained national airplay on CBC GALAXIE BLUES and SATURDAY NIGHT BLUES as well as some exposure in the USA THE SHAFTMEN WITH THEIR TOUGH, ORGANIC BLUES ROCK SOUND ARE DIRECTLY INFLUENCED BY THEIR HERITAGE AND CULTURE...... TIMMINS AND NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO CANADA IS A HARD ROCK MINING AREA,..... IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN THE WEST SIDE OF CHICAGO... WORKING CLASS MICHIGAN, OR THE DOCKS OF LIVERPOOL........ WHAT COMES OUT IS WHAT'S INSIDE. SIMPLE AS THAT.... THE SHAFTMEN'S MUSIC EXPLORES THE LINK BETWEEN BLUES AND ROCK N ROLL....WE ARE NOT A STRICT 12 BAR BLUES BAND, THAT FACT MAKES WHAT WE DO VERY EXCITING.........ABOVE ALL...THIS IS VERY HONEST MUSIC............ 3 OF THE 4 MEMBERS OF THE BAND HAVE WORKED DIRECTLY IN THE MINNG INDUSTRY...... LYRICALLY YOU WILL FIND PLENTY OF REFERENCES TO NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO AND CANADA.............guitar player JOHN SAVARD recently retired from the band and was replaced by piano player JOE DI MARCO. the group is sometimes augmented by guitarist PAUL COLAMECO.....SPREAD THAT BLUES ROCK GOSPEL.............. FOR MORE INFO CHECK OUR OFFICIAL WEBSITE, CD BABY and ITUNES....ALSO..SEE US LIVE ON YOUTUBE.COM

Member Since:

September 19, 2006

Members:

JOHN EMMS-LD VOCALS GTR, SONGWRITER, GIL BOISSONNEAULT-FRETLESS BASS, VOCALS, MIKE "THE HAMMER" CHARETTE-DRUMS, VOCALS, JOE DI MARCO-PIANO, ORGAN, SITTING IN SIDE MEMBER-PAUL COLAMECO-GUITAR

Influences:

RORY GALLAGHER, CREAM, JOHNNY WINTER, SAVOY BROWN, MUDDY WATERS, JACK DE KEYZER, THE BAND, BLUE RODEO, JOHN MAYALL & THE BLUESBREAKERS, ...MUSICIANS WITH INTEGRITY

Sounds Like:

CLASSIC BLUES ROCK WITH CLASSIC ROCK & ROOTS MUSIC..LINKED TOGETHER

Record Label:

JEMS MUSIC 2 CD'S MINING THE BLUES PAYCHEQUE BLUES