Current band members:
Tony Uribe on vocals and guitar.
Danny Kreiger on vocals, guitar, and bass.
Marx B. Loeb on drums, books, and movies.
Larry Lee Lerma on bass.
Nick Augustine on bass and drums.
Heather Hardy on vocals and violin.
Larry Diehl on bass.
But not all at the same time.
Influences
Albert Collins, B.B. King, Clapton, Keb' Mo', Muddy Waters, Duane Allman, Robert Cray, Curtis Salgado, Kenny Neal, Legendary Blues Band, Sam Taylor, Little Milton, Etta James, Chuck Berry, Smokin' Ronnie Earl, Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker, John Hammond Jr., Earl Hooker, John Williamson aka Homesick James, Otis Rush, Sonnyboy Williamson, Little Walter, Carey Bell, Lurrie Bell, Son Seals, Gatemouth Brown, Albert King, Guitar Slim, Howlin Wolf, Jimmy Rogers, and Johnny B. Gayden.
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Tony Uribe had been playing guitar for a lot of Tucson bands over the years, but he wanted to lead his own group. He wasn't unhappy with his previous work. He just wanted to hear his own version of the music he loved-blues. In the summer of 1995, Tony started up the Torpedoes. Over the last eleven years, he's had a number of stellar Tucson players do "Torpedo duty", but there's always been a core sound. It's direct and heartfelt, soulful with a groove you could drive a truck through. The Torpedoes have developed a very loyal following, not to mention a lot of musicians who stop by to sit in. We're definitely a musician's band. Even with the basic line-up of current Torpedoes, we also have a pool of players who come in to add their creativity--their soul--their sound-- to ours. Hell, on any given night you might see two or three extra Torpedoes!
The group's founder and leader. Born in Ajo, Arizona in 1955,
Tony's been playing guitar for 41 years. He loves both the classic
and contemporary blues masters equally and he's ingenious
in his interpretation of the Blues' rich history. His voice and
guitar speak a language everyone can understand. Tony's
opened for Albert Collins, Koko Taylor, Son Seals, Otis Rush,
Mose Allison, John Lee Hooker, Carey Bell, and Ronnie Earl and the
Broadcasters-to name a few. He's backed up Homesick James,
Willie Jaye "The Texas Hurricane", Zora Young, Raful Neal
and Raful's daughter, Jackie Neal. And that's just a sample.
Local Tucson groups Tony's been with (pre-Torpedoes) include
The Highbeam Blues Band, George Howard and the Roadhouse
Hounds, The Bluelight Blues Band, The Bad News Blues Band,
the Full Moon Blues Band. Most of all Tony's proud of the fact
that he jammed and became friends with Albert Collins. He's
also jammed onstage with Smokin' Ronnie Earl and Kenny
Neal. Tony was inducted into the Arizona Blues Hall Of Fame
in October of 1999.
As well as playing music professionally for the last 30 years, Tony has
worked as a digital electronic technician and computer
technician/gamer.
Tony is a proud father of two beautiful daughters, Angie & Alex,
and has been married to the lovely Kimberly for over 18 years.
Over the last month Tony has joined the wave of live musicians flooding the metastreams of Second Life and is having just a wonderful time. His alter ego there is Tone Uriza.
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