Mac The Knife

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Guitar player / Singer / Song Writer / Bass player
Mac “The Knife” Okuyama was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1971. In 1990, he went to Vancouver, Canada as an exchange student, where he fell in love with live music and started playing blues/rock guitar. His influences include: Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, The Faces, The Rolling Stones, Tim Hearsey and the Powder Blues to name a few. After playing with several bands in Vancouver, he returned to Tokyo in late 1997. Since then, he has been a regular on the Tokyo music scene performing at several venues and festivals including the “Year of the Blues Celebration” at Roppongi Hills where he performed with Guitar Shorty and Melvin Taylor.
In April of 2006, he organized memorial concerts in memory of Eddie “ The Ed-man “ Stauffer, his former manager and friend who founded “Blues Alive”; a music production company that brought over foreign acts, such as Harmonica Shah and Matt Corcoran, to Japan. Eddie was also the man responsible for naming Mac “The Knife”. Participants in the memorial included L.A. Jones and Steve Gardner.
Mac is currently lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter for the blues/rock band Max Blues. He is also in Tarantula sound and The Good Buzz. He can also be seen making guest appearances with Rude Boys, Inc. ( R. B. I. ), the J.J. Vicars band, SUPERFUNKTION and T.K. and the Blues Blasters and many other bands.
He also co-hosts the bimonthly Sunday jam session with Mark “ The Spark “ Schwarz and Bill “ Collins “ Concello of Max Blues at the Black Sheep in Ikebukuro every 2nd and 4th sundays. All acts welcome. Don't be shy!
http://www.theblacksheep.co.jp
He also hosts the acoustic jam / open mic night at Ben's Cafe in Takadanobaba every 3rd thursday. http://www.benscafe.comHe also hosts the Blues jam night at Rock Factory every 2nd and 4th thursday of the month. http://www.rock-factory.net
MAX BLUES' website is down at the moment, so please go to http://www.youtube.com and search for Max Blues Band for videos.MAX BLUES launched three new CDs in August 2007. They are available at gigs.Tarantula Sound just launched their 1st CD, " BLUE POP ROCK " in February, 2008 and it's available at gigs.
http://www.myspace.com/tarasolheimKeep the BLUES ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!