The lone blues singer, sometimes I play the blues on my own as Bottleneck John! Mostly old-timey 1920's and 30's unpolished, raw Delta & Country blues stuff..
Spirituals, of course, are also an essential part of my repertoire!!What better way to get your audience in the mood than with a set of laid back stuff from the Delta?I play mostly resonator guitars, Tricones and Singlecones, my beloved tin-cans, in tunings and have one foot pounding out the rhythm on the floorboards... Some stuff in regular as well.. Vintage instruments such as ol'timey Levin guitars are favourites too! One of my trusted workhorses is a 1933 National Duolian, I just love the mechanically amplified sound..
Classic tunes from Robert Johnson, Son House, Blind Willie Johnson, Skip James, Muddy Waters, Bukka White etc.. As well as my own songs in the genre..!! From time to time some friends join in on Mandolin, Fiddle, Harmonica, Double Bass, Piano, Drums etc. An ACOUSTIC DELTA BLUES BAND!!
Here's a video clip with the band:
The Bottleneck John Band - Live at the 2007 Östersund Blues Festival!!
I just found an old guitar-banjo and it sounds great for the ol'timey material we play in the BJ trio..
Lately it..s been a constant travelling around to do gigs, solo and in bands.
A highlight so far is me playing in front of nearly one million people in Swedish national television!! That was something extraordinary..
Playing live as often as I can!
There..s nothin.. better than playin.. in front of an audience that likes the music from my heart & soul.. A great feeling!
I keep my music acoustic, the sound of these instruments warms my soul!!
Live in France, August 2007..
The past few years has taken me on tour to various stages/venues throughout Europe and USA, among others:
-Swing Blues Festival, Wespelaar, Belgium 2007
-Blues au Chateau, La Chèze, France 2007
-Paas Blues Festival, Asten, The Netherlands 2007
-Arkansas Blues & Heritage Festival, Helena, USA 2006
-Nidaros Blues Festival, Trondheim, Norway 2007, 2005, 2003
-Copenhagen Blues Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark 2006
-Dundee Blues Bonanza, Dundee, Scotland 2005, 2006
-Åmål Blues Festival, Åmål, Sweden 2005
-The Helicon Jazz Cafe, Warsaw, Poland 2005
-Music Café Pegasus, Munich, Germany 2006
-Breakfast Blues, Bunky’s, Helena, Arkansas, USA 2006
-Streets of Blues Festival, Tropea, Italy 2005, 2006
-Amistar Guitars, Frankfurt Musik Messe, Germany 2006
-Felsenkeller, Schwandorf, Germany 2006
-Jazzland, Vienna, Austria 2006
-Mississippi Welcome Center, Lula, MS, USA 2006
-Blues Cruise on the Baltic Sea, 2005
-Dalane Blues Festival, Egersund, Norway 2006, 2007
-Tartu ResoFest, Tartu, Estonia 2005
-Resophonic Guitar Festival, Pilzen, Czech Rep. 2005, 2006
-Street Blues, Memphis, Tennesee, USA 2006
-Isle of Capri Casino, Lula, Mississippi, USA 2006
- Skalica Cultural Centre, Slovakia 2005
-Imperial Hotel Blues, Karlovy Vary, Czech Rep. 2005
Several programs on Swedish national television SVT, as well as local TV shows. Norwegian national television and radio, NRK.
BJ’s music is reguarly featured on radio shows and blues programs all over the world, France, Italy, Finland, Holland, Germany, USA, the UK, Australia, Mexico, Argentina and South-Africa to name a few...
Articles and reviews in blues magazines like:
Blues Matters-UK.
Blues in Britain-UK.
Blues News-Finland.
Twoj Blues-Poland.
Blues & Co-France.
Blues News-Norway.
Blues Art-Austria.
Concerto Magazine-Austria.
Radio interviews/Pod-casts in Holland, USA, Australia etc.
**Check out my YouTube site, lots and lots of video clips there!**
http://www.youtube.com/user/BottleneckJohn
