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The Fortunate Sons are knee deep in country and blues, stained from the filthy banks of the River Clyde.
"These Guys are Fuckin' Great"
STEVE VAN ZANDT, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN'S E-STREET BAND / THE SOPRANO'S
Sharing a mutual love of roots, rhythm and blues, Sam West, Calum McCann, Michael Law and Graham McGeoch formed The Fortunate Sons in a smoky west end flat in 2005. Creating an underground buzz with Friday and Saturday night residencies in Glasgow, they cut their teeth in the early hours of the morning playing folk and blues in dark and dirty venues.
After causing such a stir around Glasgow, The Fortunate Sons were soon taking their sound to bigger audiences after being invited to record the first ever live session on Scotlands number one commercial radio station, Real Radio. They followed up this exposure by playing to thousands at the "Big In Falkirk" festival, before flying off for an 11 show tour of Europe taking in Greece and Germany. After excellent reviews of their live performances, The Fortunate Sons continue to be invited to play a live sessions on national radio such as BBC Radio Scotland.
In 2007 The Fortunate Sons will play over 100 gigs, already taking in The Isle of Skye Music Festival (Scotland), The Wickerman Festival (Scotland), Vikedal Roots Festival (Norway) and SwininÂ´WiWa (Germany). Recently they embarked on their first full length tour of Germany, playing 15 dates and performing live on RNF TV to an audience of 3.5 Million - gathering excellent reviews from International Newspapers.
The Fortunate Sons have now finished recording their first full length album and are currently in negotiations for its release in the UK, Germany and USA.
"I'm lovin' that sound!"
HARRIET LEWIS (RAY CHARLES, BB KING, ERIC CLAPTON, MICHAEL JACKSON)
"The Fortunate Sons are great!"
TOM MORTON, RADIO SCOTLAND
"A 21st Century Delta Blues Explosion"
KIM FOWLEY
"Stand Out"
THE LIST
"The feel of Canned Heat"
NICK LOWE, RADIO SCOTLAND
"Blues Tinged Finesse...Haunting Harmonies"
THE EVENING TIMES
"A voice like Paul Rogers"
JANICE FORSYTH, RADIO SCOTLAND
"Impressive"
RICKY ROSS
"I saw the fortunate sons last month and cant stop raving about them"
CLYDE 1 FM
"sounds like crocodiles comming out of the clyde"
IAN ANDERSON, RADIO SCOTLAND
"Watch out for these guys, they are an amazing live band"
REAL RADIO
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Performed Live at the Tron Theatre Glasgow
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Member Since: 4/1/2005
Band Website: fortunatesons.co.uk
Band Members:

Sam West (Vocals, Rhythm Guitar)

Calum McCann (Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals)

Michael Law (Percussion)

Graham McGeoch (Violin, Backing Vocals)

Fortunate Step Son
Duncan Lyall (Bass)

Influences: The Band
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
Creedence Clearwater Revival
John Lee Hooker
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
Johnny Cash
Big Bill Broonzy
Tom Waits
Free
Muddy Waters
Willie Dixon
Bob Dylan
Ryan Adams

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My Blog

LONDON GIG ANNOUNCED

THE FORTUNATE SONS SHALL BE PLAYING AN EXCLUSIVE GIG AT MONTO WATER RATS THEATRE IN KINGS CROSS ON WEDNESDAY 16TH APRIL 2008. 8PM MESSAGE OR CALL US FOR CHEAP TICKETS! CHEERS!
Posted by The Fortunate Sons on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:09:00 PST

The Fortunate Sons v Chas & Dave

Yesterday while wondering around the internet, i noticed that we had moved into the Top 10 Folk Rock Artists! Excellent i thought and told a few friends to have a look at it. However as i checked it t...
Posted by The Fortunate Sons on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 09:52:00 PST

London Gig

Hello to you! Wee gig update for those down south....We have a gig in Kings Cross on March 24th at Monto Water Rats Theatre. To book tickets follow this link.http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb...
Posted by The Fortunate Sons on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:33:00 PST

German Festival Update

Hi everyone,we've just recieved confirmation of our next wee trip to Germany in April, the details are as follows...Do. 10.04. Swingin WiWa 2008 (www.swingi...
Posted by The Fortunate Sons on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:35:00 PST

Album details announced

Hello The time is here to announce some of the details of our debut album. The exact title and release date is still to be confirmed, but we shall let you know in due course. Tracks: Lucille Starlight...
Posted by The Fortunate Sons on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:29:00 PST

Home Sweet Home

Thanks to everyone who made our trip to germany so successful! we shall be back soon.... for now its time to get some rest!
Posted by The Fortunate Sons on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:31:00 PST

The end is in sight but the party’s still happenin’

Okaaaaay .... here we are.Two more gigs to go and we are all happy.Yesterday we went shopping in Heidelberg, had some lunch and picked up some curios in shops. Heidelberg has a real buzz about it and ...
Posted by The Fortunate Sons on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 03:43:00 PST

Germany - 4 gigs to go

Hello fortunettes, our german ventures continue......moving on from the dog emu debate, calum has decided to channel his energy into establishing a healthy gambling addiction... describing himself a ...
Posted by The Fortunate Sons on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 07:22:00 PST

Germany Day Monday

Ok , today we played a gig on a riverboat on the Rhine. This was a lot of fun.We will elaborate tomorrow.
Posted by The Fortunate Sons on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 04:34:00 PST

Germany 4

Gutentag,It is Sunday and we have just been to a German beer brewery to find out how they make that shit. It's like 90% water and they use the best water in the world (!) from deep deep undergrou...
Posted by The Fortunate Sons on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 06:13:00 PST