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Chance and the BluesDaddies are a 3-piece Rockin' Blues Band that can melt the coldest heart with blues music cooked on a grill with rocket fuel. They Play original rockin' blues songs and have been described as "John Lee Hooker on steroids". They also do their own versions of songs written by John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Bo Diddley, Big Joe Williams, Jimi Hendrix... Chance Gardner's voice has been described as "gravel in a silk bag" and on guitar "it sounds like three guitars!". Chance is a consumate entertainer and showman but he will only play guitar with his teeth when he feels like it. Chance Gardner has been presented with 4 Hawaii Music Awards in rock and blues categories (People's Choice Awards). Chance Gardner is also available as a singer-songwriter on acoustic guitar and dobro playing original Americana and Blues. Chance learned the blues from 'Earring' George Mayweather (JB Hutto) and his brother Silas Hubbard, Jr. from Mississippi and Chris 'Stovall' Brown, Sax Gordon and Eric 'Two Scoops' Moore in Boston. Chance is primarily gigging in Mainland U.S. and Hawaii but will travel anywhere for a good time.Chance Gardner's new acoustic release in 2005 "Easy Come and Easy Go" features all original songs. Chance's guitar and vocal is accompanied by: Mandolin,banjo,harmonica by Steve Sargenti Accordion by Dave Hissey. Percussion by Jose Ortiz, Sr. Songs about love, life and of social import include 'Box U-112' (Dating Ads),'Rescue Me'(Katrina),'No More Room'(Overdevelopment of Maui, like moving historical gravesites and selling public beaches for condos) , 'Schoolbully Blues' (about payola and special interest groups in community cable) and 'Have You seen the Sky' (remembering the important things about life). 2005: 'Live at the Stopwatch' - Chance and the BluesDaddies. Best Blues CD 2006, Hawaii Music Awards. 'Easy Come and Easy Go' - Chance Gardner. Best Folk CD Finalist 2006, Hawaii Music Awards.2004: 'Deaf Dog Blues' - Chance and the BluesDaddies. Best Blues CD 2004, Hawaii Music Awards. NA HOKU HANOHANO Awards finalist "Best Rock CD of the year". Grammy 1st Round Nominee: Best New Artist, Best Blues Artist. 'A Slack in the Key of Integrity' - Chance Gardner. Best Slack Key (Hawaiian Folk open tuning) CD 2004 Nominee, Hawaii Music Awards.2002: 'Live Blues!' - Chance Gardner. Best Blues CD 2003, Hawaii Music Awards. 'Fate Stepped In' - Chance Gardner. Best Rock CD 2003, Hawaii Music Awards. NA HOKU HANOHANO Awards finalist "Best Rock CD of the year".

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Member Since: 2/28/2007
Band Website: chancegardner.com
Band Members: The Band:Chance Gardner - Guitar and Vocals:Raised in the Great American South, Chance learned the blues from 'Earring' George Mayweather (JB Hutto) and his brother Silas Hubbard, Jr. from Mississippi and Chris 'Stovall' Brown, Sax Gordon and Eric 'Two Scoops' Moore in Boston.and also influenced by singer-songwriters like John Prine, Paul Simon and Stephen Stills.Patrick McDonald - Bass: Raised in South Texas, Patrick's early bands included playing with the Vaughan Brothers, Billy Gibbons (pre ZZ Top), Mike Knuse (Fever Tree) in Houston's "La Maison". Recorded with Lightnin' Hopkins when he was a young'un ("played the bass all day for twenty bucks! I didn't know no better"). Toured on bass with The Steve Miller Band,Todd Rundgren and Billy Joel to name a few..Bernie Mansell - Drums: The girl from Texa's energy and big, big heart is the driving force behind Chance and the BluesDaddies.Steve Sargenti - Harmonica, Banjo, Mandolin. Dave Hissey - Keyboards, Hammond B-3, Accordion.
Influences: 'Earring' George Mayweather (when he was in JB Hutto's band he was the first harmonica recorded through an amp on record) gave me a lot of home truths about what it is to be a Bluesman. His brother Silas Hubbard Jr. took me under his wing. Chris 'Stovall' Brown taught me showmanship and style. Luther 'Guitar Jr' Johnson - although I never played on stage with him we had some great conversations. Paul Simon who told me the secret was "never give up". Bo Diddley who told me "Gimme that little blond girl", Van Morrison ...
Sounds Like: His voice is like "gravel in a silk bag" and the guitar "It sounds like three guitars!!!". Also has been described as "John Lee Hooker on Steroids".
Record Label: MANAWA Records
Type of Label: Indie

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Party at the LUNA

Hey &Y'all:What a night!Had a great crowd at the Luna Star Cafe tonight. I had Tim Adde on Bass and Kevin from SnakeChurch played harp with us most of the night. The first set was from 'A Sl...
Posted by Chance Gardner Band on Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:51:00 PST

Honeyboy Edwards,Michael Frank,Pinetop Perkins,Aron Burton, Willie Big Eyes Smith

So much to tell and I'm Oh, so tired....Went to the Master Musicians Festival this past weekend to see Honeyboy Edwards. Honeyboy is the greatest living Delta Bluesman. Honeyboy was a contempora...
Posted by Chance Gardner Band on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:55:00 PST

On the road this week

Hey just a quick blurb. I'm on a mission from God to meet Honeyboy Edwards. Out of the blue I ran into his name surfing the net and realized he is still touring at 92 years of age. T...
Posted by Chance Gardner Band on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:43:00 PST

This is how to run an open mic

ALOHA Y'all:Just wanted to publish a big thank you to John Brown's open mic every Sunday at John Martin's pub in Coral Gables. John Brown is an accomplished performer and runs the open mic prope...
Posted by Chance Gardner Band on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:33:00 PST

Standard of music living

Need some feedback here--time to start a movement.Y'all remember the Musician's Union? There was a reason, it began in the 1890's:'In April 1893 orchestral players in Manchester rece...
Posted by Chance Gardner Band on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:01:00 PST

I love the blues

Yeah, I love the blues. The real blues: Muddy, Willie (Dixon), John Lee, Lightnin, Howlin'...and tonight's blues jam finally had some. At the Titanic Wednesday night Chris Cosner has...
Posted by Chance Gardner Band on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:49:00 PST

Rumors again

Feel the Rockin' Blues with Chance and the BluesDaddies ."If you like the Blues, I think we can"No really it's this Friday June 20th -- No really.Finally a blues gig with a great band. This F...
Posted by Chance Gardner Band on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:56:00 PST

Friday the 13th -- Get Lucky

ALOHA Y'all:Rumors is a new club (restaurant and bar) in Cutler Bay. We're already lined up to play there every Thursday starting the 19th, and now just received an invitation to play Friday the...
Posted by Chance Gardner Band on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:08:00 PST

Its not a complete show without the paramedics

Aloha Y'all:I had a great time at the Luna Star tonight except for the blond lady that wanted me to play Harry Chapin music. She didn 't understand (although I did explain it to her) that Harry ...
Posted by Chance Gardner Band on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:33:00 PST

BO DIDDLEY- IN HIS PRIME! BEST VIDEO! AMAZING!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgzn7VyoqEw I hate computers but I love Bo. Rock on Bluesman....
Posted by Chance Gardner Band on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:08:00 PST