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Chuck Fryers

About Me

Born Bognor Regis, UK, in 1945, lead guitarist, singer and songwriter. At the age of 13 built, with the help of his father his first guitar and that's where it all started! The first group with school friends was THE CRUISERS then JOHNNY DEVLIN AND THE DETOURS. With BEAU BRUMMEL AND HIS NOBLEMEN and WARREN J5 (both bands in the charts in the UK see Mike Read's "The South Coast Beat Scene of the 60s" Woodfield Publishing W.Sx England) Chuck toured England and Europe successfully, his sound and style improving day by day. At the Star Club and Top Ten in Hamburg he had the chance to meet Tony Sheridan, Stevie Winwood, Noel Redding and Ritchie Blackmore and did some jam sessions with them. While touring Italy he had a call from Wez Price of THE SORROWS (Take a Heart) which he joined in 1968/1969 recording "Old Songs New Songs" (see Enciclopedia del Rock Italiano ed.Arcana) and also joined for a short period THANE RUSSAL'S ELECTRIC HEART. In the 70s Chuck joined TREVES BLUES BAND (TBB 2 and Live in Italy with Mike Bloomfield, Pistoia Blues Festival). After that. with Dave Baker, Tino Cappelletti and Claudio Bazzari he formed THE BAKER STREET BAND hystoric group of the Milano aerea. In the late 80s Chuck put up his own three piece band together called FRYERS AND FRIENDS (FIRST) with Livio Sanfilippo and Enzo D'Albis whose places were taken over in year 2000 by Gino Carravieri and Dario Polerani. °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° Cantante e chitarrista inglese con alle spalle una lunga esperienza di rock'n'roll e blues dai primi anni 60 ad oggi. Inizia giovanissimo a viaggiare per l'Europa suonando nei locali più famosi dell'epoca. E' proprio allo "Star club"e al "Top Ten "di Amburgo che incontra musicisti come Tony Sheridan(primo vocalist dei Beatles),Stevie Winwood(Traffic),Noel Redding(bass di Jimi Hendrix),Ritchie Blackmore(DeepPurple)ed improvvisa con loro jam sessions. Arriva in Italia al Piper di Roma con Beau Brummel and his Noblemen seguono The Warren J5. Viene poi chiamato a far parte dei mitici THE SORROWS (Take a heart) con cui incide Old Songs New Songs e per un breve periodo suona anche con Electric Heart di Thane Russal. Passata la British Invasion Chuck rimane in Italia e suona con la Treves Blues band poi, con Dave Baker, Tino Cappelletti e Claudio Bazzari fonda la Baker Street Band. In seguito Chuck forma un trio tutto suo Fryers and Friends con Enzo D'Albis e Livio Sanfilippo. Ora, nel 2000 Chuck è on the road con un trio che annovera tra le sue fila Dario Polerani al basso,musicista che ha collaborato con Rod Fredman,Tatanka,Kim & the Caddilacs,e Gino Carravieri alla batteria anch'egli collaboratore di molti artisti quali Eugenio Finardi,Toto Cotugno,Enzo Jannacci,Dave Baker... Il repertorio proposto dal vivo conta di classici del rock blues riletti con personalità e straripante grinta e brani originali di Chuck il tutto all'insegna del grande spettacolo.

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Member Since: 24/03/2007
Sounds Like: Eric Clapton
The Doors
Jimi Hendrix
Steve Ray Vaughan
Rolling Stones

Type of Label: Unsigned

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