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Acoustic and electric blues, straight from Malaysia.
You'd think this guy was born up in Memphis or Chicago.
Killer acoustic blues guitar, with a few electric blues tunes thrown in.
Think John Cougar Mellencamp crossed with George Thorogood!
JULIAN MOKHTAR - MR BLUES
Julian has been a professional musician since 1980 and has since become a well known name in the Malaysian music scene.
This is mainly due to his 13 year stint as lead guitarist of the Blues Gang, a popular Malaysian blues rock band. During this period, Julian recorded 10 albums with the group, which yielded several hit songs.
With Blues Gang, Julian toured throughout Peninsular and East Malaysia. A high point was jamming onstage with blues guitar legend, Buddy Guy, at the Hard Rock Café, Kuala Lumpur in 1992.
Since leaving the band in 1993 to pursue a solo career, Julian has journeyed to Kansas City, USA, where he appeared onstage at the closing jam session of the 7th annual Kansas City Jazz & Blues Festival in 1996, produced his own solo CD and most recently performed in Japan.
Julian has played for theatre productions which have involved working with instruments such as the gamelan, the didgeridoo and Chinese percussion. In addition, he has also done session work and composed and recorded music for soundtracks and jingles.
During the course of his career, Julian has acquired considerable knowledge and experience not only in playing the guitar in a wide variety of styles but also in recording, composing, arranging and producing.
From years of playing in venues ranging from intimate in size to large stadiums, Julian has learnt about sound production and the ins and outs of working solo and with groups ranging in size from two to ten musicians.
2008 is the year that Julian is scheduled to release his solo album under his new record label, ROCK UNITE MUSIC.
For enquiries on Julian to perform, or compose a commissioned music jingle / theme, or to have Julian as a voice-over, please contact Gerry (Julian's Manager) at +60 12 218 3595. Julian is managed by ROCK UNITE T-MANAGEMENT and is available to perform any where in the world!
