I started to play guitar at 7. My most favorite guitar player, my main master is Stevie Ray Vaughan. I saw him on a videotape when I was only 5. I recorded my first album as Tommy K. Jr. & Full Blast band (Tamas Petendi - second guitars, Robert Kepes - bass, Istvan 'Fifi' Mez,,fi - drums, Gábor Cselik - keyboard, me - guitars, vocal). This was the first time writing my own songs and trying to make something different. I also have a band called Blues Power, we're playing the music of SRV, Jimi Hendrix and Albert King. And I have a blues guitar duo with Tamas Petendi, called Double Magic Tom. We play on our strats, and try to dedicate it to our masters. I love to play with my father, Tamas Katona Sr. anytime when it's possible!
The guitar, the Blues and of course Stevie are my life. I hope, one day I'll be a certified guitar player. I played with many famous and good musicians: Eb Davis, Big Bill Morganfield (son of Muddy Waters), Tino Gonzales, Sugar Blue, Ian Siegal, Billy Flynn, Bob Stroger, Alan Haynes, Wes Jeans, Texas Slim, Tyler Dow Bryant and Carson Alexander. And in 2006 two dreams came true....
I was fortunate enought to visit the home of texas blues, Stevie Ray & the other masters of mine... I dreamed about this for a long time. Texas was more than amazing!
We had a great debut concert on the 8th of December at the A38 ship club in 2006. And since then I've been to Puistoblues Festival (Finland), the hungarian Budapest Blues Festival and Paks International Gastroblues Festival, Pordenone Blues Festival(Italy) with my band, Full Blast...
Jam with Alan Haynes
I wish to thank a great deal to many for making this record possible, first of all, my father. Thanks goes to the ZIP Association and László "EOX" Bessenyei, my fellow musicians, sponsors, helping friends, like Zoltán Katona in the United States, but I believe it is impossible to list here all those lovely, helpful people whom I met while making this record.
I appreciate all of your kind help and support!..