Member Since: 3/30/2006
Band Website: bluesdragons.com
Band Members: Jimmy C is the leader, the singer, the guitarist, the man with the impossibly curly hair and the smile of Gene Wilder.
Mr A - Antonio Lorenzo - is our multi-instrumentalist - he can't get them all on the back of his motorbike but has player Tenor Sax, Alto Sax and Soprano sax with the band, has featured clarinet and electric violin as well - and he's impossibly good-looking and single too!
Paul - regular original bass player can't play every gig so you might also find Lukis on bass or the ever young Alex dMochowski - and when Alex plays we are not worthy - just check that name out in cyber space. And not forgetting BigAndyonbass - how could we?
Stevie Bray - original drummer - was Toyah's drummer in the late 70's, early 80's - like Paul he can't make every gig so you might also find Phil Overhead - a model of jazzy restraint - or Joachim Greve - a tall and talented actor as well as a superb technical drummer who featured recently in the Phenomenal Pound Puppies and has worked with John O'Leary and Pete Brown.
Influences: Where to start and where to fininsh?
Taking their cue from the british blues invasion of the West Coast of America and Canade in the late 60's they present an eclectic mix of blues standards from Robert Johnson - as seen through the glasses of Cream - through BB King, Chuch and Bo, the Stones, John Lee Hooker - but enlivened by the unusual instrumental line up which gives them a sound which is refreshingly different from the harmonica stylings of most British bands playing through the Chicago tradition (lets all toast Cyril Davies)
Don't get us wrong Jimmy plays some neat harmonica himself on a couple of numbers but this is an unusual sounding band in today's blues market.
Sounds Like: You can only say they sound like themselves! Check the band and you'll see what we mean - and the rotating rythmn section means that the band sounds fresh every time they play.
Type of Label: None