JOHN LEE SANDERS & RAD GUMBO (USA, GER)
John Lee Sanders (vocals, keyboards, saxophone), Robert “Dackel” Hirmer (vocals, accordion), Erwin Schmidl (bass, backing vocals), Gerhard Spreng (drums), Frank Folgmann (guitar), Kreso “Sonnyboy” Oremus (harp)
John Lee Sanders is a
Louisiana blues artist, singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist. For the first 25 years of his life, John was raised in the Louisiana Mississippi delta, immersed in the wealth of jazz, blues and gospel music that became the DNA of North American pop music fort he next 50 years. His childhood encounters with the likes of Elvis Presley and Dr. Martin Luther Kind are part oft he landscape that influenced this gifted piano, sax & vocal performer and composer. At 12 years old, John Lee was billed as „Birmingham’s answer to Little Stevie Wonder“ and opened for many rock and blues legends.
His 2004 blues smash hit, „Foreclose on the House of Love“ reached number 9 on the charts and a WC Handy Nomination for Blues song of the year. The year 2007 brought an Emmy nomination for song oft he year from the long running Soap Opera, Bold & Beautiful, in the jazz ballad „Just One Kiss“.
John Lee was influenced by the sound of Cajun, rock,
gospel, Pop, Jazz, R&B, Soul, Country and a deep love of the traditions,
and culture of New Orleans. He received a musical scholarship and studied saxophone, guitar and piano. While studying in Rome, Italy, he met Professor Longhair and Dr. John at the Montreux Jazz Fest and formed a lifelong passion for New Orleans piano.
In 1977 he relocated to the West Coast of the USA and became one of the most in demand session player/producer arrangers in the business. His recordings and live concert credits are like a history lesson in the world of Jazz and blues including John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Witherspoon, Freddie King, Dr. John, The Meters, Chuck Berry, Jimmy Page, Tower of Power and Stevie Wonder.
This time he will be on stage with Rad Gumbo - the soulfood stew from Louisiana known as hot & spicy. A boiling mixture of Zydeco-Blues and New Orleans Soul.
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