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Excellent media coverage - Shout out to the Team !!!
AV News Karly Blats http://www.albernivalleynews.com/entertainment/412578133.html
PEAK Radio Grant Belous https://soundcloud.com/gbelous/grant-speaks-with-maple-blues-award-win-for-guitarist-of-the-year-david-gogo
Sat, Feb 4th, 8-10pm, Concert – Solo David Gogo – 2016 Juno Nominated “Vicksburg Call” – Rockin’ Blues
2016 Juno nominated. 2016 Western Canadian Music award nominated. Currently up for 3 Maple Blues Awards.
David Gogo’s groove fueled blend of blues and rock is the basis for a singular and storied music career. His songs have been featured in film and television and are regularly played on blues radio programs the world over. He has earned numerous Canadian blues accolades, including five JUNO nominations, a Western Canadian Music Award, a CBC Saturday Night Blues Award, and multiple Maple Blues Awards. He has thirty years of performing and hundreds of thousands of tour miles under his belt. He’s played on stage with Johnny&Winter, B.B.&King,&Otis&Rush,&Albert&Collins and Bo&Diddley.&He has opened for George&Thorogood,&ZZ&Top,&The&Tragically&Hip,&Buddy&Guy,& Charles& Bradley,& Robert& Cray,& and Jimmy& Vaughan&among many others. Gogo can swap road stories for as long as you can listen.
Known as a savvy interpreter, Gogo uses his sophisticated ear to select cover songs that complement his originals. On Vicksburg*Call*Gogo imparts his unique take on Neil Young’s The&Loner, Stephen Stills’ Jet&Set&(Sigh), and Annie Lennox’s Why,&with the help of his great backing band, featuring Bill%Hicks on drums and Jay%Stevens on bass. There’s&A&Hole features heartfelt harmonica playing from The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer’s Shawn%Hall and a Gogo original, Fooling&Myself, gets an extra boost from Savoy Brown founder Kim%Simmonds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDNnQb1_Dug
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3SNow6WK2Y
Tickets $25 (Adv/Kids $20) on sale
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