The Electric Blues Duo is a musician formation in 1986 of the German guitarist Frank Diez and British bassist Colin Hodgkinson was launched. They learned that time during a production with Konstantin Wecker know and discovered very quickly musical similarities. At this point, everyone had already operated his own extensive career, and the fact that both were in some ways already stars in their respective profession designed, the initial collaboration is not always completely relaxed and harmonious. What are offset by corresponding professionalism had completed at the beginning and rapidly due to the growing friendship and deep respect for each other developed Diez and Hodgkinson.
To date, however, there are other projects in different styles at the forefront of their musical work. The Electric Blues Duo is the protagonist, however, to pursue away from the "musical everyday life and business" of their deep-rooted passion: the blues . The far more than 1,300 performances in recent years, driven by improvisation and ever changing stylistic surprises. As an internationally recognized artist, among other tours and concerts were with John Mayall , Konstantin Wecker , Joan Baez , Mercedes Sosa , Miller Anderson , Tony Ashton , Cozy Powell , Spencer Davis , Jan Hammer and John Pearson on the program.
A milestone in 1990 was the performance before over 90,000 spectators in Leipzig as special guests of Peter Maffay . Preferably, the Electric Blues Duo plays however a smaller audience, something that is their intention, performance and repertoire far more than stadiums appearances.
In 2006 they celebrated 20 years on stage and brought out on this occasion a best-of CD. Both are members of The British Blues Quintet Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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