David “ Boxcar ” Gates' Piedmont Blues stylings are drenched with bottleneck slide and alternate
fingerpicking. Heavily influenced by the Blues Forefathers Mississippi John Hurt, Big Bill Broonzy
and Mississippi Fred Mcdowell with a ragtime twist, he accompanies himself on the Bluesharp,
mounted to a unique, homemade harmonica rack, constructed out of bicycle and lampshade parts.
This 30 year old astonishing Acoustic Ragtime Delta Blues Guitar talent has been dubbed an up
and coming new Canadian Blues Music shooting star, as he has been mesmerizing audiences
across Canada and the US. Already in his young career, David “ Boxcar “ Gates is being praised
by press and media representatives alike, as well as industry professionals the likes of Bruce
Iglauer, Alligator Records, who commented on David’s first and very raw recordings:
“……this Boy can play !!! “.
A sheer pleasure to experience, this amazing one-man Blues presentation is a not-to-be-missed
and a must-see performance.

AND:

Eddie C. Campbell was born in Mississippi in 1939, but moved to Chicago with his family as a young boy, growing up
on Chicago’s tough South Side. His mother bought him his first guitar at the age of 8 and took him to the 1125 Club
on Madison Street, where he met the legendary Muddy Waters. Waters told him he could sit in if he learned to play.
He learned "Still A Fool", and Muddy allowed him to sit in with the band - at the age of twelve!!
A high level start, indeed, and he’s stayed on top ever since, playing and being friends with, people like Luther Allison
and Magic Sam. He also backed up or sat in with Lowell Fulson, Percy Mayfield, Tyrone Davis and Little Johnny Taylor,
Howlin' Wolf, Otis Rush, Little Walter, Mighty Joe Young, Oscar Coleman and of course Muddy Waters.
Later, in the 60’s and 70’s, he was band leader for Jimmy Reed, until his death in 1976, and played with Koko Taylor
and Willie Dixon's Chicago Blues All-Stars.

In 1977 he went solo and released his highly acclaimed debut album "King of the Jungle".
In the mid eighties he moved to Europe, living in England, Netherlands and Germany for a number of years.
He released “Let's Pick It!” with a Dutch band before returning to Chicago in 1992.
Back home again he he has released several albums, among them “That's When I Know”, “Hopes and Dreams”,
“Gonna Be Alright”, and the most recent album from 2009, “Tear This World Up”.
The King of West Side Funk Blues is still in his prime, mesmerizing audiences with his deep blues grooves and
distinctive, reverb soaked guitar sound on his trademark purple Fender Jazzmaster, along with his witty and original songwriting, and a stunning, powerful stage charisma.

The opening act this 'Chicago evening' is Nisse Thorbjorn, aka "CPH Slim",
He is a well known name to the blues audience, clearly belonging to the top of the young
Danish blues performers.
In 2009 he released his critically acclaimed debut CD, "Cph Slim", and also received the
festival's award "Danish Blues Artist of the Year".
As a great guitar player, a world class harmonica player, and with a voice, often compared
with Howlin' Wolf, nisse is a perfect match to the Chicago theme of the evening:

2 x 335 is an extremely versatile, well playing guitar duo consisting of
Torben Roenholt and Peter Klitgaard. They have played together for
many years in the trio ”Barfles”, and are also known from their long
carriers in some of Denmarks best bluesbands, such as Smalltown,
Delta, Blues Train, and Krolle Erik's.
Roenholt's vocal and slideguitar is in a class of it's own, and Klitgaard
plays one of the meanest blues guitars in the country.
The duo's dynamic performance covers both ballads and the more
rocking and dirty blues, all presented with humor, wit and and feeling.

It is party time every time Esben Just plays within the trio format, almost
'just like old days' with SP Just Frost.
On this blues festival Friday night Espen brings his old colleague SP on
bass and one of the countrys most extraordinary drummers Niels Ratzer.
Party time, everyone !

8 AM - Wolf Mail [Can/Aus]

Wolf Mails music is blues power rock in the trio format. His style is a blend of
traditional blues, rock and soul. He has a characteristic voice and a phenomenal
guitar technique, which thrills the crowds that attend his more than 200 concerts
around the world every year. In Denmark for the first time, he'll share the bill with
Walter Trout on this great blues-rock night at in Amager Bio.
Wolf Mail was born in 1972 in Montreal, Canada, but raised in France and in
California. He is presently residing in Sydney, Australia. He started playing the
guitar at the age of 10, and at 17 he left home and started touring. After 10 years
on the road in the USA, he got his big chance supporting Robben Ford on a tour
in Europe. It opened the doors for him and Wolf has made himself a name as one
of the great blues-rock guitar players and singers.
He has been named: “the missing link between Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan”.
that's how highly recogniced he is, by his peers and critics alike.



www.wolf-mail.com  



9 AM - Walter Trout [US]

Born in 1951 and raised in a music-loving home in Ocean City, New Jersey, Walter Trout felt the calling to music at a very young age.
His first instrument was trumpet, playing in the school band, but in the mid-'60s, Trout switched to electric guitar after hearing an album
that completely changed his appreciation of music. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band featuring Mike Bloomfield.
This turned Walter’s musical ambitions towards the blues and the electric guitar, and in his late teens and early 20s, Trout played
in numerous New Jersey bands, competing at the time for rank with the band “Steel Mill”, featuring a very young Bruce Springsteen.
In 1973, he packed up his belongings and drove to Los Angeles. In LA, Trout developed into an ace sideman playing with Finis Tasby,
Pee Wee Crayton, Lowell Fulsom, and Percy Mayfield. Trout often teamed with Hammond B3 wizard Deacon Jones and his
apprenticeship continued in the bands of John Lee Hooker, Big Mama Thorton and Joe Tex.

By 1981, Trout’s reputation led to the invitation to join venerable blues rock band Canned Heat, where he remained through 1984.
When the call came to join the legendary John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Trout jumped and found himself sharing the spotlight
with fellow guitarist Coco Montoya. Trout and Montoya lifted the band to a new level, as Mayall’s Bluesbreakers enjoyed
unprecedented album sales and high profile tours in the US and abroad. Trout felt that playing with Mayall was as close to his
childhood dream as he could get.
Truly tantalizing sounds on par with those infamous Eric Clapton licks and Stevie Ray Vaughan riffs, are testament to Trout’s talent.
His music speaks to your soul, warms your heart and has your foot tapping.
Trout brings the blues to life and invigorates rock in a manner all too rare these days.

With a series of albums and numerous international club and festival concerts under
his belt, and as the recipient of the blues festival's award in 2005, Thorbjorn Risager
has established a well deserved reputation as being one of the most successful acts
in Danish blues in recent years.
His exceptional voice has made several US critics compare him with Ray Charles
and other vocal giants like Delbert McClinton, Bob Seger and David Clayton-Thomas.

6 CDs in 7 years, and lately 90 gigs a year in a dozen countries, speak volumes
of the international success, Risager and his band has achieved.
The band writes and plays in a highly original style with elements from many music styles,
blending blues, rock, soul, jazz, funk, New Orleans, and not least, Rhythm'n'Blues.
The two most recent albums, "Track Record" and "Dust & Scratches" were both produced
by Lars Skjaerbak, who guided the band in direction of a more direct and distinct sound,
which seems to become the band very well in their efforts to create a musical cross-over
effect, opening the doors to a wider range of blues, rock and jazz venues, primarely in Europe,
but this Summer also in Canada.
Over the years this great band has been a faithful and treasured guest at the feastival.
This time around at Kvartérhuset.

Global CPH contributes to the blues festival this year with a folk blues double act.
First a solo concert by one of Canada’s biggest roots talents, David "Boxcar" Gates.
David plays a brilliant fingerpicking bottleneck slide guitar and technique.
He is particularly inspired by old country-blues masters like Mississippi John Hurt,
Big Bill Broonzy and Mississippi Fred Mcdowell, but adds new life with a passionate
and lively ragtime approach to the subject.
Piedmont, Ragtime and Delta Blues, at its best.





The second act of the evening is a relatively new American folk-duo, Loves It! with
Vaughn Walters and Jenny Parrott, who released the debut CD "YAY!" in 2010.
Physically, they live in Austin, Texas, but mentally in the American roots-tradition.
With their feet and hearts planted in traditional Americana, the duo deliver a mixture
of folk, country, indie, swing et cetera from the folk heritage.
They use an arsenal of traditional instruments, acoustic guitar, violin, mandolin and banjo.

The band originally started as Delta Blues & Boogie Band way
back in -68, and, to his day, is considered one of the founders
of the Danish blues scene.
In a new configuration in the eight'es as Delta Cross Band, the
band got huge success, playing all major festivals and clubs in
Northern Europe, and releasing several top selling albums.

After their comeback in 2008, launched at that year's blues festival,
the success has continued.
The band has remained almost the same as 40 years ago.
Still in front is singer, guitarist and piano player Troels Jensen
- the 'grand old man' of Danish Blues - flanked by his faithful
crew, who’s been with the band, on and off, since they started.
With the release of "Checkin' In" last year, Delta, now with harp
player Jorgen Lang as a fifth member, have explored new paths,
but still serves first class, hand played, blues music of the first order.

Rattlers have existed since the beginning of the 90ties. The band started out as a
clean cut blues band with a large number of club concerts and support jobs for
some big acts, like Walter Trout.
Since then, the style has changed, and today Rattlers is more rock'n'roll.
But you still get the great songs by ZZ Top, Hendrix, Billy Idol and Led Zeppelin.
Sweaty rock/blues with power.

The Mojo Makers take the blues music to new places.
With respect for the old masters, new tones and lyrics are added.
The bands live performances come close to 'free-form-blues'.
In their own words: "We usually don’t have a fixed form and
chords in our songs, when playing live".
The band recently released their debut CD, "Wait till the morning".
Blues News writes: "The album shows Mojo Makers as a well
playing band with a great sound. Kasper Osmans vocal is soulful
and not unlike young blues-rock people like Johnny Lang, Doyle
Bramhall Jr. and John Mayer".

Tutweiler consist of young, but experienced musicians from the Blues and
Surf-Rock scene of Copenhagen.
They play blues inspired by the American west coast, spiced up with some
kitch'y escalator jazz, obscure 50'es sould and - Cuban Mambo - and song.
lyrics revolving around day-to-day life as most people know it.

Tutweiler's unique musical cocktail is also obvious on the band's debut CD,
"Comin´In" from 2010, produced by the West Coast blues legend James
Harman, who wrapped up the project with the words:
"Congratulation guys. Not only did you make a record - you made an album!"

James Harman has a long and illustrious career behind him with performances and recordings with nearly all of the West Coast Blues artists.
Harman has toured almost constantly since 1962, and has more than 30 releases behind him. In the 70’s his band backed amongst others
John Lee Hooker, Freddie King, Muddy Waters, Albert King, B.B. King and T-Bone Walker. In the 80’s he became firmly established as one
of the big songwriters, vocalists and harp players on the West Coast Blues scene. Phil Alvin, Bill Bateman, Hollywood Fats, Junior Watson
and Kid Ramos are just a few of the musicians who have been members of the band over the years.

Since 2004, he has cooperated and toured with Danish Peter Nande in Scandinavia, and produced two DMA nominated albums for Nande.
Harman has frequently toured in Scandinavia with the Peter Nande Band, and this Friday night at Mojo is no exception, when Harman will
perform with super guitarist Ronni Boysen and the Swedish rhythmic partners Lanshammar and Wienero.
A rock solid unit, if there ever was one, shootin' off swinging blues and makin' everyone move on their feet.

Every year La Fontaine sets up a special jazz-blues programme in honour of the blues festival, offering something for both the jazz- and the blues audience.

Michael Blicher is in charge of the festivities and has gathered a this Allstar band with a handful of musicians from some of the country's best jazz and blues bands .

As front man of Astro Buddha Agogo and Radiostar, Michael is no stranger to the Blues, and he and his crew builds their repertoire around Ray Charles,
BB King, Mingus and Cannonball and other composers of the same caliber. So, it will be a fabulous evening for all lovers of ….good music !