Steve Cohen with Jimmy Liban - Blues

Sat, 17 May 2008 21:00:51 -0500

I've been typified as a blues artist,but I enjoy playing many styles. As a session harmonica player,I have recorded blues,jazz,rock,jingles,and singer songwriter stuff. My harmonica playing employs some over-blowing technique to achieve a chromatic approach than seemed impossible before Howard Levy...My singing has continued to improve over the years,and I feel pretty comfortable with what I'm putting down...a skill I've developed is the ability to play simultaneous lead lines on rack harmonica and guitar.

www.myspace.com/harmonicastevecohen

Alex Wilson Blues Band - Rock & Roll

Sat, 3 May 2008 21:00:18 -0500

http://www.alexwilsonband.com/

ALEX WILSON grew up in a family of talented musicians. Alex's grandmother, Rosa Saviano was a renowned professional jazz singer in Chicago in the 1940's and 50's. Tom Wilson, Alex's father, is a multi-faceted musician who has had the distinct pleasure of accompanying nearly every blues performer to pass through the Milwaukee/Chicago music scene in the last thirty years. Marc Wilson, Alex's uncle and drummer, is one of the most sought after drummers in the country. He's played with B.B.King, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Anson Funderburg, Marcia Ball, and Ronnie Earl to name but a few. Alex picked up the guitar at five years old and never put it down. Immersed in the Milwaukee blues scene, Alex was surrounded, and influenced by such local luminaries as Stokes, Lee Gates, Jim Liban and Milwaukee Slim. Alex formed his own garage band at thirteen. By seventeen he began to dig deep into the blues, learning the songs and styles of masters such as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Buddy Guy, Jimi Hendrix and Magic Sam. At seventeen Alex began playing professionally and by twenty-one he had joined Milwaukee's Blue Rubies and was performing regionally while still playing part-time with his own band. Playing up to 25 gigs a month, Wilson honed and sharpened his skills as a singer/songwriter, guitar player and over all entertainer. In '05 and '06 Alex began to focus solely on his own project, booking shows, finding his own sound and the right players from the mid-west music scene to take his show on the road. With Alex's uncle Marc Wilson on the drums, and Alex's brother Matthew singing harmonies and playing bass, Alex is running with one of the toughest bands on the scene today. It's no surprise that they were nominated for and won the 2007 WAMI (Wisconsin Area Music Industry) Award for blues group/artist of the year. A versatile musician, Alex effortlessly switches between genres. He plays everything from sweet Beale Street blues to West coast swing. From hard Texas grinders to stone cold Chicago grooves with a feeling that's said to be timeless. Alex's style and tasty originals matched with his undeniable stage presence and unmistakable guitar style will drive you to the dance floor. His long-awaited debut CD, Tell Me Why, is being released on Rathskeller Records. To say that Alex Wilson is one to look out for down the road is an understatement. Taking the Midwest by storm, this young musician is a force to be reckoned with.

Steve Cohen with Greg Koch - Blues

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:00:56 -0500

http://www.myspace.com/harmonicastevecohen

I've been typified as a blues artist,but I enjoy playing many styles. As a session harmonica player,I have recorded blues,jazz,rock,jingles,and singer songwriter stuff. My harmonica playing employs some over-blowing technique to achieve a chromatic approach than seemed impossible before Howard Levy...My singing has continued to improve over the years,and I feel pretty comfortable with what I'm putting down...a skill I've developed is the ability to play simultaneous lead lines on rack harmonica and guitar.

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Steve Cohen with Jimmy Liban - Blues

Alex Wilson Blues Band - Rock & Roll

Steve Cohen with Greg Koch - Blues