Bad Temper Joe

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Bad Temper Joe [ bæd ˈtɛmpə ˈʤəʊ ] (* in Bielefeld , East Westphalia-Lippe ) is a German musician and guitarist . At the International Blues Challenge 2020 in Memphis, Tennessee, he was in the final. In 2016 he won the Singer / Songwriterslam in Osnabrück. Bad Temper Joe has released ten albums so far.

Program and songs

Bad Temper Joe is a singer and mainly plays slide guitar , but also harmonica and electric guitar . His music draws on the blues , but also on musical traditions such as country and rock . His songs tie in with the program of the Great American Songbook , which he applies to the East Westphalian province. The voices that are recorded in the songs and related to one another include songs by Bob Dylan , the lyrics by Homer , pieces by Tom Waits , the Bible , sound borrowings from Charlie Sexton , quotes from the lyrics by Franz Kafka , riffs from the Rolling Stones , Muddy Waters and Robert Johnson .

Bad Temper Joe's program unfolds above all in a large number of concerts, especially in Germany, but also in Belgium and the Netherlands. In concert reviews he is repeatedly described as one of the "most important German representatives" of the blues. He usually plays solo, but also with a band and in a duet with the Belgian singer and guitarist Fernant Zeste, with whom he also recorded an album called Haunt . He is under contract with Timezone Records. The current album "The Memphis Tapes", which was not recorded in OWL, but in the Sun Studio in Memphis, is also labeled there. The album has been well received in the press.

Discography

Studio albums

  • Sometimes a Sinner (2014)
  • Tough Ain't Easy (2015)
  • Double Trouble (2016)
  • Solitary Mind (2017)
  • Bad Temper Joe and His Band (2017)
  • The Maddest of Them All (2019)
  • The Memphis Tapes (2020)

Live albums

  • Man for the Road (2014)
  • Ain't Worth a Damn (2018)

Collaborations

  • Haunt (2019, with Fernant Zeste)

Awards

  • 2020 International Blues Challenge: Finalist in the "Solo / Duo" category
  • 2019 German Blues Challenge: Best Solo Artist
  • 2019 German Blues Awards: Nomination in the category "Best Album" (Ain't Worth a Damn)
  • 2016 winner of the Singer / Songwriterslam Osnabrück

Web links

credentials

  1. ↑ Bluespfaffe: Bad Temper Joe - The Maddest of Them All. In: Water Pravda . Music and marine culture magazine from February 6, 2019.
  2. ↑ The Blues Foundation: International Blues Challenge 2020. 2020 IBC Finalists - Solo / Duo -
  3. ↑ Tom Bullmann: Bad Temper Joe named best singer / songwriter. In: Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung from February 26, 2016.
  4. ↑ http://d-nb.info/gnd/1058614983
  5. ↑ Dominik Rothe: Bad Temper Joe - The Maddest Of Them All. Review. In: metal.de from February 18, 2019
  6. ↑ Kerstin Panhorst: In the swamps of the south. Bad Temper Joe brings the blues to the Bielefeld castle summer. In: Westfalen-Blatt of July 20, 2020. [1]
  7. ↑ Thomas Klingebiel: Bad Temper Joe: The thing with the Elvis cross. In: Neue Westfälische from July 1, 2020 [2]
personal data
SURNAME Bad Temper Joe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician and guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Bielefeld , East Westphalia-Lippe