Mojo Blues Band

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Mojo Blues Band
Mojo Blues Band, Vienna 2012
Mojo Blues Band, Vienna 2012
General information
Genre (s) Blues , Chicago blues , rhythm and blues
founding 1977
Website www.mojobluesband.com
Founding members
Erik Trauner
Joachim Palden
Matthias Mitsch
Bobby Sperling
Current occupation
Guitar, vocals, harmonica
Erik Trauner
Guitar, vocals
 Siggi Fassl
piano
 Charlie Furthner
Drums
 Didi Mattersberger
bass
 Herfried Knapp
former members
Christian Dozzler
bass
 Georg Weghofer
bass
 Daniel Gugolz
bass
 Gerhard Strauhs
Drums
 Silvio Berger
Drums
 Peter Müller
Drums
 Michael Strasser
guitar
 Markus Toyfl
piano
 Henning Pertiet
piano
 Hannes Otahal
piano
 Frank Muschalle
piano
 Christoph Rois
Martin Wichtl
“Last encore”, 2012.
“Last encore”, 2012.
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
The Wild Taste of Chicago
  AT 29 02/25/1990 (2 weeks)
Blues Roll On
  AT 38 10/30/1994 (1 week)
Singles
Rosa Lee
  AT 15th 09/01/1988 (6 weeks)

The Mojo Blues Band is an Austrian Blues - band around Erik Trauner , which since 1977 in changing cast the Chicago Blues ordered. Role models include Muddy Waters , Jimmy Reed , Sonny Boy Williamson and T-Bone Walker . The Mojo Blues Band always tries to develop and maintain its own musical signature. The band was also successful in the charts, for example with the number one hit " Rosa Lee ".

Mojo

The band's name comes from the term mojo , which describes a kind of talisman in Voodoo magic. This word is used very often in the blues and rock 'n' roll and has spread around the world. Erik Trauner quotes Muddy Waters , among others : I've got my Mojo working, but it just don't work on you .

history

In 1976 Erik Trauner began performing in Viennese clubs with the pianist Joachim Palden. In 1977 the first appearance as a Mojo Blues Band in Vienna's Jazzland took place . In the same year they won a record deal at a boogie-woogie contest in Zurich and thus got their first studio recording.

As the only blues band in Vienna at the time, they were repeatedly hired as backing bands for US artists who were on tour in Austria, and thus came into contact with those who had created this music. In the past few decades the band has performed in Vienna's Jazzland with the legendary US musicians Johnny Shines , JB Hutto , Charlie Musselwhite , Louisiana Red , Sunnyland Slim , Champion Jack Dupree , Homesick James , David Honeyboy Edwards , Leon Thomas , Katie Webster , Hal Singer , Jan Harrington and Eddie Clearwater . The frequent collaboration with the Hamburg boogie-woogie specialist Axel Zwingenberger is documented on several CDs.

The Mojo Blues Band open air , Vienna Jazz Festival 2007

1980, later than met pop singer successful Dana Gillespie for Mojo Blues Band, which at that time stylistically towards R & B and 'n' roll rock moved. In the early 90s , Alligator Walk became one of the most popular songs on the US shag scene (to the later surprise for the band) , which in 1998 led to a successful tour of North and South Carolina.

In 1989 the band members went on a "company outing" to Chicago. There they played with various musicians and brought material from a 16-hour recording session. The album The Wild Taste of Chicago was created from this material . In 1993 Christian Dozzler left the Mojo Blues Band to start his own band. Since the harmonica player was missing, Erik Trauner took lessons from Christian Sandera and took over this part.

In 1999 Erik Trauner received the Golden Merit of the Republic of Austria, which may be a bit surprising when you look at the Austrian art landscape, which is characterized by high culture. The Mojo Blues Band was dissolved at the end of 2001 (in the line-up: Erik Trauner (vocals, guitar, slide guitar, harmonica), Daniel Gugolz (bass), Markus Toyfl (guitar), Peter Müller (drums), Thomas Horneck ( Piano)) proclaimed. In this line-up they gave their farewell concert on December 19, 2001. But Erik Trauner soon gathered musicians around him again, and his band has been performing again since 2002, reinforced by Siggi Fassl .

List of musicians who performed with the Mojo Blues Band

Band members

Discography

LP and CD

  • Shake That Boogie , 1978
  • Hey Bartender, 1980
  • ... And the Boogie Woogie Flu, 1982
  • Hot Bricks, 1984
  • Midnight in Swampland, 1987
  • Champ's Housewarming, feat .: Champion Jack Dupree, Axel Zwingenberger, Thorsten Zwingenberger , 1988
  • The Wild Taste of Chicago , feat .: AC Reed , Big Mojo Elem, Willie Kent, Taildragger, Tim Taylor , 1989
  • Alligator Walk, 1991
  • Super Blues News (3 CD box), 1992
  • Blues Roll On, feat .: Johnnie Allan, Harry Siomoneaux, Taildragger, Big Mojo Elem, Big Wheeler, Steve Bell, Little Mac Simmons 1994
  • Rhythm & Blues Party feat. Red Holloway (sax), 1996
  • 20 Years in the Blues Jungle, 1997
  • A Chicago Blues Night Live, feat .: Taildragger , 1999
  • Southern Blues Cruise, 1999
  • Blues-Parade 2000 Vol.1 and Vol.2 (double CD box), featuring : Jimmy McCracklin, Nappy Brown, Jimmy Anderson, Bob Gaddy, Larry Dale, etc. a., 1999
  • Get Out Blues, 2004
  • Thirty Year Blues Affair, 2007
  • Walk the Bridge, 2013

Erik Trauner solo

  • Up Slide Down, 1995
  • I'll Fly Away, 1998
  • A Scarecrow's Moan 2006

45rpm singles and CD singles

  • 1982 Sea Cruise (45 rpm): Bellaphon 100-31-005
  • 1988 Rosa Lee (45 rpm): EMI Austria 12C006 1334337
  • 1988 Shim Sham Shimmy / Hungarian Stew Axel Zwingenberger / Champion Jack Dupree / MBB (45 rpm): Vagabond VRSGL 8.88014-7
  • 1991 Alligator Walk / Mellow, Though & Easy (45 rpm): EMI Austria 1-33484-7
  • 1992 Wintertime Is Coming / Sleepless (45 rpm): EMI Austria 12C 006-133492-7
  • 1992: All My Money's Gone / Better Of Dead (45 rpm): EMI Austria 863004-7
  • 1992: All My Money´s Gone / Better Of Dead / Rollin´and Squezzing (CD-Maxi): EMI Austria 863004-2

Video albums

  • The Wild Taste of Chicago, 1989

swell

  1. ↑ Mojo Blues Band in the Austrian charts

Web links

Commons : Mojo Blues Band  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files