Paul Lamb

Paul Lamb & The King Snakes
Concert in the case factory in Fürth , April 2019
General information
Genre (s)	blues
founding	1979 as Smokestack Lightning
Website	Paul Lamb homepage
Current occupation
Drums	Mike Thorne
guitar	Ryan "Junior" Lamb
Bass , vocals	Rod Demick
harmonica	Paul Lamb
Guitar, vocals	Chad Strentz
former members
	Jim McCarty, John Whitehill

Paul Lamb (* 1955 in Newcastle ) is a British harmonica player who performs with his band The King Snakes .

Career

Ryan and Paul Lamb at the "Theresa May Brexit Blues", suitcase factory Fürth in April 2019

Paul Lamb became a blues enthusiast from a young age. His great role model was Sonny Terry , although there were enough blues harpists in England at the time. This also taught him to play the harmonica. At the age of 15 he played in clubs in his home country. Over time, he played with blues greats like Buddy Guy , Junior Wells and Brownie McGhee . In 1979 he founded his own band, Smokestack Lightning, which became Paul Lamb & The King Snakes through various line-up and renaming. His son Ryan "Junior" Lamb (* 1986) also plays in the band.

Awards

• British Blues Awards Hall of Fame
• 1990 The BBC Annual Awards: Best UK Harmonica Player - also for the following six years
• Paul Lamb & The King Snakes: Best UK Band 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997 & 1998
• "Blues" Magazine (Readers' Choice): Best Harmonica Player 2007
• Paul Lamb & The King Snakes - UK blues album of 1991
• Fine Condition - UK Blues Album of 1996
• She´sa Killer - UK Blues Album of 1997
• Take your Time and Get it Right - UK Blues Album of 2001

Reviews

• Paul Lamb is simply one of the best harp players around, even when judged in an international company. (Blues Matters!)
• This is Blues harp as good as it gets. ( Mark Knopfler )
• Enjoy the best harp player on these islands. (Blues and Rhythm Magazine)

Discography

Albums

The Blues Burglars

• 1986 Breaking In Red Lightnin 'Released 1999 under the title "Whoopin'"

Johnny Dickinson & Paul Lamb

2009: "Playin 'with the Blues"

Paul Lamb & The King Snakes

• 1990 Paul Lamb & The King Snakes Blue Horizon Ace Records
• 1992 Shifting into Gears Indigo
• 1995 Fine Condition Indigo
• 1996 She's a Killer Indigo
• 1997 Shifting into Gear Indigo
• 1998 John Henry Jumps In Indigo
• 1999 The Blue Album Indigo
• 1999 Blues Burglars Whoopin 'Indigo
• 2000 Take Your Time and Get It Right Indigo
• 2001 Paul Lamb and the King Snakes Blue Horizon
• 2003 Live at the 100 Club Sanctuary
• 2003 Harmonica Man - The Paul Lamb Anthology 1986 - 2002 Sanctuary
• 2005 I'm on a Roll United Producers Records
• 2007 Slice of Lamb Tidemark
• 2007 Snakes and Ladders Live SPV
• 2010 Mind Games Maxwood Music Ltd.
• 2014 Hole in the Wall Secret Records
• 2017 Live At The Royal Albert Hall Big Shed Music

DVD

• 2003 Paul Lamb & The King Snakes live at the Buttermarket Jazz and Roots Club, Shewsbury
• 2007 "Paul Lamb - A Journey Through The Blues ... with a harmonica"

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bruce Eder's biography on All Music
2. ↑ http://www.paullamb.com/
3. ^ Discography on All Music
4. ↑ http://www.paullamb.com/