Popa Chubby

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Popa Chubby at the Leverkusen Jazz Days 2016
Popa Chubby (2012)

Popa Chubby (born March 31, 1960 in New York , real name Theodore Joseph Horowitz ) is an American blues singer and guitarist who, after years of appearing in Manny's Carwash, a well-known New York blues club, together with his band It became popular worldwide in the mid-1990s.

biography

Popa Chubby grew up in a musical environment. Jazz saxophonist Illinois Jacquet is said to have performed at his parents' wedding . At the age of six, Popa Chubby attended a Chuck Berry concert with his father . Then he started playing the guitar. In later years the music of rock guitarists Jimi Hendrix , Jeff Beck , Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton had a significant influence on Popa Chubby's artistic development. Previously he had with the CBS -Records - punk band Chaos played. This was later followed by a time with Richard Hell and The Voidoids .

In the late 1980s, Popa Chubby made frequent appearances on the New York subway . His appearances in the blues club Manny's Carwash enabled him to play with various blues artists traveling through. Because white journalists criticized him as a white blues musician, he claims the only major obstacle he has ever faced was "reverse racism." Popa Chubby also toured with blues musicians such as Earl King , Albert King and James Cotton .

His 1995 debut album on OKeh Records , Booty & The Beast, alienated many blues connoisseurs. Some classified him as a rock musician because of his appearance and his pseudonym . In fact, Popa Chubby's music moved away from the tradition of mainstream blues. His music contains hard rock elements, which are based on his preference for the Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath recordings from the mid-1970s.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Flashed Back (feat. Galea)
  CH 98 04/29/2001 (3 weeks)
Universal breakdown blues
  CH 95 05/12/2013 (1 week)
The Catfish
  CH 84 16.10.2016 (1 week)
It's a Mighty Hard Road
  CH 40 02/23/2020 (1 week)
  • 1991: It's Chubby Time
  • 1993: Gas Money
  • 1995: Booty and the Beast
  • 1996: The First Cuts
  • 1996: Hit the High Hard One (live)
  • 1997: One Million Broken Guitars
  • 1998: The Best of Popa Chubby (Japanese publication)
  • 1998: The Best of Popa Chubby (live; Japanese release)
  • 1998: Brooklyn Basement Blues
  • 1999: One Night Live in NYC (live)
  • 2000: How'd a White Boy Get the Blues?
  • 2001: Flashed Back
  • 2002: The Good, the Bad and the Chubby
  • 2002: Black Coffee Blues Band (with Galea, Athur Neilson & Dimitri)
  • 2003: The Hungry Years
  • 2003: Old School (with Friends play Muddy, Willie and more)
  • 2004: Live at Fip (live)
  • 2004: Peace, Love & Respect
  • 2005: Wild Life!
  • 2005: Big Man Big Guitar
  • 2005: Ten Years with Popa Chubby
  • 2006: Stealing the Devil's Guitar
  • 2006: Electric Chubbyland (3 CD; 2 Live + 1 Studio)
  • 2007: Deliveries After Dark
  • 2008: Vicious Country (with Galea)
  • 2010: The Fight Is On
  • 2011: Back to New York City
  • 2013: Universal Breakdown Blues
  • 2014: I'm Feelin 'Lucky
  • 2015: Big, Bad and Beautiful (DoA, Live)
  • 2016: The Catfish
  • 2017: Two Dogs
  • 2020: It's a Mighty Hard Road

With other musicians (selection)

  • 2004: Paul Camilleri - Another Sad Goodbye (producer and guitar)
  • 2004: Bill Perry - Raw Deal (producer, guitar and vocals)
  • 2005: Galea - Diary of a Bad Housewife (producer, guitar and vocals)
  • 2005: Matt Smith - Free Beer and Chicken (producer, guitar and vocals)
  • 2006: Arthur Nielsen - Hell of a Nerve! (Producer, guitar and vocals)
  • 2006: Big Ed Sullivan - 300 Pounds of Love Brooklyn (producer and guitar)
  • 2006: Big Ed Sullivan - Fast Cars, Cheap Women and Dirty Pool (producer and guitar)

swell

  1. Chart sources: Switzerland

Web links

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