Vdelli
| VDELLI | |
|---|---|
 Ric Whittle, Leigh Miller, Michael Vdelli (2012) |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Blues rock , rock |
| founding | 1997 |
| Website | http://www.vdelli.com/ |
| Current occupation | |
| Michael Vdelli | |
| Bjorn Hofmann | |
| Michi Weber | |
Vdelli ( spelling VDELLI ) is an Australian blues rock band that was founded in 1997 in Perth .
history
In the early 1990s singer and guitarist Michael Vdelli played with his father Basil in a duo called Billy & The Kid. They were something like the house band at Rottnest Island Lodge Resort on Rottnest Island .
Part of their show was to invite well-known musicians from the mainland to perform with them on their Wednesday Blues Night. Basil had known drummer Ric Whittle for a long time, which is why he was one of the first to be invited. So Michael and Ric met for the first time. In 1994 they met again in the band Powershift, in which Ric stepped in from time to time before becoming a permanent member. However, when it became more and more difficult to survive financially with a cast of five musicians, Michael, Ric and bassist Roy Daniel decided to found the Trio Vdelli. Many musicians changed, but Michael and Ric always stayed together as the nucleus of the band.
Vdelli quickly made a name for themselves in the Perth club scene, and appeared in the supporting act, a. a. by ZZ Top , BB King and Buddy Guy followed. In 1999 the band recorded the CD Under The Spell with their compatriot Dave Hole , which received an ARIA Music Award for best blues album, and went on tour in Europe as his rhythm section. In the following year Vdelli dared to make the leap to Europe for the first time and since then have been able to build a loyal fan base there, especially in Germany.
After several in-house productions and numerous tours, Vdelli was signed to the German independent label Jazzhaus Records in early 2008 and Ain't Bringing Me Down was released in April 2009 , produced by Kevin Shirley ( Led Zeppelin , Aerosmith , Iron Maiden and others). The follow-up Take A Bite came about after another European tour in a German studio, produced by Achim Lindermeir ( Die Happy , Itchy Poopzkid ) and the band itself. Following the Take-A-Bite tour - on the new bassist Leigh Miller made his debut - the band took a year off. At the beginning of 2012 Vdelli returned to the stage and toured Europe repeatedly in May and June, where they a. a. performed at the Sweden Rock Festival . Another studio album, Never Going Back , was released in February 2013 , which was created in-house in Perth.
Discography
Studio albums
- 1997: Vdelli
- 1999: Blues
- 2000: Skitzoid
- 2002: Out Of The Blues
- 2002: Into The Blues
- 2003: Into The Zone
- 2004: Dog Hill Blues Sessions
- 2009: Ain't Bringing Me Down
- 2010: Take A Bite
- 2013: Never Going Back
- 2015: Higher
- 2016: Out Of The Sun
Live albums
- 2001: Live At The Indian Ocean Hotel
- 2006: Live In Europe
- 2014: Live & On Fire
Compilations
- 2004: Remastered Vol. 1
- 2008: Compendium