Mike
Goudreau Band
Blues |
"If the true test of a
great artist is that you can recognize him within the first
few bars of the song then Mike Goudreau is a great artist.
There is an instantly recognizable boppin’, swingin’
joie de vivre style to everything he does whether it’s
jazz or blues". Mike Goudreau has returned to
more stripped-down blues on new CD - “The Grass Ain’t
Greener” (no horns) with a solid backline of artists
who have obviously played together for a long time and it
shows.
Mike
Goudreau on vocals & guitar
Nino
Carlo Fabi or Lorrie Goodman
on organ/piano
Daniel
Poulin on bass
Patrick
Morin or Richard Bergeron (founding member
of the Boppin’ Blues Band) on drums.
Pop it in the player and have a listen. I like all the
songs (note that 8 of the 12 are all original compositions)
but if I have to choose favorites I would pick Too Good
To Be True – classic swingin’, boppin’
Goudreau blues, Mercury Blues – arranged like you
have never heard it before, Give It To The Lord –
a beautiful spiritual song that just makes ya feel good
and the title track The Grass Ain’t Greener which
should get everybody up on the dance floor unless they’re
deaf or dead!
"Go for it Mike! The grass just might be greener
on the other side this time around. I hope so. You deserve
it"
Intro by James Doran -Choose
the Blues Productions Smiths Falls, Ontario, www.choosetheblues.ca
The Grass Ain’t Greener and
other Mike Goudreau/Boppin’ Blues CD’s are available
at good independent record stores and through
Les Productions Bros in Montreal www.bros.ca
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Mike
Goudreau
& Boppin' Blues Band
Blues |
Mike Goudreau was rocked from
the cradle by the voices of Nat King Cole,. Frank Sinatra,
Elvis and the Beatles. As a musician, he travelled the requisite
roads of classic rock and country music, and moulded his
style in the wake of Albert King and Kenny Burrel, whose
traces'can be felt to this day.
From his very first contacts with blues, he started the
Boppin' Blues Band, with his crony Richard Bergeron. Since
then, the band has performed on television, in all sorts
of festivals and special events, on hundreds of stages big
and small, and has earned many titles and distinctions.
Mike Goudreau Lays claim to four albums with the Boppin'
Blues Band.
With those albums containing many original pieces, Mike
Goudreau and the Boppin' Blues Band have demonstrated the
multiple voices of blues, proving it can also be sung in
French!
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Mike
Goudreau & Friends
Jazz |
Mike Goudreau & Friends
can certainly achieve the highest of Jazz standards with
songs made popular be the Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington,
Frank Sinatra, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Mel Torme.
In the hands of the pros - Jazz at its purest state... |