| B. B. & The Blues Shacks - A success story since 1989 The Highlights: - GERMAN BLUES AWARD 2010 - Best German Bluesband & Best Vocals (Michael Arlt) - “Award of the German Disc Review (2008)“ for the recent album 'Unique Taste' - US tour (2008) - 'Best European Blues Band' (2003/2004) - Trophee France Blues - BLUES NEWS GERMANY Award 2007 - Best DVD-Release - winning several polls by Blues News Magazine as Best German Blues Band Quotations about the band: "The BB's must be the best blues band I have ever heard in Germany." Götz Alsmann, WDR-TV and radio „When they appear live, you just have to go there.“ Peter Urban, NDR 2 Radio "There are good bands, there are very good bands, and there are bands who define the standards. B.B. & The Blues Shacks – without a doubt – belong to the latter category." Dietmar Hoscher, Blues journalist and author "The boys are in demand worldwide." SAT1 Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony)/Bremen „These Germans delivered a truly High-Energy gig … and in the end they were all screaming for more.“ (BrooWaha Newspaper, Los Angeles) Quotations about the award-winning album 'Unique Taste': „Beautiful, live-type Sound, crisply produced, a singer with a distinctive, easily recognized voice“ (Volker Thormählen, NDR 1 Welle Nord Radio) „Super songs, super musicians - and then they are also surrounded by beautiful ladies!“ (Duke Robillard, Gitarrenlegende aus den USA) „With this well rounded album, the band succeeds in covering new ground – with a seductive, contemporary Blues and modern, deeply felt Soul.“ (Blues Matters, UK) Tour: The 5 professional musicians have been touring for almost two decades, with roughly 2000 concerts around the whole world. On average, about 120 concerts per year are on the tour schedule, taking them to about 10-15 different countries. So far, their concert tours took them to: Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Denmark, Holland, Sweden, Norway, France, Hungary, Chechia, Russia, USA, Finland, Germany, former East Germany, Poland, England, Belgium, Greece, ... Albums: The Blues Shacks released 11 discs since their inception. In 2006, a Live-DVD appeared on the market. The most recent CD 'Unique Taste' (2008) was awarded with the „Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik“, the „Prize of the German disc review“ Their remaining albums also received a number of different awards. Discography: 1994 Fellin' Fine Today (STUMBLE) 1995 Jive Talk, Slow Walk (STUMBLE) 1997 Reality Show (STUMBLE) 1998 Live at Lucerne Blues Festival (STUMBLE) 1999 Straight Blues - Big Swing|The Blues Edition (STUMBLE) 1999 Straight Blues - Big Swing|The Swing Edition (STUMBLE) 2001 Midnite Diner (CROSSCUT RECORDS) 2003 Blue Avenue (CROSSCUT RECORDS) 2005 Live at Vier Linden (CROSSCUT RECORDS) 2007 Unique Taste EP (CROSSCUT RECORDS) 2008 Unique Taste (CROSSCUT RECORDS) 2010 LONDON DAYS (CROSSCUT RECORDS) DVD: 2005 DVD 'Live at Vier Linden' (CROSSCUT RECORDS) |
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Whether it is the German V.I.P.-magazine 'GALA', the 'Neue Presse Hannover' or a wide range of international music trade papers, they all report about the Blues Shacks. Subsequently, there is a draft of some articles with regard to their new album 'Unique Taste': |
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| Television reports |
| SAT.1 reported - as a part of the series '17:30 Live' about the USA tour of the Blues Shacks in May 2008. RTL presented portraits of the Hildesheim Boys at 'Guten Abend RTL'/`Good Evening RTL” in March 2008. |