Bad Sign Blues Band
These 3 Bad Sign'ers live, love, cry and scream the blues.
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Blues in the heart, blues in the soul.Band/artist history
The Bad Sign Blues Band was formed around Spring 2003 when drummer António Santa Clara invited bassist Dieter Pereira and guitarist Hélder Gonçalves to form a blues trio. The three had already played together in Travellin' Band, a 60s and 70s covers band.
This was the first chance they got to explore the instrumental universe of the blues together, and the experience was so gratifying that it planted the seeds that would give birth to the Bad Sign Blues Band - as many of you probably guessed, a name taken from the blues classic "Born Under A Bad Sign", a number they already performed as Travellin' Band.
This time around, and despite some incursions on the soul and vintage rock territories, the band decided their focus would remain on the blues. After some early indecisions about who to trust the vocal duties on the project to, Dieter decided to pick up the burden of being the band's frontman. This proved to be a successful move, as his soulful vocals, along with Hélder's wild licks and António's powerful yet subtle drumming have helped to shape the Bad Sign Blues Band's sound in a unique way.Have you performed in front of an audience?We try to keep one or two regular weekly venues and than look out for chances to "let loose" elsewhere.At the moment we play Saturdays 21:00 'till late at The Pestana Grand - Funchal.
Your musical influences
All great & true blues and blues-rock artists. Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, Rory Gallagher, Jimi Hendrix, BB King, John Lee Hooker, Robert Johnson, Ten Years After, Sonny Boy Williamson, Howlin' Wolf, Lightin' Hopkins, Blind Willie McTell, Peter Green, Savoy Brown etcWhat equipment do you use?
Vintage Vintage Vintage - they just don't make 'em like they used toAnything else?
The band would really like to get in touch with other blues bands/artists worldwide to exchange opinions and experiences and really share the blues around :)
Funchal,
Portugal
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207664
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