Blind Albert
blues - rock - with a dash of the unexpected thrown in for good measure
3
songs
1.2K
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Four Alarm Fire Four Alarm Fire
Gloria And Ray Gloria And Ray
Shellshock - PTSD Shellshock - PTSD
Vincent Gabriel , aka - Blind Albert, has been creating and performing his own brand of music for more than three decades. Influenced as a youth by the music of Elvis Presley and The Rolling Stones, Vincent soon developed a style rich in melody and emotion.--------- Born in South Amboy, New Jersey on September 16, 1947. Gabriel was first exposed to the music that his mother and father would play and sing in their living room as the family sat and listened back in the late fifties and early sixties. Vincent started playing guitar in 1964 and in 1965 formed his first band, performing at high school dances and local halls. After graduating from high school in 1966 he continued to perform in and around his home state of New Jersey until his musical career was interrupted in 1967 by a two year tour of duty in Viet Nam as a combat infantry soldier with the First Infantry Division. Upon his return in 1969, he performed for ten years in and around Connecticut honing his skills in clubs in New London, Norwich, Hartford and New Haven until 1979.--------- Moving to Santa Barbara, California in 1979,he enjoyed five years writing and performing Latin influenced music with members of the "Flora Purim, Airto" backup band. Once again on the road, moving to Cape Cod in 1983, Vincent performed his original music in Cape clubs including TV appearances with his band "Illusion" until establishing a home base in mid-coast Maine 1989.-------- Forming the Blind Albert Band in the early 1990's,Vince established himself throughout Maine as a no-holds-barred blues, rock and original music performer and was one of the bands invited to participate in the original blues festival held outdoors at the Tradewinds in Rockland, which later came to be known as the "North Atlantic Blues Festival"and was the opening act at the 2004 North Atlantic Blues Festival. Vince Gabriel is currently stage manager for the North Atlantic Blues Festival and has been since 1999 and is a regular performer in NABF Club Crawl held every year in conjunction with the festival.---------- Vince has shared the stage with blues legend Jimmy Rogers as well as Eddie Shaw And The Wolf Gang (Howlin Wolfs Backup Band), Johnnie Rawls, Lucky Peterson, Philip Walker and others and has opened shows at the Tradewinds for blues artists Eddie Kirkland, Carey Bell, AC Reed, Philip Walker, Eddie Shaw, Sam Lay, Son Seals, Magic Slim, Jerry Portnoy and many more. Vince has also opened for rockers Leon Russell and Merl Saunders of Grateful Dead fame and has worked in conjunction with Koko Taylor, Junior Wells, Bernard Allison, Johnny Winter, Coco Montoya, Aztec Two Step and the list goes on and on.--------- Vincent Gabriel is currently performing in and around the state of Maine, garnering rave reviews as a solo artist and with the Blind Albert Band. ------- For booking or to contact blind albert - please email us at: blind_albert@yahoo.comBand/artist history
Vincent Gabriel, aka Blind Albert, has been performing in bars and roadhouses, since his return from the jungles of vietnam in 1969. Having played from the West Coast to the East Coast, Blind Albert has worked with some of the greats. Leon Russell, Merle Saunders, J. Geils, Son Seals, the late Jimi Rogers (an original member of Muddy Waters Chicago Blues band), Shemeka Copeland, Eddie Shaw and the Wolfgang (Howlin Wolf's former backup band), Kenny Neal, Jerry Portnoy (Eric Clapton's blues band) and many more.
Garnering rave reviews from the likes of music legends Country Joe Mcdonald, Eddie Shaw, E.C. Scott and more, Blind Albert is a force to be reckoned with. A musical chameleon, Blind Albert strays into many different musical styles: blues, rock, reggae, calypso, acoustic and latin music can be found on many of his CDs.Have you performed in front of an audience?yes i do play live -i don't know of anyone who's played dead as of yet -- in and around the state of maine and new england - it beats woikin''
ya'll please come and see me play while i'm still playin live. i play in bars -clubs and roadhouses - if i did'nt like it i would not have been playing for 37 years - sittin in with some of the real bluesmen - jimi rogers (original muddy waters chicago blues band) - carey bell - eddie shaw and the wolgang (howlin wolfs backup band) - johnny rawls - lucky peterson - etc.
Your musical influences
my father - the rolling stones - cream - hendrix - the yardbirds - war - bo diddley - and the little rascalsWhat equipment do you use?
Fender - other brands to numerous to mentionAnything else?
life is too short to be serious all the time - save some time in your life for fun - remember fun - it's that thing you used to have when you were a little kid - the world these days ain't havin a lot of fun --- just listen to the news some evening - all of us folks both men and women who play music - all started out doing so because we first of all loved it. aaaaaaannnnnnnnnndddddddd' - that's right it was fun''' being able to creat music and play it is a gift - yes i admit sometimes travelling around from town to town dealing with bad weather conditions - vehicle breakdowns - cancelled gigs - gettin pulled over at 2 am in the morning -and always bein tired can sometime get old -but even dealing with all that would'nt make me give up somethin that i've been doin now for over 40 years
ooooooooppppss' i dun almost gave away my age'''
bottom line -----i'm gonna play till i die -- yes that's true -- i won't be playin live anymore after the big one gets me - it'll change a little --- i'll just have to get used to playin dead'''
KEEP PLAYIN YOUR MUSIC''''''and remember it's supposed to be fun''' this is blind albert over and out''' peace to all'
rockland, ME
USA
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498743
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