Bamboo Room - The Demian Band
Saturday, September 07, 2013, 07:00pm
Iron Mike Norton/The Demian Band
SAT. 09.07.2013 · 09:00PM · $10, $13 Day of show
The king of swamp stomp, blues recording
artist and producer Iron Mike Norton is consistently described by peers
and critics as one of the most innovative and creative artists in the
blues genre today. Iron Mike combines elements of modern styles like hip
hop, rock and techno with traditional hill country slide guitar blues.
The result is a sound truly unique to Iron Mike alone.
Born in Georgia, Iron Mike began his professional career while still in
his teens, crawling out of the swamps of Florida as a bass player and
sound engineer in the Tampa hard rock and metal scene. From there he
went on to front a modestly successful country act that signed with Five
Roses Records in 1995 and performed on the road with countless country
legends like Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett, and Wynonna Judd.
Inspired by the sounds his friend and legendary slide guitarist Sonny
Landreth, Iron Mike left the country music genre and began to study
slide guitar and the style of Landreth specifically.
Iron Mike Norton broke onto(or perhaps more accurately "into") the blues
scene in 2000 (as Michael Shaun Norton) with his debut CD Spooky &
The Blue Voodoo Tribe. The release grabbed the attention off blues
critics across the United States with its dark themes, over the top
guitar work and Mike's uncommonly powerful roadhouse vocal style. In
recent years, Iron Mike's work has been hailed as the foundation for an
entirely new style of blues called "Swamp Stomp".
DEMIAN BAND, the real Rock/Blues Power Duo with the most powerful live
performances you will ever see on a stage. The band is made up of Demian
Dominguez on guitar and vocals and Daniel Bianchi on the drums.
In the beginning of 2012, Demian decides to give up the trio or
occasional quartet line-up and he and Daniel start walking the way to
music essence, reaffirming that Blues roots are not only found in the
southern United States but also in the African continent. The influences
of drums and Didley Bo, Delta Blues and raw Rock give Demian Band a
unique sound which makes live shows become a party where the only things
that really matter are the energy and playing music from the heart to
convey to the audience this same feeling.
It is worth mentioning that Demian has shared the stage with great
bluesmen like Eric Sardinas and Bernard Allison and he has also opened
multitudinous concerts for Jimmie Vaughan, Roy Rogers and Los Lobos.
After many years on the road achieving great milestones, the Matamp
English brand of amplifiers builds a signature model called “Matamp
Demian”. His albums “Devil By My Side” and “Tattoo’d Fish” have achieved
a great international impact, even reaching top positions on the
American Blues charts.