SPO-DEE-O-DEE
The first concert of duo Spo-Dee-O-Dee
band (Tamás Szabó, harmonica player, and Zoltán
Nemes, piano player) took place in March 6th 1998. From August
1998, the whole band includes the following musicians:
Tamás Szabó
(mouth-harmonica player and vocal)
Zoltán Nemes (piano and vocal)
Gábor
Szűcs (guitar and vocal)
Gábor Torma (drummer and vocal)
László Varga (bass, double bass, and vocal)
The
name of the band was formed with the impression of a song (Stick
McGee Drinking Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee) from 1941. This
song was played by numerous famous blues or/and rockabilly groups,
such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Champion Jack Dupree, James
Booker, Lionel Hampton, Stray Cats band, just to mention the
most famous ones.
Since two-year existence of the
band, we played at many music festivals, and had concerts with
Terry Evans and Percy Srother from U.S.A.
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Szűcs Gábor - vocal,
guitar |
Torma Gábor - vocal, drum |
Nemes Zoltán - vocal, piano |
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Szabó Tamás - vocal,
harmonica |
Varga László - bass |
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About the musicians
of the Band
Zoltán Nemes (23 ys.): Education: secondary school of music
and cantor high school. He played in Mama Killed A Chicken,
Paid Holidays, and Deep Fried.
Gábor
Szűcs (22 ys.): He is self-taught
musician. His ideals are B.B. King, Freddie King, Albert King,
T-Bone Walker. He played in Jefferson Blues Band, and
Pure Blues.
Gábor Torma "Frank" (22 ys.): After secondary
school of music, he is studying at Hungarian Jazz Conservatoire.
He played in Pure Blues and J.K.E. Funky Group.László
Varga (27 ys.): After secondary school of music, he played
in many local blues and rock bands, and moreover he played in
Pure Blues and J.K.E. Funky Group.
Szabó Tamás: Curriculum Vitae
The recordings of
the band could be found on the CDs following:
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The New Lodger (1999): |
"I
Left My Heart in San Fransisco", "Lullaby",
"Do Nothing 'till You Here From Me", "Breakfast
Coffee". |
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Harponic Movement (1999): |
"Breakfast Coffee II." |
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Paksi Nemzetközi Bluesfesztivál
VII. (1999): |
"It's
House in The Lonesome" |
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Második Magyar Blues Könyv
CD-Appendix (1999): |
"Tell
Me What 's The Reason" |
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Magyar Rádió Jazz Tracks Vol. 15. (2000) |
"Pinetops
Boogie" |
| Paksi Nemzetközi Bluesfesztivál VIII. (2000): |
"My Queen Is Home To Stay" |
| Magyar Rádió Jazz Tracks (2002) |
"Rocking Pneumonia", "Bad Time Boogie", "Snow White In The Sahara" |
| Paksi Nemzetközi Bluesfesztivál X (2003): |
"Some Sweet Day" |
The first CD of the band
came out in 1999 under the title
"Drinking Wine
Spo-Dee-O-Dee"
2000: "Boogie Woogie Barber Shop"
2002: "Ain't Got No Money" with Mezei Ádám (guitar)
In preparation of the
first Hungarian Boogie-Woogie CD:
"Boogie-Woogie Barber Shop".
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Contact: Tamás
Szabó (06-20) 965-7916 |