The HAMBURG BLUES BAND "40th Anniversary Tour"

40 years of St. Pauli Blues! As part of the "40th Anniversary Tour", the Hamburg Blues Band with Hamburg rock shouter Gert Lange, Reggie Worthy (Ike & Tina Turner, Eric Burdon), drummer Eddie Filipp (Sweet, Inga Rumpf, Clem Clempson Band), the only 30-year-old exceptional guitarist Krissy Matthews ("Thisguy is the real deal"/Beth Hart), presents songs from over 4 decades of HBB. A musical firework display with friends, companions, real guys & originals.

40 years of St. Pauli Blues! For 4 decades, five guys have been touring through crowded clubs that
are among the best the European blues scene has to offer. The Hamburg
Blues Band stands for intense, cleverly arranged and live stunning roots blues that
regularly leaves purists mentally reeling. Because the band around the singer Gert Lange
singer Gert Lange, who is often compared to Joe Cocker, mixes hard guitar blues rock with
with soul, psychedelic, rhythm & blues, boogie & even excursions into jazz realms.
excursions into jazz realms.
In 1982, the Hamburg singer & the English saxophonist Dick Heckstall-Smith founded
in the legendary Hamburg "Onkel Pö" spontaneously founded the
Hamburg Band Band. "Dick Heckstall-Smith was our key to the British blues scene
blues scene, our Brit blues connection". "He was to us what Alexis Korner was to the Stones & many others.
Stones & many others" says Lange today. So it comes as no surprise that the band has
the band toured with the stars of the scene over the years: Jack Bruce, Chris Farlowe, Mike
Harrison, Arthur Brown and guitar heroes such as Clem Clempson & Miller Anderson became
became band members. "We were also very fortunate that Dick Heckstall-
Smith brought us together with the legendary lyricist Pete Brown (Cream) before he died.
who still writes our lyrics today & is another welcome guest on our tours"
guest on our tours".
Hamburg's renowned blues/rock shouter Gert Lange, voice of various commercials
(e.g. Carlsberg beer) as well as the title song of the German Film Award in Gold
film award-winning road movie "Burning Life" and the famous rhythm section, bassist
Reggie Worthy (Ike & Tina Turner, Eric Burdon, Stoppok), drummer Eddie Filipp (Inga
Rumpf, Sweet, Clem Clempson Band) & the only 29 year old exceptional guitarist
Krissy Matthews, "This guy is the real deal" (Beth Hart), a conspiratorial gang that
with a consistent punch, complemented by their ability to control dynamics on demand and
on demand and spice it up with perfect harmony vocals.
Names such as Jimi Hendrix, Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Johnny Winter, Rory
Gallagher or even Pete Townsend come to mind when talking about the 29-year-old Krissy
Matthews is mentioned. They are all said to have been the inspiration for the guitar style of the young exceptional guitarist.
guitarist and indeed Matthews' playing is anything but one-dimensional.
one-dimensional. Sometimes he sounds fresh and raw, then again weird and wild. Even as a
on stage for the first time at the age of three, got his first guitar at the age of eight and
his first guitar at the age of eight and was bitten by the blues at the age of eleven. A year later he met
John Mayall at a gig in Norway, and the godfather of white blues did not hesitate
and took the twelve-year-old on stage with him. Fellow musicians, critics and the
press are full of praise; "This guy is the real deal" (Beth Hart), "Oh boy, this kid can
play" (Hubert Sumlin.
Even after 40 years, the Hamburg Blues Band is always good for surprises &
presents its very own sound far removed from any clichés. On the "40th
Anniversary" Tour the audience can expect musical fireworks with real guys
and originals.