Reference
On the Road:
"
About 120 concerts a year
" International Blues Festivals:
Unna
Blues Festival (Germany); Moulin Blues Festival (Ospel, Holland); Int. Blues Festival
Wespelaar (Belgium); Blues Estafette Utrecht (Holland); Nottoden Blues Festival
(Norway); Int. Jazzlight Festival Lünen (Germany); Jazz Festival Eindhoven
(Holland); Cahors Blues Festival (France); New Orleans Jazz Festival Wendelstein
(Germany); Breminale Blues Festival (Germany); Int. Blues Festival Dresden (Germany);
Jazz & Blues Festival Hertogenbosch (Holland); Lucerne Blues Sessions (Switzerland);
Nuit de Blues Charleroi (Belgium); Bla Festival Aalborg (DK); National Blues Festival
Burnley (GB); Blues On The Farm (GB); Blues En Retz Pornic (F); European Breeze
(GR); Poggio Picenze In Blues (I); and many others
" Appearances in
…
Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Austria, Switzerland, Turkey,
Poland, Great Britain, Norway, Hungary, Luxemburg, Italy, Denmark, Greece and
the United States
" 1996: The CD Let's All Get Drunk and Get Tattooed
reaches 7th place in the CrossCut Records Charts (2Q 1996)
" 1997:
Broadcast of an appearance on "Talkin' Blues," a Cologne radio talk
show dedicated to the blues, and one-hour radio broadcast on the "Deutschlandfunk"
"
Turkish TV broadcasts two live concerts during the band's two-week Turkish tour
"
The CD 10,000 Miles gets top international reviews and a lot of radio play, especially
in the U.S., Spain, and Australia
" 10,000 Miles takes 4th of the
Top 25 Blues Albums (January 1999, Living Blues Poll, KNON 89.3 Dallas, TX, USA)
"
February 2000: Two-week tour through Texas clubs such as the "Blue Mule"
and "The Bone" in Dallas, "Billy's Blues" in Houston, and
many others
" Growing recognition in Britain by the end of 2000. Appearances
in London ("The Borderline") and elsewhere lead to the invitation to
play at the National Blues Festival in Burnley, in April 2001
" 2001:
The band tours The Netherlands and Belgium with guest guitarist Johnny Moeller
from Austin, Texas
" 2002: Appearance in one of London's premier live
Blues venue the "100 Club"
" During the first 6 month of
2003 the band appeared in 11 countries on 2 continents
" February
2003: Memo Gonzalez & The Bluescasters went to Texas to record their 3rd CD
"Big Time In Big D", engineerd by Paul Middleton. Paul Middleton works/worked
for Bonnie Raitt, Chris Isaac, Mike Morgan, Julio Iglesias (!), and others
"
"Big Time In Big D" features guest appearances by Anson Funderburgh,
Mike Morgan and Johnny Moeller
" "Big Time In Big D" is
released by the dutch label Continental Blue Heaven (other recent Continental
Blue Heaven releases: Ike Turner, The Paladins and Jim Suhler)
REVIEWOXFORD-UK (Jan. '01 - English)
Blues News Magazin (Sep. '99 - German)
United Jazz Society (Feb. '99 - German)
Southwest Blues Magazin (Feb. '99 - English)
INDIGO-Notes (June '96 - German)
INDIGO-Notes (Jan. '99 - German)
Spanish Side (English)
Rother Hilpoltsteiner Volkszeitung (April '97 - German)
Memo Gonzales - Blues aus Dallas (German)
Memo Gonzalez Interview ('93 - English)