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Chaz DePaolo plays The Roisin Dubh this saturday and will treat his many fans to his always exciting Blues guitar
playing which has both superb technique and a real soulfullness.
Kernan Andrews
- Galway Advertiser/July 22 2004
The Highlight of Chaz's time in Galway came during last years Galway Arts Festival when he played support to one of his heroes Buddy Guy.In fact Guy himself was very impressed by DePaolo's playing...
Kevin Maguire - Galway Advertiser/July 24 2003
From a strict Pyrotechniques
angle Live From Montreal cannot be beat.
Benoit Briere
- Blues Bytes/July 2001
The cd overall is more of a SRV feel with emotional and blistering solos that remind you of the great blues players of yesteryear:Chuck Berry,SRV,King,Hendrix and Buddy Guy to name just a few.
Wayne Klinger - Guitar Nine.com/July 2002
John Richards,DJ at Galway Bay FM Galway Ireland picked Chaz DePaolo as the Best Act of the 2001 Galway Arts Festival. - Jon Richards/Galway Bay Fm 2002
11 Tracks,46 Mins.
Welcome to the world of commercial blues/rock music with this superb debut album from a gifted young naxeman with a soulful voice,from New York,by the name of Chaz DePaolo.If Chaz wasnt such a good composer he could have earned a good living impersonating Stevie Ray Vaughan most evidenced from the two tribute instrumental tracks Stevie's Favorite Shuffle and Chicago 101.However ,DePaolo is a raw new,diverse talent who is finding his own style quite nicely;an eclectic mix of traditional blues with rock and jazz.He is helped with his musicial vision bya highly competent band with a very distinctive Hammond B-3 played by Dave Lewis.Whether Flirtin' With The Blues,his own composition or adding new twists to classics like Checkin' on My Baby and Long Grey Mare,Chaz expresses a very personal and refreshing feel to the blues. Now based in New York,a city which is perfect for DePaolo's culturally diverse style,this man can really develop into one of the most exciting talents in 21st century electric blues music.
Dave Scott
- Blues Matters,UK,april 2006 issue
Le 19 juillet,la clientèle deu Café Culturel La Chasse-galerie a eu une surprise de taille en voyanr arriver sur la scéne Chaz DePaolo.
Le musicien d'envergure internationale sera de retour à Lavaltrie le 27 octobre prochain.
Chaz DePaolo est un guitariste auteur -compositeur-interprète.Originaire du New Jersey et ayant passé toute sa vie à quelques pas de Manhattan,il est invariablement influencé par l'énergie artistique new yorkaise.Très bientot Chaz s'amourache de Montréal: il a d,ailleurs été encensé par la critique.Lors de son Arret à Lavaltrie, le concert intime et improviséde DePaoloa été fort apprécié des musiciens...ceux là memeinvtés sur la scéne du café.
Véronique Goyette - Journal L'Artisan,mercredi 16 aout 2006
Discography
Chaz DePaolo - Eclectic Impressions 1999
Chaz DePaolo - Live From Montreal 2001
Innundations(Compilation)2002-Featured Track: The Thrill is Gone.
The NY Blues And Jazz Society(Compilation) Vol. 1
Featured Track: Texas Style Sizzle
Fret Essential Vol.1(Compilation) Featured Track:Celebate Funk
Chaz DePaolo - Flirting with the Blues-Nov.27 ,2005
Various Artists-Fins Chrome & the Open Road : Tribute to the Cadillac march 2006
Bluestopia-scheduled release Spring 2008
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Bio
Chaz has many influences ranging from Jazz,Blues,Rock and acoustic singer song writers. He can be soulful or out right ferocious. Chaz loves the sensitivity of a Slow Blues and always considers the song first. Chaz's first blues release was a full length vocal cd called "Flirtin with The Blues"on the 95 North Records label. Chaz performs his own Blues compositions as well as several traditional tracks on this set. He can be found performing an acouistic/harmonica duo on the title track 'Flirtin with The Blues'. Chaz is now working on a follow up cd called "Bluestopia" to be released in Spring 2008.Also,Chaz and The Groundhogs Rhythm Section,a ledgendary British Blues band, have recorded a track for the 101 year anniversary of General Motors 'Cadillac'. The track is called "Cadillac Baby" and was featured on the 95 North records compilation"101 Years of Cool" A Tribute To The Cadiilac.
He is a huge Jazz fan and sites John Coltrane as a major influence as well as Lou Donaldson and Eric Dolphy. Chaz feels that horn players are truly the great improvisers of music. By listening to instruments other than guitar Chaz has been able to craft a truly unique sound.
Chaz has performed with drummer Brian Downey of Thin Lizzie and Pete Brown the lyricist of Cream.
He has also performed with Buddy Miles,Harvey Brooks and Jose Feliciano.Chaz has been featured at The Tribute Jimi Hendrix in NYC in 2006 and 2007.
He shared the bills on both shows with Dr John,Commander Cody,Larry Coreyll, Jack Cassidy,Cornell Dupree,and Chuck Rainey. Chaz has opened for such luminaries as Buddy Guy,Commander Cody and New Riders' Of The Purple Sage to name a few while sharing headlining spots with Otis Taylor at "The Bristol Blues Festival" in Bristol,England september of 2006.
The new Chaz DePaolo signature model Guitar is currently available from Wicked Guitars of Green Field Park Que,Ca.This is a limited edition run and features Chaz's own specifications.
Chaz has been performing in-store showcases at the following locations:
U.S Stores:
Virgin Mega Store Denver Colorado 8/20/07
HMV 46 TH -5TH ave.,NYC
Tower Records - Dublin,Ireland
JULY 1,1999,2000,2001-Music World Desjardins - Montreal ,Canada
MOJO's Scarbrough,England
Endorsements ;
Guyatone Pedals
Curt Mangan Strings www.curtmangan.com
Jazz Kat Amplifiers www.jazzkatamps.com
Wicked Instruments-Guitar www.wickedinstruments.com
Martin Guitar Approved Artist
Lava Cables
Guyatone Effects Pedals
Vintique Neck Kits
Radio Tracking :
www.airplaydirect.com/chazdepaolo - under construction
Contacts:Booking,Management,Promotion
Avenue B.Multimedia
Philippe Giguere
phil.musinet@sympatico.ca
Phone:514.895.6208
29 Belleville Street
Repentigny,Quebec,Canada
J6A 5G7
U.S.,Canada ,Europe
Record Label :
Rojer Records
RojerRecds@aol.com
Phone:201.339.8544
24 Avenue B
Bayonne,New Jersey 07002
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