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Press
"A 21st Century Delta Blues Explosion" - Kim Fowley
"Fine Crosby Stills Nash Harmony" - The List
"The feel of Canned Heat" - Nick Lowe - BBC Radio Scotland
"Blues Tinged Finesse" - Evening Times
"A voice like Paul Rogers" - Janice Forseyth
Discography
The Fortunate Sons EP released November 2006
Debut Album - due for release 2008
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Bio
The Fortunate Sons are knee deep in country and blues, stained from the filthy banks of the River Clyde.
"These Guys are Fuckin' Great"
STEVE VAN ZANDT, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN'S E-STREET BAND / THE SOPRANO'S
Sharing a mutual love of roots, rhythm and blues, Sam West, Calum McCann, Michael Law and Graham McGeoch formed The Fortunate Sons in a smoky west end flat in 2005. Creating an underground buzz with Friday and Saturday night residencies in Glasgow, they cut their teeth in the early hours of the morning playing folk and blues in dark and dirty venues.
After causing such a stir around Glasgow, The Fortunate Sons were soon taking their sound to bigger audiences after being invited to record the first ever live session on Scotlands number one commercial radio station, Real Radio. They followed up this exposure by playing to thousands at the "Big In Falkirk" festival, before flying off for an 11 show tour of Europe taking in Greece and Germany. After excellent reviews of their live performances, The Fortunate Sons continue to be invited to play a live sessions on national radio such as BBC Radio Scotland.
In 2007 The Fortunate Sons will play over 100 gigs, already taking in The Isle of Skye Music Festival (Scotland), The Wickerman Festival (Scotland), Vikedal Roots Festival (Norway) and Swinin´WiWa (Germany). Recently they embarked on their first full length tour of Germany, playing 15 dates and performing live on RNF TV to an audience of 3.5 Million - gathering excellent reviews from International Newspapers.
The Fortunate Sons have now finished recording their first full length album and are currently in negotiations for its release in the UK, Germany and USA.
"I'm lovin' that sound!"
HARRIET LEWIS (RAY CHARLES, BB KING, ERIC CLAPTON, MICHAEL JACKSON)
"The Fortunate Sons are great!"
TOM MORTON, RADIO SCOTLAND
"A 21st Century Delta Blues Explosion"
KIM FOWLEY
"Stand Out"
THE LIST
"The feel of Canned Heat"
NICK LOWE, RADIO SCOTLAND
"Blues Tinged Finesse...Haunting Harmonies"
THE EVENING TIMES
"A voice like Paul Rogers"
JANICE FORSYTH, RADIO SCOTLAND
"Impressive"
RICKY ROSS
"I saw the fortunate sons last month and cant stop raving about them"
CLYDE 1 FM
"sounds like crocodiles comming out of the clyde"
IAN ANDERSON, RADIO SCOTLAND
"Watch out for these guys, they are an amazing live band"
REAL RADIO (Scotlands Largest Commercial Music Station)
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