miki nervio & the bluesmakers
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miki nervio & the bluesmakers

La Coruña, Galicia, Spain | Established. Jan 01, 1992 | SELF

La Coruña, Galicia, Spain | SELF
Established on Jan, 1992
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"ciclo blues & boogie 18 noviembre, 2013"

Inmediatamente después, aparecieron 6 músicos gallegos. Pocos de los que nos encontrábamos allí conocíamos a la banda y haberlos visto actuar en directo aún menos todavía, ay que era la primera vez que venían a Catalunya.
Sin previo aviso, se dispusieron a tocar y con la voz a timbrada de esos viejos micrófonos Miki Nervio, empezó a demostrar que son una auténtica Street Band.
Un sonido callejero, de cualquier barrio de New Orleans o de cualquier ciudad del mundo. Miki Nervio & The Bluesmakers, hicieron vibrar a todos los presentes, dejándolos con la boca abierta, ya que de momento han sido la gran sorpresa de esta 8ª edición del Ciclo Blues & Boogie.
El sonido era tan real que si los desenchufáramos, sonarían igual, por que como nos dijo Big Boino Juanginson “De eso se trata, es el sonido acústico que tienen los instrumentos, la amplificación es solo para que todo el mundo lo pueda oír”. Y doy fe de ello, es brutal poder oírlos.
Nos presentaron su quinto disco “Let The Old Time Roll”, con canciones de diferentes estilos para su repertorio, y como dice Miki “Es música americana, bebiendo de diferentes fusiones musicales”. La banda está compuesta por Miki Nervio (voz y kazoo), Slim Slide Louis (guitarra resonadora), Big Boino Juanginson (contrabajo), Washboard Plof (tabla de lavar y batería), Sunny Boy Barros (guitarra acústica) y Rafa Mississippi (armónica).

Sinceramente, es la banda que en muchos festivales nos gustaría poder oír, y tenerla, en un escenario o en medio de la calle. Una banda que hoy día no se suele ver, al menos en este país. El viejo sonido sureño está presente en cada una de sus canciones y en su tierra natal son recibidos con alegría por grandes y pequeños. Si todavía hay alguien que no los ha visto, ya están tardando. - bad music


"lisbon-blues-fest-26-abril 2013"

Pouco passava das 22h quando Miki Nervio e a sua banda, os Bluesmakers se sentaram no palco da sala tmn para dar início ao concerto. Miki explicou que a sua banda com mais de duas décadas se iniciou nos Blues eléctricos modernos e regrediu para uma versão acústica dedicada aos Blues tradicionais. O caminho contrário do bluesman que abandona os campos de algodão do Mississippi e apanha o autocarro em Clarcksdale com destino aos Blues eléctricos da cidade de Chicago. O set passou sem grandes flutuações mas com uma consistência bem agradável de números originais e os habituais covers de tributo aos mestres da Chess, Muddy Waters (“O más grandeee!”, gritava Miki) e Willie Dixon. De destacar a autenticidade dos solos de harmónica de Rafa Mississippi e os ritmos animados de Washboard Plof na tábua de lavar. Os Blues estão em muito boas mãos em Espanha. - strobe.pt


"English language broadcast - Miki Nervio & the Bluesmakers (11/12/13)."

The Galician blues band Miki Nevio and the Bluesmakers, who got together more than 20 years ago, this year released their fifth album, entitled Let the Old Times Roll. The album includes sixteen songs, from traditional spirituals (Swing Low, Sweet Chariot) and blues classics (I Can't Be Satisfied) to new tunes by Miki and company, such as Don't You Know, featuring the harmonica of guest artist Ñaco Goñi. With suggestive stage names like Rafa Mississippi, Slim Slide Louis and Washboard Plof, Miki Nervio & the Bluesmakers deliver a solid, varied, and well-produced album of blues and rhythm'n'blues that makes it clear why they are practically a musical institution in the northwestern Spanish region of Galicia. For more on Miki and his boys, visit their attractive website at: www.mikinervio.com - rtve


"Miki Nervio & The Bluesmakers “Let The Old Times Roll” (Marzo 2014)"

Both Miki Nervio and The Bluesmakers deeply know all blues elements that come from the end of the twenties and thirties. Pre-war and Delta blues have no secrets for them, because they are totally engaged with that kind of music and they give an exquisite handling to every song they perform. These musicians come from Galicia and do an acoustic repertoire, the old time songbook, with passion, reverence, commitment and elegant arrangements that follow very aesthetical patterns. Miki Nervio & The Bluesmakers come to perpetuate a musical genre that has almost disappeared in the actual blues scene, except some other few and rare collectors. But the good taste, the excellent display, the swing and feeling these musicians give to the music they perform is over the standard average of other artists who try to do it but sometimes they do not succeed and become a little bit boring. This is not the case of Miki Nervio and The Bluesmakers. I am surprised they have not yet been booked by the various blues festivals in Spain and I find hard to believe there still are promoters who have not yet realized the band qualities. In short words, this is an excellent well conceived album with a splendid development and final result. Congratulations fellows! GREAT. - lahoradelblues.com


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Still working on that hot first release.

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Miki Nervio and the Bluesmakers is the reference point of acoustic blues in Spain. We make what we call "rural blues", influenced by the great bluesmen of the 20's and 30's (Big Bill Broonzy, Jazz Gillum, Blind Boy Fuller...), but with a mixture of later blues (Lightnin' Hopkins, Muddy Waters...), early swing bands, jug bands, ragtime... We made a trip looking for the roots of blues and what we found was a huge variety of styles... and we like all of them!!
To be truthful to this music, we retake the original instruments (washboard, upright bass, kazoo, dobro, mandolin...) and this let us play for many kinds of audience. We can play in a pub, in an auditorium, in a big stage or even as a street band. We are proud to say that many kinds of people enjoy our music, from  3-year-old-children to elderly people, people who likes jazz and blues and people who have never heard it. This is the result of recreating the old blues, a kind of music that comes from the heart and goes to your feelings (and to your feet).
That's the music we love (and try to make).

MEMBERS:

Miki Nervio: Voice, Kazoo
Slim Slide Louis: Dobro, Mandolin
Big Boino Juanginson: Upright bass
Rafa Mississippi: Harp
Sunny Boy Barros: Acoustic Guitar
Washboard Plof: Washboard, Drums

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