The Paul Garner Band, from London UK, are a powerful and dynamic blues trio featuring Hammond organ, drums and some of the finest blues guitar playing you will hear anywhere.
With the innate musical telepathy that comes from over a decade of touring and recording together, The Paul Garner Band are an exciting, must-see live act. Critically acclaimed, with a creative and unique sound - steeped in blues tradition yet looking to the future.
Paul Garner grew up in New Zealand, a long way from the origins of the blues. Nonetheless, born the son of an English blues musician, Paul picked up his first guitar at the age of five and joined his father's band at fourteen. Raised on a diet of Mississippi John Hurt, Muddy Waters, Jimi Hendrix, Ry Cooder and the whole pantheon of classic blues artists, this music became his life-long passion.
In 2005 Paul moved to London with just a guitar and a dream to start his own original blues band. It was there he met drummer Jason Ribeiro and Sardinian keyboard maestro, Claudio Corona, and the three of them have been performing together as The Paul Garner Band ever since.
Their unusual line-up, with fat bass lines originating from Claudio’s steady left hand on the keyboard, is the perfect foil for their uncommon approach to the Blues. Paul Garner’s original songs and unique guitar style, backed by strong and sympathetic grooves, combine to form a very different kind of power trio. Together these elements give The Paul Garner Band an intensity in live performance which keeps audiences spellbound. Eschewing blues-rock clichés and retro re-creations, they bring something new to the genre while maintaining a strong connection to the roots.
Together now for over a decade, The Paul Garner Band have performed extensively at blues clubs and festivals throughout the UK and Europe. Finding a rapturous response everywhere they go, it seems that the band’s unique and refreshing approach is exactly what blues fans have been waiting for...!
The Paul Garner Band has performed at...
Festivals (UK):
- Borough Blues Festival, Wales
- Broadstairs Blues Bash
- Colne Great British R&B Festival
- Dundee Blues Festival
- Shetland Blues Festival
- Tenby Blues Festival
Festivals (EU):
- Dellbrücker Jazzmeile (DE)
- Fredericia Jazz & Blues Festival (DK)
- Horsens Blues Festival (DK)
- Trieux Tonic Blues (FR)
- Blues In Zyfflich (DE)
Selected clubs in UK and EU:
- Ain’t Nothin’ But (London, UK)
- Blues-Sphere (Liège, BE)
- Brussels Rhythm & Blues Club (Brussels, BE)
- Darlington R&B Club (Darlignton, UK)
- Free Blues Club (Szczecin, PL)
- Jazzpodium DJS (Dordrecht, NL)
- Karlskoga Rock & Blues (Karlskoga, SE)
- Meisenfrei Blues Club (Bremen, DE)
Between us we have performed and recorded with:
- Billy Branch
- Bob Corritore
- Alan Evans
- James Harman
- Lazy Lester
- John Medeski
- George Porter Jr
- John Primer
- Ian Siegel
- Mike Vernon
- West Weston
- and more...