Blues Wire
BLUES WIRE
SHORT BIO – COMMENTS - DISCOGRAPHY
In the words of blues prodigy Katie Webster, "Blues Wire are the best blues band in Europe and deserve to be heard by a wider audience".
The Blues Wire formed in 1983. A year later they recorded the first blues album ever to be made by Greek musicians.
Playing festivals and clubs in countries like France, Italy, Austria and Hungary (among others) consolidated their reputation and earned them many an enthusiastic press reviews all around Europe.
Through the years Blues Wire have often backed up top blues artists such as Katie Webster, John Hammond, Larry Garner, Big Time Sarah, Carey and Lurrie Bell, Angela Brown, Louisiana Red & Al Copley, to mention a few, proving they can keep up with the best of them. They have also opened for legendary musicians like Buddy Guy, John Mayall, Albert King, Otis Rush and The Fabulous Thunderbirds.
Blues Wire have provided the foundation of the Greek blues scene and the main inspiration for many younger musicians, while leader Elias Zaikos (guitar, vocals) is considered the most important blues artist in the country.
“The best blues band in Europe - they deserve a wider audience”,
Katie Webster
“The tragic flaw of most European blues musicians is not to be found in Blues Wire. There are no predictably banal hammered notes, no chicheish bending, no lifeless shuffles. Plenty of good taste, plenty of originality”,
International Herald Tribune
“The Greek blues quartet left us speechless! Elias Zaikos is a walking encyclopaedia of blues guitar”,
IlMessagero Veneto, Italy
“The best Greek blues musician”
Exousia Newspaper
“The sounds of Louisiana and Mississippi awaken through a Greek! He interprets the Blues with genuine passion and tension”
Pop and Rock Magazine
DISCOGRAPHY
DIG IT! (1984) – file under BLUESGANG
ON A SECOND THOUGHT (1985) - file under BLUESGANG
FIVE LIVE (1985) - file under BLUESGANG
WHO’S CALLING? (1987)
TRULY INTERNATIONAL (1989) with the International Blues Duo
BULLDOG BOOGIE (1993)
OFF THE BOX (1996) solo EZ
STEADY GIG (1999)
BETWEEN SPIRIT AND TIME (2000) solo EZ
FENCE (2001)
LIVE AT THE GALLERY (2002) The Lo-fi kings
LIVE! (2003)
JIMI JAM (2004) solo EZ
TWO SHOWS (DVD 2006)
TAKE MY HAND TO THE SKY (collection 2007)
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