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| The Rob Harley Band Originally from San Fransisco, front man/guitarist Rob Harley has established himself on the Irish Blues scene having been in several original bands, Clinic, Bluebottle, Rob Harley and the Black River Band, The Inner City Blues Band featuring Jerome Rimson on bass, to name a few. Rob received massive press/radio attention With his first solo album, Dirty Black River ,check out Rob Harley, Rob has had quite a few musicians passing through the band but his newest line up has a more rock orientated edge, with the addition of new Back line musicians, Dana Nelson on the bass/vocals, heralding from Minneapolis, MN and Davide Sotigu on Drums, from Italy. Dana is a well regarded and experienced musician, having toured the States extensively with several bands as a guitarist. He currently is working on his own solo album as, BobFloorJunior, as well as performing with the Rob Harley Band. Davide on the other hand has played all over Italy as a professional drummer, he came to Ireland on a national tour with his band, The Swing Street Band, and ended the tour playing a concert in the Speigel Tent and went on to support Status Quo live at the Marque in Cork. Davide and Dana are both a complementary driving force and create an interactive solid groove for the Rob Harley band. The most recent recruit is Ger Walsh, Lead guitarist/vocals, originally from Cork City, who has been on the Irish Rock/Blues scene for some time as a session musician, He was a member of ,God Fearing Folk, an original rock/folk band from West Cork and now also performs with HeavyWait another popular local rock band. With Gers added hard edge on electric lead and both Davide and Dana as the driving force including Rob's heart felt vocals it makes for a great Rock/Blues musical experience. The band are in the middle of recording an album and are hoping to release the new record by the end of the year. Meantime catch them at the Crane lane every month where they will perform there originals as well as a bunch of favorites from the likes of old blues ledgends Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Elmore James, John Lee Hooker, BB King, Robert Johnson, Big Mama Thornton, Also they will play music from the likes of John Lennon, Pink Floyd, The Doors, Santana, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Creedence Clearwater Revival, John Fogerty etc.... |