Bert Halbwachs and Torsten Buncher, guitar and harp players respectively, play the blues the way it was played in the beginning. The duo tell stories about work, women, wine and life's hardships in general. Always with tongue in cheek they maintain a strong relation with their audience. Captive word play, innuendo, intimation and allusion play an important role in their texts never crossing the line into using profanity. The twins from Brakenberg, a hamlet in Lippe, have suffered tremendously during their deprived childhood in postwar Germany. But - growing up disadvantaged makes for a good topsoil. Bert and Torsten have been on the road for a number of years both nationally and internationally.
Locke Habich (dr) and Chris Beuthner (bass) complete the band for a Chicago sound if needed. Check it out!

look to the  absurdism  and that is where You'll find Me and My Music 
I Find these Songs In Life and You will have to be the Judge and 
and Jury. Does it ring true to Your Observations in Human Experience's 
The Fabric of Our Songs..................~~~~~~~~~~~*BB 

I write, play, sing, record, experiment, I Love the Blues, And Music it self.
"The Blues Has A Way Of Soothing Everything Broken and Bruised".

 I went back to College in my 50s and signed up for Music Tec.  Recording, Theory, etc.  Learning to use Computers and Operating Systems (Mac at School, Win. at Home) On the fly was Way Overwhelming for Me But My Love Of Music Was Stoked Even More 
and I Survived.  My first On Line Class I Was a Disaster.........I was taking my Final and my computer crashed Hard. I Knew very little about them.........but I did Know that I had waited till the last minute to test, Confident Because I had Studied and prepared.  Looking Back I Know I Shouldn't Have Been Streaming Tunes While I Tested And I Should Have Taken The Test With "Time To Spare".
When I Was Pleading With The Teacher Telling Him The Computer Crashed and He Told Me To "Tell It To Microsoft". 
     Well Well, Pissed Me Off So Bad I Got Some Books and Started Immersing MySelf in How To Understand This BEAR Called Computer.
That First Computer Only Had About 40 Gig Hard Drive, The Operating System Took Up About 28 Of That. Of Course Some Of That Is Dedicated To Storage of Music Files, Jpeg, Documents, Video etc. 2Gb Ram ---- Twenty Years Later:
      Now I have Just Put Together a Great Computer
      Gaming Tower, Gaming MotherBoard, 32Gb Ram
      1200 Watt Modular Power Supply
       Firewire 800, USB 3 
       Multiple Hard Drives-----500Gb SSD 
       8Tb 7200 RPM + 2--- 1TB +3TB
       My Mixing Board Is AI That communicates over Firewire 800 
       It Has A Virtual Board and an App to Control It On SmartPhone or Tablet 
       And Others In The Band Can Control their Own Mix 
 My MIDI Keyboard Has Lots of Different Instrument Sounds and Is Able To Access More Content Through Software.  Just Amazing Stuff,  Composing Software That will Make Sheet music From Midi Input,  Yea I Come A Long Way From Sitting By The Campfire Playing Guitar,  I Learn More Everyday But At My Age I Forget Stuff Too Dam Quickly,  I Stay At It and Will Take What I Am Given.
AND AM THANKFUL EVERYDAY THAT WE HAVE THE GIFT OF MUSIC TO KEEP US COMPANY ON OUR "JOURNEY"--- "The JOURNEY" IS THE FABRIC OF OUR SONGS.
     I have made a lot of Musical Friends On SoundCloud And I Love The Collaborations.............~~~~~~~~~~*BB   
ALSO SONG WRITERS IN THE KITCHEN IS A GREAT PLACE TOO. 
https://discord.gg/FGhDfBJR

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT ME AND MY COLLABORATORS.   WRITE ME AND REQUEST THE MUSIC YOU WOULD LIKE FROM MY COMPOSITIONS AND I WILL MAKE SURE YOU GET THE BEST COPY OF COMPOSITION, VOLUME LEVELS BROUGHT UP TO CORRECT LEVEL AND BEST MASTERED EDITION, IN MP3 OR WAV FILE WHAT EVER YOUR CHOICE IS 
IF YOU WANT A WORK I'VE DONE WITH OTHERS I WILL SPLIT PROCEEDS WITH SAID COLLABORATORS.  THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, YOUR DONATION IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.  write me
 bay.blues.man@gmail.com

Michael Marotta is a Multi-Instrumentalist Born and Raised in Hollywood, FL. 
He started playing Drums at the age of 13 and slowly after, picked up the Guitar and Bass.
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Release e Discografia:
 
Oly Jr. começou sua carreira musical em 1998 tocando blues. Depois passou a incorporar elementos do rock, do folk americano/gaúcho e da milonga pampeana, fazendo desses elementos musicais referencias diretas no seu trabalho autoral. Já são 11 discos lançados, sendo 10 de forma independente. Seu primeiro disco solo foi produzido por Egisto dal Santo, já teve participação no álbum duplo – ao vivo “Os Blackbagual” que compõe a    caixa “Bebeto Alves em 3D”, é guitarrista da banda Os Irish Boys, que acompanha o músico/compositor Julio Reny, tendo participado de dois discos do artista, “A Primavera do Gato Amarelo” e “Bola 8”. Também participou da segunda e sexta edição do “Moinho da Estação Blues Festival", da primeira edição do "Iguape Jazz&Blues" da coletânea internacional “Rock 4 Life” e da coletânea "Blues na GP" promovido e distribuído pela Revista Guitar Player com a canção “Milonga Blues”, da coletânea independente "Rota Blues Brasil" com as músicas "Milonga Blues" e "Descansando A Alma", na coletânea “Música na Casa 2004” (Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana) com a canção “Dia de Chuva” com Gaspo "Harmônica", no disco que fez em parceria com Gaspo, teve sua música "Onde Está O Meu Dinheiro?", gravada por Solon Fishbone, no mesmo disco ainda teve as participações internacionais de Gonzalo Araya e Alex Pardal, ambos harmonicistas, e é ganhador de quatro troféus do “Prêmio Açorianos de Música", como Melhor Disco, Melhor Compositor e Melhor Intérprete na categoria Blues/Jazz, com o disco  "Milonga Blues" e Melhor Intérprete na Categoria Pop com o disco "Milonga em Blue (Notas do Delta)", ambos os discos gravados no Estúdio Musitek. Costuma se apresentar em formato solo ou acompanhado por sua banda de apoio, Os Tocaios, formada por  Jacques Jardim no baixo e Jaques Trajano na bateria, cajon e bombo leguero.
                                                                                

          2001 – MENDIGOS DA NOITE – MENDIGOS DA NOITE 
          2003 – OLY JR. – TÔ NA MIRA 
          2005 – OLY JR. – INEDITISMO BARATO 
          2005 – GASPO HARMÔNICA & OLY JR. – NA CAPA DA GAITA 
          2007 – GASPO HARMÔNICA & OLY JR. – ONDE ESTÁ O MEU DINHEIRO 
          2007 – OLY JR. – ALGUMAS CANÇÕES 
          2008 – OLY JR. – PIRATARIA AUTORIZADA 
          2009 – OLY JR. – MILONGA BLUES 
          2012 – OLY JR. – MILONGA EM BLUE (NOTAS DO DELTA)
          2013 – OLY JR. & GONZALO ARAYA – DO DELTA DO JACUÍ AO DESERTO DO ATACAMA
          2014 - OLY JR. - DEDO DE VIDRO
 

 


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