Carlos del Junco & The Blues Mongrels Electric Quartet
Saturday, April 11 • 7:30 PM
Featuring Eric St. Laurent, Henry Heillig, and Sean O’Grady
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Carlos del Junco will be playing his first show at Market Hall in 7 years, this time in an electric quartet format. Carlos says about his band mates: “I can’t say enough good things about this line up. I’ll be joined by the amazing Eric St. Laurent on guitars and grooving rhythm section of Henry Heillig on upright bass and Sean O’Grady on drums. One of the things I love about this particular group of musicians is the ability to play at a reasonable volume with lots of dynamics, and the ability to still “rock the house” if need be without taking everyone’s head off.”
Carlos has toured many parts of the globe and is considered one the world’s top diatonic harmonica players. He’s released 7 solo (band) CDs and 3 duo collaborative CDs. A dynamic live performer, he’s played virtually every major blues, folk and jazz festival in Canada. In addition to two Juno nominations, del Junco won two gold medals for both blues and jazz categories at the Hohner World Harmonica Championships in 1993 in Germany and has won 8 times the Maple Leaf Blues Awards Harmonica Player of The Year.
Get ready to trash all you thought about the harmonica. Carlos del Junco and The Blues Mongrels deliver an eclectic potpourri of musical styles, much more than just straight ahead blues. And as always, a no holds barred display of melodic fun and virtuosity.
Featuring Eric St. Laurent, Henry Heillig, and Sean O’Grady
EARLY BIRD SPECIAL: SAVE $5 PER TICKET UNTIL JANAURY 31!
Carlos del Junco will be playing his first show at Market Hall in 7 years, this time in an electric quartet format. Carlos says about his band mates: “I can’t say enough good things about this line up. I’ll be joined by the amazing Eric St. Laurent on guitars and grooving rhythm section of Henry Heillig on upright bass and Sean O’Grady on drums. One of the things I love about this particular group of musicians is the ability to play at a reasonable volume with lots of dynamics, and the ability to still “rock the house” if need be without taking everyone’s head off.”
Carlos has toured many parts of the globe and is considered one the world’s top diatonic harmonica players. He’s released 7 solo (band) CDs and 3 duo collaborative CDs. A dynamic live performer, he’s played virtually every major blues, folk and jazz festival in Canada. In addition to two Juno nominations, del Junco won two gold medals for both blues and jazz categories at the Hohner World Harmonica Championships in 1993 in Germany and has won 8 times the Maple Leaf Blues Awards Harmonica Player of The Year.
Get ready to trash all you thought about the harmonica. Carlos del Junco and The Blues Mongrels deliver an eclectic potpourri of musical styles, much more than just straight ahead blues. And as always, a no holds barred display of melodic fun and virtuosity.
“It’s not likely that you’ll ever hear the harmonica played so well and in so many different ways than at the hands of Cuban-born Torontonian Carlos del Junco.” – TORONTO STAR
"A model of focus and urgency...a true virtuoso" - The Globe and Mail
"One listen to the man who bent his first notes on a harmonica at the age of 14 and it’s obvious he’s in a class with such greats as Toots Thielemans, Paul Butterfield and Howard Levy of Bela Fleck’s Flecktones.” - Edmonton Journal
"A model of focus and urgency...a true virtuoso" - The Globe and Mail
"One listen to the man who bent his first notes on a harmonica at the age of 14 and it’s obvious he’s in a class with such greats as Toots Thielemans, Paul Butterfield and Howard Levy of Bela Fleck’s Flecktones.” - Edmonton Journal