The Chris Harland Blues Band (Current Line Up)

Chris Harland

Mitch Preston

Paul (Paulo) Leeder

The Chris Harland Blues Band - a trio magnifico sure to eager folks back for another serve of that hot Chris Harland guitar. High-voltage. Hot-wired. The simplest formula. The maximum impact. The Chris Harland Blues Band has the command and the precision to nail every number they play. Every CHBB set remains a memorable, musical event, revisiting the best of the Blues standards: B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters… the list is long, the excitement sustained. UK guitarist Chris Harland brought to Oz the tradition of British-made Electric Blues, the authentic riff-driven Chicago sound, a high-voltage heritage of Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Peter Green. Bassist Paul (Paulo) Leeder has backed the best: Jeff St John, Wendy Saddington, Angry Anderson, the O’Donnell Brothers. Paul’s bass drives The Chris Harland Blues Band like a diesel locomotive, smooth and strong as a polished steel rail. Mitch has been on the live music scene since 1975. He's just about played it all: rock, jazz, blues, reggae, funk, country, big band - even the odd stage production. A Lick of Blues The CHBB sound is strong; assured; enticing. When this trio works a room, people buy another drink, move towards the music, applaud and shout for more – and they spread the word. Chris Harland was voted best instrumentalist of the year by the Canberra Blues Society in 2008.

CHBB at the Merry Muse, Canberra. 17th March 2009

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