June 24 FRIDAY-LIVE-Special guest Steve Gardner with B. B. Kirin, Gen, Hariya and Hata at Shinjuku Shoukadou "昇華堂"

[Rambling Steve Gardner]

June 24 FRIDAY  Shinjuku Shoukadou "昇華堂"

LIVE-

Special guests Steve Gardner & Bill Benfield with B. B. Kirin, Gen, Hariya and Hata!

 

THE PLACE:

Shinjuku Shoukadou "昇華堂"

Open 19:00 Start 20:00?

￥2000 (2 Drinks included) 

TEL [phone]

 東京都新宿歌舞伎町2-37-5日新ビル3階

Nisshin bldg3F, Kabuki-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo

http://www.drop-dead.co.uk/shouka-do/

 

TEL＆FAX [phone]

http://www.drop-dead.co.uk/shouka-do/info/

 

Open 19:00 Start 20:00?

￥2000 (2 Drinks included) 

Musicians:

 

HARIYA/HATA/GEN/B B KIRIN with special guest:

Steve Gardner & Bill Benfield, American Roots and Blues from Mississippi

About the musicians:

 

B B Kirin is sometimes called the "Bob Brozman of Japan". He plays a pair of specially built National Guitars made from steel that was rolled and shipped from Nippon Steel Japan. He will be joined by Gen on Harmonica. http://www9.plala.or.jp/taramoyan/blues.htm

 

 

Mississippi Roots'N Bluesman Steve Gardner, based in Tokyo,  Japan, plays original, acoustic roots and country blues music, 

finger picking and slide on National guitars, with harmonica, 

banjo, washboard and a variety of hand made instruments. 

 

You know, Acoustic Stuff! 

 

 

Steve Gardner's current Cd with the JERICHO ROAD SHOW, "WOOLY BULLY EXPRESS"(2010 Hoodoo/Blues Cat Records)his fifth release, is the follow up to "WALKIN' THE DOG", chosen as one of the top ten best Roots and Blues CDs of 2009 by New Orleans Community Radio Station, WWOZ.

 

For more information, bookings and schedule:

www.stevegardner.info

 

 

Bill Benfield is one the foremost blues mandolin players on the international roots music scene today. He plays mandolin and guitar with the JERICHO ROAD SHOW touring internationally. Bill divides his time between  playing, recording and producing music for television, radio as well as working as a producer for DAG MUSIC, Tokyo.