Hey All You Blues, Swing,
And Dance Lovers:
BUST A MOVE TO BUSTER'S BEACH HOUSE IN
LONG BEACH:
Charles Burton Blues Band
IS IN THE HOUSE! - THIS SUNDAY, MARCH 17 - 4 PM MATINEE
SHOW!
(LONG BEACH) - Charles Burton, the longtime stellar
guitarist-vocalist known as "San Diego's Blues Ambassador To The World," comes
north for a special 4 p.m. Matinee Show this Sunday, March 17 at Buster's Beach House, 168 N. Marina Drive, in Long
Beach. $15-$20 donation requested. Info: (562)
598-9431 or log onto https://www.facebook.com/bustersbeachhouse. Also
performing: Coco Montoya and Friends plus the Cadillac Zack Band.
Watch a live performance of the song "Gangster
Of Love" by the Charles Burton Band below.
Born in Los
Angeles in 1958, Charles Burton plays with fire, and when he does, his
articulation and phrasing are instantly recognizable. This tall drink of water
has been playing Blues, Country, Rock, and Roots music for over forty years. He
has played lead guitar in Country bands in Los Angeles (1970's), Honolulu
(1980's), Tokyo (1990's), and Fresno, California. He headlined the Fresno Blues
Festival playing with the late great Hosea Leavy in 1995. As a blues guitarist
and singer, he has released four CDs with the Charles Burton Blues Band, and has
toured Europe headlining festivals, culture houses, and clubs twice a year since
2005. In 2007/2008 he toured Scandinavia with Maury "Hooter" Saslaff (Big Jack
Johnson and the Oilers), playing over 200 gigs in seven months! In 2009 he won
San Diego's International Blues Challenge finals. That same year he took first
place in San Diego's King of the Blues competition. Burton's latest CD release
"Favorites" is a collection of.tasty remakes including "Tell Me Why" by
Duke Robillard; "Early In The Morning" by Louis Jordan; and Litlle Walter's
"Last Night."
"Rockabilly styled blues with a swinging
backbeat and a solid groove throughout that keeps the whole thing shuffling
onward in the most pleasant fashion. The Charles Burton Blues Band is in shape
and it shows with a sparseness that fits the genre without bogging it down with
so much flash that the beautiful simplicity is lost. It speaks volumes of the
bands experience and musical knowledge that they do not need to show off their
skills at every turn, but instead they serve the songs while adding their voice
at the same time."
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