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SMOKIN' TOKYO BLUES COMING SOON -
Guitar slinger Keisuke Suzuki was born and raised in the small
country village of Gifu, Japan on July 18, 1970. "My dad
used to listen to American Country music on the radio all the
time. I was real little then and it didn't interest me very
much. Then one day, I think I was about 7 years old, I heard a
commercial for TDK tape and in the background was Jimi
Hendrix... I was hooked," notes Kiku during a recent
interview. "I knew right then I wanted to be a guitar player".
Kiku (pronounced Kiku) as his friends call him, started
learning basic chord structures on his fathers nylon string
guitar. He was soon listening to Jimi Hendrix, Cream
and the Rolling Stones and by 1983 was ready for his first
electric guitar, a knock-off of a Fender Telecaster. While
cutting his guitar teeth on these giants, |
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'Greater Planet is proud to introduce for your ever lovin' blues
pleasure, the musical world premiere
of Kiku Suzuki in "Smokin' Tokyo Blues". Recorded live in the studio
at Westrock Mastering this track features Randy Lippincott on Bass
and Bob Holden on Drums of
The Randy Lippincott Band. Texas Blues
restrained, explosive.... SMOKIN' Kiku dedicates Smokin' Tokyo Blues
to his heroes Albert King and
Stevie Ray Vaughn. Stay
tuned folks!
There's lots more to come from this dedicated guitar slinger!' |
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Kiku began
to realize that they were great fans and interpreters of the Blues.
He began to investigate those influences but it was hard finding
Blues records in Gifu. While cutting his guitar teeth on these
giants, Kiku began to
realize that they were great fans and interpreters of the
Blues. He began to investigate those influences but it was
hard finding Blues records in Gifu. Then, two
historically significant things happened... the advent of CD
technology for the consumer and the emergence on the international
scene of Stevie Ray Vaughan. "Now I could get re-issued
recordings on CD by Robert Johnson and BB King, Muddy Waters and
Buddy Guy. But I always felt a kinship with Stevie Ray who
played like my heroes Albert King and Jimi Hendrix". Kiku
attended Temple University in Philadelphia. While there he became a
regular fixture on Tuesday nights at Warmdaddy's,
participating in the Blues jam hosted by label mate
Randy
Lippincott. Kiku found the Tuesday night jam the perfect
place to experiment. He moved back to Tokyo and found few
opportunities to ply his trade. Then, through a chance e-mail
encounter with Greater Planet owner Michael Henegan, the
light began to shine again. In October 2002, Kiku recorded
his upcoming debut release on Greater Planet label.
MP3 -
SMOKIN' TOKYO
BLUES |
GITCHA GONE |
WON'T BE
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TEXAS FENDER BENDER
- SMOKIN' TOKYO BLUES -
MISS BLUES/SELLERSVILLE THEATRE |
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