Paul Lamb & the King Snakes

Bio:

.. OK, we all know the stuff that turns up in biographies is empty and meaningless because it's all been said before. So, let's talk plainly about Paul Lamb & The King Snakes.

It didn't happen suddenly. It took years of hard work and application, unfashionable words that signify little in these days of instant fame. As Paul can tell you, he and his band have done their individual time, made their mistakes, applied what they've learned, focused on their musicianship and the results are passed on to audiences that flock to their gigs. They in turn are guaranteed to enjoy genuine music performed with skill and mutual encouragement. It's a simple but sure formula.

Right now, the King Snakes are a refreshing mixture of (relative) youth and experience. The experience starting at the top, for Paul Lamb has spent the last thirty-some years whoopin' and hollerin' in clubs in his native North-East plus a later move to London, in concert and on festival stages, creating a personal synthesis of his harmonica heroes and his own unique and innate talent. His history includes representing Britain in the World Harmonica Championships, working with his particular mentor, Sonny Terry, and with any number of other blues artists who've visited these shores.

Life constantly renews itself. Paul Lamb and the King Snakes are beginning a new chapter in their ongoing history. New challenges will present themselves and new achievements will strengthen and broaden their appeal to audiences that can distinguish between the manufactured and the real. In a world where the blues is in danger of becoming merely a flavor in a mess of potage, Paul Lamb and the King Snakes stand as a bastion of true blues endeavor.

See www.paullamb.com for contact details. There you will also find more and regularly updated info about the band.

Neither the website paullamb.com nor this MySpace page are maintained by Petra (Beedie) anymore.

NEW! OUT NOW!
Johnny Dickinson & Paul Lamb, live 2008, "Playin' with the Blues"
Available only at paullamb.com.

Member Since:

July 18, 2007

Members:

band members:
Paul Lamb - harmonica & vocals
Chad Strentz - lead vocals & rhythm guitar
Ryan 'Junior' Lamb - lead guitar
Rod Demick - bass
Mike Thorne - drums

Discography:
Paul Lamb & The Blues Burglars:
1999: "Whoopin' " (re-released material)
Paul Lamb & The King Snakes:
1990: "Paul Lamb & The King Snakes"
1992: "Shifting Into Gear"
1995: "Fine Condition"
1996: "She's A Killer"
1998: "John Henry Jumps In"
1999: "The Blue Album"
2000: "Take Your Time And Get It Right"
2002: "Live At The 100 Club 14th May 2002"
2003: "Harmonica Man - The Paul Lamb Anthology 1986 - 2002"
2003: DVD Paul Lamb & The King Snakes live at the Buttermarket Jazz and Roots Club, Shewsbury in February 2003
2005: "I'm on a Roll"
2007: "Paul Lamb - A Journey Through The Blues ... with a harmonica" DVD
2007: "Snakes & Ladders"
2009: Johnny Dickinson & Paul Lamb - "Playin' with the Blues" - NEW! Exclusively available at paullamb.com

Influences:

Sonny Terry, Big Walter Horton

Sounds Like:

Paul Lamb & The King Snakes

Record Label:

SPV/Blue Label