Vidar Busk, Kid Andersen & Junior Watson
Vidar Busk, Kid Andersen & Junior Watson
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About Vidar Busk, Kid Andersen & Junior Watson
Vidar Busk, Kid Andersen, and Junior Watson are three guitarists who collaborated on a blues album titled Guitarmageddon. Released in 2005, the album features 12 songs, including "Caveman Rock" and "Guitarmageddon". The trio's music can be found on platforms like Amazon Music, Apple Music, and Spotify. Key Details Album: Guitarmageddon Year: 2005 Genre: Blues Participating Artists: Vidar Busk, Kid Andersen, and Junior Watson Where to Listen Amazon Music: Offers the album for streaming and purchase. Apple Music: Lists their work for streaming and purchase. Spotify: Provides access to their songs and albums for listening. Shazam: Features their popular songs for music identification. Pandora: Has their artist page and curated radio stations. Discogs: Provides detailed album information and credits. Vidar Busk Vidar Busk (born 19 May 1970 in Langesund, Norway) is a Norwegian guitarist, vocalist, composer and record producer within genres blues and soul. Career Busk grew up in Langesund, but went to US when 15 years old, to play with the American blues artist Rock Bottom. He toured the U.S. several years before returning to Norway in 1990, and was awarded Smugetprisen 1994. Later he was awarded two times Spellemannprisen, as This year's artist in 1998 and in the blues/country class in 2003. Busk played at Moldejazz 2011, 16 years after the formation of His True Believers. Wikipedia: Vidar Busk Kid Anerdson Christoffer "Kid" Andersen (born 15 January 1980) is a blues guitarist from Herre, Norway. By age 11, Andersen had gained the attention of Norwegian blues guitar teacher, Morten Omlid, who steered him towards traditional blues music. In 2001, at age 21, Andersen moved to the United States, joined blues frontman Terry Hanck's band, and quickly became a figure on the West Coast blues scene. Andersen later played in Charlie Musselwhite's band and got a Blues Music Award (formerly W.C. Handy Award) for best contemporary blues album for Charlie Musselwhite's Delta Hardware. Then, when Little Charlie Baty retired from touring, Andersen took his place as guitarist in the Nightcats, and the new name of Rick Estrin & The Nightcats was formed. Andersen has also done extensive touring with Elvin Bishop on the Red Dog Speaks Tour. He is married to American Idol alum (from the third season) Lisa Leuschner. They currently reside in San Jose, California where Andersen is CEO of Greaseland Studios. In 2013, Andersen was nominated for a Blues Music Award in the 'Gibson Guitar' category. In 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2023 he was nominated for a Blues Music Award in the 'Best Instrumentalist – Guitar' category. In recent years, Andersen has gained a reputation of record producer using his own recording facility "Greaseland". He produced two albums for Rick Estrin & The Nightcats: One Wrong Turn (2012) and Groovin' in Greaseland (2017). In 2017, he also produced several albums including Stompin' Ground from Tommy Castro. In 2019, he co-produced Junior Watson's, album, Nothin' to it But to Do It (which featured Andersen's wife, Lisa, on lead vocals). Wikipedia: Christoffer "Kid" Andersen Junior Watson Career Watson is a West Coast blues guitarist. He was a founding member of the blues band The Mighty Flyers and, starting in the early 1980s, he performed with the band for a decade. He also performed with Canned Heat throughout the 1990s. Watson has performed as a backing musician in performances and recordings for a number of blues musicians, including Big Mama Thornton, George Smith, Jimmy Rogers, Luther Tucker, Charlie Musselwhite, Mark Hummel, John Németh, Michael "Pink" Arguello, and Kim Wilson. Wikipedia: Junior Watson
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