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Look for
Robin in The 2006 Blues Festival Guide article on young blues artists,
written by Robin Sr.
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Special thanks to Doug
Bolin's "Blues Show" on Nashville's 105.9 |
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Veteran drummer David Richardson joins R/T/B Jan, 2006 |
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R/T/B at B.B. Kings,~ April, 2005 |
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R/T/B performs at The Sarasota Blues Festival with Ike Turner~ Nov. 6,
2004 |
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R/T/B plays the legendary King Biscuit Blues Festival~ Oct. 9, 2004 |
"Robin rocked the
house, and everyone agreed unanimously that the 13 year old guitarist
has been blessed by the guitar gods!"
----Music City Blues
Society ~ Bluesletter ~ February 2003
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The Daily News Journal, Murfreesboro, TN will run a Feature Article and
Interview with Robin Jr. in early January 2003. |
| "Born to Play" now airing in the
U.S. , Australia, Germany, Denmark ..... Coming Soon....CD Reviews! |
"I
was absolutely floored, simply put,
Robin Thrush Jr. is a prodigy!"
--Paul E.
Gierucki~Writer/Producer/Director,
Laughsmith Entertainment |
"Hideaway" from
"Born to Play" debuts along with new music from Jimmie Vaughan
and Robben Ford on the nationally syndicated radio program Blues Deluxe.
Host Dave Johnson's Review...
"After listening to Robin Thrush Jr. for just a few minutes, I heard
myself saying, 'Incredible, just incredible!' If ever there was an artist
to watch, it's Robin. He's got a great bunch of people working with him,
too!"
---Dave
Johnson, producer/host of the nationally syndicated BLUES
DELUXE radio program
Blues Deluxe is nationally syndicated and broadcast on over 100 stations
through out the U.S. and Canada. |
"Robin
Jr. is a sensational player. Very, very impressive."
--Richard Wilson producer/host of Kansas City Blues Radio |
"Amazing! He could
be right up there with Hendrix!"
--Jim Gardner, Fan~ Canton, Ohio |
"He
is one professional musician already at his age, and this is not to
mention the fact that the backing band is also of high
caliber!" "His musical prowess is head and shoulders well
above others, which obviously runs in the family!"
~Gary Palmer~ host of "Possums Blues
Program" ~104.7 "Voice of the Sapphire Coast"~ New South
Wales, Australia |
"What
a way to play the guitar." "Robin can really handle that
guitar like a pro!"
~Kjell Andreassen~ Host ~ Radio Holstebro ~ Holstebro, Denmark |
"I
agree...He's Born To Play!"
~Erhard
Albrecht ~ Host of "Bluespower" ~ 90.6 MHz and 96.95 MHz
Bremerhaven, Germany |
"Thank
you for your fine music!"
~Geoff Pegler~ Host of "Bluesbeat"~
Victor Harbor, Australia |
"Honestly,
I was not expecting much from a 13 year old guitarist..." "He's
amazing for his age." "I'm really hoping that his name is
widely acknowledged by true rock and blues fans in the future"
~Hidetoshi Nakahashi,
Newark, Delaware |
The Robin Thrush Jr. Band
"Born To Play"
It's been years since we have had any
new music that when you put it on and listen to it all the way through
once, you then walk over and press the replay button. Two or three
hours later you're still listening to it and singing along with the
songs and enjoying the excellent guitar work and the professional
quality of the recording and production. The choice of songs is a
perfect showcase for the band to explore and present their collective
talents, and the star of course is Robin Thrush Jr. who plays Lead and
Rhythm Guitar, and Lead and Backing Vocals. The sound is Fresh, Raw
and Gutty and that's the way we like our Rock and Roll and Blues to
be. It's clean, not over produced, and
the most contagious music
we have heard in many years. Our only
thought is that it should have been a two cd set, this music from The
Robin Thrush Jr. Band is all we will be listening to for a long time
to come.
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The Robin Thrush Jr. Band
"Born To Play"
CD Review- Music City Blues Society
Bluesletter, May 2002
This disc is by a hot guitar slinger who is a
mere 12 years old. His name is Robin Thrush Jr. and this CD is already
getting airplay on Blues DeLuxe Radio, with his cover of the Freddie
King standard "Hideaway." The boy can play! His sound is
rock-blues with great phrasing. Maybe it's because he started doing it
at age 2!
His band on the disc includes his Dad, Robin
Thrush, on bass: Drummer Don Kendrick (who played on the road with
Freddy Fender for years and can often be heard playing with my favorite
band Delicious Blues Stew); and slide and rhythm guitarist Dave Keefer.
Dad and Keefer contribute most of the vocals, they're fine, but not
spectacular. Young Thrush sings on the standards "Goin' Down"
(gotta say good things about a kid who is this into Freddie...) and the
Buddy Guy thing "Before You Accuse Me." He sound like, well, a
twelve year old, but it's OK, 'cause he rocks with a fellin', and he
digs Freddie and Buddy. Thrush Jr. wrote two instrumentals on the disc,
while Dad or Dad and Keefer wrote six of the other cuts. The disc sounds
great, probably because it was recorded by Jerrod Cring at Clazzy
Studios, which is earning a reputation for putting out quality work.
I'm proud to have this record, 'cause one day
this hard-rockin' boy could be a very well known fellow.You can grab a
copy at the band's website. And, ya', I know those tunes weren't written
by King and Guy...
Shannon
Wilford
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The Robin Thrush Jr. Band
"Born To Play"
He is one professional musician already at his
age, and this is not to mention the fact that the backing band is also
of high caliber! It's also nice to see that this CD is of mainly all
original compositions. I would like to hear him play some material of
Johnny Winters, I believe Robin Thrush Jr. could do his music justice,
which is a big statement coming from me.
His musical prowess is head and shoulders well
above others, which obviously runs in the family!
Do yourselves a favor and don't miss this CD.
You will be pleasently surprised like I was, from the first note!
Gary
Palmer~host
of "Possums Blues Program" 104.7 "Voice of the Sapphire
Coast"~ New South Wales, Australia
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