- Patrick Verbeke
Patrick Verbeke is a French
blues guitarist ,composer andsinger born in1949 inCalvados .Biography
Patrick Verbeke has spent the past thirty-some-odd years helping to popularize the blues in
France , through educational presentations at schools (illustrating his discourses on the history of the genre with pictorial displays and performances of a variety of blues songs and styles), a long and colorful career as a performer and recording artist, and as host of a popular show dedicated to the blues on a major French radio station. Highlights of his career include tours with French rock/pop idolJohnny Hallyday in 1976-1977; concerts with French blues harmonicistBenoît Blue Boy from 1978 to 1980; five years of performances with the legendary bluesmanLuther Allison , from 1992 until the latter’s unfortunate demise in 1997; performing with such artists asSonny Fisher ,Gene Summers ,Sugar Blue ,Freddie King ,Memphis Slim ,Vince Taylor andFreddie Fingers Lee while they were on tour in France; and doing session work for such artists as David McNeal, Valerie Legrange,William Sheller ,Yves Montand , and many others.Discography
* "Blues in my Soul" (Underdog Records / Musidisc) 1981
* "Tais-Toi et Rame / Bec Vert" (Underdog Records / Musidisc) 1982 / 1985 (two complete albums re-released as a single CD)
* "School Boy Blues" (Arc en Ciel / Studio SM) 1990
* "Blues & Ladies" (Miss You / Studio SM – Night & Day) 1992
* "Funky Francais" (Odeon Records / EMI) 1996
* "Willie et Louise conte “Bluesical”" (Magic Blues – Arc en Ciel / Studio SM) 1998
* "Monsieur Blues" (Magic Blues – Mister Music / Wagram) 1998
* "Y2K Blues – Blues de l’an 2000" (Magic Blues – Dixiefrog / Night & Day) 2000
* "Echos d’Acadie" (Magic Blues – Dixiefrog / Night & Day) 2004
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