Keith Dunn

Keith Dunn is a harmonica player, singer, producer and songwriter. He was born in Boston and has been playing blues music for over 30 years.He is the founder of record label DeeTone Records.

As a nine year old Dunn saw his first concert when T-Bone Walker played a free outdoor concert. At the age of 12 he bought a harmonica and began playing it at parties and with street players.

He grew up listening to radio station W-I-L-D, initially taking a liking to Curtis Mayfield and Smokey Robinson. Later on he started listening to Archie Shepp and John Coltrane. He also bought Sonny Boy Williamson's (both Sonny Boy I and II) records. In his early career he played only acoustic harmonica.

After seeing the Junior Wells - Buddy Guy Band he put his first real band together, Blue Lightning. They played material by Junior Wells, Jimmy Rogers, Aleck "Rice" Miller (Sonny Boy Williamson II), and also James Cotton and Muddy Waters. Dunn's second band was called the Honeydrippers which was a guitar/saxophone driven group.

Dunn presently lives in Holland.He has performed with artists like James Cotton, Hubert Sumlin, Roy Eldridge, Big Walter Horton, Lurrie Bell, Jimmy Rogers and Big Mama Thornton.He works as a record producer and gives master classes harmonica. He regularly tours with the The Love Gloves and The International Blues Band and also appears as a guest musician with different artists, for instance Big Jack Johnson.

Awards

For the songwriting on his "Alone With The Blues" CD, Keith Dunn received several awards (for the songs "Strange Things Are Happening" and "Need To Make A Dollar"). He also won the Talking Blues Award for the live performance of the songs on that CD. With the band The Love Gloves, a trio from Berlin, he received the Berlin Blues Award 2004 and the Dresden Blues Award 2001. He played in the German TV movie "Weg!" and wrote the music for a Genion commercial.

olo Albums

* "Alone With The Blues" (Keith Dunn) (DeeTone Records, 2003)
* "Delta Roll" (Keith Dunn and the Love Gloves) (DeeTone Records/CDBaby, 2006)

Albums produced by Keith Dunn

* "She's Magic" (Willem van Dullemen) released on DeeTone Records

External links

* [http://www.keithdunn.com/ Keith Dunn] Keith Dunn Official Website
* [http://www.keithdunn.com/html/company.php/ DeeTone Records] DeeTone Records Website