Tag: David Gogo

From: Cordova Bay Entertainment Group, Inc

For his 10^th album, Different Views, blues rocker David Gogo definitely had some unique sights to inspire him during the recording process. Instead of the usual confines of your typical recording studio, the bulk of the album was recorded at his home – overlooking the 160-acre Christmas tree farm and forest that make up the Gogo family compound. The keyboard tracks were recorded at Rick Hopkins’ (Colin James, Barney Bentall) home overlooking breath-taking Lions Bay, British Columbia.

The album is produced by Russell Broom (Jann Arden, Sam Roberts, The Dudes, Wil) with guests Shaun Verrault (Wide Mouth Mason), roots diva Carolyn Mark, and jazz great Phil Dwyer popping in at various times. With the drums set up in the foyer and guitar amps in the laundry room, the Gogo house was filled with music and good food. At times, Gogo wasn’t sure if he was a musician or a caterer! The fact that the clock wasn’t ticking, along with Gogo’s vast collection of vinyl albums, vintage guitars and pop culture memorabilia at their fingertips encouraged a stimulating creative environment. This combination has added variety and spice unlike previous Gogo efforts without losing focus of what he’s all about.

Gogo tours extensively and has shared the stage with a multitude of rock and blues legends (B.B. King, ZZ Top, George Thorogood, Johnny Winter, Jimmie Vaughan, Colin Linden, Little Feat, Room Full of Blues, Tom Wilson, The Tragically Hip, among others). He will continue to tour and perform at blues festivals internationally through the summer and fall in support of Different Views.

Although still relatively young in blues years, Gogo has an impressive list of accomplishments. So far David Gogo has three Juno nominations, was named Musician of the Year at the Western Canadian Music Awards, was twice named Guitarist of the Year at the Maple Blues Awards, and has been bestowed with the CBC Saturday Night Blues’ Great Canadian Blues Award for a lifetime contribution to the blues in Canada. David Gogo’s continuing successes have him busier than ever and happy to find acceptance as a world class blues man.

Different Views will be released in Canada through Cordova Bay Records on July 14, 2009.

David Gogo is in Europe for shows in Belgium, Germany and The Netherlands, September 29 to October 8, 2007. This short tour supports the Dixiefrog Records, September 24 CD release of Vibe in the Benelux (Netherlands & Belgium).

This is Gogo’s first European tour in several years and he’s excited to be playing there again.

Prior to the tour, David and the band made a stop in London, England to record a live, in-studio session for The Paul Jones Show on BBC Radio 2. The session was recorded in Studio 3 at the BBC’s Maida Vale Studios, where The Beatles, Led Zepplin, The Rolling Stones and many others have recorded. It will be broadcast nationally in the UK and streamed online in January 2008.

While in Germany, David will record a special live audience acoustic performance with his band for Radio Bremen on October 4th. This show will be broadcast in January 2008 when Dixiefrog will release Vibe to the rest of Europe – slated for January 28th.

For the latest tour details, check out David’s web site.