Karin Rudefelt & Doctor Blues

In September 1981 The Band Performed Their First Gig In Front Of A Full Auditorium – And The Success Was A Fact. Doctor Blues Had Soon Established Themselves On The Blues-Scenes And Headlined Festivals Across The Whole Of Sweden As Well As Northern Europe. A Milestone Of Vital Importance For The Band's History Came With The Blues-Singer Karin Rudefelt's Appearance In 1996. With Karin's Entrance The Vocal Part Of Their Music Got A New Dimension. Consequently From Then On The Band Calls Themselves "Karin Rudefelt & Doctor Blues". Their First Independent Full-Length Album "No Pain No Gain" With Own Material Only Was Released In 2003. The Album Received Warm Receptions And Fine Reviews In The American Blues-Magazine Blues Revue Amongst Others. Due To The Release Of Their Second Album "Breakin' The Chain" In 2006 The Band Reached A Definite Lift. 2008 The Band Delivered Their Third Album "Magic Brew" With A Touché Of Damp Hot Mississippi Voodoo Feeling Mixed In A Boiling Pot Of Widely Huddled Heavy And Rocky Blues. The Album Has Rendered A Huge Response Amongst The Blues Community All Over The World. "Karin Rudefelt & Doctor Blues" Have Toured Around Northern Europe And Scandinavia And Performed In Most Places With A Blues-Profile Like The Biggest Blues-Festivals And Most Important Clubs. The Band Is Regarded As Innovators Of Blues As A Genre And They Like To Experiment And Push The Boundaries Of The Blues Into New Dimensions Yet With Both Feet Deeply Rooted In The Traditional Mould. 2009 The Band Remodeled The Setting With Keyboard And A Broader Bass Playing Which Has Given The Band A Heavier Sound And Output. In 2011 The Fourth CD "Walk The Walk" Is Released. On This Album Also Backed Up By Two Friends - Well Known Slide Guitar Player Erja Lyytinen And Brian Kramer. In 2011 Doctor Blues Sound Is Even More Dynamic However Rougher Than Ever. The Setting Is Now Guitar Bass And Drums "only". The Band Has Always Looked Upon The Blues As A Mirror And Reflector Of It's Time And From That Fact Booth Lyrics And Musical Influences Are Connected To Today's Society And Its People. The Blues Heals And Cleanse! . Members Karin Rudefelt – Vocal Lennart Olofsson – Guitar Slide Vocal Songwriter Peter Borgström – Bass Pedal Tamburine Tobias Magnusson – Drums All Tunes Composed By Lennart Olofsson Lennart.Drblues.Olofsson@gmail.Com
Phone 46703077912 Lennart Olofsson Pilgatan 5B 352 36 Växjö SWEDEN
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"They've Done Their Homework" - Blues Revue USA "Top 3 Most Played Blues Album" – Canadian Radio
"The Top Class Of Scandinavian Blues." – Rocktimes Magazine Germany
"The Best Swedish Blues In Many Years" - Radio Denmark "Doctor Blues Knows A Thing About Serious Delta Blues." - Washington Blues Soc. USA "I Was Blown Away" – Australian Radio
"The New Album Is Excellent! From Heart To Heart" – President Of French Blues Radio Association
"Excellent Stuff That Deserve Exposure To A Wider Range Of Blues Lovers" – Skopje International Jazz & Blues Festival/Macedonian Radio
"One Of The Best Live Gigs In The Country" - Stockholm City Magazine "The Festivals Real Heavyweight" - Jarfalla/Stockholm Jazz & Blues Festival
"Passionate Mood Real Feeling And The Beautiful Voice Of Karin Rudefelt" - Italian Radio
"The Lady Of The Blues" – Frankischer Tag Daily Magazine Germany
"Love It!" - Norma KTEP Blues Radio Station El Paso Texas USA
"Norway Deserves It!" - Eivind Henriksen - Blue Note / Norwegian Radio
"Lennart Olofssons Melancholic Slide Guitar Was Weeping While Karin Rudefelts Deep Expressive Voice Burned With Devotion" – Obermain Tagblatt Daily Magazine Germany . read less