Tim Lothar & Peter Nande
The duo Tim Lothar & Peter Nande brings an entertaining, spontaneous
approach to the country blues.
The music is the real stuff. Lothar explores the gamut of rural Mississippi and
Piedmont blues traditions, armed with a homemade guitar built with an olive oil can
for a body. He plays drums and hi-hat with his feet as he sings. It’s fascinating to
watch, but what you’re likely to remember is the voice – a dusty, lonesome hobo
moan, a voice with mileage, from a man with stories to tell.
Nande shares Lothar’s passion for country blues, but also brings a lively blend of postWWII electric “juke joint” blues and boogie to the show. Known as a vocalist and harp
player, in this setting Nande also plays washtub bass, spoons and various percussion
instruments.
Put these two gifted musicians together and the result is a compelling mix of blues
styles and a loose, natural vibe. Tim Lothar and Peter Nande love this music and are
completely at ease working together. They’re having fun onstage, and they’ll bring the
audience along for the ride. Expect humorous storytelling, impromptu jamming, and
honest music done well.
About the musicians:
Two of Denmark’s finest blues artists, both Tim Lothar and Peter Nande are recent
winners of the coveted Blues Artist of the Year Award at the Copenhagen Blues
Festival. Lothar won in 2008, Nande in 2007.
After 25 years as a drummer, including more than a decade in the band Lightnin’ Moe,
Tim Lothar began a remarkable career renaissance, shifting to country blues guitar
and setting out as a solo performer. Lothar has since toured ten countries as a solo
artist. He released the CDs Cut to the Bone in 2006 and In It For The Ride in 2008.
The latter won Danish Blues Album of the Year in 2009.
As leader of the Peter Nande Band, harmonica ace Peter Nande has been a force on
the Danish and European blues scenes for the last decade. He founded Nande & the
Big Difference in 1998, releasing a CD in 2002. When the group disbanded in 2005, he
connected with renowned American blues artist and producer James Harman. With
Harman as producer, the Peter Nande Band released Big Boy Boogie: California
Sessions Vol. I (2006) and Jelly Bean Baby: California Sessions Vol. II (2008). Each
earned a nomination for Danish Blues Album of the Year.
About the new CD, Two for the Road:
In 2008, Lothar and Nande began playing gigs as a duo, laying the groundwork for
their CD release, Two for the Road. Guided by producer and guest artist James
Harman, the CD showcases the pair’s songwriting gifts (on nine original songs),
instrumental fluency and love for country blues. It’s an impressive introduction to
what this duo is capable of right now, and hints at what it just might become in the
years ahead.
Website: www.myspace.com/lotharnande
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