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Mark Bestia Olbrich: Blues Bassist, Band Leader and Producer
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Bootleg of Heathcote Gig, London, 2004

Sarasota Slim
Paddy Milner
Paddy Milner
Sam Kelly
Sam Kelly
Mark Olbrich's Blues Band
Mark Olbrich's Blues Eternity on stage
Mark Olbrich's Blues Organisation
After Torun festival. From left: Richard Simmonds, Matt Schofield, Giles King, Alain Baudry, Earl Green, Mark Olbricht
Mark Olbrich's Blues Eternity

Mark 'Bestia' Olbrich & Sarasota Slim
Blues Eternity

Sarasota Slim (guitar, harp, vox), Sam Kelly (Drums), Paddy Milner (keyboards), Mark 'Bestia' Olbrich (bass)

1. XXI C Boogie Milner
2. I'm gonna get you baby G. Hardage
3. I'll Be Your Fool G. Hardage
4. Kudzu Killer G. Hardage
5. Highway 61 Bob Dylan
6. Bourbon to Beale G. Hardage
7. Crosscut Saw R.G. Ford
8. Reconsider Baby Lowell Fulson
9. Shake Your Money Maker Elmore James
 

Featuring Sarasota Slim, supported by Sam Kelly and Paddy Millner. The Album was recorded live on 29th May 2005 at 15th Rawa Blues Nights in Rawa Mazowiecka, Poland.

"Played supremely well by a killer band who had virtually no time to rehearse for the show. There's undoubted frisson in the air, with Mark's bass driving a relentless rhythm section through a mix of shuffles, boogie and swing" - BLUES REVIEW

 

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Torun Blues Festival: Best of British Blues

Torun Blues MeetingĀ 
The Best of British Blues

Richard Simmonds (keyboards), Matt Schofield (guitar), Giles King (harp), Alain Baudry (drums), Earl Green (vocals), Mark 'Bestia' Olbricht (bass).

1. Let The Good Times Roll (4.75MB) Third - Moore
2. Love At First Sight Cambell (Tristan Music)
3. Open Up Baby Earl Green
4. No Glue In The World (4.34MB) Earl Green
5. Tougher Then Tough Jimmy Witherspoon
6. Sugar Coated Love J.D.Miller
7. Outskirts Of Town Weldon-Jacobs (MCA Music Ltd.)
8. Sugar Sweet (5 MB) Mel London
9. Tore Down Sonny Thompson (Sonlo Publishing Co. (EMI))
   

Live recording at Torun Blues Festival where under the banner of Best of British Blues the band featuring British heavyweights anchored the event. Earl Green - 4 times blues vocalist of the year, Matt Schofield - multiple nominee, Giles King top harpist, Richard Simmonds pianist and composer of many tracks including on latest Paul Lamb's album and Alain Baudry - fresh off New Orleans. Rip roaring performance in front of crowd of 3,000.

Pete Feenstra, England's top agent and reviewer included this album in his September 2004 play list (totally unsolicited). He has the following to say about the album:

"A very pleasant surprise indeed, as I stumbled upon an album I didn't even know existed. This Live in Poland set was recorded in November 2002, released in Poland in 2003, and finally has found its way in small numbers to the UK.

The band comprises UK based, Polish bass player Mark Olbricht, Richard Simmons on keys, Giles King on harp, Matt Schofield on guitar and Alan Shaulder on drums, and of course the immaculate Earl Green on vocals.

Given the material, the album is essentially the Earl Green live album that we have all been waiting for. There's much of his current repertoire, played supremely well by a killer band who had virtually no time to rehearse for the show. There's undoubted frisson in the air, with Mark's bass driving a relentless rhythm section through a mix of shuffles, boogie and swing. Richard Simmons adds peerless piano flourishes throughout, and Giles adds a beefy harp on "Open Up & Let Me In".

Overall this album really does sound like a true representation of a band playing out of its skin in front of an enthusiastic crowd. Beyond that, Earl Green delivers arguably his best recorded appearance yet. A great album, seek it out."

Taken from www.feenstra.co.uk, with kind permission of Pete Feenstra.

 

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Blues International
Vol. 3

Another compendium of upcoming International Blues artists by N PACIFIC Records.. Features bluesmen from the USA, UK, Australia, Germany, and Sweden.

Featuring:
Mark Olbrich and Sarasota Slim
(NPR-1705 SA): $8.00 USD
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