
其中DC 及 Klaus兩位原始團員更不只以成立BoPoMoFo樂團為滿足。雖然他們中文表達能力很有限,同時藍調音樂長年來也不是臺灣的音樂主流,但是這群所謂的"外人",卻靠著天真的想法,以及對於愛好的執著,硬是排除萬難,誕生了臺灣第一個專門的藍調社團:Blues Society on Taiwan (BSOT)。這個舉動看似小事,但很可能卻在日後的臺灣硬地音樂史上留下一筆。
BSOT不但樂於將藍調音樂引進臺灣,同時也將臺灣的生活素材寫入歌曲,並且積極鼓勵本地藍調樂團的勃興,以促進不同文化的交流。也正是這個原因,BSOT已經成功舉辦了兩屆臺灣藍調音樂節(BluesBash),廣邀外國知名樂團與本土樂團同台共樂,相互切磋。他們想要讓臺灣進入國際藍調音樂界的用心,也許反映出他們在心情上早就已經是臺灣的一份子,而非過客了....
團員介紹:
DC "Decon" Rapier (Vocal / Harmonica / Sax / Captain)
出身芝加哥城附近區域,曾是早期第一波British Invasion的死忠樂迷,但是後來走向了音樂尋根之路後,一頭就栽到藍調樂的領域至今。以Chicago Blues樂派自居的DC,首度正式組藍調團,卻是在臺灣,同時也曾擔任ICRT的藍調音樂節目。BSOT也是由他最早提出的構想。
"Singing and playing the Blues is like a rejuvenating tonic for the soul of mine...... "
Klaus "Amadeus" Tseng (Keyboard)
德國籍,在臺灣與DC 相見恨晚,由於其在藍調音樂理念上與DC非常投緣,因此不但與其共組BoPoMoFo樂團,同時也協助DC共同催生出BSOT,讓臺灣在國際的藍調樂壇發聲。
"I really love to play the Blues. Blues is a part of my soul. There is so much feeling in the music and Blues is telling stories. "
Aki "The Flame" Ikeda ( Guitar )
日本籍,因為其快如火石的烈豔演奏風格,贏得了The Flame的外號。
"Blues is the music that I`d been looking for since I began playing the guitar, and now I can`t live without the Blues anymore."
Neishi "Dafu" Daisuke (Drums)
是另一位日本籍的樂手,畢業於LA 的Musician`s Institute,主修打擊樂。除了藍調,也沉浸於爵士樂剛柔並濟的鼓擊藝術。
"He pursues with a frantic energy matched only by the speed of his drum-rolls, the fluency of his fills......"
Mike "Steel Fingers" Tennant (Bass)
加拿大籍,曾出現過彈斷Bass弦的紀錄,也因此被團員給予"鋼手指"的封號。什麼音樂都聽,就是對鄉村樂比較不來電。
"I`m a Canadian by birth but strongly believe that at least part of my spirit was born down in the delta! ".
(本文節錄自台灣硬地音樂專訪)
"Blues is the music that I`d been looking for since I began playing the guitar, and now I can`t live without the Blues anymore."
Neishi "Dafu" Daisuke (Drums)
是另一位日本籍的樂手,畢業於LA 的Musician`s Institute,主修打擊樂。除了藍調,也沉浸於爵士樂剛柔並濟的鼓擊藝術。
"He pursues with a frantic energy matched only by the speed of his drum-rolls, the fluency of his fills......"
Mike "Steel Fingers" Tennant (Bass)
加拿大籍,曾出現過彈斷Bass弦的紀錄,也因此被團員給予"鋼手指"的封號。什麼音樂都聽,就是對鄉村樂比較不來電。
"I`m a Canadian by birth but strongly believe that at least part of my spirit was born down in the delta! ".
(本文節錄自台灣硬地音樂專訪)
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