Artist description With the phenomenal success of their debut CD, "Don't Think Just Play", the Rich Harper Blues Band was not only selected as one of Amazon.com's prestigious "Emerging New Blues Artists", but they also quickly climbed up to #3 on Rolling Stone Magazine's "MP3 & More Blues Chart", while at the same time being designated as an MP3.com "Hot New Artist" with their hit "Blue Eyed Blues". Then it got busy. Taxim Records, a German label, joined the group's growing list of blues fans by placing another cut, "She's On Her Way Up", on their compilation album titled "More Desaster City Blues". Of course it wasn't long before the name was popping up in blues magazines everywhere and blues societies were urging their members to check out the exciting new group who were carving out a unique niche for themselves in the blues world. By the time the band released their second CD, "Bottled Up Blues", Europe had jumped on board by making the band the #1 selling artists in Switzerland on Amazon's charts. Radio stations worldwide welcomed the new CD with open arms and this time one of the cuts, "As She Moved In (My Guitar Moved Out)", topped Rolling Stone Magazine's "MP3 & More Blues Chart" at #1. The international blues scene stood up, did a double take, and these talented artists haven't stopped since. The band is currently in the studio mixing their highly anticipated live CD recorded at the Starboard Attitude in Redondo Beach, CA. Watch for more information on this new offering from the band on their website at: www.richharper.com. The band is pleased to announce the release of their new CD, "On Break". It features 6 "live" songs, an alternate take, 2 demos & a recently written new song. This CD is available exclusively here on MP3.com. We will have all our CDs available thru our new website and thru www.cafeshops.com/richharper.

Music Style Blues

Musical Influences Freddie King, Eric Clapton, Rory Gallagher, Robert Johnson, Duane Allman

Group Members .For "DTJP": Rich Harper - Guitars & vocals; Mark Moulding - Keyboards; Terry Williams - Rhythm Guitar; Bob Arkwright - Drums; Jon Stenber - Bass; Also Featured on the CD: Danny Leoni - Bass; Jerry Leoni - Drums The musicians on the "BUB" cd are: Rich Harper - Guitar/Vocals; Bob Arkwright - Drums/Background Vocals; Jon Stenber - Bass/Background Vocals; Mark Moulding - Keyboards; Chris Cooke - Background Vocals. The musicians on the "OB" CD are: Rich Harper - Guitars/Vocals, Frank Scarpelli - Bass/Background Vocals, Chris Cooke - Drums/Background Vocals. Also featured on the CD are: Bob Arkwright & Dean Brown - Drums, Jon Stenber & Danny Leoni - Bass, Mark Moulding - Keyboards, Terry Williams - Rhythm Guitar.

Albums Don't Think Just Play, Bottled Up Blues, More Desaster City Blues (Taxim Records - Germany), On Break, "Live" CD will be released on December 6, 2003 (please check out our NEW website on that date also: www.richharper.com)

Press Reviews "...a highly successful album."- LIVING BLUES; "Just Play" is a stone winner."- BLUES REVUE; "His diverse slide playing is in a class of its own...something here for every blues lover."- BLUES NEWS, (Germany)

Additional Info We would just like to take this time to express our thanks to everyone at MP3. We wish everyone there all the best!

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