Artist description Nuno Mindelis is Brazil's leading Blues guitarist. He recorded two albums with Double Trouble, the late Stevie Ray Vaughan's band.Nuno is considered by the media and fans of his native Brazil as the best blues guitarist to ever come out of their beautiful country. His records are well played on radio stations as well as Brazilian MTV. Fans of British guitar legend Eric Clapton identify with graffiti once spray-painted on a London wall; "Clapton is God". In Brazil the graffiti says "Mindelis - Brazil's Guitar God!"

Music Style Blues

Musical Influences Stevie Ray Vaughan, Double Trouble, Jimi Hendrix, Otis Redding, Booker T & the MG's

Similar Artists Stevie Ray Vaughan, Double Trouble, Jimi Hendrix

Artist History 1994 saw Nuno's first known recognition by a major American music magazine. "Guitar Player Magazine" profiled Nuno in an issue. Further recognition came in their May, 1998 issue, as Nuno was selected as "Best Blues Guitarist". In 1995 Nuno was invited to play at Antone's 20th Anniversary in Austin, Texas, opening for Guy Forsite, Junior Wells, and others. Clarence Gatemouth Brown and Storyville also performed at this event. The headlines of the Austin Blues newspaper warned of Nuno's forthcoming visit as "The South American Beast is coming!". Later that year Nuno would record his album "Texas Bound", featuring newly made friends Tommy Shannon & Chris Layton, Stevie Ray Vaughan's rhythm section supreme, "Double Trouble".

Group Members Nuno Mindelis - Guitar, vocals, Tommy Shannon - Bass, Chris Layton - Drums, Riley Osbourne - Keyboards

Instruments vocals, guitar, bass, drums, keyboards

Albums Blues & Derivados, Long Distance Blues, Texas Bound, Blues On The Outside

Press Reviews European guitarist Nuno Mindelis caught the blues bug by listening to Johnny Winter, so it must have been a dream come true to team up with Winter's former bassist Tommy Shannon and Shannon's partner in Stevie Ray Vaughan's Double Trouble rhythm section, drummer Chris Layton. A gifted guitarist, Mindelis knows the blues ( check out his two Jimmy Reed covers ) and keeps rock influences to a minimum, weaving together multiple guitar lines and creating delicate harmonics on a cover of Jimi Hendrix's "Castles Made Of Sand" and crafting long bluesy solos on the traditional "Egyptian Priestess" and "Blues for Antones.LIVING BLUES MAGAZINE (sep/oct97 issue)

Location Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

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