Music Style Blues

Musical Influences Howling Wolf, Otis Rush, Albert King, John Lee Hooker, Jimi Hendrix, Capt. Beefheart

Artist History STAN THE MAN (STANISLAW WOLARZ) born 1951, Edinburgh, Scotland. Started playing guitar & bass 1964, by 1966 playing in semi-pro soul and R & B bands. 1968, emerged from the local underground scene with The Earth and later with the still-notorious Johnny Fats Trio in the north of Scotland. Moved to London mid 1970's, formed The Warp, a new wave band with strong R & B influences. After this fell apart, spent the 80's in semi-retirement taking time to study History, Politics, French, Tai-Chi Ch'uan and wine tasting, travelling as much as possible, including a period in France 84-85, where in addition to playing under his own name, he played with the Johnny Otis, Fats Domino and B.B.King bands. This period saw the first of many visits to Prague. By the 90's he was back on the London blues circuit with Night Train and Blues Revue, jamming with among others Alex Dmochowski (ex Aynsley Dunbar) and Lawrie Graham of the new Yardbirds. Started singing seriously in this period, formed own band, Always Blue, with Anne "Betty" Semper sharing lead and harmony vocals. After this broke up, started visiting Prague often, formed Bohemian Blues Band between 96 and 97, in 98 recording first CD "Liquor, love & lies". Now based in Prague, in addition to playing all over the Czech republic and making a number of radio and T.V. appearances, Stan has performed at festivals and clubs in Germany, Austria and Slovakia. In 2000, has also seen the appearance of two more CD's - a duo album, with double-bassist Anton Duratny "Two Sides To Every Story" and with his regular rhythm section and L.A. based keyboardist Robert Vasicek, "Sound Like You're Having A Good Time", recorded live at Prague's Lucerna Music Bar.

Group Members Stan Wolarz - guitar, vocals; Anton Duratny - bass, acoustic bass; Kamil Nemec - drums; Robert Vasicek - guest keyboardist (when in town)

Albums Bohemian Blues - Live, Bohemian Blues Duo, Bohemian Blues Band

Location Prague, Prague - Czech Republic

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