Artist description With over 900 gigs under his belt in the bars across Southern California, Sleepy Eddie James earned his nickname from a habit of performing entire songs onstage with his eyes closed while completely focused on bringing his love of the blues alive. The audience feels the intensity, as sweat pours down his contorted face, shoulders hunch, and teeth snarl; all the while squeezing every last note out of classic blues numbers from Stevie Ray Vaughn, Freddie King or the Little Charlie and the Nightcats. Originally from the east coast, Sleepy Eddie exploded on San Diego’s blues scene in 1993 with a high energy trio called Sidetracked. The band opened the eyes and ears of blues lovers, while performing four nights a week. In 1995, he joined the Southern California based blues band called the Boogiemen. For more than 6 years, the Boogiemen performed at some of the finest blues clubs in Southern California, including regular performances at Croce’s Top Hat and the Gordon Biersch Brewery. The Boogiemen were notorious for their spirited stage shows and great blues music. Helped by the forceful and expressive playing of Sleepy Eddie, the Boogiemen made it to the finals of the regional competition of the International Blues Challenge in 2000 and 2001. In June 2001, Sleepy Eddie shared the concert bill with the likes of Robert Cray, Kenny Neal, and Joe Louis Walker at the San Diego Blues Fest.

Music Style Blues

Musical Influences Stevie Ray Vaughn SRV Little Charlie and the Nightcats T-Bone Walker Ronnie Earl Jimmie Vaughn

Artist History In 2001, Sleepy Eddie released the CD, "Frisky from the Whisky" as a gift to blues lovers around the world. Recorded in San Diego, California, the material pays tribute to the great blues styles from Texas, Chicago, Memphis and West Coast of America. The material has been played on blues stations across Europe, North America, South America and Australia to critical acclaim. Assisting on several tracks of the CD is San Diego saxophone legend Jonny Viau (who has worked with national blues acts like Kid Ramos, King Biscuit Blues Band, Candye Kane and the Swinging Armadillos, and Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers) and harmonica whiz Riche “Blue” Evans. In 2001, Sleepy Eddie moved to Europe and began performing in Switzerland to high praise by audiences and critics alike for his live shows. In 2002, he helped form and continues to front a red-hot group called the Blue Spirit, who play regularly at some of the fines blues clubs in Switzerland. In August 2003, he linked up the original members of one of the best known Swiss blues band of the 90’s called Sugar Cane Train. Rehearsals have begun and gigs and festivals planned for summer 2004.

Group Members Radio Airplay Germany Hillbilly Rockhouse, FM 95.6/95.2/99.3, Marburg Radio Bremerhaven FM 90.7/96.95, Bremerhaven Peter's Late Date, Kabel 96.9, Radio R�sselsheim Jazz All Blues, (NDR) North Deutscher Rundfunk Blues Radio Germany, Bluespoint France Frequence Mutine FM 103.8, Brest Sweet Home Chicago, Radio 666, Bonnemaison Netherlands Radio Hoorn- Long Distance 105.8FM, Hoorn Jazz and Blues Take 5, 107.6 FM, Emmen Vara Radio, American Roots Show, Hilversum Switzerland Radio Swiss Jazz, Bern Fr�quence Banane, 92.4 FM, Lausanne Radio RABE 95.6 FM, Bern Great Britain The Medicine Show, FM 102.2 & 96.8 Lochbroom, Scotland Roots Show, Jolly Roger Radio, Ireland Digital Blues, FM 87.7, Brentwood, United Kingdom Henry Ayrton's Real Music Show, BBC, United Kingdom Spain Central FM, Spain 98.6 & 103.8, Benalmadena La Hora del Blues, 96.6 FM, Barcelona El Auto Blues, FM 104.8, Radio Economia, Bilbao Del Jazz al Rock , FM 87.5, Radio Unica, Castellon Other Europe Blues Hour, 106.8 FM Warsaw 101 FM Krakow, Polan Mojo Dreams, Radio Sinaai, 105.5 FM, Belgium Radio Holstebro FM 97.4, Denmark Radio Mafia, Finland Radio of Russia, Moscow Radio Gold FM 88.8, Italy Mojo Blues, FM 91/103 , Macedonia USA WISU-FM, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN Sunday Night Blues, KINK 102 FM, Portland, OR Australia Blues and Roots, Blue Country 101 FM, Logan City, Queensland Slinga's Radio Show, WYN FM 88.9, Melbourne Kalamunda Community Radio KCR 102.5 FM, Perth, WA Spoonful of Blues, RTR-FM 92.1, Perth South America Goodtime Blues Radio Program, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Albums Frisky from the Whisky

Press Reviews Interview with Music Magazine: "I was in some kind of blues trance" http://www.fufkin.com/pally_07_02.htm CD Review from www.musig.com SLEEPY EDDIE JAMES /Frisky from the Whisky/Ruebli (2001) This San Diego, USA based guitarist/songwriter has recorded an excellent and diverse collection of 11 blues original songs. Sleepy Eddie serves up some of the finest styles of blues from Chicago, Texas, West Coast swing, Funk, Blues/Rock and Jazz tinged Slow Blues. The songwriting is an insightful and funny look into California life. His vocals range from soulful and sweet to howling and raspy depending on the mood. Sleepy Eddie is helped on tracks by sax legend Jonny Viau (USA) and harmonica player Riche "Blue" Evans (USA). www.sleepyeddie.com Recent Concert Review: SLEEPY EDDIE JAMES & the CALIFORNIA KINGS 12 October / Tacos Bar/ Lausanne **** 4/5 stars "Sleepy" Eddie from San Diego USA roared out of the gate with a flurry of high energy blues songs that took the audience by storm. By the end of the evening the crowd was calling for more, screaming after every number. Mr. James was a madman on stage, amazing the audience with his antics during each song. The band mixed several original songs into the sets that seemed to fit seamless into the rest of the material. If it wasn't for a few broken strings during Sleepy's wild solos behind his back or with his teeth this show would have been super. Outstanding Swiss players on the stage with Smokey on drums and Big Cat on bass.

Location Zurich, Zurich - Switzerland

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