Artist description Acoustic and electric guitars, bass, drums & vocals

Music Style Folkkabilly , Contemporary Folk and Blues Originals

Artist History After performing and recording in the Washington, D.C. area as a hobby for over 20 years, I learned that I was really into Blues, therefore started a band called "Big E & the Blues Cats". After the better part of 2 years as a 4 piece, hard-driving, Chicago-style blues band, I started performing acoustic/electric with bass player,Chris Lyerly. We performed in small clubs as The Blues Cats and Dawson/Lyerly and put together a demo CD. We performed ocaissionally in the Washington, D.C.area and made appearances on local TV. Blues then took a back seat when I had a rebirth of acoustic, contemporary folk and started over as a singer/songwriter. I also started a monthly House Concert series called Dawsonconcerts. My web page is a link. Now, most of my performances are at my own House Concerts by opening for the booked artists and hosting song circles.

Group Members Gene Dawson, acoustic & electric guitars, vocals & song compositions accompanied by Chris Lyerly on bass.

Instruments Acoustic & electric guitars, bass & drums

Press Reviews Go to: www.music.lycos.com/mp3; located under the name: Gene Dawson (country blues)

Additional Info I perform mostly as a contemporary folk/blues singer/songwriter at House Concets. I play a Martin acoustic/electric guitar and a Gibson SG Standard electric through a Peavey CLassic 50 tube amp. I still have my original 1955 Sears Silvertone that I partially restored. These songs were recorded on a Tascam 424 MKII and digitized on a Pioneer CD recorder. I perform all the guitar and vocal tracks and program the drum tracks. Chris Lyerly does most of the bass guitar tracks. Please e-mail with any comments on my songs.

Location North Potomac, Maryland - USA

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