JONATHAN KALB
VOCALIST, GUITARIST, HARMONICA PLAYER, MULTI INSTRUMENTALIST AND SONGWRITER HAS ENTERTAINED BOTH WITH HIS OWN BANDS AND AS A SOLO PERFORMER FOR FORTY YEARS
IN ADDITION HE HAS WORKED WITH MANY GREAT BLUES, SOUL AND ROCK ARTISTS SUCH AS: STEVE MILLER, OTIS RUSH, LIGHTNING HOPKINS, BO DIDDLEY, SOLOMON BURKE , SUNNYLAND SLIM, EVELYN CHAMPAGNE KING (BAND LEADER), TRACEY NELSON,, HONEYBOY EDWARDS, GARY US BONDS HAS CO-BILLED WITH OR OPENED FOR BLUES GREATS: BB KING, LUTHER ALLISON, DR. JOHN, MIKE BLOOMFIELD, JOHNNY COPELAND AND MANY OTHERS
AT AGE 19 AS MUSICAL DIRECTOR OF THE FUGS HE INFLUENCED JIMI HENDRIX WHO WORKED NEXT DOOR AT THE CAFE WHA. WHO ATTRIBUTED HIS USE OF THE FUZZ BOX FROM HEARING JONATHAN PLAY ON ONE IN THE FUGS SHOWS THAT JIMI CAUGHT REGULARLY
HE WAS A FEATURED BLUES ARTIST IN SOUTH CAROLINA BLUES FESTIVALS IN CAMDEN (OCTOBER 2005 AND CHARLESTON 2006) AND MADE A EUROPEAN TOUR LAST NOVEMBER 2009: ONE WEEK IN NORWAY AND 3 WEEKS ON HIS 13TH TOUR IN THE UK. HE WILL SOON BE EMBARKED ON HIS 14TH TOUR OF THE UK COMING UP IN MAY AND JUNE 2011
JONATHAN KALB IS ENDORSED BY HOHNER INC AND TANGLEWOOD GUITARS AND IS A RECENT RECIPIENT OF COAHSI (COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS IN STATEN ISLAND,NY), 2011 ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE AWARD AND GIVES A PERFORMANCE FOR THIS AT THE CONFERENCE HOUSE PARK 298 SATTERLEE STREET IN STATEN ISLAND ON JUNE 12TH
