Artist Profile: The Buzzard Blue Band

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The Buzzard Blue Band began at the end of 1987 in Wareham, MA. as The Buzzards Bay Blues Band. We played one gig under that name and thought it was just too damn lame. So over drinks and other inspirational menu items we sat around one practice night and came up with Buzzard Blue, and it stayed that way for years! We were a four piece band in the beginning, featuring John Kelly on guitar, Paul Kelly on drums, John woodtsett on bass, and Dan Alexander on Vocals and Harmonica. After a year and a half the line up changed when John Woodtsett and Dan Alexander left the band to be replaced by Dave Wakefield on second guitar and Bill Pires on bass. Vocals were now shared by all. Through most of the nineties the band consisted mainly of three main players; John "Diamond Jack" Kelly on guitar and lead vocals,Bill "Willy T." Pires(jr. the III)on bass guitar and vocals, and Paul "The Mad Dog" Kelly on drums and vocals, with other players coming and going at various times along the way. We had the opportunity to record our first cd entitled "Addicted to the Blues in 1999, and enjoyed some small success with that. The band unnofficially took a 5 year break in 2002 and restarted the train rolling again in the summer of 2007. The band grew during it's haittas to seven members, now inluding a three piece brass section and percussion. Willy T. doesn't play with us all the time any more because he just doesn't have the time these days, but he still comes out to sit in for the night every once in a while! We are planning a new cd project in the very near future. I'd like to say that it would be completly original,but there are so many favorites to choose from that one or two might make their way onto the recording. You'll just have to wait and see and get a copy of the cd when it comes out!! Thanks for checking us out - Diamond Jack

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