Album Notes

The Nationals Blues band are an incredibly talented group of musicians with strong blues influences. They play around the Toronto area and delight club audiences with their combinations of skills, and good repartee with the audience. Band leader Brian Cober is the driving force behind the band. Joe McNamara, who plays bass, is the backbone of the rhythm section.

In northern Ontario- where things like this happen, in the middle of the night- when things like this happen, Brian Cober and Paul McNamara decided to form a band called "The Nationals". "Our musical vision was very different from the people we were backing up. We knew we had something special" remembers Brian.

Since then they have released three CD's, played all of Canada (that's a lot!), and parts of the U.S. and Europe. They were Bo Diddley's back-up band for a tour, and have worked with some of Canada's best,including Dave Colter, Jim Heineman, Jodie Drake, Nick Kent, Eugene Smith, Laura Hubbert and many more.

Brian uses a system he invented called "Double Slide Guitar." Holding a modified steel guitar bar in his left hand he adds a smaller slide on his left thumb. Using the two slides together, he creates a unique guitar experience that must be seen and heard. The music is original blues-rock that's been called "playfully eccentric, rhythm driven blues."