Album Notes

Vincent Druda
Singer,guitarist,slide guitar
www.vincentdruda.com

Young blues guitarist virtuose,winner of the
"Best new blues artist of 2004" and nominated
for "Revelation of the year" in 2005 and this
year's nominee for "Revelation of the year,
Author-composer and Album of the year" in 2006
at Montreal's Gala Lys Blues.

Started listening to blues at the age of 8 to
the likes of Paul Butterfield,Muddy Waters,
Johnny Winter,Elmore James and many more.
At the age of 11 he got his first guitar and at
12 his first guitar lessons with a local blues
guitarist. He learned basic blues riffs and
standards. At 13 went on stage for the first time
with his teacher and delightfully surprised
the crowd.
At 15 started lessons with a symphonic music
composer and for the next two years studied
guitar techniques(25 to 30 hours per week) in
classical, flamenco, rock, neo-classical and
naturally blues.
At 17 was invited at his first blues festival
at the St-Hyacinthe »Weekend en Blues ».
At 18 participated at the « Guitaristes Blues
de Montreal » with Montreal's finest.


At 20 nominated for « Best new blues group »
Gala Lys Blues.
At the age of 21, his first blues album was out
on November 25th. 2005. This album received
excellent revues from different radios(CKUT fm,
CFID fm, CHAA fm, CKOD fm,CHOM fm,Radio-Canada and
blues magazines( LENETBLUES, COULEUR
BLUES, PASSION BLUES..).


Venues:
Valleyfield Blues Festival 2003-2004-2005
Jonquiere Blues week 2003
Cowansville musiciens en ville 2000
Cancer en Blues 2004-2005 Lion D'Or
(TQS Flash)
1st Gala Lys Blues as artist 2003
Live interviews on Passion Blues radio show
in Valleyfield(103,1fm)and CHAA 103,3 fm
in Longueuil
Videos and articles on www.lenetblues.com
Opened for Jonas in Joliette at October Fest
in 2004.
Was invited as guitarist for: Jim Zeller,Bluesteel,
Bobby F. White and many others.
On September 26th(2005) was invited to a fund
raiser « Katrina sings the Blues »
On November 20th,2005 was guest guitarist
with Jimmy James, Christian Malette,
John Granata, Kim Richardson,Dawn Tyler
Watson and many others at Bourbon Street West.

His reputation as guitarist and singer continues
to grow and his goals are already in progress.

*French copy available on demand.


Contact
aldo.druda@sympatico.ca
Aldo Druda (manager)
Productions Voodoo Blues