Jonno Zilber
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Jonno Zilber is a Canberra based blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He began performing at the age of 12 years old after becoming interested in blues music after hearing the Muddy Waters
song 'Mannish Boy'.
Zilber has developed a good following, especially around Canberra, Tasmania and Adelaide as an energetic acoustic guitar player and performer. He has been described as "Tom Waits
meets Brownie McGhee
" and his stage presence has led him to be a two time winner of the Canberra Roots Music 'Young Performer of the Year' award and one of the five finalists in the 2006 National Youth Week 'RockIt' music competition.
In 2009 he was the winner of Canberra Blues Society 'Best Male Vocalist'
He has performed with Eugene Bridges as well as popular Australian blues acts such as Lloyd Spiegel, Dutch Tilders
, The KarismaKatz and Matt Corcoran. Zilber also performs with his big band, The Zilberfish.
Sam Fell from Rhythms Magazine said of Zilber, "Damn is this boy good. He busts out his version of the Blues with a maturity far beyond his years."
Zilber is also a qualified pilot.
Jonno Zilber- Hard Times/ Morapoi/ Katy Why?/ Midnight Special/ The Cure/ Caffeine/ I'm Ok/ The Weight/ Memories/ The Fire/ Reso/ Lord's Prayer (Independent 2005)
Young Guns of Blues (with Jason Lowe and Tom Richardson)- Satisfied Mind/ How We Let It Be/ Young Woman Blues/ I'm Goin'/ One Platform Station/ John Brown/ Reaching For The Moon/ Silent Morning/ Chocolate Jesus/ My Limousine/ Crazy Love/ Faith (Black Market Music 2008)
Muddy Waters
McKinley Morganfield , known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician, generally considered the "father of modern Chicago blues"...
song 'Mannish Boy'.
Zilber has developed a good following, especially around Canberra, Tasmania and Adelaide as an energetic acoustic guitar player and performer. He has been described as "Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."...
meets Brownie McGhee
Brownie McGhee
Walter Brown McGhee was a Piedmont blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaborations with the harmonica player Sonny Terry.-Life and career:...
" and his stage presence has led him to be a two time winner of the Canberra Roots Music 'Young Performer of the Year' award and one of the five finalists in the 2006 National Youth Week 'RockIt' music competition.
In 2009 he was the winner of Canberra Blues Society 'Best Male Vocalist'
He has performed with Eugene Bridges as well as popular Australian blues acts such as Lloyd Spiegel, Dutch Tilders
Dutch Tilders
Dutch Tilders was a Netherlands-born Australian blues musician.-Biography:...
, The KarismaKatz and Matt Corcoran. Zilber also performs with his big band, The Zilberfish.
Sam Fell from Rhythms Magazine said of Zilber, "Damn is this boy good. He busts out his version of the Blues with a maturity far beyond his years."
Zilber is also a qualified pilot.
Discography
Bigger, Better, Zilber- Johnny Four-Flusher: Act 1/ First We Take Manhattan/ I'm Goin'/ John Brown/ Johnny Four-Flusher: Act 2/ Can't Sleep/ What Little I Know/ Locomotive Breath/ Johnny Four-Flusher: Act 3/ Second Chances/ Johnny Too Bad/ Johnny Four-Flusher: Act 4 (Black Market Music 2008)Jonno Zilber- Hard Times/ Morapoi/ Katy Why?/ Midnight Special/ The Cure/ Caffeine/ I'm Ok/ The Weight/ Memories/ The Fire/ Reso/ Lord's Prayer (Independent 2005)
Young Guns of Blues (with Jason Lowe and Tom Richardson)- Satisfied Mind/ How We Let It Be/ Young Woman Blues/ I'm Goin'/ One Platform Station/ John Brown/ Reaching For The Moon/ Silent Morning/ Chocolate Jesus/ My Limousine/ Crazy Love/ Faith (Black Market Music 2008)
External links
- http://www.myspace.com/jonnozilber Myspace page
- NME
- http://www.letscreate.com.au/entertainment/artists_bios/contemporary_roots/contemporary2.html
- Australian Blues Music