Mojo Webb
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Michael Robert "Mojo" Webb is a multi-instrumentalist blues musician, based in Brisbane
, Australia. On 8 February 2007, Mojo Webb was awarded the Australian Blues Music Chain Award for 'New Talent of the Year'.
-based blues which is reminiscent of the Chicago
and delta
style artists such as Muddy Waters
, BB King, Howlin' Wolf
, Buddy Guy
and Robert Johnson.
2006 saw the release of The Burden, his debut album, with all songs written by Mojo Webb, he sang and played all the instruments including guitar
, bass guitar
, drums
, harmonica
, and saxophone
.
Mojo Webb plays both solo and with his own three-piece band in and around Brisbane
, on tours and festivals throughout Australia and in northern Thailand
.
Mojo Webb is renowned for his dynamic guitar solo leads and often swaps lead with J.B.Lewis through his repertoire.
Band members include J.B.Lewis on bass/lead/rhythm guitar, Coochie Timms on percussion and Jason Chandler on bass guitar.
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, Australia. On 8 February 2007, Mojo Webb was awarded the Australian Blues Music Chain Award for 'New Talent of the Year'.
Music
Mojo Webb's music is traditional, guitarGuitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
-based blues which is reminiscent of the Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
and delta
Delta blues
The Delta blues is one of the earliest styles of blues music. It originated in the Mississippi Delta, a region of the United States that stretches from Memphis, Tennessee in the north to Vicksburg, Mississippi in the south, Helena, Arkansas in the west to the Yazoo River on the east. The...
style artists such as Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters
McKinley Morganfield , known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician, generally considered the "father of modern Chicago blues"...
, BB King, Howlin' Wolf
Howlin' Wolf
Chester Arthur Burnett , known as Howlin' Wolf, was an influential American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player....
, Buddy Guy
Buddy Guy
George "Buddy" Guy is an American blues and jazz guitarist and singer. He is a critically acclaimed artist who has established himself as a pioneer of the Chicago blues sound, and has served as an influence to some of the most notable musicians of his generation...
and Robert Johnson.
2006 saw the release of The Burden, his debut album, with all songs written by Mojo Webb, he sang and played all the instruments including guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, harmonica
Harmonica
The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
, and saxophone
Saxophone
The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
.
Mojo Webb plays both solo and with his own three-piece band in and around Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, on tours and festivals throughout Australia and in northern Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
.
Mojo Webb is renowned for his dynamic guitar solo leads and often swaps lead with J.B.Lewis through his repertoire.
Band members include J.B.Lewis on bass/lead/rhythm guitar, Coochie Timms on percussion and Jason Chandler on bass guitar.
Awards
On 8 February 2007, Mojo Webb was awarded the Australian Blues Music 'Chain' Award for New Talent of the Year. In the same year Mojo Webb was nominated in four other categories including Album, Producer, Male Vocalist and Song Of The Year. These annual awards recognise excellence in Australian blues music.The Australian Blues Music Chain Awards
| Mojo Webb: Australian Blues Music Awards | ||||
| Year | Category | Title | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | New Talent of the Year | The Luckiest Man Alive | Winner | |
| Album of the Year | The Burden | Nominee | ||
| Song of the Year | A Man Like Me | Nominee | ||
| Producer of the Year | The Burden | Nominee | ||
| Male Vocalist of the Year | Got You On My Mind | Nominee | ||