If the Carson Downey Band were a fighter, it would be Mike Tyson. Every show the pride of North Preston, Nova Scotia, gives, it seems,is a battle for the allegiance of the audience. The trio likes to come out swinging, but instead of biting ears, they make them ring with a sonic assault that has left a veteran bluesman or two on the ropes.
It happened that way earlier in a Toronto club where the burly
guitarist/vocalist Carson Downey, along with brother Murray on
drums and bassist Marlowe Smith, opened for Buddy Guy, at 64
perhaps the last of the great Chicago bluesmen. The Downey
crew unleashed a seven-song set of sweat-drenched intensity and
left the delirious audience primed for the expected coup de grâce
from Guy. Guy, however, failed on the follow-up.
The members of the Carson Downey Band have been in the music business for more than 20 years, but it has been only in the last few that they've broken through to a bigger, trans-Canada audience. They're a rarity in Canada's music scene: an all-black, all-Canadian band playing the blues from a part of the country better known for Celtic-style fiddling and
indie rockers such as Sloan and Thrush Hermit. Their hometown of
North Preston, population circa 3,000, about 6 miles northeast of Halifax,
is one of the almost exclusively black townships scattered around Nova
Scotia and New Brunswick.
indie rockers such as Sloan and Thrush Hermit. Their hometown of
North Preston, population circa 3,000, about 6 miles northeast of Halifax,
is one of the almost exclusively black townships scattered around Nova
Scotia and New Brunswick.
Carson Downey's musical roots are in soul and rock, bassist Marlowe came
from funk, and Murray was a drummer-of-all-trades.
A first album "All The Way" came along to critical success, along with over a
dozen awards right across the country. Several tours from coast to coast, as
well as extensive tours of Germany, Greenland, as well as Asia and parts of the US.
Here is a version of "All The Way" Live in Halifax, NS, New Year's Eve
Here is another great one for you.
Live at the 11th band anniversary Oct. 2008 in Frankfurt Sinkkasten!
"When The Blues Come"
"Burnin' Up Live" is the band's second CD and it captures what the band does best: burning up a stage with their intense delivery. Whenever the Carson Downey Band starts playing, it doesn't matter if the audience is brand new, young or old, they leave the venue amazed and as fans. What could be better than that ?
dozen awards right across the country. Several tours from coast to coast, as
well as extensive tours of Germany, Greenland, as well as Asia and parts of the US.
Here is a version of "All The Way" Live in Halifax, NS, New Year's Eve
Here is another great one for you.
Live at the 11th band anniversary Oct. 2008 in Frankfurt Sinkkasten!
"When The Blues Come"
"Burnin' Up Live" is the band's second CD and it captures what the band does best: burning up a stage with their intense delivery. Whenever the Carson Downey Band starts playing, it doesn't matter if the audience is brand new, young or old, they leave the venue amazed and as fans. What could be better than that ?
AND THE PERSONAL ALL TIME FAVOURITE CANADIAN BLUES BAND OF OUR PRESIDENT -
MR. D. ALEXANDER BUTCHER (NEED WE SAY MORE!) The Carson Downey Band!
-Doctor Mojo
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