As a white boy, how come you're playin' the Blues?
That is the most often asked question to musicians who are not born or did not grow up with the Afro-American culture & still have the "bad luck" to have fallen hopelessly for the Blues. Well, maybe Japanese musicians would look strange playing Viennese folk music at a "Heurigen". But generations of musicians, a long time before the Mojo Blues Band, have put this question to rest. Artists can not always explain why they are doing something. When it's in you, it has to come out. It's just as simple as that.
If possible or allowed to get a hold of a foreign culture, who could judge it better than the audience themselves?
Founded in 1977, the Mojo Blues Band must have done something right. The band traveled half of the world with it's typical straight ahead sound for 25 years. Playing the Blues & capturing people with strong feelings, the music always made an impression on it's audience.
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The Mojo Blues Band understands itself as a preserver, and more importantly, not as a conserver of precious music traditions. The "Mojos" scooped out a part of the endless history of the Blues and, nevertheless, by cooperating with so many legends of the international Blues scene, they became a part of it. Almost no other band can appear with such a large variety of material for sessions with endless Blues artists & most of it is issued. Blues should not be interpreted, but the musicians want to let their life & personality flow into the music with all of their passion. The tears & the laughter, the pain & the joy … feelings that every one of us experienced are writing the songs themselves.
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News: updated 07.02.2009
Concerto Poll 2008: Dear friends, Concerto Poll is running again. You can vote for your favourite album, musician, etc. for the year 2008! For details please look up: http://www.concerto.at We would sincerly appreciate if you would vote for us!
Special Event: Here is a hot tipp for all the friends of acoustic Blues! David Evans, who already performed as a special guest at the Mojo Blues Parade 2005 is on tour in Europe. We could track him down for one night at the Vogelkeller (Fromme Helene). For reservations please call Fritz Hrbek (Blues Convention) 0650 430 11 82. 
9th Mojo Blues Parade 2009 Our annual Bluesparty at the Finanzamt Josefstadt is taking place again on 06th June 2009! Lineup and detail has to be announced.
Mojo Song covered in the USA! The Mojo hit "Alligator Walk" was covered by Lousiana Swamp Pop singer Johnny Allen in 1996. And now we found another Cajun band releasing it on the latest CD in 2006. The band is called "LA 56" and you can check it out at:
Myspace You also can visit us and all the band members on myspace: www.myspace.com/originalmojobluesband www.myspace.com/charliefurthner www.myspace.com/didimattersberger
CLIP-ARCHIVE Youtube clip archive click here (CLIP-ARCHIVE)
Latest Release Can be ordered directly - e.trauner@chello.at
 Erik
Trauners brandnew Solo CD
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