The word is spreading like wildfire about JP Soars and The Red Hots! The winner of the International Blues Challenge is not awarded just because you have a cool name for your band. These guys earned that prestigious notification in 2009 because they got the chops and the desire to deliver the goods!
John Paul Soars from Arkansas has been around the block. A veteran guitarist possessing the ability to play many genres and styles, JP composes a good bit of his music, provides the vocals along with stellar guitar work peppered into just the right nooks and crannies of a song. The other two thirds of this tight three piece ensemble is; Chris Peets on Drums and percussion and Don "The Cougar" Gottleib on the bass. - both veteran musicians themselves.
So "Razorback Blues" invaded Orlando south of downtown at McWells -rapidly becoming the home of the blues in Central Florida. JP & The Red Hots dazzled the locals with material off their two recording sessions and some great renditions of blues standards thrown in as well. JP then whipped out his secret weapon; the two stringed fretless Cigar Box Guitar, homemade by him and his brother back in Arkansas. Wow! Talk about lightning in a bottle, what a gut wrenching raw sound as he alternates finger picking and bottleneck slide throughout his cover of Johnny Guitar Watson's: Gangster of Love -a crowd favorite. I had my trusty Nikon with me and managed to get some photographs during the two sets. I give JP Soars and the Red Hots five stars and encourage you to see them as they tour around 300 days out of the year! Go catch some Razorback Blues!
John Paul Soars from Arkansas has been around the block. A veteran guitarist possessing the ability to play many genres and styles, JP composes a good bit of his music, provides the vocals along with stellar guitar work peppered into just the right nooks and crannies of a song. The other two thirds of this tight three piece ensemble is; Chris Peets on Drums and percussion and Don "The Cougar" Gottleib on the bass. - both veteran musicians themselves.
So "Razorback Blues" invaded Orlando south of downtown at McWells -rapidly becoming the home of the blues in Central Florida. JP & The Red Hots dazzled the locals with material off their two recording sessions and some great renditions of blues standards thrown in as well. JP then whipped out his secret weapon; the two stringed fretless Cigar Box Guitar, homemade by him and his brother back in Arkansas. Wow! Talk about lightning in a bottle, what a gut wrenching raw sound as he alternates finger picking and bottleneck slide throughout his cover of Johnny Guitar Watson's: Gangster of Love -a crowd favorite. I had my trusty Nikon with me and managed to get some photographs during the two sets. I give JP Soars and the Red Hots five stars and encourage you to see them as they tour around 300 days out of the year! Go catch some Razorback Blues!
Thanks Keith,
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For helping to keep the blues alive....
My Pleasure JP. You and your band have to be one of the best kept secrets in the blues. You guys are special. Thank YOU for keeping the blues alive! I will see you next time you get down to Florida. -Sincerely, Keith
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