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Artist
Bull Halsey
6+ albums
ourstagebluesbluesrockslide guitarguitar blues
about
And so it began..in a small back room filled with the heat of the day, three men and their hot tube amplifiers. Bull Halsey creates a ‘romp and stomp’ jump blues that comes naturally. A blues that seems to percolate to the surface whenever the amplifiers are switched off standby. It’s been hot, dry work from the very start, but it is well worth the effort. As the drummer starts drumming The beat starts pumping And as the crowd gets rolling Your feet start tapping. 'Here comes Halsey.' With a reverent bow to the past of Chicago’s electric blues scene, a heaping of the city grime of Detroit, and a pinch of Midwestern prairie dust mixed in, you have all the ingredients you need to whip yourself up a nice batch of ‘Halsey’. Who’s got soul?…Bull Halsey’s got soul to spare.’ Bull Halsey dresses sharp. Bull Halsey plays the blues. Every night and every day is a special occasion when your with the admiral. Formed in 2001 by Wally Schmid and Dave Oesterle as the need to play live had bitten each again. They sought out Garth Girard to complete the band’s line-up. They had already been in more than one garage-rock band together over the previous fifteen years, so the idea of screaming amps turned to eleven had lost its’ cachet. Control and dynamics were to be at the core of Bull Halsey. They wanted to follow the path cut by greats like Muddy Waters, Ray Charles, Elvis, Howling Wolf, and Hollywood Fats. Like them, their songs would be built upon traditional blues, jazz, country and
