Espresso 5.8

Unapologetically rooted in the British Blues-Rock boom of the late 60's and 70s, steeped in the tradition of Leslie West's Mountain, The Jeff Beck Group and early Led Zeppelin, Blues Karloff explore the outer reaches of the sounds that shaped this musical era. On their debut album Ready For Judgement Day, which was released in October 2014, the band saluted some of the Blues legends that every member of Blues Karloff had been listening to since childhood. The album featured songs by Robert Johnson, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, Albert King, Howlin' Wolf, and Muddy Waters; vintage Blues gems revisited, like the British Blues-Rock greats such The Yardbirds, The Pretty Things, Savoy Brown, John Mayall and his Bluesbreakers and Fleetwood Mac did back in the sixties and seventies; blistering interpretations of classic Blues anthems reinterpreted in their own distinctive fashion, introducing a contemporary flavour to the genre.

Originally from Tasmania, Australia, that other Blues master from Down Under, Dave Hole, introduced Rob Tognoni (a.k.a. The Tasmanian Devil) to the rest of the world in 1994. Seventeen albums and forty years later Rob's explosive blend of Classic Rock and Blues, which he plays with invigorating zeal and incomparable attack, is now being compared with the finest work by the great legends of the genre. Whilst a mind-blowing guitar player, able to bring on crashing power chords and driving riffs, which he plays with invigorating zeal and unrivaled attack reminiscent of the likes off Jimi Hendrix and AC/DC, there is also a subtle side to Rob's playing, reflecting broader melodic influences that include B.B. King, and even Tony Joe White.