Tadg Galleran
Even White Boys Get The Blues!
Tadg Galleran plays one hell of a harmonica!
When John Puerner, Former Publisher of the LOS ANGELES TIMES first heard this CD he wrote "Very cool, Very Very Cool."
Tadg's first Gig in the [+]Tadg Galleran
Even White Boys Get The Blues!
Tadg Galleran plays one hell of a harmonica!
When John Puerner, Former Publisher of the LOS ANGELES TIMES first heard this CD he wrote "Very cool, Very Very Cool."
Tadg's first Gig in the blues was with Albert Collins in 1966. He was in the Los Angeles company of "Hair," the musical. He was only seventeen at the time. Tadg also appeared in the Broadway cast of HAIR, working beside Ben Vereen, Meatloaf, Dolores Hall, Ta Ta Vega, and Ted Neeley.
Post-"Hair," Tadg spent 14 years in the San Francisco Bay area, where he joined Blues jam sessions at clubs like "The Saloon" in San Francisco, "Eli's Mile High Club" in Oakland, and was influenced by such Bay area acts as Sonny Rhodes, Mitch Woods, Joe Louis Walker, and harmonica greats Huey Lewis and Charlie Musselwhite.
He became harmonica player for The King Brothers in 1989. Tadg still performs with them, and his original tune "Even White Boys Get the Blues" is on The King Brothers' first CD, "Turnin' Up the Heat." Tadg also played keyboard for a number of dates with childhood pal Richard Mikuls in The Shuffletones. It was here that he met guitarist James Armstrong, who at the time was recording his own album for Hi-tone Records. One night at a gig, James mentioned needing a slow song to complete the album. Tadg replied, "Let's do it now," and wrote the lyrics to "Don't Kiss and Tell" on the back of a band flyer. He didn't think about it again for six months, when James showed up with a copy of the record. "Don't Kiss and Tell" was an immediate hit in Holland and continues to get airplay throughout Europe.
In 1994, Tadg joined up with friend and former Monkee Peter Tork to perform at a benefit dance. They had so much fun they decided to form a band together.Shoe Suede Blues produced two CD's and tours the country performing their own unique brand of Blues to sold-out houses. Tadg is currently on hiatus from Shoe Suede Blues.
Tadg is appearing currently with blues legend Bernie Pearl and still tours with The King Brothers band.
Tadg's own debut album, "Even White Boys Get the Blues," is a compendium of songs he has written
throughout his life.
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