BULL CITY BLUES BAND

                

               

The Bull City Blues Band have been North Carolina original modern piedmont blues artists since 1991. Charlley Ward and John Fussell provide tandem lead and slide guitars and are the group’s songwriters. Charlley is also the group’s lead vocalist. The rhythm section consists of Eddie Werz and Dana Thalhiemer. Eddie studied bass at both Virginia Commonwealth University and Berklee School of Music and Dana studied percussion at North Texas State University where he acquired an undergraduate degree in jazz studies.

The Bull City Blues Band were the recent winners of the 2016 Cape Fear Blues Challenge and are previous winners of The Piedmont Blues Society Blues Challenge. The Bull City Blues Band has performed live in support of the notable piedmont blues artist John D. Holman and has performed as opening act or on the same bill with: Pinetop Perkins, Bob Margolin, Safire -Uppity Blues Women, Cephas and Wiggins, Walter Wolfman Washington, Aaron Funderburk and the Rockets and Tyrone Davis.

Awards

Semi-Finalists in the 2017 International Blues Challenge, winner of the 2016 The Cape Fear Blues
Challenge and a previous winner of The Piedmont Blues Society Blues Challenge

Membres del grup

Charles Ward - guitar and vocals,

John Fussell - guitar and slide, 

Eddie Werz - bass, 

Dana Thalheimer - drums

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About

The Bull City Blues Band (BCBB) have been bringing modern blues to NC since 1991 were 2017 IBC Semi-Finalists, winners of the 2017 Triangle Blues Society Challenge, and previous winners both the Cape Fear Blues and Piedmont Blues Society Challenges.

Biografia

The Bull City Blues Band have been North Carolina original modern piedmont blues artists since 1991. Charlley Ward and John Fussell provide tandem lead and slide guitars and are the group’s songwriters. Charlley is also the group’s lead vocalist. The rhythm section consists of Eddie Werz and Dana Thalhiemer. Eddie studied bass at both Virginia Commonwealth University and Berklee School of Music and Dana studied percussion at North Texas State University where he acquired an undergraduate degree in jazz studies. 

The Bull City Blues Band were the recent winners of the 2017 Triangle Blues Society Blues Challenge, winners of the 2016 Cape Fear Blues Challenge and are previous winners of The Piedmont Blues Society Blues Challenge. The Bull City Blues Band has performed live in support of the notable Piedmont blues artist John D. Holman and has performed as opening act or on the same bill with: Pinetop Perkins, Bob Margolin, Safire -Uppity Blues Women,Cool John Ferguson, Cephas and Wiggins, Walter Wolfman Washington, Aaron Funderburk and the Rockets and Tyrone Davis.

Guardons

Semi-Finalists in the 2017 International Blues Challenge, winner of the 2016 The Cape Fear Blues Challenge and a previous winner of The Piedmont Blues Society Blues 

         

Blue Clay Studios

Bull City Blues Band is:

Charlley Ward - guitar and vocals 

John Fussell - guitar 

Eddie Werz - bass 

Dana Thalheimer - drums

Written by Charles W. Ward Jr

© 2014 Charles W. Ward Jr 

℗ 2017 Blue Clay Studios

Blue Clay Studios is:

J. Andrew Loy

H. Walter Jordan

Eric Calhoun

J.D. Parsons

Thanks to Blue Note Grill in Durham, NC for support of live music!