THORBJØRN RISAGER & THE BLACK TORNADO
Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado live | Rockpalast | 2016 | Setlist
01. If You Wanna Leave 00:00:15
02. Burning Up 00:04:58
03. Paradise 00:08:52
04. I Used To Love You 00:13:47
05. Hold My Lover Tight 00:18:00
06. Long Gone 00:22:14
07. High Rolling 00:27:18
08. Rock'n' Roll Ride 00:32:29
09. China Gate 00:38:40
10. All I Want 00:43:07
11. Baby Please Don't Go 00:49:15
12. Let The Good Times Roll 00:52:49
13. Opener 01:04:21
14. Drowning 01:10:27
Besetzung
Thorbjørn Risager - vocals, guitar
Peter Skjerning - guitar
Sören Böjgaard - bass
Emil Balsgaard - piano
Peter Kehl - trumpet
Hans Nybo - saxophone
Martin Seidelin - drums
Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado aus Kopenhagen spielen live auf dem Crossroads Festival 2016. Risagers ausdrucksstarke, mächtige Stimme steht im Zentrum - und doch ist die siebenköpfige Band, die in zehn Jahren ihres Bestehens bereits zehn Alben veröffentlicht hat, ein äußerst homogenes Gebilde.
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Thorbjørn Risager (nacido el 19 de mayo de 1971 en Gundsø ) es un músico danés que se mueve en el campo del blues , R&B , rock , jazz y soul . Estudió en el renombrado Conservatorio de Música Rytmisk en Copenhague . En 2002, el guitarrista, cantante y compositor fundó el septeto Thorbjørn Risager Blue7 con músicos de la escena del blues de Copenhague , con quienes grabó el álbum debut de 2004 Live 2004 .
En 2005, Risager fue nombrado Danish Blues Musician of the Year. Desde el segundo CD de The Heart, sus álbumes ya no aparecieron bajo Thorbjørn Risager Blue7 , sino solo bajo su nombre. Desde el lanzamiento de 2014 Too Many Roads , el octeto extendió la formación bajo Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado .
Además de su banda, Risager actúa en dúo con el pianista Emil Balsgaard . Como sus modelos a seguir, llama a Ray Charles y BB King .
Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado: Talent, dedication and perseverance As this band enters its fourteenth year, they really seem to be on the verge to a success that will open some new doors, in new territories. And with all the hard work they put into this project, they surely deserve it.
In 2003, singer and guitarist Thorbjørn Risager asked some of his favourite musicians to join him in a brand new band. The picked the band name ”Thorbjørn Risager Blue 7” and started playing round Denmark. A year later they recorded their first album, ”Live 2004”, and in 2005 they met their current agent who also started working with their CD promotion, in connection with the release of their second album, ”From The Heart”, which already got considerable media recognition. BluesWax, a well-respected US publication, used the headline ”Next big name in blues: Thorbjorn” and the epic quote ”Risager has songwriting skills that match his larger-than-life voice” is from that review. The same magazine wrote about the next album ”Here I Am”: Sometimes a singer’s voice just stands out and forces you to listen. Take one part Ray Charles, one part Bob Seger, and one part Joe Cocker and you may have the vocal instrument of Denmark’s Thorbjørn Risager.
By then they had been signed by the Danish label Cope Records, run by the band’s trumpet player. A few albums later, they made a deal with French blues/roots label Dixiefrog, and in 2014 they secured a record deal with Ruf Records, based in Germany but with a very strong position in the international blues world. The same year, before the release of the multi-award-winning album ”Too Many Roads”, they decided to add the band name ”The Black Tornado” – to signify that this is a REAL band and not some random musicians that back up a vocalist. They were also hoping that this new name would be a bit easier to google, for all the listeners that heard the band’s music being played on international radio stations.
Parallel to writing, recording and releasing new material with 12 – 18 months’ interval, they have kept touring all over Europe, plus a tour to Canada and a spot at Asia’s biggest blues festival Mahindra Blues in Mumbai, where they shared the stage with Buddy Guy. They play 100 gigs per year, and they have performed in 21 countries. Remarkably enough, only two musicians have quit the band since the start in 2003 and they have worked with the same agency, Westman Music, since 2005. This is a hard-working band, and they really stick together through thick and thin. They are united through their talent, their dedication and their perseverance!
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Hardcore Blues anno 2012, a real electroshock for the collapsed twelve-bar-format. (Daniel Böhm, Rocktimes DE)
This guy is a singer’s singer, but maybe born too late, because if he had been doing this job in the ’50s and ’60s and lived in the USA, surely he would be a legend by now. (Simon Redley in the legendary British magazine Blues And Soul)
BAND MEMBERS:
Thorbjørn Risager – vocals and guitar
Emil Balsgaard – piano and organ
Joachim Svensmark – guitar and back-up vocals
Kasper Wagner – ten/alto/baryton saxophone or Hans Nybo – saxophone and back-up vocals
Peter Kehl – trumpet/flg horn and back-up vocals
Søren Bøjgaard – bass / synthbass / samples
Martin Seidelin – drums and back-up vocals
DISCOGRAPHY:
Live 2004 (Music Mecca/Cope 2005)
From the Heart (Cope Records 2006)
Here I Am (Cope Records 2007)
Live at Victoria (Cope Records 2009)
Track Record (Cope Records 2010)
Dust & Scratches (Cope Records 2012)
Between Rock and Some Hard Blues (Cope Records 2013)
Too Many Roads (Ruf Records 2014)
Songs From The Road (Ruf Records 2016)
Change My Game (Ruf Records 2017)
“This is the sort of band that gets booked by unwary festival promoters as an early evening support only to discover they’ve stolen the show by 8 pm. If you haven’t seen them yet, do. If you haven’t booked them yet, do…”
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