{"id":27488,"date":"2019-08-27T21:52:57","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T21:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.svalbardblues.com\/dsb\/artister\/monster-mike-welch\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T11:02:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T11:02:02","slug":"monster-mike-welch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.svalbardblues.com\/nl\/dsb\/artister\/monster-mike-welch\/","title":{"rendered":"Monster Mike Welch (VS)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\"><x id=\"gid_1\"><\/x>Monster Mike Welch is ge\n, geboren in Austin, Texas, maar verhuisde al op jonge leeftijd met zijn gezin naar Boston. Hij is \u201eslechts\u201c 40 jaar oud, maar kan toch terugkijken op een carri\u00e8re van meer dan 25 jaar in de blues. Eerder dit jaar werd hij uitgeroepen tot beste gitarist tijdens de<x id=\"gid_2\"><\/x>Blues Music Awards in Memphis.    <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">De bijnaam die hem al sinds zijn dertiende achtervolgt, kreeg Mike van acteur Dan Aykroyd, alias Elwood Blues in The Blues Brothers, nadat hij had opgetreden tijdens de opening van de eerste House of Blues-club in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Niet lang daarna richtte hij zijn eerste band op. Vijf jaar later speelde hij op het Notodden Blues Festival, waar hij dit jaar terugkeerde en bovendien werd ge\u00eberd met een ster op de Walk of Fame van de bluesstad.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mike heeft zes solo-\nen uitgebracht, naast vijf albums met Sugar Ray &amp; the Bluetones en, als laatste, een album met Mike Ledbetter, \u201eRight Place Wrong Time\u201c (\n). De twee hadden een zeer<x id=\"gid_2\"><\/x>succesvolle samenwerking totdat Ledbetter in januari van dit jaar overleed. Mike heeft verder<x id=\"gid_3\"><\/x>met een reeks grootheden gespeeld, van Shemekia Copeland tot Duke Robillard, Johnny<x id=\"gid_4\"><\/x>Winter en Svalbard-bekenden als Nick Moss, Victor Wainwright en Mannish Boys.<x id=\"gid_5\"><\/x>In Longyearbyen voegt hij zich bij Jon Grimsby (drums), Morten Norskaug<x id=\"gid_6\"><\/x>(bas) en Lars Hammersland (toetsen) om ons een flinke dosis gitaarblues van het allerbeste merk v<x id=\"gid_7\"><\/x>e te bezorgen.    <\/p>\n\n<p style=\"background-color:#e6e8e9;font-size:12px;text-align:center\" class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Dark Season Blues\u00a92019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monster Mike Welch is ge , geboren in Austin, Texas, maar verhuisde al op jonge leeftijd met zijn gezin naar Boston. Hij is \u201eslechts\u201c 40 jaar oud, maar kan toch terugkijken op een carri\u00e8re van meer dan 25 jaar in de blues. 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