This concert literally and figuratively fills our stage with blues. The shockingly tall, sturdy and raw Popa Chubby briefly flirted with punk, but soon devoted his guitar and energy to the blues. And the blues can only benefit from that. Ted Horowitz, as the man is really called, was inspired by blues icons such as Stevie Ray Vaughn, Buddy Guy, Willie Dixon and the Three Kings. Since the mid-nineties he has released at least one album every year. A masterful guitarist with a voice like thunder that can caress just as much as an autumn leaf on a breeze, Popa Chubby proves time and time again that he has soul in him. Although he often gives the blues a modern touch with rock and hip-hop influences, he remains true to the roots of the genre. Blues has always been about expressing harsh reality and with his politically inspired lyrics, Popa Chubby continues that line. “How did a white boy get the blues?” Popa Chubby asks himself on one of his albums and immediately gives the answer: he grew up between a guitar-playing father, a dancing mother and the music of Mick Taylor, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix. Popa Chubby may be an imposing figure, but he is certainly not lacking in charisma. Anyone who expected an evening of quiet blues will be disappointed. It will be a bomb of a show.
