ROD & THE SHOTGUN BLUES
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ada9XsHsdW4
Rod And The Shotgun Blues Band is a French Blues Band from the east of France « Pontarlier »
Original members of the Shotgun Blues Band
Sylvain « Zouel » Hari : Drums – Brice « Icy Brice » Pianet : Bass – Rod Barthet : Guitar Vocal
Fab « Fabulus » Bony : Drums – Brice « Icy Brice » Pianet : Bass – Rod Barthet : Guitar Vocal ( The first San Francisco trip experience members )
Rod attended his first rock show DEEP PURPLE when he was 3.
He started listening to punk rock at the age of 12 and a friend lent him a Japanese electric guitar. He started spending countless hours in his grandmother’s garage, disrupting her early years of retirement, then started his first hard core band, FINAL BLAST, a manifesto against mainstream values.
When he was 20, he attended the CMCN ( a music academy in Nancy) for a year, then decided to turn professional. He studied harmonies, vocals, reading and writing music. He spent nights jamming with friends and started the first version of ROD & THE SHOTGUNS. The first shows were pure entertainment, then many more followed. When he was 20, he attended the CMCN ( a music academy in Nancy) for a year, then decided to turn professional. He studied harmonies, vocals, reading and writing music. He spent nights jamming with friends and started the first version of ROD & THE SHOTGUNS. The first shows were pure entertainment, then many more followed.
In 91, Rod was 21 and the threesome flew to San Francisco where a friend of Rod’s could house them all. They saw Tommy Castro, Johnny Nitro, Harvey Mandel ( CANNED HEAT), Ron Thompson and Jim Guyet ( JOHN LEE HOOKER’s bassist). They jammed with those new acquaintances and some locals heard their demo until it hit JOHN LEE HOOKER’s tape deck. He called them and offered them to open for him; they sort of blew it due to the pressure. However Rod was invited to his house and talked to Mr Boom Boom for a couple of hours which let him, needless to say, extremely impressed. The band spent 3 months in San Francisco and managed a few dates at the Paradise Lounge, at the Pit ( only seven attending, but a good memory anyway) and in a couple of Redwood City clubs. They also jammed with local big shots at the Saloon and the Grant & Green.
In 1993 Rod put out his self-produced debut album entitled Let’s Boogie with lyrics in English and recorded at Mobius Music studios in San Francisco, which was supposed to be sold at shows mostly. Two years later he went back to SF with the band to record a second album at Alpha and Omega studios, this time with half the lyrics in French and half in English and whose title is Mister Alligator, distributed through MSI. Meanwhile he opened for the likes of Roy Rogers, Joe Louis Walker, Jimmy Johnson, Bo Diddley, Wilson Picket, Alvin Lee and Mick Taylor !
In 2000 , Rod made his third album on dixiefrog records ( french blues label ). The response from both the public and the media was very positive
In 2003 Rod made a live album in this way people could hear the music of Rod in his best element the Stage
In 2012 Since then Rod has never stoped playing live on stage under his name, throughout many country’s, up to that point now in 2008. He’s playing under the name « Rod & The Shtogun Blues » for exceptional occasion. See the continuation of the biography on the Rod Barthet’s official site
Pour écouter des démos ou visionner des vidéos:http://rodshotgunblues.free.fr/ & http://www.rod-barthet.com/
