A mixture of swing, funk, Gospel,jazzy blues with horn section, guitar, organ and vocals. Swingin' good times guaranteed .

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BOPPINâ BLUES BAND turns 15â¦
and celebrates with a great new Anniversary album

Mike Goudreau â founder and leader of the great Boppinâ Blues Band from Quebecâs Eastern Townships â has released a new CD just in time for summer, bringing together the best of the bandâs previously released songs as well as some brand new material in the ârockin', rompin', stompinââ style weâve come to expect from this group over the past 15 years.

Entitled âBoppinâ 15â â what else? - the new CD contains 15 cuts with 8 previously released tracks and 7 new ones including 11 original songs and 4 covers. Over the years some of the band members have changed but this album, as with all the previous, still boasts some of the best rhythm and brass musicians in Québec along with some very special guests including Peter Brown on piano, Didier Dumoutier on accordion, Harmonica Zeke on harmonica, Michael Goodsell on pedal steel guitar and a few more.

âWhen Richard Bergeron and I started the Boppin' Blues Band with a demo that we recorded LIVE on a cassette deck in my dad's basement 15 years ago I never would have thought we would be around this long having played hundreds of festivals and gigs (most notably the Montreal Jazz Festival five times) and produced four albumsâ says Mike. âWe really just loved playing swing blues that included a hot horn section and trying to create new original tunes that could have been written and recorded in the â40s, â50s and â60s. What a great ride itâs been!â

The festival season is under way and Mike & The Boppinâ Blues Bandâs schedule is busy. The new album will be launched officially at the end of the summer but it will be released before that so be sure to catch them at a Festival near you for a preview. To find out where to get the new CD, hear a few MP3 clips from it and where and when to see the band LIVE visit www.mikegoudreau.com

What some of the blues media have to say about Mike Goudreau:

"Quality Canadian blues...solid and unpretentious...swings with snappy sincerity and crisp energyâ Hal Horowitz, Blues Revue Magazine, USA Oct/Nov 2006 Issue

"Goudreau plays lead guitar with the tone and taste of greats like Otis Rush and Albert King, and writes compelling, original songs". Jeremy Loome, Edmonton Sun

â One of Canadaâs most under-appreciated blues combos.â Ian Angus, CIUT 89.5 FM, Toronto

â Undiluted blues from one of the purest players on the Canadian sceneâ Al Kirkcaldy, CFFF 92.7 FM, Peterborough, ON

â...A rockinâ, rompinâ, stompinâ good timeâ¦.solid, creamy, tight and tasty licks executed with precision and classâ Billie Lucas, CHLY 101.7 FM, Nanaimo BC

âGoudreau is a natural. He leads a great band with exciting original songs that dare you to sit stillâ John Valenteyn, Maple Blues, Toronto Blues Society

"...Un de ces albums racés qui font figure de référence dans une carrière, aussi riche et chargée soit elle !" Fred Delforge, zicazic.com, France


For more information and to book the band contact:

Mike Goudreau
Stanstead, Quebec 819-876-2109
goudreaumike@hotmail.com