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Steve Grills        Blues Guitarist

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NEWS  After Hours reviewed in England's premier blues magazine Juke BluesIssue no. 71www.jukeblues.com/AIRPLAY CHARTS  After Hours charts at #23 on the Living Blues Magazine Radio Chart for April 2011, #8 on the Roots Music Report Top 50 Blues Chart #2 for the Roots Music Report  New York State Artists Chart . Thank you to all the blues DJ's for your airplay and support !
Blues Genesis
For Steve Grills, the Blues has been a life long journey. As a youngster, he heard the music of Big Bill Broonzy, Leadbelly and Lightnin' Hopkins from his father's record collection. Through the Beatles, Steve discovered Chuck Berry and he has not looked back since. He has searched out the roots of Rock and Roll, uncovering many great artists who have influenced and inspired him. Primarily among these are Robert Lockwood Jr., Earl Hooker , Freddie King and Albert Collins . Steve became friends with Robert Lockwood Jr after meeting him in 1978. In  1992, Robert  invited Steve and his band to perform at his Legendary Blues Festival near Cleveland , Ohio. Steve later recorded with Robert on Shakin Smith's cd Harmonica Wizard.Steve and his band the Roadmasters ( named after Earl Hooker's band) draw their repetoire from these and other artists, allowing contemporary audiences the opprotunity to discover the vitality of the music of these legendary and influential musicians. Steve has released a cd of recordings he did with pianist Ernest Lane entitled After Hours on the Toogaloo label. Steve is very excited to have had the opprotunity to record with Ernest . Ernest's musical career reaches back to the late 1940's when he played and recorded with the engimatic delta blues guitarist Robert Nighthawk. Ernest backed Nighthawk on his Aristcrat (later Chess) recordings Black Angel Blues (Sweet Black Angel) and Annie Lee Blues,. Blues scholars consider these recordings with Nighthawk to be among the greatest Post war Chicago blues records ever made.
Ernest Lane with Steve Grills at the 2009 Chicago Blues Festival (photo by Andrew Steiner)
Ernest Lane, Willie 'Big Eyes ' Smith and Steve Grills 2009 Chicago Blues Festival ( photo by Andrew Steiner)
Robert Lockwood Jr. and Steve Grills, Buffalo, NY (photo by Andrew Steiner)
Steve Grills with Albert Collins at The BK Lounge, Rochester, NY
2010 Lilac Festival, Rochester, NY