Monkey Junk in Memphis 2009

myspace.com/monkeyjunkottawa
TONY D - guitar, slide guitar, vocals
STEVE MARRINER - guitar, baritone guitar, harmonica, Hammond organ, vocals
MATT SOBB - drums, cymbals, various percussion
Influences-Son House, Muddy Waters, Hound Dog Taylor, Little Walter, Lightnin Hopkins, Magic Sam, Amos Lee, Harry Manx, JJ Grey & Mofro, Robert Johnson
About MonkeyJunk
Legendary delta bluesman Son House spoke about a passion for his music and was quoted as saying "I'm talkin 'bout the blues. . . I ain't talkin' 'bout monkey junk!" MonkeyJunk is a band that draws heavily on the legends of the blues and translates that influence into a contemporary blend of swamp R&B, soul boogie and bedroom funk. This triple threat trio comprised of Steve Marriner, Tony D and Matt Sobb draws on over 56 years of combined experience playing blues live and in studio . . . and it shows.

In the fall of 2008, MonkeyJunk was nominated for a Maple Blues Award for best new artist - a rare feat only having been in exsistence for 6 months and not having released a record yet . . . In February 2009, MonkeyJunk represented Ottawa, Canada at The International Blues Challenge held in Memphis, TN competing amongst 100 bands from Poland, Croatia, Norway, Italy, Israel, Sweden, France, Australia and North America. After the smoke cleared on Beale St., MonkeyJunk had placed third overall!
Video by Alec Fraser

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Monkey
• Junk
• Blues
• Harmonica
• Baritone
• Guitar
• Steve
• Marriner
• TonyD
• Matt
• Sobb
• Memphis

[1blastman]

Come on down and play 2012 Jazzfest!

[AttentionDefficit]

Ottawa! from my home town! Much respect. Congrats on the Win guys!

[bluesvilleslim]

This is killing me... The blues is ALIVE!!!

[eurydiceissonice]

that is the best kim wilson ... ever!!

[monkeyjunk7]

LOL So I just realized my screenname exists as something else...I'm glad this music is pretty sweet, I don't feel too bad about my (so I thought ) random screenname

[timmiedog1]

Steve and Tony are fabulous musicians and very nice persons. I'm a hardcore fan of both. Together they're of scale.

[Dranfield]

Part 2 I saw their Saturday afternoon performance at the legendary Orpheum Theater during the top ten finals and can tell you these guys are a must see band because the "Blues don't Lie".

[mwclark7]

Outstanding raw blues sound!

[kokoro86]

I first caught Steve Marriner's session work on Harry Manx's album

"Live @ the Glen Gould Studio"

Fantastic blues harp player.

[1itt1ed00d1e]

great video. good quality and fantastic sound. like the screen orientation too. and diggin' monkey junk too.