Events
HOWELLDEVINE
707 Marina Vista,
Martinez
"Delta & Mississippi Hill Country Blues”
Joshua Howell - slide guitar/ harmonica
Pete Devine - drums
Joe Kyle, Jr. - bass
"What a pleasure to find a young band that really gets the blues.
Deep and true to the roots. Really digging them. Glad they’re on
the scene.” -Bonnie Raitt" Love them!
They are great!"- Elvin Bishop
"HowellDevine plays with the original feel, intent, and spirit-it
knocks me out to hear them play such quality blues." -Charlie
Musselwhite
This is the kind of blues you don't hear anymore. The raw slide
guitar played by Joshua Howell evokes the Mississippi Hill
Country greats such as Fred McDowell and RL Burnside.
The rhythm section of drummer and percussionist Pete Devine,
along with the bass Joe Kyle Jr., breaks from the norm in blues,
providing rich and complex textures integral to the music rather
than a simple backing section for a soloist. The result is a
sound which stands in stark contrast to the typical blues heard
in bars these days and would more likely be shaking the floors of
a Southern juke joint some 70 years ago. HowellDevine brings life
back to that sound, infusing the rural blues with their own
unique style.