Festivals Booked for 2012:
April - Juke Joint Festival - Clarksdale, MS
June - BBQ & Blues Festival - Minneapolis, MN
July - SoundTown Music Festival - Somerset, WI
August - Bayfront Blues Festival - Duluth, MN
August - Rumble
Festival - Amherst, WI
Performance Highlights:
2012 - Winner of The Road To Memphis Challenge
2012 - Winner of Famous Dave's Battle of the Blues Bands
2011 - Toured 4,635 miles around the east side of the United States, playing 26 shows, in 14 states, in 30 days
2011 - Performed at the Double Door - Chicago, IL
2011 - Summer events - Minneapolis Messaround, Memory Lanes Block Party, Bearded Lady - (Local)
2010 - Summer events - West Bank Music Festival (Local)
2009 - Toured 1,412 miles around the Minnesota state map, playing 13 shows, in 13 days
2009 - Summer events - The Deep Blues Festival, The Anoka Car Show - (Local)
Has Opened for:
Alex Ligertwood - Lead singer for Santana '79 - '95.
T-Model Ford - The oldest active Delta Blues Player! Signed to Fat Possum & Alive Naturalsound.
Bob Log III - Has toured internationally since 1993, signed to Fat Possum & Sympathy for the Record Industry.
Cedric Burnside and Lightnin' Malcolm - Grandson of Delta Blues legend R.L. Burnside.
Dennis "Fergie" Frederiksen - Lead singer for Toto '84 - '86.
Recording Highlights:
Has produced, recorded and written 26 songs on three independently released albums since 2009.
Has sold
over 4,300 CDs since 2009. (Last updated - April, 2012)
Has collaborated with 16 different Minneapolis musicians in the studio including:
Bruce McCabe - Piano (Johnny Lang, Lamont Crampston, Hoop Snakes)
Keith Boyles - Upright Bass (Kenny Burrell, Patrick Auburn Hare, Nigel Kennedy)
Patrick Harison - Accordion (Minnesota Orchestra, Patty and The Buttons, Jack Klatt)
Javier Matos - Harmonica (The Blue Devils, The Dog House Lords, The Innocent Sons)
Elmer "Danger Johnson - Upright Bass (Dave Wolf, Al Subola, Trailer Trash)
Jeremy Krueth - Drums (Sunshine Behavior, American Revival, Stereo Pirates)
Page Burkum - Drums (The Cactus Blossoms, The Innocent Sons)
Johann Swenson - Drums (Cadillac Kolstad, Jack Knife and the Sharps)
Radio Highlights:
(Live Radio Performances)
2011 - Crankshaft and the Gear Grinders - 90.3 KFAI's Live From Studio 5 - Minneapolis/St.Paul, MN
2010 - Crankshaft - 88.1 KVSC's Monday Night Live - St. Cloud, MN
2010 - Crankshaft - 90.3 Live on KFAI's House Party - Minneapolis/St.Paul, MN
2009 - Crankshaft - 90.3 Live on KFAI's Radio Rumpus Room - Minneapolis/St.Paul, MN
(National Tracking)
The Album "Junkyard Rhythm" has received play on 37 FM stations and podcasts since spring 2011 including:
NPR's Car Talk - Nationally Syndicated (USA)
The Current - 89.3 FM - Minneapolis, MN
103.9 FM - Hastings Community Radio - Wauchope, Australia
KLAX - 90.7 FM - Berkeley, CA
WGCS - 91.1 FM - Goshen, IN
KBSA - 90.9 FM - Eldorado, AR
KDAQ - 89.9 FM - Shreveport, LA
(more)
Video Highlights:
2012 - Directed, produced, and co-shot the Neighbor Boys music video
2012 - Directed, and produced the crankshaft and the Gear Griders Leavin' This Town Live music video
Crankshaft Archives:
Performance listings from 2010 to current
Flyers/Art from 2008 to current
Monthly Updates from 2011 to current
Crankshaft has been forging his own brand of high-energy, low-brow, upper Mississippi blues, a new genre of music he likes to call "Pork Neck" since 2008. This is a new breed of foot stompin' country blues that appeals to young and old alike that "could not have been imagined prior to the early punk scene," as recently described by Dig In Magazine.
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