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| Trouble and Strife |
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(Blues) |
| 2007 StreetFest @ Scratch Daniels, 2207 Queen St. E. |
Trouble and Strife are a band who make no excuses for playing only the blues. Bruce & Larry Kurtz have been playing their brand of soulful low down; take your time blues together for over nine years. Bruce's son Michael Ley is an exciting young guitarist who really gets what the Blues are all about. Add in one of Canada's best blues drummers, Maureen Brown, and the highly talented Greg Smith on Bass and you have a potpourri of blues talent!
The last year has been an exciting time for the band. They were finalists in the 2006 Toronto Blues Society Talent Search and were nominated "Best New Artist" at the 2007 Maple Blues Awards. In March 2007 Trouble and Strife won the "Favourite Blues Artist/Group of The Year"; at the Canadian Independant Music Awards!
Their self titled debut CD has airplay on over 170 radio station in 25 countries. Larry Kurtz wrote six of the songs on the album. He is the founder and artistic director of the highly successful Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival. Bruce Ley wrote three of the songs on their debut album, and has done it all in the music business. He is a singer, songwriter, mulit-insturmentalist, recording engineer, producer and teacher. Mike Fitzpatrick has been named the Best Blues Drummer in Canada 4 times. Greg has been band leader for country music star Carol Baker for 25 years. Bruce & Larry Kurtz have had the privilege of sharing the stage performing with or opening for James Cotton, Lucky Peterson, Downchild, Jack DeKeyzer, Fathead, and many more!
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