Nearly every region has its own style of Blues. The Midwest showcases its blues genre in ' Uncle Albert This popular Illinois based band maintains the roots of music as well as they" Boogie da' Blues."
UNCLE
ALBERT is headed by founder Tim Albert guitar, vocals, with Lisa Campbell
keyboards, vocals, Brad Martin drums, John Ackley, Bass and vocals.
Together they present
their own electric music and blues standards.
UNCLE
ALBERT was started in 1991 by Tim Albert and has steadily grown in popularity
in the St. Louis, Mo. region. the last couple of years the band has been
busy spreading their music around the world.
We
have done over 200 shows in the U.S. and Europe in 1997. With growing popularity
Uncle Albert has ranked among the top blues bands in St. Louis (the Riverfront
Times annual readers poll '95,'96,'97) and Lisa was
included in the top
female vocalist category in '96,'97.
UNCLE ALBERT has released two albums, "Hermann Lager "in 1994 and "Workin' "in '96. The latest release "WORKIN' "has been getting good reviews, and air play. Of the twelve songs on the disc, eight were written by Tim Albert and Dan Jackson. The song "Workin"' has been included on the compilation albums, Coal Dusted on Relay Records; in Carbondale, II, and the Black River Music Fest on Tornado records.
The album is well crafted and superbly executed, composed mostly of blues with some AAA-Leaning material. Tracks range from a gritty, credible cover of "Born under a bad sign" to the sweeping piano and expansive voice of Lisa Campbell on the intimate "Sister". They've crafted one of the best recent local releases." Michael Kuelker, St. Louis Post Dispatch 6/12/97
"Guitarist
/Songwriter Tim Albert and Pianist Lisa Campbell, both fine singers, lead
Illinois based UNCLE ALBERT. They prove their facility at a range of acoustic
and electric blues" BLUES REVIEW Nov. '97