We're happy to welcome our newest guitar instructor Shane Dwight to the team at School of the Blues. Shane is native to the area and has performed on and off with members of the school staff for over fifteen years. We all feel that Shane will make a fine addition to our instructor team.Bio:
Shane Dwight is a charismatic and supremely talented guitarist, soulful vocalist, prolific songwriter and one of the brightest young up-and-coming stars on the rock/blues scene today. Shane has performed at prestigious concerts such as the Monterey Blues Festival, Reno Blues & Brews Festival, Portland Oregon Waterfront Blues Festival, San Francisco Jazz Festival, S.F. California Blues Festival, Central Valley Blues Festival, San Jose Comcast Jazz Festival, San Jose Metro Fountain Blues Festival and the Redwood Coast Jazz Festival (Eureka) and many more. The Shane Dwight Band has also performed at world famous nightclubs: Slims (Boz Skaggs Club), John Lee Hooker's Boom Boom Room, and Biscuits and Blues in San Francisco, B.B. Kings in Hollywood, Blue Cafe in Long Beach and Harvelle's in Santa Monica. Though Shane's music is blues based, the band's ability to cross over to a variety of different audiences is evidenced in their current concert schedule which has them working at venues as diverse as County Fairs, Disneyland Theme parks, opening up for Major Country, Blues, and Rock Stars and appearing as the house band on Microsoft's Nationally Broadcast television show, "Microsoft Insider LIVE." Shane has already been contacted by several concert promoters from around the United States as well as Europe for the 2006 Festival season.
In recent performances, Shane has shared the bill with world class acts such as John Mayall & The Blues Breakers, Taj Mahal, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Marshall Tucker, Elvin Bishop, Dave Mason, The Supremes, Jefferson Starship, Terrie Clark, The Greg Kihn Band, Big Bill Morganfield (Muddy Waters son), Bob Margolin, Dennis Quaid, Indigenous, Brad Gillis of Ozzy Ozbourne, Night Ranger, Johnny Winter, John Lee Hooker Jr., and Tommy Castro and Robert Randolf & the Family Band..
What People Have To Say About Shane:
"Dwight is a charismatic and talented guitarist, vocalist and songwriter... SDBB is fast becoming the blues sensation of the west coast" - San Francisco Chronicle
"A GREAT vocalist and a hot guitarist!" - Dan Ackroyd, House of Blues Radio Hour
"One of newest and brightest stars to hit the blues world... Shane Dwight is smokin'!" - Monterey Blues Festival
"Contemporary blues can smoke, when it's done with spirit and when its got class. Shane Dwight has both. Singing and playing lead guitar, he's on target every time." - Jim Santella, Southland Blues Magazine
Website:
http://www.shanedwight.com/
San Jose, California
408-224-2936
408-224-2936
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School of the Blues
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A School For the Private Study of Blues and All the Styles it Influenced.