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Popa Chubby Masterclass
To coincide with the Spring 2012 Back To NYC European Tour, Popa Chubby and band will be offering an intensive 1 hour masterclass during soundcheck at selected cities. Popa will personally instruct on groove, style, technique and sound. There will be a live demonstration and Q&A and autograph signing! Enrollment is limited to 10 students per workshop.
Cost is €100 and as space is limited must be paid through PayPal on the store page . Please include your selected date and location in a note with your payment.
Feb. 29 Le Plan – Ris Oranges – France
March 1 Le Cargo – Caen – France
March 3 Blues Garage – Hannover – Germany
March 5 Harmonie – Bonn
March 7 Colos Saal – Aschaffenberg – Germany
March 20 Tranxbordeur – Lyon – France
March 23 Mediator – Perpignan – France
March 24 Omega Live – Toulon – France
March 30 Laantern – Helendorn – Netherlands
Thanks to Walter Trout for a killer tour! See video
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Lots of great merchandise including Popa's new release "Back To New York City" on CD or vinyl. We are also able to offer two of Popa's best releases "Booty And The Beast" and, "One Night Live In New York City" at a special price!
The New CD "Back To New York City" has received great reviews both at home and abroad including Best of the Blues in Mojo magazine and Record of the month in Classic Rock!
Listen to Back To New York City
Congratulations to Popa reaching #17 on Classic Rock Revisted's Best of 2011 List.
Popa and his band will school you and share secrets!
See video
Read Popa's new bio
music THE FIGHT IS ON
- ace of spades
- the fight is on
- Popa Chubby "Somewhere Over The Rainbow"
- ace of spades
- the fight is on
HOW'D A WHITE BOY
GET THE BLUES?
on vinyl. signed.
- POPA CHUBBY ELECTRIC CHUBBYLAND 27 02 2011
tour MARCH
1. LE CARGO CAEN, FR
2. AMALGAME CLUB YVERDON, CH
3. BLUES GARAGE HANNOVER, DE
4. MEISEBFREI BREMEN, DE
5. HARMONIE BONN, DE
6. UHLENSPIEGEL RUTESHEIM, DE
7. COLOS SAAL ASCHAFFENBURG, DE
8. ZECHE BOCHUM, DE
9. OUTBAIX UBACH-PALENBERG, DE
10.GEWERKSCHAFTHAUS ERFURT, DE
11.LUCERNA MUSIC BAR PRAGUE, CZ
12.ROCKHOUSE SALZBURG, AT
13.REIGEN WEIN, AT
15.KAMMGAM SCHAFFHAUSEN, CH
16.KOFMEHL SOLOTHURN, CH
17.GARE DI LION WIL, CH
20.TRANSBORDEUR LYON, FR
21.AMALGAME CLUB OMESIA (NOTRE DAME), FR
22.FESTIVAL DE GUITARES ACUAMVILLE, FR
23.EL MEDIATOR PERPIGNAN, FR
24.OMEGA LIVE TOULON, FR
27.SPIRIT OF 66 VERVIERS, BG
28.TIVOLI DE HELLING UTRECHT, NL
29.DE PIEK VLISSINGEN, NL
30.LANTAARN HELLENDOORN, NL
31.LVC LEIDEN, NL
JANUARY 2012
06. MEXICALI LIVE TEANECK, NJ
07. THEODORE'S SPRINGFIELD, MA
14. DOWNHILL GRIL SARANAC LAKE, NY
21. SCOTT RECITAL HALL OMAHA, NE
26. REGATTA BAR CAMBRIDGE, MA
27. VAN DYCK CLUB SCHENECTADY, NY
28. WEBSTER HALL NEW YORK, NY
FEBRUARY
10. STANHOPE HOUSE STANHOPE, NJ
11. BRIAN'S BACKYARD BBQ MIDDLETOWN, NY
17. BLACK EYED SALLY'S HARTFORD, CT
24. RAM'S HEAD ANNAPOLIS, MD
25. THE TOWNE CRIER PAWLING, NY
29. LE PLAN RIS ORGANIS, FR
APRIL
1. BIBELOT DORDRECHT, NL
6. RODEO BAR NYC
7. RODEO BAR NYC
13. TRALF BUFFALO, NY
14. TBC SYRACUSE, NY
20. SECOND STORY BLUES BETHLEHEM, PA
21.BOULTON CFPA BAY SHORE, NY
27. CHAN'S WOONSOCKET, RHODE ISLAND
28. CHAN'S WOONSOCKET, RHODE ISLAND
Booking Agency: Intrepid Artists Intl (704) 358-4777
Artist Representative-Brad Stewart brad_intrepidartists.com
bio Before he adopted the name Popa Chubby, Ted Horowitzs first gigs were
in the New York City punk scene starting when he answered an ad in The
Village Voice in 1977 for a guitarist and was hired by this crazy
Japanese special effects performance artist in a kimono called Screaming
Mad George who had a horror-movie inspired show. So right from the start
I was taught about rock n roll as theater, and I learned from George
and the other bands who were playing CBGBs at the time the Ramones,
the Cramps, Richard Hell, whose band, the Voidoids, I joined that rock
n roll should be dangerous. Musicians like the Ramones and the Sex
Pistols werent just bands. They were a threat to society.
The blues was always the foundation of my playing style, since Id
grown up on Hendrix, Cream and Led Zeppelin, but when I started playing
blues in New York clubs I understood that the blues should be dangerous,
too, he explains. It wasnt just from playing in punk bands. Howlin
Wolf and Muddy Waters were dangerous men. Theyd cut or shoot you out of
necessity if they had to, and Little Walter packed a gun and wouldnt
hesitate to use it. That danger is a real part of the blues and I keep
it alive in my music.
If theres one thing I want people to know about me, its that Im a
survivor, says Popa Chubby. Heres my story: My dad died when I was
seven. I was abandoned and raised myself. I moved to New York City when
I was 18 and started playing music. I got a huge heroin habit and ended
up strung out on the streets until I was in my early twenties. I started
playing again and got away from drugs and never went back, and then I
got into the New York blues scene of the early 90s, and here I am
today.
Here is at the forefront of modern blues-rock, where the mix of
intensity and integrity captured on Popa Chubbys Back To New York City
has made him one of the genres most popular figures. And hes an
imposing figure at that, weighing more than 300 pounds with a shaven
head, tattooed arms, a goatee and a performing style he describes as
the Stooges meets Buddy Guy, Motörhead meets Muddy Waters, Jimi Hendrix
meets Robert Johnson.
You get the picture. And if you dont, Back To New York City paints it
vividly. On the discs 11 nasty cuts Popa Chubby has flipped the
blues-rock label around, putting rock at the fore and the pedal to the
metal with fat, scalding guitar sounds and stories plucked from true
life. Some, like the rubber-burning title track and the pleading A Love
That Will Never Die, are autobiographical tales that channel whats
deep in his blood as well as the fevered pulse of the city Popa Chubby
has called home for 30 years. Others, like Stand Before the Sun and
his sweet n sizzling take on Johan Sebastian Bachs instrumental
Jesus Joy of Mans Desiring, chronicle his search for spiritual
enlightenment, which has led Popa Chubby to practice Tai Chi and Chi
Kung before his sweat-soaked concerts. And then theres pure shots of
fun like the chest-thumping Warrior Gods, which thunders along like a
long-lost Motörhead gem, and She Loves Everybody But Me, a
tongue-in-cheek hard-core Texas shuffle that purposefully nods to Stevie
Ray Vaughan in its skyrocketing leads and solos.
For the prolific Popa Chubby, who was born Ted Horowitz, Back To New
York City doesnt simply capture the fire and energy of his live shows
better than the previous 20 albums hes made since 1994 which is an
impressive accomplishment given his history of house-rocking discs. It
represents an entirely new level of his tempestuous, soulful playing.
bio continued ...
Bio contd Horowitz adopted the name Popa Chubby in 1990 during a jam with
Parliament-Funkadelics Bernie Worrell. He was singing a song called
Popa Chubby and he pointed at me, he says. Given Horowitzs dimensions
and his proclivity for getting audiences excited, the tag fit.
Following two initial albums on his own Laughing Bear label, he was
signed to Sonys briefly revived O-Keh Records, the one-time imprint of
Mamie Smith, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and other influential blues
and jazz artists. Popa Chubby came into his own as a songwriter with
2002s The Good, The Bad & the Chubby with the affectingly sincere
post-9/11 testimonial Somebody Let the Devil Out. His next album, 2004
s inspired Peace, Love, and Respect upped the ante as an election year
protest album with hard-cutting tunes about First Amendment rights (
Un-American Blues) and corporate war-mongering (Young Men). After
tipping his hat to Hendrix with the three-disc Electric Chubbyland set
and tour in 2006 and 2007, Popa Chubbys subsequent three albums
including 2010s The Fight Is On have chronicled his desire to reconnect
with his rock and blues roots while pushing both genres boldly into the
future a task expertly accomplished by an extraordinary blend of song
craft, musicianship and personality in Back To New York City that
telegraphs the message what you hear is what you get.
People look at me and expect a certain thing, Popa Chubby reflects,
and don't realize theres more behind the picture. They see a big, burly
guy with tattoos, and they expect to get beat over the head. And you
will get beat over the head, but youll also get rocked to sleep, and
there'll be poetry in there too.
videos - Popa Chubby behind the scenes
- Popa Chubby and Galea/Race With The Devil
- Popa Chubby - Buffalo Chips
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- Popa Chubby Instrumental Blues -Hideaway
- Popa Chubby - Already Stoned / Istres october,30th 2009
- Popa Chubby - Top Ten Reasons Why I Can't Sleep Tonight (Live - 2005)
- Popa Chubby - Life Is A Beatdown (Live - 2005)
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- POPA CHUBBY AND GALEA/STRAIGHT TO HELL
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- Braceface - 307 - The Beat Goes On part 1
- Popa CHUBBY _ BB King's - Somebody let the devil out
- Popa Chubby " Let the Jam Begin"
- Popa Chubby - Life is a Beatdown (Rockpalast 2004)
- Popa Chubby - Hey Joe
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- Popa Chubby on Conan O'Brien 1995 with Richie Monica- drums
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POPA'S STORE
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Popa Chubby Masterclass
$130
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Live and Booty special
One Night Live in NYC AND Booty and The Beast for $25.
$25
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BACK TO NYC+ tshirt offer
specify t-shirt Mike Hind or Playing Card L/XL only.
$25
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THE FIGHT IS ON CD
THE FIGHT IS ON CD
$15
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VICIOUS COUNTRY CD
VICIOUS COUNTRY CD
$15
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DELIVERIES AFTER DARK CD
DELIVERIES AFTER DARK
$15
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GALEA DIARY OF A BAD HOUSEWIFE
GALEA DIARY OF A BAD HOUSEWIFE
$15
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ELECTRIC CHUBBYLAND 3 CD SET
ELECTRIC CHUBBYLAND 3 CD HENDRIX SET
$20
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STEALING THE DEVIL'S GUITAR
STEALING THE DEVIL'S GUITAR CD
$15
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BIG MAN BIG GUITAR CD
$15
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Mike Hind T SHIRT L
Bermuda artist Mike Hind
$20
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MIKE HIND T SHIRT XL
BLACK COTTON T XL MIKE HIND DRAWING
$20
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PLAYING CARD T SHIRT L
PLAYING CARD T SHIRT L
$20
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PLAYING CARD T SHIRT XL
BLACK COTTON T PLAYING CARD DESIGN
$20
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HOODIE L
HEAVY COTTON HOODIE BLACK W CARD DESIGN
$30
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HOODIE XL
HOODIE XL BLACK LONG SLEEVE
$30
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BASS NUN T XX
Bass Nun Vicious Country Galea shirt 2X
$10
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BASS NUN T XXX
Bass Nun Vicious Country Galea shirt XXX
$10
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NUNWELL GLASS SLIDE
HAND CRAFTED BY OUR FRIENDS, THE NUNWELL GLASS PEOPLE, LESLIE AND ANDY. BEAUTIFUL, HEAVY, AND INDIVIDUAL WORKS OF ART. NUMBERED. Please indicate s,m,l
$40
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HEAVY VINYL STICKERS
designed by Misanthrope Art.
$5
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VICIOUS COUNTRY POSTER
HUGE POSTER! HEAVY GLOSSY PAPER SIGNED
$20
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FLASHED BACK CD
POPA AND GALEA DO THE '60s
$15
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POPA PRESENTS NYC BLUES
POPA AND FRIENDS FROM NYC. BIG ED SULLIVAN, ARTHUR NEILSON, MATT SMITH, JOE TAINO, T TILLSON, BOBBY CARSON
$15
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POPA PRESENTS NYC BLUES 2
POPA AND FRIENDS IRVING LOUIS LATTIN, STEVE LOGAN, ZAK ZUNIS, LEWIS GATEWOOD,
$15
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POPA LIVE AT FIP
DOUBLE CD LIVE IN PARIS AT RADIO FIP. GALEA PLAYS BASS ON ONE CD.
$15
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OLD SCHOOL CD
POPA & FRIENDS PLAY WILLIE, MUDDY AND MORE. BILL PERRY, MATT SMITH, PAUL PERSONNE, DIMITRI, MASON CASEY
$15
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BROOKLYN BASEMENT BLUES
1 Shakedown 2 If It Feels Like Love 3 Rats Get Whacked 4 She Said That Evil Was Her Name 5 Transformation 6 Arlita 7 White Devil 8 The Wind Cries Mary 9 Meat Helmet 10 I've Been Loving You Too Long 11 You Can't Keep a Brother Down
$15
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THE HUNGRY YEARS
1. Stoop Down Baby 4:58 $0.99 Play 2. Shake Down (Live) 5:31 $0.99 Play 3. Looking For One Kiss 3:33 $0.99 Play 4. Take Off - A! (Instrumental) 5:19 $0.99 Play 5. Working Class Blues 2:40 $0.99 Play 6. Lo Han Sway (Instrumental) 2:59 $0.99 Play 7. Feel My Eyes On You 3:28 $0.99 Play 8. Rain On My Mind 5:09 $0.99 Play 9. It's Chubby Time (Live) 5:02 $0.99 Play 10. San Catri (Instrumental) 8:32 $0.99 Play 11. What's Your Problem? / Pipeline (Live)
$15
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ONE MILLION BROKEN GUITARS
1. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out Listen 2. What's Your Point? Listen 3. Dance the Night Away Listen 4. Real Thing Listen 5. Laya What Ya Tryin' to Do Listen 6. Long Way Home Listen 7. Protected Listen 8. It All Turns to Gold Listen 9. What's Your Problem? Listen 10. Naughty Little People Listen 11. Nobody Loves Me Like I Love Myself Listen 12. Oh Roger [*]
$15
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THE GOOD THE BAD THE CHUBBY
1. Somebody Let The Devil Out 2. If The Diesel Don't Get You Then The Jet Fuel Will 3. I Can't See The Light Of DaY 4. I'll Be There For You 5. Stress Will Kill You Every Time 6. No Trouble No More 7. Bad Connection 8. Strange Way Of Saying I Love YoU 9. My Last Cigarette 10. Already Stoned 11. Dirty Lie 12. Passion (Instrumental) 13. Play It From The Heart
$15
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HIT THE HIGH HARD ONE CD
1. Heart Attack and Vine 2. Trail of Tears 3. Size 13 4. What's So Great About Rock and Roll 5. Stoop Down Baby 6. Long Distance Pain 7. Caffeine and Nicotine 8. Isis 9. Sweet Goddess of Love and Beer 10. San Catri 11. Wild Thing
$15
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PEACE LOVE AND RESPECT
PEACE LOVE AND RESPECT Top Ten Reasons Why I Can't Sleep at Night 2 Life Is a BeatDown 3 Like the Buddha Do 4 Un-American Blues 5 Young Men 6 Keep on the Sunny Side of Life Popa Chubby 7 The Man on the News 8 I'm Not Afraid 9 Sweet Release 10 The Devil Gonna Drag You Do
$15
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POPA AND BLACK COFFEE BLUES
1. Messin' With The Kid Popa Chubby And Black Coffee Blues Band Black Coffee 2. Cocaine Blues Popa Chubby And Black Coffee Blues Band Black Coffee 3. Seventh Son Popa Chubby And Black Coffee Blues Band Black Coffee 4. Boppin' The Blues Arthur Neilson And Black Coffee Blues Band Popa Chubby Black Coffee 5. Motorcycle Mama Popa Chubby And Galea And Black Coffee Blues Band Black Coffee 6. That's What Love Does Arthur Neilson And Black Coffee Blues Band Black Coffee 7. Bumblebee Galea And Black Coffee
$15
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ONE NIGHT LIVE IN NYC 1999
01. Intro 02. The Real Thing 03. Lie Down With The Blues 04. Nobody Knows You 05. Shakedown 06. Arlita 07. Walk On The Wild Side 08. New York City Blues 09. What's Your Problem 10. Pipeline
$15
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HOW'D A WHITE BOY VINYL
How'd A White Boy Get The Blues (2lp) side A 1. Carrying The Torch Of The Blues 2. Time Is Killing Me 3. Daddy Played The Guitar And Mama Was A Disco Queen 4. Black Hearted Woman 5. Savin' My Love Up For My Lover 6. No Comfort 7. It's A Sad Day In New York City When There Is No Room For The Blues side B 1. Goin' Down To Willie's 2. Since I Lost My Leg 3. How'd A White Boy Get The Blues 4. Shakedown (bonus Track) 5. She Said That Evil Was Her Name (bonus Track) 6. Arlita (bonus Track) 7. Hallelujah (bonus Track)
$20
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WHITE BOY CD
CARRYING ON THE TORCH OF THE BLUES TIME IS KILLING ME DADDY PLAYED THE GUITAR AND MAMA WAS A DISCO QUEEN BLACK HEARTED WOMAN SAVIN' MY LOVE UP FOR MY LOVER NO COMFORT IT'S A SAD DAY IN NEW YORK CITY WHEN THERE AIN'T NO ROOM FOR THE BLUES GOIN' DOWN TO WILLIE'S SINCE I LOST MY LEG HOW'D A WHITE BOY GET THE BLUES
$15
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HENDRIX DVD
POPA PLAYS HENDRIX DVD
$20
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OFFICIAL DVD
OFFICIAL DVD MADE BY POPA VERY ENTERTAINING!
$20
