STERLING KOCH
''HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION''
2004
49:44
1 Jam Back At The House 03:20
2 He's Alright 03:43
3 Just A Closer Walk With Thee 05:09
4 Good Bye Pork Pie Hat 05:21
5 I Am The Light Of This World 03:27
6 Ain't No Rock 05:09
7 Jesus, Name Above All Names 05:39
8 Certainly Lord 05:07
9 The Down Low 04:38
10 God Is So Good 02:54
11 Death Don't Have No Mercy 05:12
Album Notes
by cdbaby
In 2004 Sterling Koch (pronounced Cook) released his first solo CD of steel guitar music, "How I Spent My Summer Vacation." "How I Spent.." is a vocal and instrumental CD of steel guitar music featuring Sterling on the 8 string lap steel guitar. The music on the CD runs the gamut from straight ahead blues-rock to funk to jazz (a great take on the Charles Mingus classic "Good Bye Pork Pie Hat") to R&B balladry (a unique instrumental interpretation of the hymn "Jesus, Name Above All Names"). Sterling claims his influences from such steel guitarists as Darick Campbell (The Campbell Brothers), Calvin Cooke, Aubrey Ghent and Freddie Roulette.
OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY
Sterling Koch is a nationally recognized lap steel guitarist who is a touring/recording solo artist and session musician. Sterling specializes in playing Chicago-style, slide guitar blues in a contemporary style on the lap steel guitar. He has recorded 4 solo albums of steel guitar music including "Steel Guitar Blues", "Steelin' Home" and "How I Spent My Summer Vacation." with the most recent release being "Slide Ruler."
The "Slide Ruler" album features legendary blues bassist Tommy Shannon (Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Winter) and Grammy nominated drummer Chet McCracken (Doobie Brothers). The album includes 12 tracks covering blues legends as diverse as Elmore James, John Lee Hooker and Otis Rush and features a cover of Santo & Johnny's steel guitar standard "Sleepwalk." The album has received stellar reviews from such noted blues magazines as Blues Matters, Blues Blast Magazine and Blues In Britain magazine as well as airplay throughout the US, Canada, UK and Europe. The single, "If You Wanna Rock & Roll" written by Dion Demucci, was featured on the nationally syndicated radio program, "Blues Deluxe."
Sterling has appeared as opening act for Savoy Brown, Rick Derringer and Blackfoot among many other major touring bands and just opened the 3 day, nationally recognized Pennsylvania Blues Festival 2011. He has also performed at many nationally known venues including The Bitter End, Kenny's Castaways and Cornelia Street Cafe (all in New York City) as well as Stanhope House and Bubba Mac's Blues Shack (both in New Jersey) and at Daytona Bike Week 2005.
Sterling has had the support of the legendary steel guitarist Calvin Cooke (mentor to Robert Randolph of "Robert Randolph's Family Band") when first starting on steel guitar and now can claim internationally known steel guitarists Darick Campbell (The Campbell Brothers), Aubrey Ghent and Freddie Roulette as friends and mentors.
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''HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION''
2004
49:44
1 Jam Back At The House 03:20
2 He's Alright 03:43
3 Just A Closer Walk With Thee 05:09
4 Good Bye Pork Pie Hat 05:21
5 I Am The Light Of This World 03:27
6 Ain't No Rock 05:09
7 Jesus, Name Above All Names 05:39
8 Certainly Lord 05:07
9 The Down Low 04:38
10 God Is So Good 02:54
11 Death Don't Have No Mercy 05:12
Album Notes
by cdbaby
In 2004 Sterling Koch (pronounced Cook) released his first solo CD of steel guitar music, "How I Spent My Summer Vacation." "How I Spent.." is a vocal and instrumental CD of steel guitar music featuring Sterling on the 8 string lap steel guitar. The music on the CD runs the gamut from straight ahead blues-rock to funk to jazz (a great take on the Charles Mingus classic "Good Bye Pork Pie Hat") to R&B balladry (a unique instrumental interpretation of the hymn "Jesus, Name Above All Names"). Sterling claims his influences from such steel guitarists as Darick Campbell (The Campbell Brothers), Calvin Cooke, Aubrey Ghent and Freddie Roulette.
OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY
Sterling Koch is a nationally recognized lap steel guitarist who is a touring/recording solo artist and session musician. Sterling specializes in playing Chicago-style, slide guitar blues in a contemporary style on the lap steel guitar. He has recorded 4 solo albums of steel guitar music including "Steel Guitar Blues", "Steelin' Home" and "How I Spent My Summer Vacation." with the most recent release being "Slide Ruler."
The "Slide Ruler" album features legendary blues bassist Tommy Shannon (Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Winter) and Grammy nominated drummer Chet McCracken (Doobie Brothers). The album includes 12 tracks covering blues legends as diverse as Elmore James, John Lee Hooker and Otis Rush and features a cover of Santo & Johnny's steel guitar standard "Sleepwalk." The album has received stellar reviews from such noted blues magazines as Blues Matters, Blues Blast Magazine and Blues In Britain magazine as well as airplay throughout the US, Canada, UK and Europe. The single, "If You Wanna Rock & Roll" written by Dion Demucci, was featured on the nationally syndicated radio program, "Blues Deluxe."
Sterling has appeared as opening act for Savoy Brown, Rick Derringer and Blackfoot among many other major touring bands and just opened the 3 day, nationally recognized Pennsylvania Blues Festival 2011. He has also performed at many nationally known venues including The Bitter End, Kenny's Castaways and Cornelia Street Cafe (all in New York City) as well as Stanhope House and Bubba Mac's Blues Shack (both in New Jersey) and at Daytona Bike Week 2005.
Sterling has had the support of the legendary steel guitarist Calvin Cooke (mentor to Robert Randolph of "Robert Randolph's Family Band") when first starting on steel guitar and now can claim internationally known steel guitarists Darick Campbell (The Campbell Brothers), Aubrey Ghent and Freddie Roulette as friends and mentors.
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