STERLING KOCH
''SLIDE RULER''
2011
47:50
1 Slide Ruler/Sterling Koch 01:20
2 If You Wanna Rock & Roll/Dion DiMucci 03:19
3 Dimples/James Bracken, John Lee Hooker 04:20
4 Driving Wheel/Roosevelt Sykes 04:09
5 Sleepwalk/A Farina, J Farina, S Farina 02:57
6 Stop Messin' Around/C G Adams, Peter Green 04:04
7 Done Somebody Wrong/Elmore James, Morris Levy, C L Lewis 04:19
8 I'm A Bluesman/Debra Hydock, Sterling Koch 04:06
9 Double Trouble/Otis Rush 05:50
10 Taylor's Rock/Hound Dog Taylor 03:09
11 One Way Out/Sonny Boy Williamson II, Elmore James, Marshall Seahorn 03:30
12 The Sun Will Shine/Sterling Koch, Mike Naydock 06:41
Larry Adam/Keyboards
Bret Alexander/Rhythm Guitar On 11
Rob Allison/Rhythm Guitar On 10
Jim Juranis/Guitar/Rhythm Guitar On 2, 3, 8
Sterling Koch/Rhythm Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar, Vocals
Jack Kulp/Harmonica
Chet McCracken/Drums
Tommy Shannon/Bass Guitar
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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''SLIDE RULER''
2011
47:50
1 Slide Ruler/Sterling Koch 01:20
2 If You Wanna Rock & Roll/Dion DiMucci 03:19
3 Dimples/James Bracken, John Lee Hooker 04:20
4 Driving Wheel/Roosevelt Sykes 04:09
5 Sleepwalk/A Farina, J Farina, S Farina 02:57
6 Stop Messin' Around/C G Adams, Peter Green 04:04
7 Done Somebody Wrong/Elmore James, Morris Levy, C L Lewis 04:19
8 I'm A Bluesman/Debra Hydock, Sterling Koch 04:06
9 Double Trouble/Otis Rush 05:50
10 Taylor's Rock/Hound Dog Taylor 03:09
11 One Way Out/Sonny Boy Williamson II, Elmore James, Marshall Seahorn 03:30
12 The Sun Will Shine/Sterling Koch, Mike Naydock 06:41
Larry Adam/Keyboards
Bret Alexander/Rhythm Guitar On 11
Rob Allison/Rhythm Guitar On 10
Jim Juranis/Guitar/Rhythm Guitar On 2, 3, 8
Sterling Koch/Rhythm Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar, Vocals
Jack Kulp/Harmonica
Chet McCracken/Drums
Tommy Shannon/Bass Guitar
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.
WEBSITE
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