Howard Luedtke
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| Background information | ||
| Born | Augusta, Wisconsin | |
| Genre(s) | Blues, Blues Rock, Alternative Rock | |
| Years active | 1974—present | |
| Label(s) | False Dog Records | |
| Website | http://www.howardluedtke.com | |
Howard Luedtke, also know as Howard "Guitar" Luedtke, is an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and musician. Luedtke is considered one of the best slide guitar players in the American midwest and currentley tours with his band Howard "Guitar" Luedtke & Blue Max.
Blue Max is an Eau Claire, Wisconsin based blues-rock band that has been performing in the upper Midwest for the past two decades. Just about anyone who has seen Howard's Screamin' slide guitar and the band's rocking electric blues style have become instant fans. With his long hair flying about his face and his agile fingers flying across his fretboard, Howard "Guitar" Luedtke is said to be a guitar wizard when it comes to interpreting the blues classics by Johnny Winter, John Lee Hooker and Willie Dixon.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
- Howard "Guitar" Luedtke & Blue Max "Little Red Rooster" (1992) (file info) — play in browser (beta)
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Howard, from Augusta Wisconsin, has been playing guitar since 1964. "I grew up with the Beatles, Hendrix and the Rolling Stones," says Luedtke. "Then in '69 or '70 I was first exposed to the classic blues and was fascinated by it." Howard played in a variety of blues, rock and country bands, in the wiconsin area during the early seventies including Black Cat Bone Band in 1974. He formed his own band in 1982 called Blue Max.
[edit] Music career
Averaging over a 150 shows per year (solo and with Blue Max), Howard has traveled all over the midwest and Europe performing his tribute to the blues. His power-trio band is rounded out by Deb Klossner on bass and Tom Hagedorn on drums. From New Ulm, Minnesota, Deb had been performing around the area since 1983. After four years of performing with several rock bands in Southern Minnesota, Deb joined Blue Max in 1987. She's been playing the blues ever since. Tom is originally from Beaver Creek, Oregon and joined Blue Max in 1994. Tom and Howard also played together in the Nels Tiller band in the late '70s. Over the years Howard "Guitar" Luedtke & Blue Max has opened for the likes of Johnny Winter, Hubert Sumlin, Tinsley Ellis, Koko Taylor, Jeff Healey and Lonnie Brooks, among many others and have become known as one of the best blues-rock experiences in the Midwest.
[edit] Recent news
- Howard released Alone with the Blues (2006) a solo CD with Howard performing guitar and vocals.
[edit] Trivia
- In (2001), Howard "Guitar" Luedtke & Blue Max placed second in the Rock category of Contest 4 of Ed McMahon's NextBigStar.com Internet video contest.
[edit] Discography
- Molded by the Blues (False Dog Records, 1992)
- Live in Geisdorf, Austria (False Dog Records, 1995)
- Face to Fact with the Blues (False Dog Records, 1996)
- Alone with the Blues (False Dog Records - Howard's Solo, 2006)
