User:Gmanblues
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"g-man Blues" is Gary Wesselhoff, a solo acoustic rocker with a genuine dedication to Chicago Style Blues. A native Chicagoan, he began his musical career in the seventies during rock music's classic era. Inside the "Chi-town" rock scene, he hooked up with some "playa's" and began playing under the name Woodlind. Woodlind wrote and performed their own material exclusively—one point boasting a song list of over seventy-five original songs.
G-man and Woodlind recorded a album of songs at Chicagolands famous "Pumpkin Recording Studio" with renown producer Gary Loizzo (known for his production of several Styx albums). Over the years the band members eventually drifted apart.
In college g-man met and began playing with two outstanding performers, Bob May, and Ken Zemanek. The three began playing once again under the name of Woodlind. The band grew in size and following. Once again however, the band went separate directions. In the interim, g-man dropped out of the business to raise a family.
In 2003 g-man sat in with some friends and immediately decided to return to music. Quotes g-man "When I returned, I discovered something forceful about myself; I found that I had new abilities that were not present when I was a kid—it’s much more than the synergy of practice and focus. I discovered that I could sing more dynamically, play more powerfully, and write better than ever". He began to chase the blues, and worked a blues harp into his act.
In 2005 he launched his Website: http://www.gmanblues.com . gmanblues.com is a successful Website often with hits from countries around the world. It’s at this site that you can sample some of g-man’s music offerings, and see photos of him in action.
In 2006 g-man was a top qualifier in the Acoustic Solo category of Suburban Nitelife’s Readers Poll finishing third in the extremely competitive Chicago Suburban Club scene. g-man currently is traveling to Chicagoland venues, playing for audiences large and small at music festivals, folk clubs, and concert halls building his fan base and his brand identity. .
g-man Blues is hard to categorize. He is a link between the traditional Chicagoland Blues and Adult Contemporary Rock – a singer-songwriter living down the reputation of a rocker. g-man isn't concerned about how everyone labels his style, he would he would rather just play. That is his gift.
As for his old band members in Woodlind, he bumps into them on the road from time to time. Ken plays American English; Scott Bonshire joined Heartsfield, Jim Williams hooked up with a country band called Crossfyre. and Joey Drada currently plays with contemporary Chicago Blues Royalty--a band called The Jaywalkers.
