Gugun and the blues shelter

blues music from Indonesia, Gugun and The Blues Shelter, which consists of Muhammad Gunawan alias Gugun (33), John Armstrong aka Jono (28) and Adityo Wibowo, alias Bowie (24), in the Kingdom tour England for two months from January to February.

In addition to tour in different cities, and The Blues Shelter Gugun also follow the Festival Skegness Rock & Blues Festival, held in Skegness, for three days, according to correspondent John Armstrong Between London, Saturday.

He said that, the Blues Shelter which means umbrella that shelters are the only blues band flow of Asian origin who appeared in a festival that was held in the East Midlands, Lincolnshire area, a suburb of Great Britain's North Sea coast.

Jono Armstrong said the Blues Shelter tour which was initially named the Bluesbug Gugun formed in 2006 and began his tour in Clitheroe, Lancashire, and is held in Bangor, County Down.

According to Jono Armstrong, the reason they changed the name from The Blues Bug became the Blue Hand Gang and eventually becoming the Blues Shelter.

"Bug Blues name has been used since 10 years by the Greek origin of the music group," he said.

In addition, the Blues Shelter is also a gig in Ireland in the Ivy Bar, Newtownards, co. Down, as well as at The Menagerie Bar, University St Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Jono said that the Blues Shelter will release a new album recorded in Sinjitos Records, Jakarta, following after a successful year in 2006 with her first album `` Turn it On

Meanwhile Gugun said on January 29, next they will perform at 299 Club, in Great Portland Street area of London, formerly of The Blues Shelter gig at London's Embassy building in Grosvenor Square, near the U.S. Embassy.

Furthermore, the Blues Shelter, will perform at The Stone Cross, West Bromwich, and Rudi? S Blues Club, Rotherham, and Key Street Music Venue, Clitheroe, Lancashire, and their tour will be closed in Scarborough Blues Club, The casks Inn, Cambridge Terrace , Scarborough, North Yorkshire.

The Blues Shelter had previously been performed at various festivals such as the KL International Blues Festival, said Gugun, Sumatra-born men, who learned guitar from the age of five years which is the number one blues guitarist in South East Asia

Gugun, pegemar Stevie Ray, Jimi Hendrik, The Beatles, Albert King, Bubby Guy, Robert Johnson and BB King admitted that he was proud to be able to bring Indonesia's name in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Gugun which merged with Jono Armstrong, who was born in Durham, UK, who has lived in Indonesia for seven years, said that the Blues Shalter in 2007 has also been touring in the UK who are recognized pengemar James Brown, Ray Charles, Jimi Hendrik, Rabben quite successful Ford .

Meanwhile, personnel of other Shelter Blues Adityo Wibowo, aka Bowie, born in Jakarta and playing drums since the age of 10 years and won the first ever competition Sonar Drum Competition in 2002.

Bowie has also collaborated with jazz musicians and rock Indonesia, among others Syaharani and even tour together with Toninho Horta, Brazilian jazz musicians.

Besides the UK, according Gugun, he also never played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 2008, and Cheranting in Pahang and also appeared in Blues Festival in conjunction with "Singapore Art Festival 2008".

Gugun also fill out an illustration of music in films Laskar Pelangi. Of course, rhythmic blues song, Chasing Hope.

Video clips ever made Gugun and The Blues Shelter, among others, "Letter to My Girlfriends" written Stevie Ray Vaughan in their coverage of Bali in Kuta Carnival 2005, but "woke up This Morning" was written that was delivered at BB King Blues Festival 2008 Plastic KL Browse and Video clip "Turn it on" Shelter Bruels written first performed in Singapore and KL Fest Blues Fest Blue Malaysia in 2008, while the clip "Pride and Joy" written by Stevie Ray Vaughan had on show at the Cellars, Scarborough in 2007.