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Born in London in 1963. Kev Teague remembers riding in his Dad’s car listening to the Stones, one of his earliest influences. His first album was a Monkey’s album. At 9 he took classical guitar lessons and hated it, he'd cut a string to get out of the lesson, but his teacher unfortunetly always had spares. At 11 he moved to the country, Devon, in the Southwest part of England. Bought his first electric guitar when he was 16.
Kev had a good ear for picking things off of records. Some of his early influences, the Stones, punk bands of the 70’s, Zeppelin and others like Captain Copter and the Whirlybirds. The mixture of these different sounds, plus the recording equipment and techniques influenced his playing greatly. In 2000, the group Zemanova was born and grew into a popular group that played in and around England's hot spots.
Kev still plays out every now and then. He is presently in the process of setting up a writing-recording project with the local area's best musicians plus he has some new songs he wants to record. His main influences today are Hendrix, John Fogerty, mostly for tone. Today, he's building effects pedals, winding pickups and building custom guitars. He has developed a couple of foot pedals that recreate those great tones of Page and Hendrix. His new Fuzz Pedal is abvialable from his website:www.headsmasher.com
Guitars: Tele’s, Strats, Les Pauls and ES175
Effects: Vox Wah, MXR Phaser, Univibe, SD1, Fuzz, Memory Man.
Amps: 800 Head, Blues Deluxe, DR with Hatcher AB763 Board.
Speakers: Orange 4x12 cab with the Marshall 800 head
Sound Cliups: Zemanova - Kev Teauge, Guitar
• Slow Gear
• Dirty
• Who I Am
• Streetlite
Check out these You Tube clips where he cheeses it up to the max! Strumm till yer numb!
www.headsmasher.com
kev@headsmasher.com
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June 1, 2010
Originally hailing from Toledo OH, guitarist Steve Mignano is quickly making a name for himself as an up-and-comer to the national stage. Born January 13th 1984, Steve is among a handful of “young gun” guitarists that have traced the lineage of hard rock and metal to classic rock, in turn developing a profound love and respect for the blues. In high school, Steve’s father piqued his interest in the blues by giving him a gold-mine collection of vintage vinyls to mill through, among them East West by Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Super Session by Al Kooper/Stephen Stills/Michael Bloomfield, an anthology of Duane Allman’s contributions to the southern R&B circuit, and a compilation by Roy Buchanan – some of Steve’s all time favorite records to this day.
After high school Steve studied at Musician's Institute under Scott Henderson and Keith Wyatt among others, synthesizing his blues and rock leanings with jazz and world music. He then toured the Midwest with blues harp virtuoso Johnny Reed for three years opening for national blues acts such as Larry McCray, Lady Sunshine and the Detroit Women of the Blues.
Now based out of Denver CO, Steve's streamlined, soulful Les Paul sound can be heard in clubs all over the region with his eclectic blues/rock trio and also with a host of top-booked regional and national acts of all genres including the Ashley Buchart band, Mountain Jam, and award-winning Native American violinist Arvel Bird.
Steve is currently writing material for his debut album and is also assembling a one night only, all-out tribute to the music of Cream – projects that are already stirring attention locally.
- Guitar: 58’ reissue Gibson Les Paul with Peter Florance pickups
- Effects: Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face, Crybaby Classic wah, HBE Power Screamer overdrive, modified Boss DD-3 delay
- Amp: Hatcher 5800MV into a Dr. Z Z-Best 2x12 cabinet with Celestions Vintage 30 speakers
Clip 1: Jammin' At Bushwacker's
Clip 2: Mountain Jam- Steve Mignano
http://www.myspace.com/zendrenalin
May 1, 2010
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Klaus Wenig was born in the heart of Bavaria/Germany on August 15th 1960. He grew up in Zwiesel, a small town located in the Bavarian Forest and started playing the guitar at age 13. His first guitar was a ‘72 Fender Stratocaster which he played thru a Marshall 1959 head combined with a Marshall 4x12’’ cabinet. Eric Clapton, Cream, Johnny Winter, Jimi Hendrix, the Allman Brothers, Luther Allison and Johnny Copeland were his early influences and while in High School he started playing in different local Blues and Rock bands. In the early 1990s Klaus went on tour with legendary Chicago Blues man Alabama Red. After a 15 year hiatus Klaus is back on stage again with the Cayenne Brothers Blues Band. Klaus Wenig’s all-time favorite guitar players: Jeff Beck, Robben Ford, Larry Carlton, Lee Ritenour and Tom Riepl.
Present Setup:
- Fender DR Reissue
- AB763 Board made by Hatcher Amps
- ‘65 Fender Strat custom shop relic neck,
- Rockinger alder body
- Lindy Fralin Blues pickup set
- D’Addario EXL 110 strings
- Dunlop Jazz III picks
- Overdrive pedals made by Rodenberg/Germany
- Boss chorus and delay
- Dunlop CryBaby classic Wah
Sound Clips:
- Amp settings: vol: 4, treb: 4, bass: 3, reverb: 2
- Effects used: Rodenberg overdrive, Boss delay,
- Dunlop Wah on ‘White room’
- Guitar: Frankenstein Strat
Clip 1: Klaus’ solo in ‘Have you ever loved a woman’ - Freddie King
Clip 2: Klaus’ solo in ‘White room’ - Cream
These clips were recorded with a Zoom Q3 handy recorder during some rehearsals with the Cayenne Bros. Band in spring 2010.
http://www.cayennebros.com/
http://www.myspace.com/cayennebrothers
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