The Boa
Constrictors are a hand-assembled band of Detroit's very
best musicians. All of the members came from the cores of
many of the very best Blues bands that Detroit has to
offer.
The Boa Constrictors are a Detroit Blues band with a true
Detroit pedigree. When you come to a Boa Constrictors show,
you are hearing
PURE Detroit Blues with a
PURE Detroit attitude.
Members of the
Boa Constrictors have been fortunate to share the stage and
to open shows for Smokin’ Joe Kubek and Bnois King, Luther
Allison, Junior Wells, Sugar Blue, Charlie Musselwhite,
Jason Ricci and New Blood, and the legendary Motown
session-band, the Funk Brothers, as well as acting as
backing musicians for ex-Fleetwood Mac guitarist and Rock
and Roll Hall of Famer, Jeremy Spencer.
Detroit Blues has it's own distinctive style. It is very
greasy, grimy, and lowdown. It's industrial sound evolved
from Delta Blues with the northern migration for factory
jobs during Detroit's industrial revolution. It's
birthplaces and homes were Paradise Valley and Hastings
Street.
Our main course
recipe comes from the harmonica bands of Little Walter,
Jerry Portnoy, Junior Wells, Paul Butterfield, and Sonny
Boy Williamson (1 and 2). We also throw in a dash of
Rockabilly for flavor.
We have a
heaping helping of Detroit Blues influence as well. The
members of our band have played with legendary Detroit
artists like Billy Davis, The Sharecroppers of Soul, John
Watkins, Lazy Lester, Little Junior Cannaday, the Butler
Twins, Harmonica Shah, and Uncle Jesse White.
Each and every
member of the Boa Constrictors brings their unique life
experiences to the stage, both musically and personally.
From large festival venues, to the smallest bar, or
juke-joint, our shows are always spontaneous, energetic,
loads of fun, and full of the ingredients that make Blues
one of the most exciting American musical art forms.
Please come and enjoy an original Detroit musical history
lesson with us.
