Gordon Bonham Blues Band - Notes From Underground (2014)

Gordon Bonham brings together a mix of styles from the Mississippi Delta to the back alleys of Chicago, from big Texas shuffles to jumpin' West Coast swing. After several years of tearing up the road, Bonham brings it all together in Indiana, the Crossroads of America. A native of Hammond, near Chicago, and a graduate of Wabash College, he has lived and performed often in southern and central Indiana, with a stint in Texas. He currently lives in Indianapolis. Bonham performed several times with the legendary Pinetop Perkins, most notably in Cleveland along with Robert Lockwood, Jr. as part of the grand opening of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He played off and on for ten years with the late Indianapolis blues mandolin man, James "Yank" Rachell, as well as Chicago piano man Jimmy Walker. He spent a year and a half in Austin, touring America and Europe with the late harmonica master Gary Primich. Gordon has worked three times with Bo Diddley as band leader and rang in the 2000 New Year at the Slippery Noodle, playing with Blues Brother Matt "Guitar" Murphy. Other notable gigs include a mini tour with "Ice Cream Man" John Brimm and sharing the Main Stage at the Chicago Blues Fest with Billy Boy Arnold and the late Sunny Land Slim. Bonham has also opened for such greats as John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, Taj Mahal, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Solomon Burke, Honey Boy Edwards and B.B. King, some of these as part of the Indianapolis Jazz Festival, which Bonham has been invited to play 5 times. Locally, Bonham was a founding member of the critically acclaimed Cooler Kings.