Mingo-Sanpa & Barez Bros - Hometown Blues (2020)

Personnel:
Mingo Balaguer - Vocals, Harmonica
Pablo Sanpa - Guitar
Sergio Bárez - Bass
Pablo Bárez - Drums

MINGO, SANPA & BÁREZ BROTHERS unites two generations of blues in this country. The mixture of these great musicians is explosive! Its live full of energy will not let your feet stand still.

On the one hand, the energetic Mingo Balaguer, with more than 30 years on stage, is consolidated as one of the greatest exponents in the national and European blues harmonica.

He has been part of the legendary "Caledonia Blues Band" for ten years, and was the founder of the groups "The Blues Machine", "The Blues Blasters" and "Mingo & The Blues Intruders". He has also shared the stage with great artists such as Charlie Musselwhite, Carey Bell, Sugar Ray Norcia, Kenny Neal, RJ. Mischo, Miguel Ríos, Raymond Amador, Jerry Portnoy, Sherman Robertson and Otis Grand among others.

On the other hand, the guitarist Pablo Sanpa, stands out as a national reference in terms of the blues electric guitar, and the brothers Sergio and Pablo Bárez, bass and drums respectively, form a solid tanned rhythmic base based on playing every night in the best blues rooms in our country, accompanying a large number of national and international artists.

Both Sanpa and the Bárez brothers have been part of the bands of artists such as Eddie C Campbell, Gene Taylor (The Blasters-Fabulous Thunderbirds), Lou Marini (Blues Brothers), James Harman, John Primer, Kenny Blues Boss Wayne, Boney Fields ( Albert Collins, Junior Wells), Nico Wayne Toussaint or the mythical Tonky Blues Band.