About Me
Hello Friends,
My name is Brian Souders and I am a local Sacramento harmonica player. I created SacTown Blues in order to start documenting my journey as I grow as a professional musician. I have been studying the harmonica for 17 years now. I play many different genres and have had the opportunity to play and record with many different bands. I am 100% self taught and learned all that I know by ear and learning from other professionals.
I have recently taken on many different musical projects, which is partly what inspired me to create this web site. Over the past two years I have played with Black Cat Bone, a local classic blues band out of Davis, California. We played shows around the Sacramento and Davis area every weekend for 2 straight years. From what I can count we had over 75 shows together before the band when it’s separate ways.
I am currently recording a CD with a fantastic piano player named Scott Evans out of the South Bay. His classic piano and vocals mixed with my “not so classical” blues gives our music a unique energy that is hard to find. We call ourselves Blue Note Saint.
In my spare time I am developing my skills as a one man band incorporating loop stations, effects pedals, and multiple microphones to create a very unique style of street music that is all my own. I also enjoy fishing, and long distance running.
I teach basic blues harmonica lessons privately throughout the week to various folks in my community. I love to give back to the community since I have a full time job as life insurance and annuity broker. Teaching really helps me to get out of the office and share with others. You can view my business web site by clicking on this link Finish Line Insurance Services
When I feel the need to go play music on the street, I go! When I walk into a blues bar in order to seek out a sound I haven’t heard before, I usually find it. There are so many untold stories of local blues musicians in Northern California and so many unknown spots to hear them. I created this virtual space in June of 2010 to tell you my perspective and document my findings.
These are my stories, these are my SacTownBlues!
