Beggar Joe

Posted by admin on June 17, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

albumcoverbjBeggar Joe, the ‘Street Soul Guys’ from Manchester, busk their way around the world
Beggar Joe are somewhat renowned in their home stomping ground – the vibrant musical city of Manchester, due to their traffic-stopping busking in various corners of its busy streets. Their blues guitars, seamless finger work and raw vocals have already amassed them an online fanbase as enthralled passers-by like to take live footage on eager camera phones, and upload clips to Youtube, labelling them with such tags as ‘The Street Soul Guys’. See for yourself here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj5cIsZ2bpE

Their forthcoming album (released next October) will be the debut release from CAT records formed by
Grammy Award winning producer Al Stone (producer to Jamiroquai, U2, Tina Turner, Genesis, Bob Dylan, Kelis, Joss Stone, Corrine Bailey-Rae, Bjork),Tyrone Hinds (who managed Ms. Dynamite from an underground talent to a Mobo, Brit and Mercury Music Prize winning artist) and Chet (aka Chas) Mehmet (music sales and distribution guru.