BLUES CARGO

BLUES CARGO is an electric Blues Band that was formed back in 1987 in Athens by :

DIMITRIS IOANNOU (bass guitar, vocals)

STELIOS ZAFIRIOU (Guitar)

STELIOS GAVRILIDES (Drums)

STELIOS ZOUZOULAS (Guitar).

The Band has been playing regularly for more than 24 consecutive years all over Greece and has gained the respect and the admiration of all the Greek and European blues fans. Their shows continue to massively attract blues audiences regardless of age and gender who consider them as one of the best Blues Bands in Europe.
Besides being an extremely tight band that delivers scorching blues guitar solos and a very wide spectrum of blues arrangements, the trade mark of the band is the unprecedented voice of the singer and bass player of Blues Cargo, Mr. Dimitris Ioannou and the fine and emotional guitar paying of Stelios Zafeiriou.
Many famous American artists have been backed up by the Blues Cargo during their appearances in Greece. Some of them are:

LOUISIANA RED, LURRIE BELL, BIG TIME SARAH, EDDIE C. CAMPBELL, GUITAR SHORTY, LEFTY DIZZ, BYTHER SMITH, ANGELA BROWN, LOVIE LEE, JEAN CAROLL, MAXINΕ HOWARD, UP-WILSON, SWEET BETTY, JIMMY MORELLO, JAN HARRINGTON, BLIND MISSISIPI MORRIS, JUKE,MICHAEL DOTSON,JOLLY JUMPER & BIG MOE, and
NELLIE TIGER TRAVIS, MICHAEL DOTSON, MATTHEW SKOLLER.

The band has also opened the shows of JOHN MAYAL, JOHN HAΜMOND, NICK GRAVENITES, BIG TOWN PLAYBOYS, and FERNEST ARCENAUX in Greece.

By the end of 1992, they had recorded a number of original tunes which were finally released on a vinyl LP in 1993, by Pegasus Records.

The album was titled “FIRST DELIVERY” and received very good reviews.

“FIRST DELIVERY”

A1 Go Away

A2 Emptiness

A3 I Don't Care

Trumpet, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Βαγγέλης Τσιβιλίπος, Μπάμπης Τσιβιλίπος

A4 Despair

B1 Spare Part Blues

B2 Six Hundred Miles (Away From Home)

B3 Two Wheel Mama

Trumpet – Απόστολος Βασιλακάκης

B4 Nightmare

B5 The Moon Is Drunk

On March, 2009, the band released their second album after 15 years.

That is the reason why this album is called “DELAYED DELIVERY”.

This album apart from most blues media received excellent reviews from world most recognized blues magazine “ BLUES REVIEW”.

“DELAYED DELIVERY”.

1. STRAIGHT TEQUILA

2. DON’T WANT TO BE CRAZY

3. EVERYDAY HAVE THE BLUES

4. 95%

5. AIN’T THAT I DON’T LOVE YOU

6. BOOGIE 69

7. I GOT THE BLUES

8. HANDY MAN

9. GO AWAY

10. EMPTINESS

11. GARBAGE BIN

12. TWO WHEEL MAMA

13. SIX HUNDRED MILES

14. I DON’T CARE

By the 2016, they had recorded ON TIME (2016) By "Melon Music"

ON TIME

TRACKS

Hideaway (5:20)

The Wheel (5:32)

Time (4:30)

Cloud No 11 (5:42)

Stop Messin’ Around (With My Bread) (5:07)

Corruption (5:17)

Broke N’ Hungry (5:15)

Don’t Knock On My Door (6:23)

True Lady (5:12)

The Cheatin’ Song (5:35)

Love Somebody (5:17)

Wake Up And Smell The Coffee (3:42)

The recent BLUES CARGO line up is :

STELIOS ZAFEIRIOU (guitar)

DIMITRIS IOANNOU (bass, lead vocals)

TOLIS GOULAS / PETROS DACTILIDES (drums)

GIORGOS LAGOGIANNIS/ORESTIS VAVITSAS (keyboards)

BABIS (Saxy B)TSILIVIGOS/DIMITRIS PSALTIS (saxophone)

www.bluescargo.gr

For further information or for booking please contact:

Mr. DIMITRIS IOANNOU

PHONE 0030 210 3228301 or 0030 210 9640109

FAX 0030 210 3234615