Danny Adler

After playing with leading Cincinnati musicians, such as Bootsy Collins, Slim Harpo, H-Bomb Ferguson and Albert Washington, in the early 1960s, he went to San Francisco in 1969 to join John Lee Hooker, T-Bone Walker, Solomon Burke, and experimental group Elephant's Memory.

Moving to England in 1971, he founded Roogalator,[1] one of the first signings by the fledgling Stiff Records, as well as appearing regularly with Rocket 88, the back-to-the-roots boogie-woogie band which included Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, Ian Stewart, Jack Bruce and many other leading UK-based musicians.

In 1980 he put together another blues-rock revival band, the De Luxe Blues Band, with Bob Hall, Bob Brunning and Micky Waller. Dick Heckstall-Smith would join soon after. The band originated as a pick-up band to accompany visiting American blues performers Eddie Clearwater and Carey Bell but stayed together for over 12 years and recorded 5 albums. They disbanded when Adler returned to the US, although Brunning would later revive the band with a new lineup.

Discography

The Roogalator Years – 1975–1978

Early Danny Adler – Roogalator 1975–1978

Funky Afternoons – 1979

Gusha Gusha Music – 1980

A Street Car Named De Luxe – The De Luxe Blues Band (1981)

Live at Half Moon Putney – The De Luxe Blues Band (1981)

The Danny Adler Band Live – 1982

The Danny Adler Band – 1983

Urban De Luxe – The De Luxe Blues Band (1983)

Hubcap Heaven – 1986

Otis "Elevator" Gilmore – 1986

Hometowns and High Iron – 1987

Night Shift – 1987

The De Luxe Blues Band – 1988

Motorvating – The De Luxe Blues Band (1988)

Mackinaw City – 1989

Homestretch – 1990

Jazzin At RVG's – 1993

Mother's Day – 1999

Boat Diddley – to be released

Official Website: Danny Adler