Steve Kozak's WestCoast Blues Revue

Vancouver born Steve Kozak has been a mainstay on the western Canadian Blues scene since the mid-eighties. Backed by some of Vancouver’s top musicians Kozak has built a reputation as one of Canada’s premier Blues acts and is known as the go to guy in Vancouver for the west coast Blues sound. An accomplished and tasty guitar player with a relaxed vocal style Kozak has been winning over fans performing his up-tempo brand of jump, swing and working man’s blues to enthusiastic audiences throughout the Pacific Northwest and western Canada.

Gaining national recognition in 2012 Steve Kozak was nominated by industry professionals from across Canada and won a prestigious Maple Blues Award for New Artist or Group of the Year.

His latest and most highly anticipated CD release ‘Lookin’ at Lucky’ featuring special guest James Harman has been very well received by Blues Fans and industry professionals alike.

Holger Petersen host of CBC Radio’s Saturday Night Blues and head of Stony Plain Records says “Really been enjoying 'Lookin' At Lucky'. Well done all round.”

Bruce Iglauer head of Alligator records & artist management says “This is a well-crafted album, performed with taste and subtlety. Any Blues fan should enjoy it; I sure did.”

Some recent highlights for Steve and his band have been performing at some great festivals and clubs including The Edmonton International Blues Festival 2010 and 2012, Powell River Blues Festival, 2011 & 2012, Nanaimo Blues Festival 2009, 2011, Pender Harbour Blues Festival, 2010, Rarearth Music festival 2011 in Vernon BC, The Maple Ridge Blues Festival in 2009 The Gastown Chili and Blues Festival in Vancouver, 2009 & 2010 and more.

Steve was awarded The Ambassador of the Blues Award for 2012 by the Blues Underground Network.

Steve began playing guitar and singing at age sixteen and took to the Blues like a duck to water. His passion for the Blues flourished after meeting and hanging out for a few memorable nights with the legendary Muddy Waters in May of 1977. Muddy encouraged Steve and set him straight on a few things. After that Steve was ‘on a mission’-- his musical future as a Bluesman was sealed.

Throughout his career Steve has shared the stage, and played with many Blues greats including; Pee Wee Crayton, Big Joe Duskin, Sonny Rhodes, Eddie ‘The Chief’ Clearwater, ‘Ice Pick’ James Harman, Duke Robillard, Rod Piazza, Rick Estrin, Mark Hummel, Lee Oskar, Nick Curran, Big Joe Louis, Mitch Woods, ‘The Shuffle King’ Tom Holland, Kenny Blues Boss Wayne, and Rockabilly guitar legend Evan Johns.

Over the past few years Steve and his All-Star band have been booked to back several international recording artists who came to Canada to perform.

One artist who works with Steve whenever he performs in western Canada is Blues Harmonica legend singer/songwriter from Anniston Alabama, James Harman. Steve and his band backed James Harman at the 2010 Labatt International Blues Festival in Edmonton. Steve and his band have also worked with London’s Big Joe Louis (a two time winner of the best male Blues vocalist in the UK) and, from Chicago, ‘The Shuffle King’ Tom Holland the lead guitarist/singer for The James Cotton Band and Blues singer Robin Banks from Toronto.