Chris Rand & the Heavy Echo

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Soaring out of the London blues and soul scene, Chris Rand has put together a new
band The Heavy Echo which creatively blends the sounds of blues, soul, rock and jazz.
This is original music which follows the lineage of artists such as John Mayal and
Jack Bruce, while also bringing in more modern flavours and sounds from the likes
of The Dap Kings and The Black Keys.
Chris provides vocals, piano, organ and sax, with New Orleans and boogaloo
piano at the heart of the music. The tunes often stretch out into bruising rock,
and improvisational extravaganzas — the four musicians feeding off one another to
create a maelstrom of sound.
Dark, brooding but also groovy; Chris Rand and the Heavy Echo are a fresh sound
on the UK grass-roots scene with energetic live performances and electric
chemistry on stage.
Having already performed at the London Blues Festival, Endorset and Ealing Blues
Festival; as well as iconic venues such as Ronnie Scott’s, Green Note, The 100
Club and Gaz’s Rockin’ Blues Club, this new group is already off to a fabulous
start.
Chris has performed and recorded with Mick Taylor, Charlie Watts, Nine Below
Zero and Squeeze; Bad Manners, Ben Waters and Acantha Lang; James Hunter,
Eli “Paperboy” Reed, Wonder 45, Tankus The Henge and Yolanda Brown.