HOWDY
I am a singer and guitarist playing at different venues in Tenerife, where I live.
My
repertoire includes different styles like country music, ballads,
oldies from the 60s, 70s and 80s, rock & roll, Irish music, etc.
When
I came to Tenerife some 20 years ago, I first played in the Buffalo
Band, one of the renowned country music acts on the island. I played in
that band along with Ray West, Mack Ballantyne and Ricardo.When
the band split Mack and I formed a duo called “Little Joe and Big
Mack”, playing in different venues in Playa de Las Americas, the main
tourist area in the south. Afterwards I began my solo career performing
in many clubs and restaurants here.
EARLY YEARS
I grew up in southern Ireland, where at the age of eight I began
struggling with my first guitar. When I got twelve years old my family
moved to America, where I attended the conservatory after school,
beginning to work as a professional musician before I was fourteen years
old, and continually playing with different rock bands and pop groups
during all my teenage years.
Later when I lived in California USA, I got into Country music. I was playing and touring with
several bands especially The Wild Mustangs, a well-known country-rock
band back then and there. I gathered much experience about music and
life – and lots of fun - living in San Francisco for some 10 years and touring all over
California, Oregon, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, etc.
Later I moved to South America where I recorded my own songs with a Sony contract, and
achieved some fame in the south of South America. I toured with my own
band through Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil. From there I moved to Tenerife in the late 1990's, and here I still am playing music and living of that. Hope to see you around - cheers!
