Steve Kozak's WestCoast Blues Revue

Vancouver born Steve Kozak is a Blues man through and through. His guitar and vocal styles could only come from a man who has lived every word he sings and every note he plays.

No newcomer to Vancouver's Blues scene, Steve has been playing guitar and singing his honest style of “working man's” Blues in and around Vancouver and the Pacific Northwest for well over two decades. For the past seven years he has hosted one Vancouver's most popular Blues Jam Sessions at the Cottage Bistro on Main Street.

Steve's musical path was affected and deeply inspired at an early age by a memorable meeting in 1977 with Blues legend Muddy Waters. He stuck with his passion for the Blues and has worked hard to become a very capable singer/song writer and a talented Blues guitarist and entertainer.

Kozak first made his mark in his early twenties and was noticed by Blues fans and his musical peers playing around Vancouver as a member of a band called Bad Habits. In 1991 Steve was the winner of ‘The Battle of the Blues Guitars' at Vancouver's renowned Blues venue, The Yale.  Since then he has  worked with some of the best Blues bands in the Vancouver area playing guitar for 2006 Juno and Maple Blues Award winner, Kenny ‘Blues Boss' Wayne, the, Juno nominated, Twisters, V.P. and The Hammerheads, and The R&B King Pins.

 Throughout his career Steve has shared the stage and played with many Blues greats including; Pee Wee Crayton, 'Icepick' James Harman, Big Joe Duskin, Sonny Rhodes, Eddie ‘The Chief' Clearwater, Rick Estrin of Little Charlie and The Night Cats, Guitar Shorty, Big Joe Louis, Tom Holland 'The Shuffle King', Mark Hummel and Rockabilly legend Evan Johns.

In 1999 Steve formed the WESTCOAST BLUES REVUE featuring a tight and solid line up of talented Vancouver Blues musicians who share a keen interest in playing hard hitting authentic Blues.

This band delivers red hot swingin' jump Blues, deep Texas style shuffles and hard rockin' roots music. Their sound is drenched with plenty of gritty guitar, heartfelt vocals, fat harmonica tones, and a solid and ever steady rhythm section.

 What you will get from Steve and his band is infectious, soulful and honest, working mans music. “You can feel the drive, dirt and sweat in every note they play and sing whenever you see them perform.”

The perfect prescriptions for folks who love to party and dance all night long to some great house rockin' music!

Steve and his band have just released his brand new CD entitled ‘Hoot ‘N Holler'. This album is Kozak's third release and his first featuring almost entirely original material. Ten of the thirteen tracks included were written by Steve with one track being co-written with long time friend and producer Jack Lavin.

This new album is a celebration of love, life, survival and good times. It was recorded in a manner to best reflect the energy and feel of a live performance of the band where ever they perform.

Visit the websites at:  http://stevekozak.shawwebspace.ca

 www.myspace.com/stevekozakswestcoastbluesrevue

Email: kozakranch@shaw.ca