Vincent gabriel
Blind Albert
Vincent Gabriel and The Blind Albert Band have been creating and performing their
brand of music for more than three decades. Vincent, Having been Influenced by the music
of Steppenwolf, Muddy Waters,The Rolling Stones, James Brown And More
Credits His Mother and Father as being the reason he started playing music.
Born in South Amboy, New Jersey on September 16, 1947. Vincent started
playing guitar in 1964 and in 1965 formed his first band, performing at high
school dances and local halls. His musical career was put on hold in 1967 when
he was drafted into the U.S. Army,serving a tour of duty in Viet Nam during the
1968 Tet Offensive as a combat infantry soldier and pointman with the First
Infantry Division. Upon his return in 1969, he performed for ten years in and
around Connecticut honing his skills in clubs in New London, Norwich, Hartford
and New Haven.
Moving to Santa Barbara, California in 1979,he enjoyed five years writing and
performing Latin influenced music with members of the "Flora Purim, Airto"
backup band. Once again on the road, moving to Cape Cod in 1983, Vincent
performed his original music in Cape clubs including TV appearances with his
band "Illusion" until establishing a home base in mid-coast Maine 1989.
Forming the Blind Albert Band in the early 1990's,Vince and Blind Albert Band
established themselves throughout Maine as a no-holds-barred blues, rock
and original music trio.
Vince has worked with blues legends Jimmy Rogers, Kenny Neal,Eddie Kirkland,
Carey Bell, AC Reed, Philip Walker, Eddie Shaw,Sam Lay,Son Seals, rockers Leon Russell
and Merl Saunders of Grateful Dead fame and the list goes on and on.
Vincent is currently performing in and around the state of Maine as a
solo artist and with members Glen Dubose (bass guitar and vocals) and
Bill Batty (drums and backround vocals) as The Blind Albert Band.
