The Blues Overdrive is a Danish blues band.
Competing at the Mojo Blues Bar in Copenhagen in 2003, the group won the 25-year Anniversary Blues Competition.Blues.GR, October 25, 2013 - The Blues Overdrive: Danish Blues Roads
As of 2015, the band consisted of Martin Olsen on vocals and guitar, Andreas Andersen on lead guitar, Thomas Birck on bass and Louisian Boltner on drums.Horsens Posten, 25 Sep. 2015 - Blues Overdrive sparker lørdagsfesten i gangSuwalki Blues Festival - THE BLUES OVERDRIVE (DK)
Career The German music magazine Wasser Prawda had the group's debut album as its album of the year.Horsens Posten, 25 Sep. 2015 - Blues Overdrive sparker lørdagsfesten i gang
In 2015, the group released their Clinch! album. It featured guest musician, Joel Patterson on lap steel, on the track "Cherry".get ready To Rock, November 12, 2015 - Album review: THE BLUES OVERDRIVE – Clinch Guitarist Duke Robillard also guested on two tracks.Rock Times, 28.07.2015 - The Blues Overdrive / Clinch! Also that year, the album was one of the five DMA nominated albums.Blues Festival Guide - Copenhagen Blues Festival & Danish Blues Awards
In 2017, the group released Overdrive Live!, their third album, on Gateway Music. It was reviewed in the 2 March 2018 issue of Blues Blast magazine. Rhys Williams said that it was a fine recording of a very impressive blues in concert. All but two of the tracks were composed by Martin Olsen. The two other tracks were, "High Water (For Charley Patton)" by Bob Dylan and "You Got the Power to Turn Me On" by The Chambers Brothers. "You Got the Power to Turn Me On", which was written by Willie Chambers, was often performed by Peter Thorup. Rootsville - The Blues Overdrive (DK), tiltle: Overdrive Live!Blues Blast Magazine, March 2, 2018 - The Blues Overdrive – Overdrive Live! | Album Review By Rhys Williams
The group was performing a concert on 23 June 2024 as part of the Sonntags ans Schloss events.Le Républicain Lorrain, 18 juin 2024 - Le groupe The Blues Overdrive en concert le 23 juin dans les jardins du château
Discography + Albums Release Catalogue Year The Blues Overdrive Gateway Music TBO010312 2012 Clinch! Gateway Music TB0-030515 2015 Overdrive Live! Gateway Music TBO-150517 2017
+ Various artists Title Song Catalogue Year Notes The Copenhagen Blues Sessions Vol. 2 (The Blues Bands) "Feelin' Kind of Blue" CBFCD-2-04 2004 Band credited as Martin Olsens Blues Overdrive Bluesnews Collection Vol. 10 "Woman of Love" BluesNews CD bncvol10 2015 Music from Denmark 2005 "Feelin' Kind of Blue" MXP MXPDVD0105 2015 Band credited as Martin Olsen, Blues OverdriveDVD
References
External links Discogs - The Blues Overdrive