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Akarsha
akikumar - music artist

Akarsha "Aki" Kumar's Profile

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Location: SAN JOSE, California
Country: United States United States
Last Login: Aug 13, 2008 (482 days back)
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About Me

Profile photo: Peggy (Flickr: strawberriebld )
B&W photos for mp3s: Nida Zada ( http://www.nzada.com/ )

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Aki Kumar has been playing blues harp since 2003. He takes lessons from Harp Guru Dave Barrett at the School Of The Blues

Aki Kumar sits in with various bands. He also fronts the newly formed Turnaround Blues band

Here's a nice montage of Aki Kumar sittin' in with Kenny Blue Ray and Friends at The Mojo Lounge in Fremont, CA (clip courtesy Artie Chavez):

Here is a clip of Aki and Gary Smith, the King of Tone, at a SwingShift gig at Gordon Biersch, San Jose:

Here is a cool clip of Aki jamming with the mighty Dave Barrett.. (thanks Rich Perez!)

Clip of Aki (courtesy Peter Brown) sitting in with SwingShift, featuring Sid Morris, Kid Andersen, Jack Sanford, Marc Carino, Jimmy Mulleniux :

Another clip (courtesy Peter Brown) of Aki sitting in with SwingShift, featuring the fantastic Kid Andersen :

When Aki Kumar isn't playing, he's listening to music by Little Walter, The Sonny Boys, Junior Wells, James Cotton, George Smith, Paul Butterfield, Kim Wilson, Gary Primich, Gary Smith, Mark Hummel, R.J. Mischo, Jason Ricci, Mitch Kashmar, Dave Barrett, Jerry Portnoy, Rod Piazza, Rick Estrin, Magic Dick, Charlie Musselwhite... and so on and so forth.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/20/2006
Band Members: Aki Kumar - vocals/harp

Band personnel on "Help Me"
John Garcia - guitar
Frank De Rose - bass
Kevin Coggins - drums

"Sad Hours" and "Sharp Harp" played along to Joe Filisko-backup track

Influences: Screamin' Iain thinks this kid has more talent than Aki Kumar.

Aki agrees.

Sounds Like: Aki !
Type of Label: None

My Background and Lifestyle

Occupation: Music Artist (Blues)

My Blog

Broncos Cancellation

Folks,Turnaround Blues' Oct. 5 gig at the Broncos has been cancelled because they have stopped booking live bands for now. Thanks to all those who came out to support us at our last gig there!Please s...
Posted by Akarsha "Aki" Kumar on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 02:41:00 PST

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Posted by Akarsha "Aki" Kumar on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:39:00 PST

Apologies for today's no-show

Hi, Apologies to anyone who showed up to watch us perform at the Morgan Hill July 4th Parade. We were unable to play because the organizers were unable to arrange for power supply to our stage. See yo...
Posted by Akarsha "Aki" Kumar on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 08:59:00 PST

~~ Fourth of July Blues ~~

Dear Blues fanatics, Don't spend yet another Fourth of July lounging on the couch, wondering what to do! Come on down to the Morgan Hill Fourth of July Parade, where Henrik Martin, Johnny Bird, Carlos...
Posted by Akarsha "Aki" Kumar on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 09:57:00 PST

My Friends

Turnaround Blues, David Barrett, Jason Ricci & New Blood, Kim Wilson Blues, Dennis Gruenling, The Buddha's Groove, Andy Santana, Serious Condition, Mike Elrington Band, PLENTY, Bob Corritore, Asteroid Brothers, Hambone's Blues, Shirley King, Rachelle Plas, Dee, XRey, Russell Barber, Candy Ice, JukeHounds, aHaVA, Jimmy, Mr Wonderful, Bion's Bluesbeat, Bent Reed & Co., PAT RAMSEY & THE BLUES DISCIPLES, ALDO BLUES, Diamond Bob & The Alley Sneakers, Robert LT, Guy Dagan aka The Rye, Mrs. Ahmed, Carol Fran, Toots Thielemans, leandro chiussi, Chris, Jimi Lee, the AQUAMARINES ยป, Rhoda Kaye, Albert Maksimov, Tracy K vocals & blues harp, Melissa, Tillamook, The Dirty Aces, Steve Kozak’s WestCoast Blues Revue

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