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 Sturgis Nikides's Profile |
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| Last Login: | May 21, 2009 (190 days back) |
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Unless you’re a big fan of John Cale’s solo work, you’re probably unfamiliar with New York musician Sturgis Nikides. Sturgis was Cale’s guitar player through the 1980s, and has a long, colorful history as a professional musician. Simply put, it’s easy to call him a time-honored vet and indisputable master of the steel guitar, but his first full length solo album stretches his talents to the limit, and allows him to reveal much more than knockout playing. Nikides’ Man of Steel goes beyond your average blues rock, evoking indigent American toughness on so many levels it recalls everything from to John Huston. This is blues on a transcendental level, and to be honest, I think it gives Ry Cooder a run for his money. Nikides plays that fucking thing, that hard steel slide guitar, in a way that doesn’t ask of the listener anything more than their ears and their time. It is not necessary to be an expert on the blues, nor to even be keen on blues music in general, to appreciate the full range of what’s going on here. This music grabs the listener with an instrumental articulation of melancholy that transcends the blues genre while remaining essentially true to it…it is classic yet contemporary, and technologically bolstered without sounding clean. It seems, like all the greatest guitar playing, at once effortless and impossible. For those who are aware of Nikides’ music, these observations are anything but new. However, his confident voice and richly visual lyrics are indeed a revelation. Songs such as “She Got a Gun” and “Room 204”, the album’s best tracks, shimmer with emotional truth of the highest order, that which comes from real bruises and hard earned street experience. The guy pours his damn heart out with fearless intimacy. Man of Steel is brought down by a tired old Rolling Stones cover, but despite it being unnecessary, Nikides’ earnest handling makes it sound fresher than it should. Man of Steel is more than a blues record, it’s a vivid blend of elements all finely honed by the artist throughout his life, and as such, remains one of the true standout efforts of this or any year. This is that kind of music you hear as if it were part of a film you can’t remember seeing, assuming a widescreen scope in certain spots, and the claustrophobia of personal obsession in others. Man of Steel thrives on the dirty and lowdown aspects of life, but not without a sense of redemption. Nikides allows you to tap into a main circuit of hard life, of roads that don’t seem to end. It’s an astonishingly ambitious one-man show that announces Nikides as more then a mere axeman. I hope there’s a follow-up. – GENE GREGORITS, Sex & Guts Magazine Aug,2004
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Music:Member Since: 5/23/2007Band Website: www.sturgisnikides.com Band Members: Sturgis Nikides: Guitar, Keys, Vox - Rowdy Bodine: Bass, Keys, Vox - Jim Awad: Drums, Percussion Influences: Howlin' Wolf, Robert Johnson, Son House, Lightnin' Hopkins, Muddy, Buddy, Albert, BB, Freddy, Stevie Ray, Jimmy, Jeff, ELVIS, Gene Vincent, The Burnette Brothers Rock 'n Roll Trio, Booker T & The MG's and on and on and on..........and on.......and on...... Sounds Like: Howlin' Wolf, Robert Johnson, Son House, Lightnin' Hopkins, Muddy, Buddy, Albert, BB, Freddy, Stevie Ray, Jimmy, Jeff, ELVIS, Gene Vincent, The Burnette Brothers Rock 'n Roll Trio, Booker T & The MG's and on and on and on..........and on.......and on...... Record Label: REZO RECORDS Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Rock / Roots Music / Blues) |
My Blog |
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FREE FAN DOWNLOAD |
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| I'd like everyone to download "DUSTED" from my Man Of Steel CD. Just sign up for my mailing list and it's all yours!! Cheers!! Posted by on Tue, 19 May 2009 05:39:00 GMT |
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New Review: Sturgis Nikides, The Man of Steel |
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| New review of my debut solo CD, Man Of Steel...http://knocksfromtheunderground.squarespace.com/ny..
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STURGIS HEADLINES THE FINDLEY LAKE BLUES FESTIVAL!!! |
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| "JAMBOREE IN THE PINES" BLUES & BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - JUNE 27, 2009 - STURGIS WILL BE APPEARING WITH HIS BAND THE ELECTRIC ASSASSINS!!BRING YOUR TENT - MUSIC STARTS AT 4:00 AND BANDS PLAY TILL CLOSE. Posted by on Tue, 12 May 2009 14:51:00 GMT |
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Sturgis & The Electric Assassins "Drownin' Blues" |
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| "Drownin' Blues"Sturgis & The Electric Assassins Live, April 24, 2009 @ Kenny's Castaways, NYC "Drownin'Blues" by Sturgis Nikides All words, Music & Images copyright 2009http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... Posted by on Mon, 04 May 2009 21:45:00 GMT |
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STURGIS LIVE!!! on RewBee*s World Pt 11 |
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April 1 2009 - Live performance & interview on Arizzma Radio. Posted by on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:57:00 GMT |
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Sturgis Nikides REVIEW in knocksfromtheunderground |
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| http://www.knocksfromtheunderground.com/ny-bands/2...Looky Looky!! Check out this great review that was just posted on the KNOCKSFROMTHEUNDERGROUND.COM website. Please lend them your support!! Posted by on Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:40:00 GMT |
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TONITE!! SPEND XMAS EVE AT OTTOS W/STURGIS |
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STURGISTHE BAND
LIVE @ OTTO'S TONITEXMAS EVE DEC.24 2008, 10PM Posted by on Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:32:00 GMT |
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Project Progress Report |
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| I pulled another all nighter in the studiolast night, rolled in at 6am. You can see how my head feels this afternoon. Everyone involvedis doing a spectacular job, andI want to send a big shout out ... Posted by on Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:16:00 GMT |
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BACK IN THE STUDIO |
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| Finally...We're going into the studio to begin work on our new CD. Initial tracking begins tomorrow in Newark at Greg Furgasons (Powerplay Digital)studio, 16 by 9 Productions, with my old friend ... Posted by on Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:39:00 GMT |
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SHIVERS INSIDE Phil Shoenfelt & Pavel Cingl & Sturgis Nikides |
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SHIVERS INSIDE Phil Shoenfelt & Pavel Cingl with special guest Sturgis Nikides (ex John Cale Band)on slide guitar.Otto's Shrunken Head NEW YORK ... Posted by on Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:36:00 GMT |
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