Blue Nation is a blues driven rock outfit hailing from Birmingham’s vibrant music scene. Fronted by the powerful vocals of Neil Murdoch coupled with an exquisite and talented backline supplied by Jon Hooker and Gurdev Sohal (Greddy).
Born out of the desire to bring people something they can hang onto (musically). With heart pounding vocals, infectious melodies and sharp riffs Blue Nation have set themselves high Standards
Neil is the main songwriter, guitarist and singer and has enigmatic stage presence with vocals to match! Neil specialises in the truth when it comes to song writing. With love, life, hurt and sorrow it’s all wound up and created in Blue Nations songs. During a sound check “Big Mick” sound engineer for Metallica said “ where the F**kin Hell did that skinny kid (Neil) get that great voice from?” We still don’t know and neither does he…
Having been in bands before he set about finding the perfect blend of musicians. Soon Neil found who he was looking for and they formed Blue Nation.
Drumming is in Jon’s blood and music plays a major part in his life. Jon has a degree in contemporary popular music from The Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford. (Focused specifically on drums) His drumming style delivers technical skill and downright dirty blues rock, Jon has become the back bone of Blue Nation
Playing bass guitar with nothing but love and passion, Greddy is the final ingredient in the Blue Nation recipe. The love blues and rock music defines the sound he shapes and creating a head nodding rhythm section with Jon. Add Greddy’s bass work in harmony with Neil’s guitar playing and you have the Blue Nation sound.
Their gig and recording experience is extensive, with well over 350 gigs. These include Radio and live music venues in the major cities of the UK. Two acoustic tours of NYC focused around Greenwich Village and Manhattan. Most prestigious venue to date has been playing on the Music Stage @ F1 British Grand Prix Silverstone, on two occasions.
Their debut album “Cross The Line & Decide” is released now - Physical (via BN website- Merch) and Digital (via all major download sites). This is supported by a Single & Video release of “Maybe Goodbye” one of the album tracks. “Let Me Down Slowly” and “Dark Days” also from the album, have video releases on the Blue Nation YouTube Channel.
Music Press Release.
Blue Nation use Blues based Rock to create a sound that doesn’t fit neatly into a genre and is all the more memorable for it. Their songs are delivered by three accomplished musicians, fronted with stunning vocals. All backed up with experience, stage presence and great songs.