| About Poobah | POOBAH ,new Album coming soon,in 2023, "Anthology: Burning In The Rain" .POOBAH has a song in latest MONSTER MAGNET Album, "A Better Dystopia"and in Hollywood Movie "JOSIE", starring Sophie Turner from GAME of THRONES/X-MEN & Dylan McDermott from AMERICAN HORROR STORY ! Also,on HULU, 1 POOBAH song in new TV Series GRAVES starring Nick Nolte (Episode 6),and 1 song in Hollywood Movie BETWEEN US (Limo Scene has a Poobah song.) Rolling Stone Magazine chose POOBAH for TOP 10 of the year album reissue !!! An honor ! "Most Collectible Psych Rock Band in the World",Goldmine Magazine and Cleveland Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Jim Gustafson Recorded with Jimi Hendrix bassist Billy Cox in Memphis, and formed Poobah in 1972, and now has 14 rock guitar powered CDs released worldwide. The band has played thousands of live shows, and are still at it! Guitar powered rock at it's finest! POOBAH reviews: "One of the most collectible psych rock bands in the world, they're Vinyl sells for big bucks" Goldmine Magazine and the Cleveland Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (where Poobah has played 12 concerts ,a record). Rolling Stone magazine said "Poobah is one of the few that was and is, great" Cleveland Scene magazine called Poobah "years ahead of their time". Original Poobah Vinyl LPs sell for as much as $2000 for a single copy ! Martin Popoff of Guitar World called Poobah "King of Indie Rock", and "the greatest indie band of the 70's". After over 2500 live shows in the USA and Canada and recording many CDs , Poobah rocks like no other. with a new CD ready to be released (the 12th CD). Goldmine magazine called Poobah "brilliant guitar work, with a gift for melody". Check out our videos on youtube.com and here on Myspace. Poobah has never stopped recording and playing live. Poobah performed at the Cleveland Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as backup band for Joe Bouchard (original Blue Oyster Cult) and what a blast that was! Poobah guitarist and founder Jim Gustafson recorded an album with Jimi Hendrix bassist Billy Cox as producer, for Kenny Rogers' older brother Lelan's label,(as Biggy Rat) just before he formed Poobah. Poobah has played shows with many famous artists, including Alice Cooper, Ted Nugent ,Blue Oyster Cult, Judas Priest ,Trent Reznor, ZZ Top, Cheech and Chong, James Gang ,Sean Lennon, Les Claypool, Billy Cox(Hendrix), Uriah Heep, Canned Heat, Spirit, Foghat, Cactus, Dennis Dunaway Project, Slade, Wild Cherry ,Flash, BDS(Joe Bouchard ,Dennis Dunaway, and Neal Smith), Quicksilver Messenger Service, , Glass Harp (w/Phil Keaggy) ,Michael Bruce band, Mitch Ryder and Detroit , Velvet Underground ,Godz, Chase, Kix, Mark Chatfield(Bob Seger),John Cafferty and Beaver Brown(Eddie and the Cruisers),Brownsville Station,Eddie Money, and lots more. Playing at the Who's private party in Cleveland and meeting the band was also very cool. Poobah has headlined thousands of shows,had a blast and we ain't done yet! See the band live for an exciting show with lots of powerful guitar flash , and amazing vocal ability! ...Lori Powers ------------------- For more info go to www.poobahband.com |
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