Anthony Gomes (born May 14, 1970,

Toronto Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a p ...

Ontario Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it ...

, Canada) is a Canadian

blues Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated among African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues has incorporated spiritual (music), spirituals, work songs, field hollers, Ring shout, shouts, cha ...

and

blues rock Blues rock is a fusion music genre, genre and form of rock music, rock and blues music that relies on the chords/scales and instrumental improvisation of blues. It is mostly an electric ensemble-style music with instrumentation similar to electri ...

guitarist and singer. He was born to a Portuguese father and a

French-Canadian French Canadians, referred to as Canadiens mainly before the nineteenth century, are an ethnic group descended from French colonists first arriving in France's colony of Canada in 1608. The vast majority of French Canadians live in the prov ...

mother. After his 1998 debut album release ''Blues in Technicolor'', he began touring the United States and Canada and he has since recorded fourteen more studio albums. Gomes resides in

St. Louis St. Louis ( , sometimes referred to as St. Louis City, Saint Louis or STL) is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It lies near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a populatio ...

Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...

, United States, playing a fusion of blues with rock and soul, and with the Anthony Gomes Band has toured North America and Europe.

Discography

* 1997: ''Primary Colors'' (Urban Electric Records 1108) * 1998: ''Blues in Technicolor'' (Urban Electric Records 1109) * 2000: ''Sweet Stringin' Soul'' (Urban Electric Records 1110) * 2002: ''Unity'' (33rd Street Records 3313; Up 2 Zero Entertainment 1111) * 2006: ''Music Is The Medicine'' (Up 2 Zero Entertainment 1112; Adrenaline Records/ADA 40023; Ruf Records 1138) * 2006: ''Long Way Home'' (Up 2 Zero Entertainment 1113) reissue of 1997 indie album * 2008: ''Anthony Gomes LIVE'' (Ruf Records 1136; Up 2 Zero Entertainment 1120) * 2008: ''Primary Colors'' (Up 2 Zero Entertainment 1122) reissue * 2009: ''New Soul Cowboys'' (Up 2 Zero Entertainment 1119) * 2012: ''Up 2 Zero'' (Up 2 Zero Entertainment 1115) * 2013: ''...Before The Beginning'' ll acoustic album(Up 2 Zero Entertainment 1117) * 2014: ''Rebel Blue'' ompilation(Up 2 Zero Entertainment) * 2015: ''Electric Field Holler'' (Up 2 Zero Entertainment 1121) * 2018: ''Peace, Love & Loud Guitars'' (Up 2 Zero Entertainment 1123) * 2018: New Soul Cowboys: ''Coming Back For You'' (Up 2 Zero Entertainment 1127) * 2020: ''Containment Blues'' (Up 2 Zero Entertainment 1130) * 2022: ''High Voltage Blues'' (Rat Pak Records 603432) * 2025: ''Praise The Loud'' (Rat Pak Records 817127)

Awards

* 1998: Buddy Guy's Legends "Best Unsigned Blues Band" * 2003: BluesWax Artist of the Year

References

External links

*
Fan website
1970 births Living people Blues rock musicians Canadian blues guitarists Canadian male guitarists Canadian people of Portuguese descent Singers from Toronto 21st-century Canadian guitarists 21st-century Canadian male singers Canadian male singer-songwriters 21st-century Canadian singer-songwriters {{Canada-guitarist-stub