D.J. Sterling has been
involved in the New England Blues scene since the 1970's but not
until recently have things pulled together for him. In 1977 D.J.
contracted Bells Palsy, a virus that paralyzes one side of your
face. D.J. was sadly told that his musical career was over. D.J.
turned to video production and began a career as a director &
producer of his own production company in 1979.
After a brief musical comeback
in 1990 in which D.J. toured with internationally famous Rock
& Rollers such as Eric Burdon of The Animals and Robbie
Kreiger of The Doors, D.J.'s services were obtained by Continental
Cable Co. By 1994 D.J. had received the Outstanding Achievement
Award for video production. D.J. also had his own T.V. show "Guest
List" playing in Los Angeles.
D.J. felt he now wanted
to shift back to music. In 1995 D.J. started once again to pick
up the harmonica, flute and his WX-11 synthesizer. He headed out
to many of the open hoots in New Hampshire's clubs & pubs.
His talents were quickly realized by local patrons and musicians
alike. His exciting harmonica style is raved about by most local
bluesmen as "the hardest woking harp player around".
D.J. is playing better then ever mixing new found speed with traditional
blues, rock & country styles. He has learned from the best
including Norton Buffalo of the Steve Miller Band, Lee Oscar of
War (who has been very helpful to D.J.) and the late Paul Butterfield.
Recently, D.J. became a Hohner endorsee, and now endorses and,
as he always has, plays Hohner harmonicas exclusively.
D.J.'s flute playing is
often compared to Ian Anderson of The Jethro Tull Band. This is
not suprising since both D.J. and Ian learned from the same teacher.
Rahsaan Roland Kirk, the famous Jazz man who played sax and flute.
D.J.'s amazing version of "Ain't No Sunshine" has wowed
audiences from Boston to Los Angeles. The amazing part being that
D.J. makes the flute actually sing the words to the song. A must
see for any winwood player. Another part of the show that is also
a curiousity is the WX-7 & WX-11 windwood synthesizers
or "thunder-flutes" as they are knick-named. From these
D.J. blows horn lines, violins, keyboards and more to the amazment
of the audience.
All in all the act is high
energy entertainment with an incredible amount of stage experience.
Take this into consideration, here are some of the natioanl and
internationally known people D.J. Sterling has performed with:
Eric Burdon of The Animals
Robbie Kreiger of The Doors
Muddy Waters, the one &
only
Junior Wells, famous blues
harp player
Buddy Guy, famous blues
guitarist
Paul Pena, wrote JetAirliner
for Steve Miller
J.B. Hutto, invented the
metal slide on every players' little finger
Jonathan Mover, drummer
for Joe Satriani
Stu Hamm, bass player for
Joe Satriani
Martin Chambers, drummer
for The Pretenders
Tom Mooney, drummer for
The Nazz, "Hello, It's Me"
D.J. was the original lead vocalist of "THE
BOGS" who later became "The Fools"
When D.J. Sterling hits
the stage, you can be sure of one thing, an entertaining, fun
time for everyone who loves the Blues and wants to Rock.
Or as D.J. puts it,
"I try to make every
night on stage an event to remember."
