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Biography
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From
his beginnings on the North Coast, Todd Hart has played his unique
style of blues and classic rock in every major city on this side of
the planet. Playing coffee houses, acoustic venues, and underground
clubs for the formative years, playing every Thursday for more than 4
years at the Flipside in Cleveland with Robert Jr. Lockwood, the
Generators, Richard Whittington, Mr. Stress, The Numbers Band, and
more, he gathered the popularity and support of friends and fans, and
forming the "Todd Hart Band", played for nearly ten years,
becoming "Cleveland's Original Rock n' Roll/Blues Power
Trio". After the untimely death of original founding member and
dear friend/bassist - R. Timothy Smith, Todd joined his friend, world
famous blues guitarist Kim Simmonds, and his legendary blues/rock
group "Savoy Brown", and toured from Florida to the
Northwest Territories, and most points in between.
"I miss my music", he said and saying good-bye to Kim and
Savoy Brown, repeated the basic beauty of his long-running power trio
to form Todd Hart and the Thang. Touring out of his second home
Memphis Tennessee, and playing the Mid-South district from the Florida
Keys to mid - Texas, he stopped only to record three albums of all
original material, including the American classic "What Doesn't
Kill You - Makes You Stronger" ( 1992).
Over the years, and thousands and thousands of gigs, "Todd Hart's
Blues Power Trio" has regularly been performing on such classic
world - class venues as: The World-Famous, Blues-Famous
Memphis' Beale St. music scene, The Cleveland, Akron, Painesville
Agora's, Harpo's - Victoria, B.C., The Misty Moon - Halifax, Nova
Scotia, The Nightshift - Edmonton, The Zoo - Winnipeg, Cobo Hall -
Detroit, Char's, The Rhythm Room, The Blue Note, Jake - O - Mines, -
Phoenix, Jelly Roll's, 544 Club, Dr. Breeze's, - New Orleans, Rosa's,
Malo's, The West End Club, - Chicago, Club Soda's in Vancouver and
Montreal, The Caribbean Club - Key Largo, B. B. King's Blues Clubs in
Memphis and Hollywood, The Rum Boogie Cafe, The Cabooze - Minneapolis,
The New Daisy Theatre, The Whiskey A Go - Go, The Troubadour, The
Starwood, The Crazy Horse, and well, you get the picture.
Proud to be an Official
Hell's Angel's support band for Arizona's Mesa, Phoenix, &
Cave Creek chapters, California's Hell's Angels shows and their many
events over the years, Harley
- Davidson dealers, Titan, S&S, and custom cycle
functions all over America, the familiar name "Todd Hart"
and his "Blues Power Trio" are synonymous with A.B.A.T.E.,
and other national motorcycle events everywhere.
After years on the road, jamming with and/or opening shows and
events for such masters as: Robert Lockwood Jr., B. B. King, Buddy
Guy, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Ruby Wilson & the King
Bees, Hubert Sumlin, Koko Taylor, W.C. Clark, Elvin Bishop, Johnny
Winter, Tab Benoit, Ted Nugent, Badfinger, Robin Trower, Jack Bruce,
Mark Farner, Bob Seger, Leon Russell, Jason and the Scorchers, and the
late greats - Albert Collins, Albert King, Wm. Weasel Parker, Mick
Ronson, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and many, many more, Todd revisits the fun
and intensity of the blues and classic rock favorites many have
forgotten.
Now, he's back in Naples playing various clubs and events in the Southwest Florida region. Still returning to Arizona seasonaly to his fans and
friends there, and Memphis - "Home of the Blues".
He's continually in the studio writing
new songs, recording, and completing his body of work, as well as occasionally touring select venues on the national/international blues circuit.
And oh yeah, surfing, and riding the Harley. The road goes ever on.
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