Biography
Ramon Goose was born in England and started out with British band NuBlues as guitarist, chief song writer and producer. With Nublues he made the album Dreams Of A Blues Man (released on Dixiefrog Records in Europe, 21st Century Blues Records in the United States, and published by Metisse Music) and has toured all over Europe with the likes of Eric Burdon, The Blind Boys of Alabama, and performed with James Brown’s bandleader Pee Wee Ellis and also worked with Chris Thomas King. After a short stint with American bluesman Eric Bibb’s band, in 2006, Ramon went on to produce, perform on and co-write critically acclaimed albums for other blues artists. His production for Boo Boo Davis (Mississippi Blues artist) was voted top ten Blues album in MOJO magazines poll in 2006 and his production of Billy Jones (based in Arkansas) ---both on the Black and Tan Records label--also received accolades from critics. Recent projects have included a new album with Senegalese music star Diabel Cissokho, and production of the second nublues album Snow On The Tracks;. Ramon ended 2009 with a tour with his own band which included four performances at maximum security prisons to test out his new material, which he released in 2011 (Uptown Blues album). He has continued to tour as well with his new world music/blues band with Diabel Cissokho as well as performing with other African artists such as Daby Touré (from Mauritania), Noumoucounda Cissoko (from Senegal), Atongo Zimba (from Ghana) & Algerian Oud virtuoso Yazid Fentazi. In 2010 Ramon formed a side project called The West African Blues Project and further explores the link between Blues and Africa. In summer of 2011 Ramon met musician Jim Palmer backstage at WOMAD festival where Palmer had been performing with Baaba Maal. Joining with Modou Toure, Goose & Palmer formed the band Coconut Revolution (band), an album is expected in early 2013 from Coconut Revolution. As of 2012 Goose has started work on the Desert Rock (band) a unique musical project which evolved after Goose travelled to the Sahara and also Dakar to combine his love of Berber and Mandinka rhythms and melodies with Blues Rock.
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