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		Bio Recordings:     Bluesology   Sixteen Shades of Blue   Taking Our Time Audio Sample Upcoming Gigs Reviews Buy Online Chris Whiteley Homepage Ken Whiteley Homepage Juno nominatation for "Sixteen Shades of Blue" Winner of the Jazz Report Blues Album of the Year Award for "Bluesology"
	The Whiteley Brothers Chris and Ken Whiteley are two incredibly talented musicians who have appeared on over a hundred and fifty recordings between them. In a career that spans over thirty years, performances across North America and five Juno nominations, they deservedly won the respect of critics, the admiration of their peers and the love of their fans. Born in the United States and growing up in Toronto, Chris and Ken absorbed and mastered an astonishing range of musical skills. they became professional musicians as teenagers with a group called the Original Sloth Band, with whom they recorded three albums and appeared on Saturday Night Live, backing Leon Redbone. The Whiteley’s folk festival debut was as “new songwriters” at Mariposa ‘69 and for a number of years they carried on multiple musical personalities, playing blues, swing and a multiplicity of roots styles with the “Sloths,” while developing as songwriters and honing their studio skills accompanying other artists. In the eighties, still playing blues and jazz, Chris and Ken also explored separate musical avenues. Chris wrote and performed country music with his wife, Caitlin Hanford and Ken lead and exciting six-piece R&B band, the Paradise Revue. As the nineties approached they began to once again “play the blues” together, re-entering an idiom that was as comfortable for them as a well-worn guitar neck. In 1993 they released the album Bluesology, a musical journey in time in space through the blues. Winner of the Jazz report “Blues Album of the Year award” and a Juno nominee, it paid tribute to a wide range of blues influences. Since the release of that album, they have been featured at such folk festivals as Winnipeg, Vancouver and Owen Sound and were the first Canadian group to be invited to the prestigious Chicago Blues Festival. They followed this success with the Juno-nominated Sixteen Shades of Blue, an album of all-original blues that showcased their versatility and understanding of the blues. Ken continues to be in great demand as a producer for other artists, as a solo artist, and as part of the trio Scarlett, Washington, and Whiteley with “old friends” Mose Scarlett and Jackie Washington. Chris has also been active as a solo artist, releasing two albums of original swing and blues music titled, Second Look and Blues Party. Chris and Ken have continued to hone their songwriting skills, and have had their songs covered by such diverse artists as Praise Oyster, Chad Mitchell, Penny Lang, Cindy Church and the hot R&B band fathead among others. Their latest album, Taking Our Time, represents another dramatic step forward in distinguished musical careers that are on the brink of a new level of success.
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