Binky lampano biography

"Before the scourges of selfies have been inflicted upon an unsuspecting humanity, there were people who simply found a personal narrative in the language of the blues."

Ray “Binky” Lampano, Jr.: Blues Alley

Philippines blues band of Lampano Alley is still singularly dedicated to the proposition of the Blues, the whole Blues, and nothing but the Blues since its humble beginnings in 1996.

The idea of the band was concocted by its leader, Binky Lampano, Jnr., in Los Angeles chitlin' circuit jam sessions and communicated to a dedicated cabal of future cohorts - Tom Colvin, Edwin Vergara, and Simon Tan - via snail mail in the days of dialup Internet.

A Lampano Alley performance is like the "medicine shows" of old where each and every piece of music and stage gesture, as the gig wears on builds toward a grand climax.

Simultaneously sly, witty, spiritual, and intense at every collective musical turn-of-phrase, the band is a veritable old time religion experience in music.

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