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Popa Chubby (Theodore Joseph Horowitz, born 31. March 1960 in New York) is a New York blues singer and guitar player. His angry and aggressive style of blues is influenced heavily by Willie Dixon. Like Jerry Lewis, he is more popular in France than the U.S.
Popa Chubby is a true native son of the Big Apple. He was born in the Bronx and grew up in a neighborhood made famous by Robert De Niro in the movie A Bronx Tale. His parents owned a candy store on the corner of 181st Street and Arthur Avenue. His early memories of hearing the juke box playing the hits of early sixties soul and R&B – and the neighborhood teens flocking around it – made a lasting impression on him. To this day the musical influence of Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin and Marvin Gaye are ever present in Popa’s music.
At the tender age of 8 he picked up the drums and became consumed in playing “Wipeout” (much to the dismay of his mother and neighbors). His parents were huge fans of jazz and R&B and had a vast collection of 78’s and LPs. Popa would spend hours scratching them up by playing the sections he liked over and over again. When he was seven, his father took him to see an oldies show at Madison Square Garden. Up close to the stage he watched the headliner duck walk across the stage playing his Gibson 335 like a ringin’ a bell!! Chuck Berry became Popa’s idol. The untimely death of his father when he was nine left Ted living with his old-school Italian grandparents. His love affair with the drums was put on indefinite hold.
Popa Chubby is a true native son of the Big Apple. He was born in the Bronx and grew up in a neighborhood made famous by Robert De Niro in the movie A Bronx Tale. His parents owned a candy store on the corner of 181st Street and Arthur Avenue. His early memories of hearing the juke box playing the hits of early sixties soul and R&B – and the neighborhood teens flocking around it – made a lasting impression on him. To this day the musical influence of Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin and Marvin Gaye are ever present in Popa’s music.
At the tender age of 8 he picked up the drums and became consumed in playing “Wipeout” (much to the dismay of his mother and neighbors). His parents were huge fans of jazz and R&B and had a vast collection of 78’s and LPs. Popa would spend hours scratching them up by playing the sections he liked over and over again. When he was seven, his father took him to see an oldies show at Madison Square Garden. Up close to the stage he watched the headliner duck walk across the stage playing his Gibson 335 like a ringin’ a bell!! Chuck Berry became Popa’s idol. The untimely death of his father when he was nine left Ted living with his old-school Italian grandparents. His love affair with the drums was put on indefinite hold.
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Booty And The Beast
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The Good the Bad and the Chubby
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Deliveries After Dark
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Brooklyn Basement Blues
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I Can't See the Light of Day
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Stoop Down Baby
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Sweet Goddess of Love and Beer
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Somebody Let the Devil Out
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Dirty Lie
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Palace of the King
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Same Old Blues
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Trouble
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Healing In Her Hands
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Arlita
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Time Is Killing Me
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Angel On My Shoulder
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Lookin' Back
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Sweat
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Shoutbox
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BluesRok wrote:
CONGRATULATIONS TO POPA CHUBBY, Blues Artist of the Week for week #88!
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Ragman1968 wrote:
Der ist der Hammer der Mann
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superppl wrote:
I mistakenly got his covers of Hendrix, and decided it would be better to listen to than to remove it. Great guy, I obviously need more blues. :D
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DJ-Xcite wrote:
Cool artist, with a voice as big as himself :-)
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avolov wrote:
еееее вот это стиль he's awsome wana see him live
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kma21 wrote:
Оч. нравиться этот исполнитель. У кого есть какая-то информация (на английском или на русском, помимо моих вики) прошу поделиться.
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Plook wrote:
Very good guitarist, i love his play
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rythmking wrote:
Great guitar sound.Superb vocals.One of the very best.
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Diosix wrote:
see him live a week ago; he's awesome !
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klaasgroen wrote:
unique sound!
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lunyx wrote:
awsome player!
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roaddog23 wrote:
Chubby great guitar and tune
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avboom wrote:
Peace, Love and Respect )))
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Drumsets wrote:
nice!
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Sybje wrote:
lol
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Touchwood wrote:
One of the greatest ever!
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ozandogan wrote:
he is so great we are waiting to istanbul for a concert...
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LevyNagy wrote:
He is...damn good! Would make Jimi Hendrix proud. :)
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MRKILLINGJOKE wrote:
Plays some damn good guitar
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Hollgam wrote:
omg
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Bataclan, Paris, France
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Popa Chubby
Boerderij, Zoetermeer, Netherlands
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News
Popa Chubby - Steel Horse Serenade ( Istres, FR ).
2 Nov 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/popachubbyband
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueUuCs5Jni4Popa Chubby & the band play the instrumental "Steel Horse Serenade" from Istres, Fr october, 30th.2009.
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Recent Activity
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MadminHawx added Popa Chubby to MadminHawx’s library. yesterday evening
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NoobieSlayer tagged Popa Chubby with ‘blues rock’. yesterday afternoon
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NoobieSlayer, ankah200, c50319 and 2 other people added Popa Chubby to their libraries. yesterday afternoon
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hjbardenhagen tagged Popa Chubby with blues rock and rockpalast. Wednesday afternoon
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Schneihei, aka_nounie, meyerjul and 1 other person added Popa Chubby to their libraries. Wednesday afternoon
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leonardocsm tagged Popa Chubby with ‘blues rock’. Monday afternoon
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fsleeking added Popa Chubby to the lineup of Popa Chubby at Boerderij. Monday afternoon
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ssmirnovv, OmbreBlanche7, kitblue and 2 other people added Popa Chubby to their libraries. Monday afternoon
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OTH12 added Popa Chubby to the lineup of Popa Chubby at Bataclan. Sunday morning
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OTH12 added Popa Chubby to the lineup of Popa Chubby at Bataclan. Sunday morning
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