NIGEL MACK
blistering slide, killer harp


Best Guitar                                                      -- 2001 Maple Blues Awards nominee
Best Blues/R+B CD, "High Price to Play"        -- West Coast Music Industry Awards

Nigel Mack                                         guitar, harmonica, vocals
Matt Goodman                                   guitar, vocals
Joel Packer                                        bass, vocals
Pete Thomas                                      drums, vocals
              
Festivals:
Chicago Blues Fest                                         Prarie Dog Blues Fest / WI                
Saskatchewan Int'l Jazz Festival                  Mt. Helena Blues Fest / MT               
Vancouver Int'l Jazz Festival                        Maple Ridge Blues Fest / BC       
Edmonton Jazz City Festival                         Harley Davidson Blues Fest / IN


Venues:
Stevie Ray's, KY / The Slippery Noodle, IN
Café Boogaloo, CA / The Yale, BC /
Silver Dollar, ON / Café Campus, QC
Blues on Wyte, AB / Luther's Blues, WI
Blue Cat Blues, TX / Blues on Grand - IA
Bourbon Street, Huey's, TN
Manny's Car Wash, Lafayette Tap, NY
Grand Emporium, Mojo's, MO
Famous Dave's, Whiskey Junction, MN
Buddy Guys Legends, Bill's Blues,
Chord On Blues, Rosa's, Blind Pig, IL
                      
Discography:

Nigel Mack                High Price to Play        Blues Attack Records                1996
Nigel Mack                Road Rage                    Blues Attack Records                2001       


Television:
'Dawson's Creek'          - Soundtracks                - Sony Television
'The Street'                  - Soundtracks                - Fox Network
'Time Of Your Life'      - Soundtracks                - Sony/Columbia Tri-Star

Affiliations:
American Federation of Musicians                Saskatoon Blues Society 
Pacific Music Industry Association                Champaign / Urbana Blues Society

Co-bills: Eddy Clearwater, AJ Croce, Pinetop Perkins, Magic Slim, Sugar Blue,
Fontella Bass, John D. Holeman, Holmes Brothers, Frankie Lee, Jeff Healey,
Koko Taylor

Nigel Mack has recorded and/or performed live with artists including Amos Garret, Billy Branch, Carlos Johnson, Downchild Blues Band, Eddy Shaw, Holmes Brothers, James Cotton, King Biscuit Boy, Sugar Blue, Carl Weathersby, Jody Williams


DowntownHelena.com -     2003                                                  
Vancouver native Nigel Mack has
been described as a "triple threat,"
performing as a vocalist, guitarist
and harp player. Mack is developing
a growing reputation across the
United States as an excellent
slide guitarist who puts out some
exceptional straight ahead
blues with the feeling of bluesmen
from the past. Mack puts deep
feeling into his original songs.
Nigel Mack's talents as a blues
musician and the hard work he has
done to build his reputation
in the blues world, logging over
half a million miles across the
US, make him a Mount Helena
Music Festival "Must See".


See Magazine - Warren Footz                                                                                    Sept.  2002

Recently during a set at Vancouver's blues institution, the Yale Pub,
the legendary James Cotton dropped in on blues man Nigel Mack.
Initially refusing the encouragement from audience members to get
up on stage and sit in with Mack's Blues Attack (Trevor Newman
on bass and Scott Hills on drums), Cotton eventually loosened up
and helped propel the proceedings.

Straight - Dennis Slater     Aug / Sept 2002                                                           
In addition to his skilled
musicianship, Nigel is also a
prolific songwriter,
often finding inspiration in
political and environmental issues.


Chicago Reader - Dahl / White          
May 31, 2002
(Nigel Mack's) new recognition
is well deserved.  Both his slide style
and his harp work are refreshingly
un-forced, and he struts his
versatility on everything from
Willie Cobb's jaunty
"You Don't Love Me" to Elmore
James's searing "The Sky is Crying,"
as well as his own hard-driving originals.

Nelson Daily News - Lynn Welburn                                  2001
… high energy tunes you just can't stop yourself from dancing to.

wHRW 94.7 FM -                                                           October 1999

Absolutely amazing!! This band kept my attention riveted to the stage. The wicked slide guitar riffs and rockin' harp of Nigel Mack blew me away. I wasn't the only one impressed. Although Boomerz has no real dance floor, the crowd improvised and was dancing wherever there was room. You couldn't keep them in their seats!!

The Star Phoenix - Cam Fuller                                            June 28, 1999

Musically, Mack and the drums-guitar-bass Blues Attack set a high standard for the three acts to follow with a crisp set of tunes that variously lamented and celebrated the twin dragons of infidelity and temptation.

On! -                   April 1998

Mack's slide guitar and smoking
harp have earned him rave reviews…
High Price to Play features 12
original songs by Mack, with
plenty of his masterful slide guitar
and harmonica playing, a hot
rhythm section, cool horns and
some mean Hammond organ…
Fans of the blues will not be disappointed.


Vue Magazine - Cam Hayden                             March 1998
One of the bright young lights on the Vancouver blues scene… this past week I got him to drop by the CKUA studios to co-host an hour of the Friday Night Blues Party and talk blues.

Vancouver Int'l Jazz Fest Guide -                              1997
From Chicago to New York to his hometown of Vancouver, Canada, blues man Nigel Mack (vocals / harmonica / guitar) is a triple blues threat.  Drawing rave reviews for his CD High Price to Play, his driving mixture of Chicago, delta and funk blues is wowing audiences across North America