Thursday, January 22, 2009
Jay Leno. BB King. Quincy Jones. Chaka Khan. Phil Collins. It’s hard to believe this list of legends all have a tie to small-town Kansas. Originally from Paola, Brody Buster and his harmonica have shared the stage with all of them.
Before a performance at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles, King introduced Buster as “one of the greatest harmonica players of our time despite his age.”
Check out Buster’s MySpace page, www.myspace.com/brodybusterband, and see where the “Wind” takes you.
When he was 7 years old, Buster started to learn the intricacies of the blue’s harmonica, and by 8 he was playing professionally in clubs on the hallowed ground of Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee.
At 10, Buster chatted with Leno and jammed with King in Los Angeles. However, one of his greatest accomplishments came at the age of 12 when Buster was invited to play at the esteemed “Montreux Blues and Jazz Festival” in Montreux, Switzerland, with the likes of Jones, Khan and Collins.
Buster, now 24, has found his way back to the Midwest. Three years ago, Buster joined Chris Handley and Tommy Dimmel to form the Brody Buster Band.
The group frequents the music scenes in Lawrence and Kansas City, Missouri, but would ultimately like to take its act to the West Coast.
At least, Buster says that’s the plan, but for right now playing in the Midwest “works out for the best.”
Parsons senior Seth Martin, who has seen the group perform multiple times, says the band is definitely something special.
“If you like the blues, you’d love them,” Martin says. “Even if you don’t, you’d still love them.”
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