Born in Dayton Ohio and raised on funk, jazz and classical styles, Mr Holbrook has truly found his voice as an artist over the past few years. He has perfected his raspy, steeped in the blues, poured from a folk singers tea pot, brand of gritty Blues/Soul that is both infectiously catchy and dirty.
Mr. Holbrook played with DeRobert and the Half Truths opening up for Gary Clark Jr. and the Foo Fighters for Austin City Limits (October 2014) and performed with D Ryan Band for a World Ventures event in Las Vegas for a crowd of 8,000 (2012). Al was recently featured as Blues Man in the Steven Tyler "Love is Your Name" video (2015).
He has played with Royal Southern Brotherhood Artist Bart Walker onboard Norwegian Epic, as well as electrifying crowds in Fat Cats Lounge on the Epic (2013). More recently he was a key member of BB King All Star Band onboard Holland America - the band was ranked number one in the fleet for the duration (2016).
Holbrook held a permanent Resident Artist position at Bourbon Street Blues and Boogie Bar, Nashville, TN (2013 to 2017) as well as several month long stints at Columbia City Bourbon Bar (2016,2017) and has played live shows in Amsterdam (2016) Sydney (2017) Reykjavik (2017,2018) Sweden (2018) . Currently residing in Los Angeles and playing multiple venues in the Area. Cinema Bar, The Mint, Arcadia Blues Club, Temecula Blues Club, Ojai and Deer Lodge to name a few.
Previously Al worked as the Music Director for Unity of Murfreesboro - directed, led and facilitated all music (covers and originals) for music services and programming (2013-2014) and Music Director for Agape Global heart - directed choir and music programming.
Additional events and performances include: University of Dayton ARTstreet One World Music Festival (2014); Assistant Music Director for contemporary Dance company SMAG's production of SMAGmere (2012); performed at the Miami Valley Music Fest, Ohio (2012); and opened for 50 cents G-Unit as a Hip Hop Act (2007).
Hobrook is a versatile Songwriter/pianist/vocalist currently in the works producing his 5th Studio recording. “Thrive”. Stylistically Al Holbrook is a combination of music of the past and music of today. Soulful, Blues basedWith accents of current urban genres. Al is a thought provoking lyricist and storyteller who’s performance is full of energy and captivity to every audience.
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