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The Downchild Blues Band is a Canadian blues band, described by one reviewer as "the premier blues band in Canada". The band is still commonly known as the Downchild Blues Band, though the actual band name was shortened to "Downchild" in the early 1980s. The Blues Brothers band was heavily influenced by Downchild Blues Band.
Latest News. With their 50th Anniversary Tour now finally in the books, The Legendary Downchild Blues Band are excited to begin their next adventure – and what better way to start than a special hometown performance in Toronto’s iconic Massey Hall on Saturday, May 13, 2023 at 8:00 pm.
The official Youtube channel for the Downchild Blues Band. The Legendary Downchild Blues Band was formed in Toronto in 1969 and continues to perform today, celebrating their 50th...
Band Members - The Legendary Downchild Blues Band. Donnie Walsh, the leader and co-founder of The Legendary Downchild Blues Band, named his band from a song by blues singer, songwriter and harmonica player Sonny Boy Williamson; his other early heroes included Elmore James and Muddy Waters.
Roaring through bracing, high-octane performances since 1969, the band founded and continuously steered by harmonica and guitar ace Donnie “Mr. Downchild” Walsh is as vibrant today as when Dan Aykroyd and the late John Belushi went sniffing around for inspiration for their brilliant Blues Brothers venture back in the 1970s.
Profile: The Downchild Blues Band - who sometimes record and perform as simply "Downchild" - is a Canadian blues band, formed out of Toronto blues jams at Grossman's Tavern fronted by Donnie Walsh back in 1969. As a friend of Dan Aykroyd's, Donnie Walsh contributed two songs to the Blues Brothers' 'Briefcase Full Of Blues' album in 1978.
186. 52K views 10 years ago. For just about every waking moment of the four decades since he formed the Downchild Blues Band — Canada's best known and best loved blues outfit — Walsh has been...
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