Christian Dozzler was born into a musical family in Vienna, Austria on September 22nd, 1958. He started getting classical piano training when he was five years old. At age 14 he fell in love with the blues and has continued this romantic relationship ever since.

Solo piano-blues and boogie woogie were the starting point and are until now a major part in Christian's work. In 1976 he formed his first group, the Backyard Bluesband, in which he also played harmonica and guitar. In 1981, he decided to make a profession out of his musical addiction and also picked up the accordion after discovering Zydeco music.

From 1984 until 1993, Christian served as the co-frontman of Vienna's Mojo Blues Band, started recording, and extensively toured throughout Europe. Regularly working with American blues artists widened his musical horizon and made him an experienced player in several different styles of blues music.

From 1993 till 2000, he had his own band again: Christian Dozzler & the Blues Wave. The band allowed him to finally bring the whole variety of his talent into play. The program was a musical journey from Chicago-blues, boogie woogie, and rhythm & blues to swamp blues and zydeco, and anything in between. The Louisiana music would soon become a trade mark of this band. Four CDs resulted from those years. In 1999, the band recorded their fourth CD, Louisiana, right in the land of the bayous, together with some legendary figures of the Louisiana music scene. The CD has since found international critical acclaim.

In May 2000 Christian Dozzler accepted an offer that couldn't be refused. He joined the Baton Rouge, Louisiana based band of Larry Garner, moved to America, and toured the U.S. and the rest of the world with Larry for two years.

In 2002 he settled in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, and continued his solo-career. The DFW area rightfully has the reputation as one of the best blues scenes in the world, and is consequently the ideal homebase for any bluesman. In spring 2003, he released his fifth CD, All Alone And Blue, going back to his personal roots in solo piano-blues and boogie woogie. The CD climbed to #3 in the KNON-Dallas blues charts, received airplay on dozens of U.S. blues stations, and won critical acclaim in all major international blues publications, with Christian appearing on the cover of Texas' Southwest Blues Magazine.

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Musicians

• Christian Dozzler: accordion, harmonica, lead vocals, piano, vocals

Albums

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