Conrad Oberg
Fri. Nov 1, 2013 at 10:00pm EDT
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Back by popular demand! Blind, 19-year-old piano and guitar phenom, Conrad Oberg taught himself to play piano at age two, and by the time he was four could play anything he heard, and was performing live. At 10, Conrad recorded his first album at the legendary Sun Studio in Memphis, backed by Jerry Lee Lewis' band, was given his first guitar, and began headlining rock & blues festivals and clubs throughout the South. In 2009 at 15, Conrad was chosen to open the 40th Anniversary of Woodstock at the site of the original 1969 festival. Has featured in CNN, USA Today, Rolling Stone, and Premiere Guitar Magazine.
Conrad has performed with acts as varied as: Hubert Sumlin, Doc Watson, Buddy Guy, Mofro, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Levon Helm, Canned Heat, Dumpstaphunk, The Meters, Jefferson Starship, Mountain, Randall Bramblett, Tommy Talton, Marcia Ball, and many other legends of the rock, and blues music world.
In addition to his originals, his act includes an ever-changing eclectic mix of songs by: Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, TRex, Captain Beefheart, The White Stripes, Howlin' Wolf, AC/DC. Lynyrd Skynrd, The Animals,The
Allman Bros, Doug Sahm, Eddie Cochran, Ray Charles, Rory Gallagher, Johnny Winter and the list goes on (and on.)
"Conrad has a Mozart-like talent for music... his gift is a rare and wondrous ability... a gregarious and quite charismatic performer... Conrad is another Ray Charles in the making." -Rick Grant, EntertainingU Magazine
"Oberg is a phenom guitarist." -Premiere Guitar Magazine
"... I can guarantee you this...he ain't bullsh*tting!" -JJ Grey (Mofro)
Opening Act: Beau Knott & The Burners
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Conrad has performed with acts as varied as: Hubert Sumlin, Doc Watson, Buddy Guy, Mofro, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Levon Helm, Canned Heat, Dumpstaphunk, The Meters, Jefferson Starship, Mountain, Randall Bramblett, Tommy Talton, Marcia Ball, and many other legends of the rock, and blues music world.
In addition to his originals, his act includes an ever-changing eclectic mix of songs by: Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, TRex, Captain Beefheart, The White Stripes, Howlin' Wolf, AC/DC. Lynyrd Skynrd, The Animals,The
Allman Bros, Doug Sahm, Eddie Cochran, Ray Charles, Rory Gallagher, Johnny Winter and the list goes on (and on.)
"Conrad has a Mozart-like talent for music... his gift is a rare and wondrous ability... a gregarious and quite charismatic performer... Conrad is another Ray Charles in the making." -Rick Grant, EntertainingU Magazine
"Oberg is a phenom guitarist." -Premiere Guitar Magazine
"... I can guarantee you this...he ain't bullsh*tting!" -JJ Grey (Mofro)
Opening Act: Beau Knott & The Burners
conradoberg.com
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