He has been called a ‘living legend on the electric guitar’, the “King of the Latin blues”, a “guitar blues player of another dimension”. And this is perhaps an understatement for Javier Vargas, the most acclaimed Blues and Blues Rock guitarist from Spain, founder of the Vargas Blues Band, with eight platinum discs for sales records in Europe and America and approaching 30 albums released since 1991.
Throughout Javier’s successful trajectory, he has shared the stage with many other worldwide known guitarists in the Blues Rock genre including Carlos Santana, Prince, Gary Moore, Alvin Lee, BB King, Chris Rea and Double Trouble the band of the late Stevie Ray Vaughan, among others. Javier has also had the pleasure of being the opening act for several well-known bands including The Rolling Stones and Toto.
Currently, Vargas Blues Band’s presence continues strong, attracting large crowds throughout all of Europe while touring their latest release Blues Magic, before visiting Australia for the first time.
Watching Javier Vargas play the blues along with his band is to immerse yourself in a versatile world where the blues, rock, soul, latin and jazz musical influences, combined with powerful guitar playing, say it all.
