Karin Rudefelt & Doctor Blues is a Swedish, well renowned and experienced blues band that has been around since the beginning of the eighties, in different settings. In September 1981 the band performed their first gig in front of a full auditorium – and the success was a fact. Doctor Blues had soon established themselves on the blues-scenes and headlined festivals across the whole of Sweden as well as northern Europe. Their first independent full-length album “No Pain No Gain” with own material only, was released in 2003. The album received warm receptions and fine reviews in the American blues-magazine Blues Revue amongst others. Due to the release of their second album “Breakin’ the chain” in 2006 the band reached a definite lift. 2008 the band delivered their third album “Magic Brew”, with a touché of damp hot Mississippi voodoo feeling, mixed in a boiling pot of widely huddled heavy and rocky blues. The album has rendered a huge response amongst the blues community all over the world. “Karin Rudefelt & Doctor Blues” have toured around northern Europe and Scandinavia, and performed in most places with a blues-profile, like the biggest blues-festivals and most important clubs. In 2011, Doctor Blues sound is even more dynamic, however rougher than ever. The setting is now guitar, bass, drums and vocals “only”. The band has always looked upon the blues as a mirror and reflector of its time, and from that fact booth lyrics and musical influences are connected to today’s society and its people. The blues heals and cleanses! The latest album Walk the walk was released in November 2011. Accompanying the usual crew are Erja Lyytinen, the blues queen of Finland also known as ”the Queen of Slide Guitar”, and well known slide guitarist Brian Kramer originally from Brooklyn NYC, now based in Sweden. Karin Rudefelt & Doctor Blues consists of the following; Karin Rudefelt – vocals Lennart Olofsson – guitar and vocals Peter Borgström – bass and pedal tambourine Tobias Magnusson – drums Sven Torstensson – Keyboard