Biography
Born In Hastings Nebraska 1957 Joseph Alan Fears was taught To Play the Guitar By Age 4 By A Family Friend, In 1968 Moved To salina,kansas And Joined 3 Other Young Gifted Musicians Mythias Lee Saterfield(guitar/Vocals) & Albert Whitaker(drums/Vocals), Mike Jackson(organ)& Started A Group Called" KOOL-SAT AND THE SECOND BREEZE" Band.(later Known As The Wynd band) Then -"Tamerac" Joseph Became The Bass Guitarist & VocalistThey Performed There Own Written R&B Styled Original Songs (Mississippi Groove",-How Does It Feel",-Act Like A Freak",-I Need Your Love"-"Sentuos Feeling",-Don't Take It Away",-"Late At Nite In Georgia",-Dont Play With My Emotions",-Pains Of A Broken Heart",- Wide Open" I Want To Jam With You"- Get Loose"- & Classic Southern Soul(Cover Songs) From 1969-1974 Touring From Kansas To Mississippi Playing The "Juke Joints" And Hole In The Wall" Nightclubs. Later In 1985 He Joined A Group called Flair"With Joseph On bass & Vocals,-Mike Warner" On Drums, James Knotts" On Guitar, Efrain Martinez" On Lead Guitar,Pat Dahlrimple As Lead Vocalist",Richard Hale" On tenor saxiphone & Vocals,Touring For Several Years In The Upper-Midwest USA. After Joseph returned Home And recorded His Frist debut Single" Picture Of Love" And Had It Mastered At Gusto records In memphis Tennisee. Then Went out Again On From 1988-1993 He Toured The Midwest States performing With He Longtime Buddy & lead Guitarist "King James" Lee Knotts Of Houston texas. In 1994 He recorded The Release/lp Back Where I Below" On Jaff records(USA) And In 1999 released The R&B/Jazz CD" Creations, In 2001 He When To Chicago Illinois To Perform The Nightclub Or Blues Clubs, During That Time He Performed With Sugar Blues" Zora taylor,The Kinzie Report,John Primer, & Many Others While Residing At The Homes Of "Suger Blue: & At The Home Of "The legendary Blues Great" Jimmy Rodgers" . In 2004 Joseph Alan Fears Returned To The Band " Zafaja, A 5-peice All male Group From salina,kansas. And Performs Now In Nightclubs All Over The USA Playing Original Hits From His Cd releases, And Blues & Soul Standards From The 1960s & 1970s
Presently performing Opening Acts For New Blues & Soul Giants Like "jason Ricci & The New Blood" And Others.In 2014 Joseph Alan Fears Released A CD "Joseph Alan Fears"- Live" Witch Has Songs taken from His Live Concert performances - "Picture Of Love"- Something's Wrong"- Must Be Something In The Water"- One Minus One"- I Told You So"- And Others. Joseph Alan Fears Is A Great Song Writer & Artist Performer. Watch For His Upcomming 2016 CD" Better Than Before"(Southern Soul & Blues) Release date TBA. In 2019 he released Little Joe's Jazzical. In 2021 LOVE OF MINE…To Contact For Bookings? (785)-787-5600
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