신촌블루스 : SinChon Blues (1986 - 1992)
Related : LeeJeongSeon EomInHo HanYeongAe KimHyeonSik
LINK : Park JeongMin KPDB:1010713
1 Biography or Not[ | ]
SinChonBlues, although they've never been a main stream band, has influenced a lot of Korean pop musicians. Whenever, I hear their performance, I can't help comparing them to The Commitment. Well, maybe it's just me. The band also introduced several great female vocalists to us. HanYeongAe, JeongSeoYong, and JeongKyungHwa, to name a few.
There are usually a lot of people involved in each album, and they are not necessarily the same, so it's hard to say, but at least around 1989, the members were roughly like the following: EomInHo (g), LeeWonJae (b), JeongTaeGuk (dr), KimMyeongSu (p). --HongCho, 1996-12-28
Shinchon Blues are one of the oldest surving underground bands in Korea. They probably started out sometime in the early or mid eighties and have gone through continuous personnel changes. As their name suggests there goal is to present blues in a Korean style. They have produced numerous albums and as far as I know the songs have always been originals with Korean lyrics. The samples that I have heard do not follow a pure blues format but seem to have a jazz flavour.
The ususual flavour of the music could be a result of employing a different set of scales for playing. (Probably a minor scale {Aeolian?} instead of the usual pentatonic blues scale.) --MichaelGlass
2 II(1989)[ | ]
★★★★★ [SRB Records] GaYo, Blues, Jazz, Rock
SinChonBlues is the best blues session project, in Korean rock history. Various members parted, and they became the main performer in GaYo scene later. In this album the soulrubber KimHyeonSik, folk singer-guitarist LeeJeongSeon and blues guitarist EomInHo are main performer. And fusion jazz/GaYo group BomYeoReumGaEulGyeoUl and folk singer-bassist LeeWonJae parted as guests. Mainly leaded by LeeJeongSeon and EomInHo, SinChonBlues released 4 albums. HanYeongAe was a member also.
Their play shows real jam, it's very rare in Korean rock history. And they play not only blues but also funky, soul & folk. Basically blues rock. In these days Korean blues rock is very rare except KimMokGyeong. Young listeners never listen blues & folk, sadly.
- [Play:SinChonBlues2HwangHon.mp3 HwangHon] of SanUlRim
- [Play:SinChonBlues2SanWiEOlRa.mp3 San WiE OlRa] of LeeJeongSeon
- [Play:SinChonBlues2GolMokGil.mp3 GolMokGil] very famous song with KimHyeonSik's vocal
- [Play:SinChonBlues2Lucille.mp3 Lucille] of HanYeongAe --DisTort, 1999
| HwangHon | Twilight |
| BaRamInGa, BitSokESeo | Is It the Wind, in the Rain |
| San WiE OlLa | Up on the Mountain |
| HwanSang | Illusion |
| AMuMalDo EopSi DdeoNaYo | Leave Without a Word |
| GolMokGil | An Alley |
| Ddo HaNaEui NaeGa ItDaMyeon | If I Had Another Me |
| BitSokE SeoItNeun YeoJa | A Woman Standing in the Rain |
| Lucille |
3 Discography[ | ]
| As | Year | Album Title |
| SinChonBlues | 1988 | SinChon Blues |
| SinChonBlues | 1989 | II |
| SinChonBlues | 1989 | Live |
| SinChonBlues | 1990 | III |
| EomInHo | 1990 | Sing the Blues |
| SinChonBlues | 1991 | Live vol.2 |
| SinChonBlues | 1992 | IV |
| EomInHo | 199? | Sweet & Blue Hours |
| EomInHo | 1998 | SipNyeonEui GoDok |
| 10 Years Solitude | ||
| Eom InHo & BakBoBand | 2000 | Rainbow Bridge |