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"A guitar sound like a dirty martini -- a whole lotta swing with a splash of the blues!"
 Growing up in the 70s and 80s Blue had little interest in the popular music of the day and preferred the swingin' sounds of Benny Goodman and Frank Sinatra.
Blue started playing guitar at the tender age of eight and later studied jazz with Howard Rees in Toronto. He moved back to his hometown, Vancouver, at the turn of the century and performed with various big bands, including a seniors band, though he was only in his 20s at the time.
The Blue Morris 6 Swing Band
Blue formed the Blue Morris 6 Swing Band which became one of the in-demand groups for swing dances in Vancouver.
It certainly helped that Blue Morris could cut a rug and was already well known in the swing dancing scene around Vancouver. The band became the "house band" at the local swing dance known as "Stomp It Off."
The Blue Morris 6 originally had Carly Jepsen as its singer. Carly Jepsen later left the band to become a famous singer-songwriter and her music is now heard regularly on the radio. Blue is very proud.
Pink Flamingo Burlesque
These days Blue Morris performs primarily with Pink Flamingo Burlesque. Through beautiful happenstance, Blue met burlesque performer Shaboobie Boobarella and saxophonist Johnny Bongo in 2007 and shortly thereafter they formed Pink Flamingo Burlesque -- one of the few remaining burlesque groups in the world that sets burlesque performances to live music. The music includes swing, jazz, blues, rock, surf, calypso and everything in between.
Guitar teaching
Blue Morris also teaches guitar to students of all ages and all levels. If you're interested in taking guitar lessons with Blue Morris, please see his other website, Guitar Lessons Vancouver.
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Blue
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