Blue Tatoo

B&P reader, commenter and personal friend, Derek Brink, whom I’ve known since he was about two is a musician in the St. Louis area.  He’s been in several bands and performed and recorded solo.  He has a new band that includes his brother Dave and two other local musicians.  They play a mix of “hard rock with an occasional bit of twang thrown in”.  They have their first live gig this weekend. 

I’ll never forget the first time I saw Derek play.  The Derek I knew away from music was very quiet and shy… he could probably be called an introvert. He would talk to you, but you kind of had to pry a conversation out of him. Anyway, the first time I saw him perform was at a bar in downtown St. Louis.  Derek’s dad got some friends together to go and see Derek and his band play.  I was flabbergasted at this young man as he cavorted across the stage singing and flirting with the crowd.  The music was a little too harsh to my liking, (not sure if it was heavy metal or very hard rock), but I was energized by his energy and outgoing style.  It took several hours before I could hear normally again.

I have one of his CD’s (Things I Meant To Say) and it has very different (and good) music on it, which tells me he’s quite the talented musician.

The current band is called Blue Tattoo and this is it’s website.  There are some downloads there so you can sample their music.

If you happen to be in the St. Louis area they’re playing on Saturday night at a place called The Chapel, near Forest Park and Washington University.  Info on the gig is on the band’s website.

Derek’s site

P.S.  He didn’t ask me to post this, I’m doing this without his permission.  I’m such a rebel.

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