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Hans Olson - 'When I Get The Blues' - Harkin's Valley Art Theater - Tempe 11-24-92 http://www.hansolson.net/

Hans Olson (born 1952), is an American musician and songwriter, originally from San Bernardino, California, though he now resides in Scottsdale, Arizona. Olson usually performs solo, although he has played with several bands throughout his career. Olson combines a blend of blues, country, folk music and original songs. He plays an amplified acoustic guitar and harmonica. He is currently endorsed by Lee Oskar harmonicas. Hans was inducted into the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame in 1996.

In 1986 Olson helped found the Sun Club, a former hub of the Tempe music scene. The Sun Club was fundamental in launching the careers of acts such as Dead Hot Workshop and the Gin Blossoms. Throughout his career Olson also helped to establish and organize the Phoenix Blues Society, the Arizona Green Party, the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame, the Arizona Music Heritage Foundation and the Arizona Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame.

As of 2007, Olson has released thirteen albums. His music has also been released on Virgin Records in Europe and on the independent record label Fervor Records in the U.S. An Olson song was featured as the title track on the Fantasy Records release, Deal It Out, by Tom Fogerty.

Olson penned songs have appeared on numerous television programs and film soundtracks. Olson's voice was featured in the opening and closing theme for the Burt Reynolds television series Evening Shade.

His music has also appeared in episodes of;

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Cold Case
George Lopez
Ghost Whisperer
Criminal Minds
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Braving Alaska (National Geographic)
The Wild West (Time-Life/Warner Bros. mini-series)
The Music of the Wild West (TNN)
Man Outside (Virgin Vision Films)
Mill Ave., Inc. (Independent film)

The Fake McCoys are originally from Minneapolis, after transplanting to Phoenix they began recording and touring extensively. All the members of TFMC continue to create, record and perform. Thank you to Robert Scovill, Eldon's Boy Records and to everyone in the The Fake McCoys extended family.

Robert Scovill is a modern day renaissance man with interests and activities spanning a wide breadth of professional audio. Robert is a 35-year veteran of professional concert sound and recording and has mixed over 3500 events in his career. His engineering and production talents have been enlisted by a veritable ‘Who’s Who’ of marquee music acts including Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Matchbox Twenty, Jackson Browne, Rush, Def Leppard, Prince and many others. Scovill’s body of live sound and recording work has garnered numerous industry accolades including 6 TEC Awards for technical and creative achievement in sound reinforcement. Robert is a 4 time nominee, two time winner of the PLSN Parnelli Award for live sound engineer of the year and has been a multi-year nominee for Mobile Production’s “Top Dog” Award along with being an inaugural nominee for the highly coveted Pensado Award for live sound excellence.



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