8501 - STERLING KOCH TRIO - ''PLACE YOUR BETS'' (2014)

STERLING KOCH TRIO
''''PLACE YOUR BETS''''
2014
47:34

1 The House Is Rockin' 03:38
2 It's Alright 04:30
3 Dizzy 04:20
4 Tube Snake Boogie 03:38
5 Down Don't Bother Me 06:11
6 Checkin' Up On My Baby 04:19
7 Dimples 04:42
8 My Baby (She's a Good ' Un) 04:02
9 Blue On Black 04:49
10 Nothin' but the Blues 04:02
11 Oh Well 03:17

Album Notes
by cdbaby
Sterling Koch Trio is an acoustic blues trio featuring Sterling Koch (dobro, acoustic guitar, lap steel and vocals) Jack Kulp (harmonica and vocals) and Gene Babula (bass). The trio is essentially a side project from Sterling Koch Band (which features the electric sounds of the lap steel guitar) and affords Sterling a chance to show his skills on dobro and acoustic guitar. Also featured are the harmonica talents of Jack Kulp and the rock solid bass of Gene Babula.

OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY
Sterling Koch is a nationally recognized lap steel guitarist who is a touring/recording solo artist and session musician. Sterling specializes in playing Chicago-style, slide guitar blues in a contemporary style on the lap steel guitar. He has recorded 4 solo albums of steel guitar music including "Steel Guitar Blues", "Steelin' Home" and "How I Spent My Summer Vacation." with the most recent release being "Slide Ruler."

The "Slide Ruler" album features legendary blues bassist Tommy Shannon (Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Winter) and Grammy nominated drummer Chet McCracken (Doobie Brothers). The album includes 12 tracks covering blues legends as diverse as Elmore James, John Lee Hooker and Otis Rush and features a cover of Santo & Johnny's steel guitar standard "Sleepwalk." The album has received stellar reviews from such noted blues magazines as Blues Matters, Blues Blast Magazine and Blues In Britain magazine as well as airplay throughout the US, Canada, UK and Europe. The single, "If You Wanna Rock & Roll" written by Dion Demucci, was featured on the nationally syndicated radio program, "Blues Deluxe."

Sterling has appeared as opening act for Savoy Brown, Rick Derringer and Blackfoot among many other major touring bands and just opened the 3 day, nationally recognized Pennsylvania Blues Festival 2011. He has also performed at many nationally known venues including The Bitter End, Kenny's Castaways and Cornelia Street Cafe (all in New York City) as well as Stanhope House and Bubba Mac's Blues Shack (both in New Jersey) and at Daytona Bike Week 2005.

Sterling has had the support of the legendary steel guitarist Calvin Cooke (mentor to Robert Randolph of "Robert Randolph's Family Band") when first starting on steel guitar and now can claim internationally known steel guitarists Darick Campbell (The Campbell Brothers), Aubrey Ghent and Freddie Roulette as friends and mentors.

WEBSITE

8500 - STERLING KOCH - LET IT SLIDE (2013) (REPOST)

STERLING KOCH
''LET IT SLIDE''
MARCH 26 2013
47:39

1 Shape I'm In, Pt. 1 00:56
2 Shape I'm In, Pt. 2 03:50
3 Wrong Side Of The Blues 03:26
4 Mercury Blues 03:54
5 Blow My Mind 03:43
6 It Hurts Me Too 04:17
7 Too Sorry 03:40
8 I Don't Know Why 03:15
9 Lonely Avenue 03:24
10 My Baby's Hot 04:57
11 I Wanna Be Your Driver 03:06
12 I Only Wanna Be With You 05:35
13 Working Mans Blues Remix B(M) 03:28

Album Notes
by cdbaby
Sterling Koch returns with a new album "Let It Slide," the follow up to his very successful 2011 release "Slide Ruler." "Let It Slide" includes 13 songs, 8 originals and 5 covers, of varying blues and blues/rock styles. The cover songs include songs by Elmore James, Doyle Bramhall (I and II) and Rick Vito (Fleetwood Mac) as well as the single "Mercury Blues" by K.C. Douglas. "Let It Slide" features Gene Babula on bass and John Goba on drums taking over for Tommy Shannon (Double Trouble) and Chet McCracken (Doobie Brothers) from the "Slide Ruler" album.
Sterling only began to play the lap steel in 2004 as the result of a neck injury, a herniated disk. He had previously played the conventional 6 string guitar for 35 years. Sterling specializes in playing slide guitar blues on the lap steel guitar and is widely acclaimed as one of the foremost propnents of the lap steel guitar. He has previously released 4 solo CDs of steel guitar blues music, "Slide Ruler," "Steel Guitar Blues, "Steelin' Home" and "How I Spent My Summer Vacation."

REVIEW
by John Vermilyea (Blues Underground Network)
Sterling Koch (pronounced Cook) is a nationally recognized Lap Steel Guitar player, whom hails out of Pottsville, Pennsylvania (USA), and specializes in "playing Chicago-style, slide guitar blues in a contemporary style on the lap steel guitar." "Let It Slide" marks his 5th solo album dedicated to steel guitar music, his previous one being "Slide Ruler", which was my first acquaintance to Sterling Koch's music, and which an excerpt of my review of that album was, "All in all, "Slide Ruler" was the huge treat that I thought it would be, and more. Great Vocals and Guitar work by Sterling, along with not only well written tunes on his part, but well interpreted covers for the rest of the Tracks."

"Let It Slide" consists of 13 Tracks, of which Sterling Koch either wrote or co-wrote 8 of them. The other co-writer, on 2 tracks was Freida Gantt. For the 4 covers Sterling chose a very interesting mix, which included, "Shape I'm In" (Marc Benno/Doyle Bramhall), "Mercury Blues" (K. C. Douglas/Robert Geddins), "It Hurts Me Too" (Elmore James/Marshall Sehorn), and "My Baby's Hot" (Rick Vito). Sterling Koch is joined on "Let It Slide" with Gene Babula (Bass) and John Goba (Drums), which make up his touring band. Additional performers for 1 Track each, were Larry Adam on Keyboards ("I Only Want To be With You") and Jennifer Dierwechter, Backing Vocals ("Working Man Blues").

"Let It Slide" starts the ball rolling with a 1 minute opening intro based on "Shape I'm In", after which he lets the fur fly with a Slidefest driven Country Blues feeling number. Those that like the Slide are going to love this one.

"Wrong Side Of The Blues" offers up a really nice 3 piece band feel where one gets a good feel for not only the Guitar playing but also the great full Drum and Bass beat.

With "Mercury Blues", Sterling Koch slows down the tempo a bit on one hand, and on the other, he pumps up the excitement with his grinding Slide work. Exceptionally well done cover of this great song.

"Blow My Mind" brings us all we love from 3 piece bands, such as ZZ Top, with the hypnotic beat of the Drums and Bass, while the Guitar does the job of bringing it all home. Track 8, "I Don't Know Why" Track 10, "My Baby's Hot", also have this really fine grooving feel to it.

"It Hurts Me Too", once again slows it down a bit and lets us all truly absorb not only Sterling's amazing Guitar work, but also his equally great Vocals, which are absolutely perfect for the style of music he performs. This one was certainly one of my favorites.

The remainder of the album spends a lot of time kicking up the volume and the tempo, offering up some really good Rockin' Guitar Driven Blues, of which I particularly loved, Track 7, "Too Sorry", Track 11, "I Wanna Be Your Driver", and the final Track, "Working Man Blues". "Working Man's Blues" also featured great Backing Vocals from Jennifer Dierwechter.

I must say, I really enjoyed Sterling Koch's previous release, "Slide Ruler", and was really looking forward to hearing his next release. With "Let It Slide", my anticipation was greatly rewarded, as Sterling Koch and crew, have once again put together a real winner, and certainly have showed us why Sterling is considered amongst the very best Lap Slide Guitarist going.

OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY
Sterling Koch is a nationally recognized lap steel guitarist who is a touring/recording solo artist and session musician. Sterling specializes in playing Chicago-style, slide guitar blues in a contemporary style on the lap steel guitar. He has recorded 4 solo albums of steel guitar music including "Steel Guitar Blues", "Steelin' Home" and "How I Spent My Summer Vacation." with the most recent release being "Slide Ruler."

The "Slide Ruler" album features legendary blues bassist Tommy Shannon (Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Winter) and Grammy nominated drummer Chet McCracken (Doobie Brothers). The album includes 12 tracks covering blues legends as diverse as Elmore James, John Lee Hooker and Otis Rush and features a cover of Santo & Johnny's steel guitar standard "Sleepwalk." The album has received stellar reviews from such noted blues magazines as Blues Matters, Blues Blast Magazine and Blues In Britain magazine as well as airplay throughout the US, Canada, UK and Europe. The single, "If You Wanna Rock & Roll" written by Dion Demucci, was featured on the nationally syndicated radio program, "Blues Deluxe."

Sterling has appeared as opening act for Savoy Brown, Rick Derringer and Blackfoot among many other major touring bands and just opened the 3 day, nationally recognized Pennsylvania Blues Festival 2011. He has also performed at many nationally known venues including The Bitter End, Kenny's Castaways and Cornelia Street Cafe (all in New York City) as well as Stanhope House and Bubba Mac's Blues Shack (both in New Jersey) and at Daytona Bike Week 2005.

Sterling has had the support of the legendary steel guitarist Calvin Cooke (mentor to Robert Randolph of "Robert Randolph's Family Band") when first starting on steel guitar and now can claim internationally known steel guitarists Darick Campbell (The Campbell Brothers), Aubrey Ghent and Freddie Roulette as friends and mentors.

WEBSITE

8499 - STERLING KOCH - SLIDE RULER (2011)

STERLING KOCH
''SLIDE RULER''
2011
47:50

1 Slide Ruler/Sterling Koch 01:20
2 If You Wanna Rock & Roll/Dion DiMucci 03:19
3 Dimples/James Bracken, John Lee Hooker 04:20
4 Driving Wheel/Roosevelt Sykes 04:09
5 Sleepwalk/A Farina, J Farina, S Farina 02:57
6 Stop Messin' Around/C G Adams, Peter Green 04:04
7 Done Somebody Wrong/Elmore James, Morris Levy, C L Lewis 04:19
8 I'm A Bluesman/Debra Hydock, Sterling Koch 04:06
9 Double Trouble/Otis Rush 05:50
10 Taylor's Rock/Hound Dog Taylor 03:09
11 One Way Out/Sonny Boy Williamson II, Elmore James, Marshall Seahorn 03:30
12 The Sun Will Shine/Sterling Koch, Mike Naydock 06:41

Larry Adam/Keyboards
Bret Alexander/Rhythm Guitar On 11
Rob Allison/Rhythm Guitar On 10
Jim Juranis/Guitar/Rhythm Guitar On 2, 3, 8
Sterling Koch/Rhythm Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar, Vocals
Jack Kulp/Harmonica
Chet McCracken/Drums
Tommy Shannon/Bass Guitar

OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY
Sterling Koch is a nationally recognized lap steel guitarist who is a touring/recording solo artist and session musician. Sterling specializes in playing Chicago-style, slide guitar blues in a contemporary style on the lap steel guitar. He has recorded 4 solo albums of steel guitar music including "Steel Guitar Blues", "Steelin' Home" and "How I Spent My Summer Vacation." with the most recent release being "Slide Ruler."

The "Slide Ruler" album features legendary blues bassist Tommy Shannon (Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Winter) and Grammy nominated drummer Chet McCracken (Doobie Brothers). The album includes 12 tracks covering blues legends as diverse as Elmore James, John Lee Hooker and Otis Rush and features a cover of Santo & Johnny's steel guitar standard "Sleepwalk." The album has received stellar reviews from such noted blues magazines as Blues Matters, Blues Blast Magazine and Blues In Britain magazine as well as airplay throughout the US, Canada, UK and Europe. The single, "If You Wanna Rock & Roll" written by Dion Demucci, was featured on the nationally syndicated radio program, "Blues Deluxe."

Sterling has appeared as opening act for Savoy Brown, Rick Derringer and Blackfoot among many other major touring bands and just opened the 3 day, nationally recognized Pennsylvania Blues Festival 2011. He has also performed at many nationally known venues including The Bitter End, Kenny's Castaways and Cornelia Street Cafe (all in New York City) as well as Stanhope House and Bubba Mac's Blues Shack (both in New Jersey) and at Daytona Bike Week 2005.

Sterling has had the support of the legendary steel guitarist Calvin Cooke (mentor to Robert Randolph of "Robert Randolph's Family Band") when first starting on steel guitar and now can claim internationally known steel guitarists Darick Campbell (The Campbell Brothers), Aubrey Ghent and Freddie Roulette as friends and mentors.

WEBSITE

8498 - STERLING KOCH - STEEL GUITAR BLUES (2010)

STERLING KOCH
''STEEL GUITAR BLUES''
2010
29:45

1 Bluesman For Life/Sterling Koch 04:32
2 Shake Your Hips/Slim Harpo 03:29
3 Mean Old World/Little Walter 04:54
4 Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven/Don Nix 07:26
5 Kiss The Blues Goodbye/Sterling Koch 03:55
6 Further On Up The Road/Don Robey, Joe Veasey 05:26

Album Notes
by cdbaby
"Steel Guitar Blues" is the 3rd solo CD release of steel guitar music and 1st all-blues CD release from nationally recognized lap steel guitarist Sterling Koch (pronounced "Cook"). Sterling specializes in playing contemporary Chicago style blues on the lap steel guitar. He has recorded with legendary blues bassist Tommy Shannon (Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Winter) and Grammy nominated drummer Chet McCracken (Doobie Brothers). He has had the support of the legendary steel guitarist Calvin Cooke (mentor to Robert Randolph) when first starting on steel guitar and now can claim "steelers" Darick Campbell (The Campbell Brothers), Aubrey Ghent and Freddie Roulette as friends and mentors.

OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY
Sterling Koch is a nationally recognized lap steel guitarist who is a touring/recording solo artist and session musician. Sterling specializes in playing Chicago-style, slide guitar blues in a contemporary style on the lap steel guitar. He has recorded 4 solo albums of steel guitar music including "Steel Guitar Blues", "Steelin' Home" and "How I Spent My Summer Vacation." with the most recent release being "Slide Ruler."

The "Slide Ruler" album features legendary blues bassist Tommy Shannon (Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Winter) and Grammy nominated drummer Chet McCracken (Doobie Brothers). The album includes 12 tracks covering blues legends as diverse as Elmore James, John Lee Hooker and Otis Rush and features a cover of Santo & Johnny's steel guitar standard "Sleepwalk." The album has received stellar reviews from such noted blues magazines as Blues Matters, Blues Blast Magazine and Blues In Britain magazine as well as airplay throughout the US, Canada, UK and Europe. The single, "If You Wanna Rock & Roll" written by Dion Demucci, was featured on the nationally syndicated radio program, "Blues Deluxe."

Sterling has appeared as opening act for Savoy Brown, Rick Derringer and Blackfoot among many other major touring bands and just opened the 3 day, nationally recognized Pennsylvania Blues Festival 2011. He has also performed at many nationally known venues including The Bitter End, Kenny's Castaways and Cornelia Street Cafe (all in New York City) as well as Stanhope House and Bubba Mac's Blues Shack (both in New Jersey) and at Daytona Bike Week 2005.

Sterling has had the support of the legendary steel guitarist Calvin Cooke (mentor to Robert Randolph of "Robert Randolph's Family Band") when first starting on steel guitar and now can claim internationally known steel guitarists Darick Campbell (The Campbell Brothers), Aubrey Ghent and Freddie Roulette as friends and mentors.

WEBSITE

8497 - STERLING KOCH - STEELIN' HOME (2006)

STERLING KOCH
''STEELIN' HOME''
NOVEMBER 6 2006
50:53

1 A Praise 05:20
2 Jesus Is The Way 04:53
3 If I Could Not Say A Word 06:11
4 Twelve Gates To The City 03:33
5 God Is A Good God 06:21
6 Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burnin' 04:02
7 Mean Old World 04:52
8 Serve Somebody 05:01
9 If It Was Not For The Lord 04:35
10 Oh Well 03:31
11 Sing Until The Power 02:30

Album Notes
BY CDBABY
Nationally acclaimed lap steel guitarist Sterling Koch (pronounced Cook) releases his second steel guitar album, "Steelin' Home." The album is a mix of various blues/rock styles from uptempo Chicago shuffles to Texas style rockin' blues all featuring Koch's soaring lap steel guitar. From the double time rhythm of the opening song " 'A' Praise" to cover songs by Rev. Gary Davis, Bob Dylan, Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac) and The Holmes Brothers they all mix in seamlessly with Koch's arrangements of traditional blues standards, "Mean Old World" and "If I Could Not Say A Word."

OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY
Sterling Koch is a nationally recognized lap steel guitarist who is a touring/recording solo artist and session musician. Sterling specializes in playing Chicago-style, slide guitar blues in a contemporary style on the lap steel guitar. He has recorded 4 solo albums of steel guitar music including "Steel Guitar Blues", "Steelin' Home" and "How I Spent My Summer Vacation." with the most recent release being "Slide Ruler."

The "Slide Ruler" album features legendary blues bassist Tommy Shannon (Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Winter) and Grammy nominated drummer Chet McCracken (Doobie Brothers). The album includes 12 tracks covering blues legends as diverse as Elmore James, John Lee Hooker and Otis Rush and features a cover of Santo & Johnny's steel guitar standard "Sleepwalk." The album has received stellar reviews from such noted blues magazines as Blues Matters, Blues Blast Magazine and Blues In Britain magazine as well as airplay throughout the US, Canada, UK and Europe. The single, "If You Wanna Rock & Roll" written by Dion Demucci, was featured on the nationally syndicated radio program, "Blues Deluxe."

Sterling has appeared as opening act for Savoy Brown, Rick Derringer and Blackfoot among many other major touring bands and just opened the 3 day, nationally recognized Pennsylvania Blues Festival 2011. He has also performed at many nationally known venues including The Bitter End, Kenny's Castaways and Cornelia Street Cafe (all in New York City) as well as Stanhope House and Bubba Mac's Blues Shack (both in New Jersey) and at Daytona Bike Week 2005.

Sterling has had the support of the legendary steel guitarist Calvin Cooke (mentor to Robert Randolph of "Robert Randolph's Family Band") when first starting on steel guitar and now can claim internationally known steel guitarists Darick Campbell (The Campbell Brothers), Aubrey Ghent and Freddie Roulette as friends and mentors.

WEBSITE

8496 - STERLING KOCH - HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION (THE SACRED STEEL SESSIONS VOL. 1) (2004)

STERLING KOCH
''HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION''
2004
49:44

1 Jam Back At The House 03:20
2 He's Alright 03:43
3 Just A Closer Walk With Thee 05:09
4 Good Bye Pork Pie Hat 05:21
5 I Am The Light Of This World 03:27
6 Ain't No Rock 05:09
7 Jesus, Name Above All Names 05:39
8 Certainly Lord 05:07
9 The Down Low 04:38
10 God Is So Good 02:54
11 Death Don't Have No Mercy 05:12

Album Notes
by cdbaby
In 2004 Sterling Koch (pronounced Cook) released his first solo CD of steel guitar music, "How I Spent My Summer Vacation." "How I Spent.." is a vocal and instrumental CD of steel guitar music featuring Sterling on the 8 string lap steel guitar. The music on the CD runs the gamut from straight ahead blues-rock to funk to jazz (a great take on the Charles Mingus classic "Good Bye Pork Pie Hat") to R&B balladry (a unique instrumental interpretation of the hymn "Jesus, Name Above All Names"). Sterling claims his influences from such steel guitarists as Darick Campbell (The Campbell Brothers), Calvin Cooke, Aubrey Ghent and Freddie Roulette.

OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY
Sterling Koch is a nationally recognized lap steel guitarist who is a touring/recording solo artist and session musician. Sterling specializes in playing Chicago-style, slide guitar blues in a contemporary style on the lap steel guitar. He has recorded 4 solo albums of steel guitar music including "Steel Guitar Blues", "Steelin' Home" and "How I Spent My Summer Vacation." with the most recent release being "Slide Ruler."

The "Slide Ruler" album features legendary blues bassist Tommy Shannon (Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Winter) and Grammy nominated drummer Chet McCracken (Doobie Brothers). The album includes 12 tracks covering blues legends as diverse as Elmore James, John Lee Hooker and Otis Rush and features a cover of Santo & Johnny's steel guitar standard "Sleepwalk." The album has received stellar reviews from such noted blues magazines as Blues Matters, Blues Blast Magazine and Blues In Britain magazine as well as airplay throughout the US, Canada, UK and Europe. The single, "If You Wanna Rock & Roll" written by Dion Demucci, was featured on the nationally syndicated radio program, "Blues Deluxe."

Sterling has appeared as opening act for Savoy Brown, Rick Derringer and Blackfoot among many other major touring bands and just opened the 3 day, nationally recognized Pennsylvania Blues Festival 2011. He has also performed at many nationally known venues including The Bitter End, Kenny's Castaways and Cornelia Street Cafe (all in New York City) as well as Stanhope House and Bubba Mac's Blues Shack (both in New Jersey) and at Daytona Bike Week 2005.

Sterling has had the support of the legendary steel guitarist Calvin Cooke (mentor to Robert Randolph of "Robert Randolph's Family Band") when first starting on steel guitar and now can claim internationally known steel guitarists Darick Campbell (The Campbell Brothers), Aubrey Ghent and Freddie Roulette as friends and mentors.

WEBSITE

8495 - STERLING KOCH - JAMS (2002)

STERLING KOCH
''JAMS''
MARCH 11 2002
34:45

1 Eastside Shuffle 05:08
2 Handful Of Blues 06:19
3 Blues Minor 06:31
4 Country Drive 05:47
5 Downtown Blues 05:38
6 Blue Funk 05:19

So many people requesting something instrumental so here it is. A variety of blues, funk and R & B instrumentals. Jams indeed.

OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY
Sterling Koch is a nationally recognized lap steel guitarist who is a touring/recording solo artist and session musician. Sterling specializes in playing Chicago-style, slide guitar blues in a contemporary style on the lap steel guitar. He has recorded 4 solo albums of steel guitar music including "Steel Guitar Blues", "Steelin' Home" and "How I Spent My Summer Vacation." with the most recent release being "Slide Ruler."

The "Slide Ruler" album features legendary blues bassist Tommy Shannon (Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Winter) and Grammy nominated drummer Chet McCracken (Doobie Brothers). The album includes 12 tracks covering blues legends as diverse as Elmore James, John Lee Hooker and Otis Rush and features a cover of Santo & Johnny's steel guitar standard "Sleepwalk." The album has received stellar reviews from such noted blues magazines as Blues Matters, Blues Blast Magazine and Blues In Britain magazine as well as airplay throughout the US, Canada, UK and Europe. The single, "If You Wanna Rock & Roll" written by Dion Demucci, was featured on the nationally syndicated radio program, "Blues Deluxe."

Sterling has appeared as opening act for Savoy Brown, Rick Derringer and Blackfoot among many other major touring bands and just opened the 3 day, nationally recognized Pennsylvania Blues Festival 2011. He has also performed at many nationally known venues including The Bitter End, Kenny's Castaways and Cornelia Street Cafe (all in New York City) as well as Stanhope House and Bubba Mac's Blues Shack (both in New Jersey) and at Daytona Bike Week 2005.

Sterling has had the support of the legendary steel guitarist Calvin Cooke (mentor to Robert Randolph of "Robert Randolph's Family Band") when first starting on steel guitar and now can claim internationally known steel guitarists Darick Campbell (The Campbell Brothers), Aubrey Ghent and Freddie Roulette as friends and mentors.

WEBSITE

8494 - STERLING KOCH - IN THE SPIRIT (1998)

STERLING KOCH
''IN THE SPIRIT''
1998
45:37

1 Introit 02:02
2 Damascus Road 04:26
3 Let Me Count The Ways/Dave Koz, Evan Rogers, Carl Sturken 04:19
4 In The Spirit 04:43
5 Rainbow Bridge 04:31
6 Loving You/Walter Afanasieff, Kenny G, Dan Shea 02:43
7 Desert Nights 04:49
8 The Gate Called Beautiful 05:39
9 From The Beginning/Greg Lake 03:43
10 The Way 03:21
11 Going Home 03:59
12 Final Peace 01:15
Tracks By Sterling Koch, Except As Indicated

OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY
Sterling Koch is a nationally recognized lap steel guitarist who is a touring/recording solo artist and session musician. Sterling specializes in playing Chicago-style, slide guitar blues in a contemporary style on the lap steel guitar. He has recorded 4 solo albums of steel guitar music including "Steel Guitar Blues", "Steelin' Home" and "How I Spent My Summer Vacation." with the most recent release being "Slide Ruler."

The "Slide Ruler" album features legendary blues bassist Tommy Shannon (Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Winter) and Grammy nominated drummer Chet McCracken (Doobie Brothers). The album includes 12 tracks covering blues legends as diverse as Elmore James, John Lee Hooker and Otis Rush and features a cover of Santo & Johnny's steel guitar standard "Sleepwalk." The album has received stellar reviews from such noted blues magazines as Blues Matters, Blues Blast Magazine and Blues In Britain magazine as well as airplay throughout the US, Canada, UK and Europe. The single, "If You Wanna Rock & Roll" written by Dion Demucci, was featured on the nationally syndicated radio program, "Blues Deluxe."

Sterling has appeared as opening act for Savoy Brown, Rick Derringer and Blackfoot among many other major touring bands and just opened the 3 day, nationally recognized Pennsylvania Blues Festival 2011. He has also performed at many nationally known venues including The Bitter End, Kenny's Castaways and Cornelia Street Cafe (all in New York City) as well as Stanhope House and Bubba Mac's Blues Shack (both in New Jersey) and at Daytona Bike Week 2005.

Sterling has had the support of the legendary steel guitarist Calvin Cooke (mentor to Robert Randolph of "Robert Randolph's Family Band") when first starting on steel guitar and now can claim internationally known steel guitarists Darick Campbell (The Campbell Brothers), Aubrey Ghent and Freddie Roulette as friends and mentors.

WEBSITE

8493 - STERLING COOKE - DOXOLOGY (1996)

STERLING COOKE
''DOXOLOGY''
1996
50:46

1 New Song 04:59
2 Not Of This World 05:49
3 He Is Lord 05:14
4 The Great One 04:14
5 Doxology 05:05
6 Somewhere Along The Way 05:07
7 People Get Ready 03:20
8 Into The Light 04:15
9 Gethsemane 05:25
10 East To West 07:13

All Instruments Performed By Sterling Cooke

OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY
Sterling Koch is a nationally recognized lap steel guitarist who is a touring/recording solo artist and session musician. Sterling specializes in playing Chicago-style, slide guitar blues in a contemporary style on the lap steel guitar. He has recorded 4 solo albums of steel guitar music including "Steel Guitar Blues", "Steelin' Home" and "How I Spent My Summer Vacation." with the most recent release being "Slide Ruler."

The "Slide Ruler" album features legendary blues bassist Tommy Shannon (Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Winter) and Grammy nominated drummer Chet McCracken (Doobie Brothers). The album includes 12 tracks covering blues legends as diverse as Elmore James, John Lee Hooker and Otis Rush and features a cover of Santo & Johnny's steel guitar standard "Sleepwalk." The album has received stellar reviews from such noted blues magazines as Blues Matters, Blues Blast Magazine and Blues In Britain magazine as well as airplay throughout the US, Canada, UK and Europe. The single, "If You Wanna Rock & Roll" written by Dion Demucci, was featured on the nationally syndicated radio program, "Blues Deluxe."

Sterling has appeared as opening act for Savoy Brown, Rick Derringer and Blackfoot among many other major touring bands and just opened the 3 day, nationally recognized Pennsylvania Blues Festival 2011. He has also performed at many nationally known venues including The Bitter End, Kenny's Castaways and Cornelia Street Cafe (all in New York City) as well as Stanhope House and Bubba Mac's Blues Shack (both in New Jersey) and at Daytona Bike Week 2005.

Sterling has had the support of the legendary steel guitarist Calvin Cooke (mentor to Robert Randolph of "Robert Randolph's Family Band") when first starting on steel guitar and now can claim internationally known steel guitarists Darick Campbell (The Campbell Brothers), Aubrey Ghent and Freddie Roulette as friends and mentors.

WEBSITE

8492 - STERLING COOKE - ABOVE AND BEYOND (1994)

STERLING COOKE
''ABOVE AND BEYOND''
1994
52:19

1 Above and Beyond 01:21
2 New Day 05:27
3 Fred Zeplin 05:19
4 Greenpeace 05:13
5 Walkin' Shoes/Sterling Cooke, Gene Anthony 04:36
6 Rainbow Bridge 04:28
7 Frankenstein/Edgar Winter 04:02
8 Kick Some Acts 05:34
9 Reflections 06:15
10 Back To Cali 04:19
11 The End Times 05:41
Tracks By Sterling Cooke, Except As Indicated

All Instruments, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Drums, Drum Programs And Percussion Performed By Sterling Cooke

OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY
Sterling Koch is a nationally recognized lap steel guitarist who is a touring/recording solo artist and session musician. Sterling specializes in playing Chicago-style, slide guitar blues in a contemporary style on the lap steel guitar. He has recorded 4 solo albums of steel guitar music including "Steel Guitar Blues", "Steelin' Home" and "How I Spent My Summer Vacation." with the most recent release being "Slide Ruler."

The "Slide Ruler" album features legendary blues bassist Tommy Shannon (Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Winter) and Grammy nominated drummer Chet McCracken (Doobie Brothers). The album includes 12 tracks covering blues legends as diverse as Elmore James, John Lee Hooker and Otis Rush and features a cover of Santo & Johnny's steel guitar standard "Sleepwalk." The album has received stellar reviews from such noted blues magazines as Blues Matters, Blues Blast Magazine and Blues In Britain magazine as well as airplay throughout the US, Canada, UK and Europe. The single, "If You Wanna Rock & Roll" written by Dion Demucci, was featured on the nationally syndicated radio program, "Blues Deluxe."

Sterling has appeared as opening act for Savoy Brown, Rick Derringer and Blackfoot among many other major touring bands and just opened the 3 day, nationally recognized Pennsylvania Blues Festival 2011. He has also performed at many nationally known venues including The Bitter End, Kenny's Castaways and Cornelia Street Cafe (all in New York City) as well as Stanhope House and Bubba Mac's Blues Shack (both in New Jersey) and at Daytona Bike Week 2005.

Sterling has had the support of the legendary steel guitarist Calvin Cooke (mentor to Robert Randolph of "Robert Randolph's Family Band") when first starting on steel guitar and now can claim internationally known steel guitarists Darick Campbell (The Campbell Brothers), Aubrey Ghent and Freddie Roulette as friends and mentors.

WEBSITE

8491 - THE STERLING COOKE FORCE - FORCE THIS (1986)

THE STERLING COOKE FORCE
''FORCE THIS''
1986
36:29

1 The Force 01:01
2 Shotgun 02:32
3 Down On Love 04:39
4 Never Givin' Up 04:41
5 Livin' By The Days 04:05
6 I Want My Metal 05:53
7 Force Of Habit 04:13
8 Need You 04:35
9 Overloaded 04:47

Gino Cannon (vocals)
Sterling Cooke (Sterling Koch) (guitar)
Harry Shuman (bass), Albie Coccio (drums)

This project is what happens when you lose ALL creative control of an album. What a MESS! Managers hiring and firing musicians, record company people blowing money on artwork and makeup people and hair stylists. I got credited with mixing the album and I wasn't even there. Yikes!

OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY
Sterling Koch is a nationally recognized lap steel guitarist who is a touring/recording solo artist and session musician. Sterling specializes in playing Chicago-style, slide guitar blues in a contemporary style on the lap steel guitar. He has recorded 4 solo albums of steel guitar music including "Steel Guitar Blues", "Steelin' Home" and "How I Spent My Summer Vacation." with the most recent release being "Slide Ruler."

The "Slide Ruler" album features legendary blues bassist Tommy Shannon (Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Winter) and Grammy nominated drummer Chet McCracken (Doobie Brothers). The album includes 12 tracks covering blues legends as diverse as Elmore James, John Lee Hooker and Otis Rush and features a cover of Santo & Johnny's steel guitar standard "Sleepwalk." The album has received stellar reviews from such noted blues magazines as Blues Matters, Blues Blast Magazine and Blues In Britain magazine as well as airplay throughout the US, Canada, UK and Europe. The single, "If You Wanna Rock & Roll" written by Dion Demucci, was featured on the nationally syndicated radio program, "Blues Deluxe."

Sterling has appeared as opening act for Savoy Brown, Rick Derringer and Blackfoot among many other major touring bands and just opened the 3 day, nationally recognized Pennsylvania Blues Festival 2011. He has also performed at many nationally known venues including The Bitter End, Kenny's Castaways and Cornelia Street Cafe (all in New York City) as well as Stanhope House and Bubba Mac's Blues Shack (both in New Jersey) and at Daytona Bike Week 2005.

Sterling has had the support of the legendary steel guitarist Calvin Cooke (mentor to Robert Randolph of "Robert Randolph's Family Band") when first starting on steel guitar and now can claim internationally known steel guitarists Darick Campbell (The Campbell Brothers), Aubrey Ghent and Freddie Roulette as friends and mentors.

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8490 - THE STERLING COOKE FORCE - FULL FORCE (1984)

THE STERLING COOKE FORCE
''FULL FORCE''
1984
35:18

1 Hit & Run 03:36
2 I Can't Stand It 04:21
3 She's Gonna Get You 04:35
4 Makin' My Way 03:54
5 Ain't Wastin' My Time 03:40
6 Got Enough Love 03:58
7 Don't Need You Anymore 03:30
8 Killing Time 04:10
9 Going Home 03:29

Gino Cannon/Vocals
Sterling Cooke (aka Sterling Koch)/Guitar
Harry Shuman/Bass
Albie Coccio/Drums

This album was recorded in England with metal-meister/producer Darryl Johnston. The album has an obvious Hendrix influence to it and I think is the early germination of the V.I.H. band. The album featured a very talented bassist from Hazleton named Mike Dutz. Mike really helped to keep everything together. This was an album by a band that wasn't really ready to record combined with a producer that wasn't right for the project.

OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY
Sterling Koch is a nationally recognized lap steel guitarist who is a touring/recording solo artist and session musician. Sterling specializes in playing Chicago-style, slide guitar blues in a contemporary style on the lap steel guitar. He has recorded 4 solo albums of steel guitar music including "Steel Guitar Blues", "Steelin' Home" and "How I Spent My Summer Vacation." with the most recent release being "Slide Ruler."

The "Slide Ruler" album features legendary blues bassist Tommy Shannon (Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Winter) and Grammy nominated drummer Chet McCracken (Doobie Brothers). The album includes 12 tracks covering blues legends as diverse as Elmore James, John Lee Hooker and Otis Rush and features a cover of Santo & Johnny's steel guitar standard "Sleepwalk." The album has received stellar reviews from such noted blues magazines as Blues Matters, Blues Blast Magazine and Blues In Britain magazine as well as airplay throughout the US, Canada, UK and Europe. The single, "If You Wanna Rock & Roll" written by Dion Demucci, was featured on the nationally syndicated radio program, "Blues Deluxe."

Sterling has appeared as opening act for Savoy Brown, Rick Derringer and Blackfoot among many other major touring bands and just opened the 3 day, nationally recognized Pennsylvania Blues Festival 2011. He has also performed at many nationally known venues including The Bitter End, Kenny's Castaways and Cornelia Street Cafe (all in New York City) as well as Stanhope House and Bubba Mac's Blues Shack (both in New Jersey) and at Daytona Bike Week 2005.

Sterling has had the support of the legendary steel guitarist Calvin Cooke (mentor to Robert Randolph of "Robert Randolph's Family Band") when first starting on steel guitar and now can claim internationally known steel guitarists Darick Campbell (The Campbell Brothers), Aubrey Ghent and Freddie Roulette as friends and mentors.

WEBSITE

6234 - STERLING KOCH - Let It Slide (2013)

STERLING KOCH
''LET IT SLIDE''
MARCH 26 2013
47:52

01 - Shape I'm In, Pt. 1/00:00:56
02 - Shape I'm In, Pt. 2/00:03:50
03 - Wrong Side Of The Blues/00:03:26
04 - Mercury Blues/00:03:54
05 - Blow My Mind/00:03:43
06 - It Hurts Me Too/00:04:17
07 - Too Sorry/00:03:40
08 - I Don't Know Why/00:03:16
09 - Lonely Avenue/00:03:24
10 - My Baby's Hot/00:04:57
11 - I Wanna Be Your Driver/00:03:06
12 - I Only Want To Be With You/00:05:35
13 - Working Man's Blues/00:03:28

REVIEW
By David Bowling
If you are a guitar aficionado and are looking for something a little different, then Let It Slide by Sterling Koch (pronounced Cook) may be an album for you.

Koch was a traditional six-string guitarist for the first three decades of his career, but a severe neck injury led him to the pedal steel guitar in 2004. The six-string’s loss was the pedal steel’s gain as he has emerged as one of the leading proponents and practitioners of the instrument. He has now returned with his fifth album.

Koch keeps the music simple. Bassist Gene Babula and drummer John Goba provide the foundation for his music. Koch adds keyboards to one track and backing vocals on another but that’s about it. It keeps the focus on his slide guitar skills, which are some of the best in the business. The pedal steel has a unique and distinct sound and he is able to mine that sound with a clarity and vibrancy.

While there are a few covers, he wrote or co-wrote eight of the 13 tracks. “Wrong Side of the Blues” has a complete band feel as his guitar sound floats over the rhythm section. “Working Man Blues,” “Blow My Mind,” “Lonely Avenue,” “I Only Want to Be with You,” and “I Don’t Know Why” are all Chicago-type blues with a contemporary flavor. The tempos are varied and his playing precise.

The best of the cover songs is the Elmore James blues tune “It Hurts Me Too,” a fine vehicle not only for his guitar but also his vocals. It is also interesting to hear a pedal steel’s approach to Doyle Bramhall’s “Too Sorry.”

Sterling Koch has issued a creative album of music based on his expertise with the pedal steel guitar. Let It Slide is a unique approach as it travels a different instrumental path and is worth a listen.