OTTOMATIC SLIM stirs up the blues with a splash of R&B and a twist of rock. The band takes pride in always providing a top-notch show of high-energy - cutting edge, electric-blues. For Years Frontman / Harp player Otto Lenz has been lighting up the Northeast and Canadian Blues scene with explosive performances ! On Lead Guitars Mr. Mike Patterson! Rhythm section provided by music veteran Matt McManoman on Bass and Andrew Murphy on Drums! Phil Whipple of the Maine Blues Society sums it up pretty well after witnessing a show in Portsmouth NH !!! In the Mar/Apr edition of the Maine Blues Society Newsletter, writer Phil wrote: "Frontman Otto Lenz is a world-class harp blower." |
| ABOUT OTTOMATIC SLIM |
| About Otto Lenz: After putting in years studying traditional approaches to playing the blues, front man Otto Lenz trained extensively with harmonica legend Howard Levy of the Flecktones. Otto has since gone on to forge his own cutting edge style. He has opened for numerous national shows, including John Lee Hooker, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Lonnie Brooks, Son Seal, and Joanna Conner. He has also played overseas at various venues including the London Jazz Festival. On any given night Otto can be spotted sitting in with blues giants such as Kenny Neal, Sherman Robertson, Phillip Walker, and many others. Now, having signed a recording contract with 95 North Recording Corporation, Otto's star continues to rise. This past year the Ottomatic Slim band was a headliner band at the Carleton International Blues Festival in Quebec--sharing the stage with The Wolfgang and other legendary acts. Their album titled "Ottomatic Slim" has enjoyed national airplay on both commercial radio and National Public Radio. Otto is Endorsed by Lee Oskar Harmonicas! |
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| About Matt McManamon Picking up the Bass Guitar was a part of a natural progression for Matt. Working and growing up in the home of a music business family, Matt learned early on the intricacies of recording and music production. The label Matt worked for, as fate would have it, produced Ottomatic Slim’s first album! He has held prior positions with bands such as, The Reprobate Blues Band, Stoneyhill, and The Midnight Movers. While living for a time in Nashville and Memphis, Matt was jamming on Bass with, among others, Mr. Johnny Holiday, (Johnny played Carl Perkins in the Johnny Cash movie “Walk the Line”). |
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| About Natasha Natasha grew up in an extraordinary musical family. With her grandmother being a self-taught pianist (she could play like and revered Liberace). Natasha followed in her footsteps, at the age of 5 teaching her self to play piano. Natasha’s father, (who attended Lowell Music Academy), is talented in many musical instruments. He received a tempting offer from the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra but declined and proceeded to instruct Natasha in clarinet and saxophone. Natasha became the first seat Clarinetist and Sax player in all school jazz bands until she was 15. Concurrently she had started practice with “other bands”. Leading astray from the family norm, Natasha became the lead singer for a few local bands starting in 1980 through the mid 90’s. Local bands included The Passing Stones, Kaoss, The John Stone Project, Bohem, later to become Purple Crush. The complications of sneaking the underage singer into clubs in the 80’s became a game for the long standing band Bohem/Purple Crush and the clubs didn’t seem to mind once the show was on. The band(s) played such clubs as Spit, the Rat, The Rack, Lupo’s, Avalon, The Loft, East Side Checker Club and outside The Loof Carousel, The Strand and The living Room (now one in the same?). Natasha’s vocal resume included Pat Benatar, Aretha Franklin, The Supremes, The Marvelettes, The Shangri-La’s, Joe Jackson, The Eagles, Queen, Free, Squeeze, The Knack, Meatloaf, and much to the bands disapproval, flawlessly kick up an Andrew Sisters, Wayne Newton or Peggy Lee tune. In 1985 Natasha completed a 3 year Auto Mechanic course (in only 9months). She attended Photography School for Art and Design in 1987 at Blue Hills. While working R & D and Technical Engineer work for Motorola she later returned to Blue Hills for Electro-Mechanical-Technical-Engineering in 1993. In 2007 Natasha starting working with Ottomatic Slim |
| About Mike Playing guitar for more that forty years, Mike has played in many bands in central mass but mostly with the Gurus of Blues for the last twenty. He has also worked in the Chicago version of the Gurus of Blues in the nineties working with frontman DR Dave Rios. Stage name - "Irish Mike Patterson" Mike was is featured on the main stage at Ribfest in Naperville , Il every 4th of July weekend. He has opened for Ted Nugent, Heart, George Thorogood, Savoy Brown and in 2010, Johnny Lang. His influences are Jimi Hendrix, Muddy Waters, the three Kings, Magic Sam, Hollywood Fats and Robert JR Lockwood to name a few. He plays Gibson and Fender instruments with Ernie Ball strings. Using mostly Vintage Fender amps and Juke amps. |