Biography

 

Dirty Red & The SoulShakers are a modern day powerhouse blues band, built on old -school influences, and a mutual love for the down and dirty style blues that has come to define the bands original sound. A dangerously tight rhythm section backs a funky shake your money maker groove guaranteed, to get the ladies dancing and the good times flowing. Add a lone weeping  guitar, blues harmonica and soul filled vocals and everybody’s in trouble.

 

In January 2018, Dirty Red & The SoulShakers represented Oklahoma at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee. They made it into the semi-finals.

 

 

Eric “Dirty Red” McDaniel fronts the band with a fiery blues harp, soul drenched vocals, and the high energy stage presence of an old timey gun toting, whiskey sipping Southern preacher hell bent for higher ground. He has more than 40 years song writing experience, and got his start on stage with Oklahoma Blues legend Miss Blues. Eric has appeared on recordings with Miss Blues and The Blue Notes, Old Gray Mule, Rickett Pass and Cedric Burnside as well as writing and co-producing the band’s debut CD, Soul Shakin.

 

Forrest Worrell, born in Ft. Wayne, IN, 1965, studied piano from age 6-13, and played Trombone in school band. That is where he discovered his true passion and began his study of percussion at age 13. He performed in his first professional gig at age 17. He has performed with Otis Watkins, Miss Blues, Watermelon Slim, and many acts in between. Opened for Koko Taylor, Robert Cray Band, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Dr. Hook, and he toured the UK in 2013 with Watermelon Slim and the Workers. His influences include John Bonham, Ricky Fataar, Stan Lynch, Steve Ferrone, Steve Jordan, Neil Peart, Phil Collins, Carter Beauford. When it comes to his stage kit he plays Gretsch drums with DW hardware and Zildjian cymbals. Forrest Joined Dirty Red and The SoulShakers in Oct. 2013.

 

 

Floyd Parker is from Louisiana and moved to OKC in October of 1977. He has played with many rock and blues bands, including Bad Gnus, Brownstone Blues Show, Clean Slate, and AJ and Why Not?, and also played country with Johnny Walker & The Red Label Band. He's had the pleasure of opening for acts such as, Roy Orbson, KoKo Taylor, Albert Collins, Booker T & MGS, and Johnny Winters.  As he likes to say, "Everything is chicken but the bone!"