The Curly "No Shoes" Jr. Band!
The Curly "No Shoes" Jr. Band is:
Curly - Vocals
Todd "Fingers" Gilmore - Guitar
Jumpin' Richie Foelsch - Bass
Kevin "Sticks" Jochem - Drums
Discography
2001 - Single - Wanna Be A Better Man
2004 - Single - Nuthin' But A Tear
2005 - Full CD Release - Make Your Dreams Come True
2006 - Commissioned by the 2006 Martin Luther King Committee to write the 2006 Marade theme song "What's Goin' On"
2007 - Nuthin' But A Tear is included on the 2007 Colorado Blues society Compilation CD "Trois"
Films
2005 - "Curly's song "Nuthin' But A Tear" featured in the Movin' Picture Studios film "The Surfer King" starring Lindsay Wagner and Alan Thicke
2007 - "The Path" is featured in Stillwater Production's film "The Ruined"
2007 - "Hide Me From Myself" featured in RW Production's film "The Brandenton Monster"
Acting
January 2007 - Curly appeared (as a priest of all things) in the short comedy film titled "Comets and Other Disasters"
February 2007 - Curly plays a tough CEO in the Macho Grande Productions film titled "The Proposal"
March 2007 - Curly plays a dual role with a surprise ending in The Denver Repertory Theatre Company's world premier of Jonson Kuhn's hit play "Denver"
April 2007 - Curly has just finished playing one of the lead roles and shooting the indie film "The Ruined", a story of Redemption, Healing and Forgiveness with Denver based Stillwater Productions!!May 2007 - Curly plays the lead role in RW Films' Short fim "The Bradenton Monster"
July 2007 - Curly plays one of the supporting role in the short film "The Used"
July 2007 - Curly plays one of the lead roles in FOX's upcoming horror series "The Vampire Mistress"
August 2007 - Supporting Role in Simpson Production's Indie Feature Comedy "Upside"
September 2007 - Selected for a lead role in Edward Vasko's short film "Oily Marks"
Special Awards and Recognition
2005 - "Special Recognition" in the 2005 Billboard Songwriting Competition
2005 - Musiqtone's "You Gotta Know Artist"
2006 - Recipient - The Colorado Wave's "Golden Wave" Award
2007 - Colorado Music Buzz Magazine rates The Curly "No Shoes" Jr. Band as the #4 local show to see in Colorado
Curly "No Shoes" Jr. (a.k.a. Mark Muehlberg) was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and began his Blues career in the early 1990's by joining the extensive Blues community in Dallas, Texas, lead by the infamous Bluesman and virtuoso Blues guitarist "Hash Brown", who later became one of Curly's best friends and mentors in the Blues.
Curly was then introduced to the Ex World Champion Wrestler and well known Blues promoter Arman Hussein (one of the original organizers of the now world famous Mississippi Blues Festival). Arman introduced Curly to a number of Blues and R&B Legends even arranging for him to sing with artists such as "Lucky" Peterson, Joe Jonas, R.L. Griffin, Texas Slim and Greg Smith, just to name a few.
Curly was also fortunate enough to become close friends and companion to the legendary Sam Myers (8-time recipient of the W.C Handy Blues Award and singer with Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets) who also helped Curly tremendously in "cutting his chops" as a Blues vocalist.
Curly moved to Denver, Colorado in 1999 and formed a group called "Curly 'No Shoes' Jr. and the Ricky Earle Blues Review", featuring former Little Milton guitarist Ricky Earle.
Curly later founded, together with the strong guitar of Gabe Masry, a group called "Curly 'No Shoes' Jr. and The Bigfeet Blues Band".
Curly has also made regular appearances with "The Sammy Mayfield Blues Review" since relocating to Colorado.
In 2005 Curly's single "Nuthin' But A Tear" was featured in the Movin' Pictures Studios film titled " The Surfer King" (www.thesurferking.com).
Curly completed his first solo CD, "Make Your Dreams Come True", partnering with Blues legend Sammy Mayfield in August of 2006.
NOTE: A portion of the proceeds from the sale of Curly's CD go to support the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless:
www.coloradocoalition.org