Kaspar has been obsessed by the blues and vintage music since he was 12, half a lifetime ago. He has been described as a 100 year old soul in the body of a 26 year old as he continues to baffle people with a raw sound in the 2020's. A family friend gave him his first guitar on the condition he’d learn how to play it. At 12 he discovered Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Pride and Joy on Guitar Hero and quickly realised this was the blues. This would send him on a path of education and revelation.
Kaspar has been on multiple adventures to the Deep South in an attempt to learn more chops, hang out with the last of the blues singers from yesterday and to record and tour.
He performs as three piece, Kaspar & The Swamp Dogs. The band (usually) consists of Ian Davidson on bass or cello and Mia Casey on drums or washboard! Ian and Mia also “hold down the bottom end and smash the crap out of the kit” on The Notion. But also goes out as a duo with Ian Davidson on cello (!). Kaspar also performs solos in some of the most prestigious clubs, bars, venues and blues clubs across London and the rest of the UK.
When he isn't gigging, Kaspar is producer and engineer at Juke Joint In The Woods, a blues studio and label located in rural Buckinghamshire.
He is also collaborating and strengthening ties with notable blues musicians such as Nat Myers, The Curse Of K.K. Hammond, David & The Devil, and many many more.
Kaspar and his cohorts are writing a new chapter in the history of British blues with an album by Kaspar & The Swamp Dogs coming soon.
Career Highlights:
- 2018: Recorded his first single, Sailing in rural Louisiana and consequently formed his UK trio, The Swamp Dogs.
- 2019: Recorded songs Jersey Farm Blues And Jojo at Abbey Road Studios.
- 2022: Went viral with a video of "Heart Shaped Box" and "Nothing Else Matters" Consequently shared by Metallica themselves.
- 2023: Got to 141 on the charts with "Heart Shaped Box" and Number 1 on iTunes blues charts UK and US and signed a record Deal with Spiritual Records where they recorded "It Is What It Is" and "The Notion" which was played on BBC Radio 2 Cerys Matthews Blues Show.
- 2024: Performed to 14000 people at Red Rooster Festival Mainstage; Toured Europe with legendary blues singer Nat Myers; Toured the Deep South with The Swamp Dogs playing in legendary blues landmarks such as Clarksdale Mississippi, The Blue Front Cafe Mississippi, Austin Texas, New Orleans, Arkansas, Memphis, and many more!
- 2025: Number 1 on iTunes Blues UK and US with "Walk With Me Through The Fire" which amassed multiple awards for song and video & "Ain't No Grave" which both were played on BBC Radio 2 Cerys Matthews Blues Show. Opened Juke Joint In The Woods Records. Mainstage headline Performance at Tenby Blues Festival
