In 1996
(until 2002) he started playing in the Colon Theater (one of the most important
liric theaters in the world with the Scala of Milan) converting Gabriel
Grätzer in the first blues musician to play in there.
He also play regular in the hard Rock Cafe (never a country blues musician
played in there in South America).
Beetwen 1998 and 1999
he published de Blues Special Bulletin, a magazine for Adrian Flores Blues
Special Club.
He performed opening every internactional blues show in Buenos Aires:
Billy Branch, Dave Myers, Eddie C. Campbell, James Wheeler, Jimmy Dawkins,
John Primer, Byther Smith, Little Mc Simmons, Phil Guy, Lorenzo Thompson,
Lurrie Bell, Raful Neal, among others blues leyend brought to Buenos Aires
by Adrián Flores.
In 1999 he recorded
“I’m goin Home”
The first Country Blues cd to be recorded in Argentina. It sold
more than 1000 copies and recieved excelent press coments (see press).
Grätzer, edited the first country blues bulletin by mail with more
than a hundred subscriptors.
He also created and organized the Argentina country blues
and gospel festival .
He founded and directed the First Argentine Blues School
(also the first in South America) witch, in the first 3 years, got more
than 300 pupils.
In 2000
he started working with his new groups: the Country Blues
Boys, and the Gospel Singers,
recrating the old country blues and gospel.
In 2002 he created the Cotton Blues Pickers.
He got radio auditions, and appeard in many T.V. programs
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