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"Gomes is a power player who is at his best when his gear is in the scorched earth between blues and rock. After all, it’s the electric guitar; sometimes tickling it is not enough." - Guitar World
With a guitar slung over his shoulder and the amps turned up full tilt, Anthony Gomes electrifies blues and rock at a 21st century crossroads of his own. The Canadian vocalist, guitarist, songwriter and producer wails with all the force of a hurricane in the Mississippi Delta and enough fret-burning fireworks to leave his strings in flames. Over the years, he’s toppled the Billboard Blues Chart at #1, earned the endorsement of legends such as B.B. King, tallied tens of millions of streams, and packed shows on multiple continents. In April 2025, Anthony Gomes released his much-anticipated 14th studio album, Praise the Loud, on Rat Pak Records.
“I’ve learned how to embrace my voice as a guitarist and as a singer,” he states. “I understand who I am, and I use my strengths to my advantage. I have a blues soul and a rock ‘n’ roll heart. I love to jump back and forth between both with a modern day approach. When I play rock, it’s got a little more dust on it."
Born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, he fell in love with music as a kid, listening to everyone from Muddy Waters and Jimi Hendrix to Jeff Beck and Eddie Van Halen. At 14 years old, Anthony gravitated to the guitar and his relationship with the instrument was born. After grinding it out, his chops caught the attention of B.B. King’s bus driver at a jam night. Blown away, the driver introduced him to B.B. who invited him to open up a string of tour dates in 2005. Gaining invaluable knowledge from “The King,” he went on to share the stage with the likes of Buddy Guy, Robert Plant, Joe Bonamassa, Heart, Sammy Hagar, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and more. Along the way, his concert attendees have included Academy® Award winner Morgan Freeman, John Goodman, and Vince Vaughn as well as Eric Clapton, to name a few.
• Praise The Loud (2025) hits #1 on iTunes Blues Chart and Amazon's New Release Blues Chart.
• Praise The Loud is Anthony’s 9th consecutive album to make the Billboard Blues Top Ten.
• Praise The Loud cracks Top 40 Albums on the UK chart.
• ‘Praise The Loud’ and ‘True That’, the first two singles from Praise The Loud, both surpass 1 Million views on YouTube (2025).
• Gomes' single, ‘Love Sweet Love’, surpasses 6 million streams on Spotify (2025).
• Total Guitar, Europe's biggest guitar magazine, includes Gomes in their 'Top 100 Blues Guitarists of All Time' list (April 2024 issue).
• Featured in Guitar World Magazine's '30 Best Blues Guitarists In The World Today' poll.
• High Voltage Blues (2022) debuts at #1 on the Billboard Blues Chart and remains in the Top 10 for over 1 year, 58 weeks. This is Anthony's third #1.
• High Voltage Blues cracks Billboard's 2023 & 2024 Year End Blues Chart, making it one of the biggest selling blues albums of both years.
• Music Is The Medicine Foundation, a national 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization, was founded in 2010 by Anthony to positively impact the lives of others through the healing power of music. Since its inception, MITM has directly helped children with cancer, young adults with Autism and war veterans with PTSD. It has funded songwriting scholarships, offered musical education programs and donated musical instruments. In addition to private donations, MITM has been awarded grants from State Farm Insurance and CVS Pharmacy.
• Gomes is an award winning blues history scholar, earning the University of Toronto’s C.P. Stacey Award for the highest overall academic grade point average by a history major. Anthony completed his master’s degree thesis on the racial and cultural evolution of blues music, graduating from Canada’s top university with high distinction.
• Anthony’s book, “The Black and White of Blues,” was nominated for “Best Book of 2014” by Blues 411.
• Gomes has performed in 17 countries and has opened for B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Robert Plant, Joe Bonamassa, Heart, Jonny Lang, Sammy Hagar, 38 Special, Robert Cray, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Gretchen Wilson.
• Eric Clapton, Morgan Freeman, John Goodman, Toby Keith, Jonny Lang, Ron White, Tim Robbins, Travis Tritt and Vince Vaughn have attended Gomes’ concerts.
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