Mojo Blues Band Lights Up Vienna

On a summer night in Vienna in 2007, the air buzzed with rhythm and swing as Mojo Blues Band took the stage at the Vienna Jazz Festival. Their performance on June 30th wasn’t just a set — it was a living, breathing tribute to blues tradition, Vienna-style.

Vienna Meets the Delta

Formed in the late 1970s, Mojo Blues Band brings a distinctly European touch to the gritty pulse of American blues. But make no mistake — their sound is steeped in Mississippi mud and Chicago smoke.

At the 2007 festival, they brought:

• Boogie-woogie piano licks that shook the cobblestones
• Tight horn sections with swing-era swagger
• Vocals that could’ve come straight from a juke joint on Highway 61

“We don’t imitate the blues — we live it, in our own way,”
— Erich “Doc” Baumgartner, bandleader and blues evangelist

Keeping the Mojo Flowing

What made that Vienna set unforgettable was the connection. The crowd swayed. The solos soared. The rhythm section drove it all like a steam train rolling through the Alps.

Highlights included:

• A fiery rendition of “Good Rockin’ Tonight”
• A slow-burn take on “Ain’t Nobody’s Business” that hushed the park
• Encores that bled past curfew, met with roaring applause

The Mojo Blues Band showed that the blues isn’t bound by geography — it’s a language spoken with soul. And on that night in Vienna, it spoke loud and clear.

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