ELVIN
BISHOP
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JACKIE
PAYNE
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MIKE
FINNIGAN |
JUNIOR
WATSON |
FRED
KAPLAN |
ROB
RIO |
ADRIANNA
MARIE
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BILL
STUVE |
CYNTHIA
MANLEY
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BOBBY
TSUKAMOTO |
MIKE
TEMPO
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From Randy Chortkoff
(CEO/PRODUCER of Delta Groove Music and band leader of THE MANNISH BOYS)
Hey There Music Lovers and Blues Fans,
I am very pleased and honored that The Mannish Boys were nominated and won the "Traditional Blues Album of the Year" for their 2012 release "Double Dynamite".
The Mannish Boys have received 12 nominations over the past 7 years
for "Band of the year" "Album of the year" and "Traditional Blues Album
of the Year" but have never taken home an actual win. My feeling has
always been that the nomination alone was something to be very proud of
being that the nominating committee are basically our peers and
represent not only blues fans but individuals that are proactive members
of the Music/Blues community.
At the Awards last week during our
performance the director stopped us after the first of our allotted
three songs to say that they were interrupting our performance to give
out an award. Little did I know that the award was for Best Traditional Blues Album and that it would be presented by one of Delta/Eclecto Groove's favorite recording artists, Ana Popovic. From where I was standing on stage I could barely hear what the award was for or who won. It was our drummer and bass player Jimi Bott and Willie J Campbell
who yelled out to me "We won!" I was so shocked that when I received
the award I didn't even have the presence of mind to say anything other
than "thank you" and dedicate the win to Finis Tasby and Kid Ramos
who are both going through challenging health issues. I also made some
lame comment about how beautiful Ana looked! Jimi, Willie, Sugaray
Rayford and Franck Goldwasser should have been at the podium taking that
trophy alongside me. There were so many others to thank as well… So, I
want to take this opportunity to give thanks to all of the musicians and
individuals that contributed to the success of this fine double CD.
For those of you that may not be aware, "Double Dynamite" contains 26 songs and was recorded in it's entirety over the course of only 4 days! Besides the core band of Finis Tasby, Sugaray Rayford, Kirk Fletcher, Franck Goldwasser, Jimi Bott, Willie J Campbell and myself, there was 24 musicians making the total musical contribution a grand total of 31 musicians! I would like to thank The Mannish Boys, Mud Morganfield, Jackie Payne, James Harman, Mike Finnigan, Rod Piazza, Bob Corritore, Jason Ricci, Elvin Bishop, Kid Ramos, Junior Watson, Nathan James, Fred Kaplan, Rob Rio, Rich Wenzel, Bill Stuve, Bobby Tsukamoto, David "Woody" Woodford, Lee Thornburg, Mike Tempo, Cynthia Manley, Jessica Williams, Adrianna Marie, Clifton Curtis and Larry Dopson.
This album would not have been possible without my Co-Producer and right-hand man Jeffery Scott Fleenor (background vocal and hand claps!), David Z (mixing), Ryan Foster (Mastering) and especially Rich Wenzel for Engineering as well as providing his great recording studio "Ardent Audio Productions".
I would also like to thank Al Blake for his personal encouragement and his harmonica mentoring, Steve Savage for Elvin Bishop's technical assistance, Scott Dirks for liner notes, Grant Cihlar for photography, Joshua Temkin for photography, artwork and design, Melody Gonzalez for project coordination, Art Wade for Barbeque and the Delta Groove staff: Joshua Temkin, Steve Dixon, Tammie Barnum and Malcolm Wiseman.
Wow, I'm exhausted! Of course I would be remised if I didn't thank the nominating committee and the true Blues fans who voted for us.
The Mannish Boys are dedicated to keeping the essence of traditional Blues fresh and alive.
Sincerely,
Randy Chortkoff
(CEO/PRODUCER of Delta Groove Music and band leader of THE MANNISH BOYS) |
MUD
MORGANFIELD
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JASON
RICCI
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ROD
PIAZZA
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KID
RAMOS |
JAMES
HARMAN |
BOB
CORRITORE |
NATHAN
JAMES |
RICH
WENZEL
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JESSICA
WILLIAMS
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LEE
THORNBURG |
DAVID
Z
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