Now Booking - The Blues Broads

AVAILABLE FOR FESTIVAL BOOKINGS IN 2013 DVD/VIDEO PREVIEW: DVD PREVIEW In this star-studded show, each artist gives the audience a taste of their individual specialty, and then combine voices in ways that make The Blues Broads far more than the sum of its parts. Click the image above and view a clip for the DVD.  NEW RELEASE: THE BLUES BROADS (CD & DVD) THE BROADS Dorothy Morrison: vocals Tracy Nelson: vocals Annie Sampson: vocals Angela Strehli: vocals THE PLAYERS Steve Ehrmann: bass Paul Revelli: drums Gary Vogensen: guitar Mike Emerson: keyboards SPECIAL GUEST (HONORARY BROAD) Deanna Bogart: keyboards, vocals, tenor sax (appears courtesy of Blind Pig Records) "This lively crew of Clean-Up Women called The Blues Broads are four female singers that have every single style you need to make your monkey-nerve well-satisfied for the foreseeable future. Dorothy Morrison, Tracy Nelson, Annie Sampson and Angela Strehli have been there, sung that and now come together to bring the big spirit in the sky right down to earth. Hearing is believing."- Bill Bentley, The Morton Report  Dorothy Morrison, Tracy Nelson, Annie Sampson and Angela Strehli, all highly regarded vocalists in their own rights, have join forces as The Blues Broads. Reflecting more than two centuries of collective experience in blues, country, gospel and rock, the awesome aggregation is nothing less than a roots music "super group" of the first order. The Blues Broads, the group's recording debut is a CD/DVD set, recorded live, out now from Delta Groove. Tracy Nelson's career in music dates back to the mid-1960s when she recorded an album of acoustic blues songs with Charlie Musselwhite. After moving to San Francisco, she founded Mother Earth and rose to the front ranks of the era's great female singers, sharing stages with the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and many more. She relocated to the outskirts of Nashville where she took the country music world by storm and recorded with Willie Nelson while turning out a steady stream of blues and country-rooted albums into the new century. Dorothy Morrison who rose to international renown as the lead vocalist on the Edwin Hawkins Singers hit "Oh, Happy Day," the biggest selling gospel recording of all time. A member of the singing Combs Family, she rose to prominence in East Bay church circles and has been a force in gospel since the late 1960s. There is also a significant secular side to her career as she has worked with such notable artists as Van Morrison, Boz Scaggs, Delaney & Bonnie, Rita Coolidge, Merry Clayton and even Simon & Garfunkel -- that's her voice on "Bridge Over Troubled Water." Angela Strehli had been one of Austin's most highly regarded female vocalists prior to her move to the Bay Area in the 1990s. In Austin she played a key role at Antone's, the legendary club where she was mentored and encouraged by many of the artists she booked including Muddy Waters, Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, Albert King, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Albert Collins and her love for the blues literally found a voice as she transitioned from the back office to the stage. Her collaborations with Lou Ann Barton and Marcia Ball were, in some way, a template for the Blues Broads concept. Annie Sampson is a triple threat, bringing a rock, gospel and theater background to the Blues Broads. She played one of the leads in the original San Francisco production of Hair in the late 1960s and went on to be a founder of Stoneground, the communal rock band that included Sal Valentino of the Beau Brummels in its line up as well as Cory Lerios, Steve Price and David Jenkins went go on to form Pablo Cruise. Like Dorothy, she comes from a church background, and has collaborated with a host of notables including Taj Mahal, Maria Muldaur, Journey, Eddie Money, Elvin Bishop, Johnnie Johnson, Jerry Garcia, Elvis Costello and Sammy Hagar. BOOKING: MORTY WIGGINS (Manager) Phone:             (707) 773-3170       Email: mwiggins@secondoctave.com Online: www.SecondOctave.com FESTIVALS EXCLUSIVE Phone:             (818) 907-1613       Email: booking@festivalsexclusive.com Online: www.FestivalsExclusive.com MORE INFO: ARTIST WEBSITE: www.TheBluesBroads.com "The combination of these four women has led to what is one heck of a group." - Phillip Sayblack/CBS TV "The Blues Broads were a big hit at Monterey. With a wide range of stylistic influences and a wealth of combined material to draw from as well as a very entertaining presentation the BB's really tore it up and won lots of new friends!" - Tim Jackson/Executive Producer, Monterey Jazz Festival "..great music performed by a four fine singers. Listen to it. Go see them if they come to your town. Your soul will be happy that you did." Jim White /Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "The Blues Broads were a big hit at The Edmonton Blues Festival. While we're normally a 'blues and nothin' but the blues' kind of event the Broads provided a nice change up...Gospel, hints of soulful pop ("River Deep Mountain High" had the crowd on its' feet) along with Texas, Chicago and West Coast blues made for a varied, highly entertaining show. The Broads were great to work with and gave us their all." - Cam Hayden/Executive Producer Edmonton Blues Festival "I've been listening to all of these girls for a long time and always loved them for their soulful honesty. The power of the combination is awesome, more than the sum of its parts" – Elvin Bishop

AVAILABLE FOR FESTIVAL BOOKINGS IN 2013 DVD/VIDEO PREVIEW: DVD PREVIEW In this star-studded show, each artist gives the audience a taste of their individual specialty, and then combine voices in ways that make The Blues Broads far more than the sum of its parts. Click the image above and view a clip for the DVD.  NEW RELEASE: THE BLUES BROADS (CD & DVD) THE BROADS Dorothy Morrison: vocals Tracy Nelson: vocals Annie Sampson: vocals Angela Strehli: vocals THE PLAYERS Steve Ehrmann: bass Paul Revelli: drums Gary Vogensen: guitar Mike Emerson: keyboards SPECIAL GUEST (HONORARY BROAD) Deanna Bogart: keyboards, vocals, tenor sax (appears courtesy of Blind Pig Records) "This lively crew of Clean-Up Women called The Blues Broads are four female singers that have every single style you need to make your monkey-nerve well-satisfied for the foreseeable future. Dorothy Morrison, Tracy Nelson, Annie Sampson and Angela Strehli have been there, sung that and now come together to bring the big spirit in the sky right down to earth. Hearing is believing."- Bill Bentley, The Morton Report  Dorothy Morrison, Tracy Nelson, Annie Sampson and Angela Strehli, all highly regarded vocalists in their own rights, have join forces as The Blues Broads. Reflecting more than two centuries of collective experience in blues, country, gospel and rock, the awesome aggregation is nothing less than a roots music "super group" of the first order. The Blues Broads, the group's recording debut is a CD/DVD set, recorded live, out now from Delta Groove. Tracy Nelson's career in music dates back to the mid-1960s when she recorded an album of acoustic blues songs with Charlie Musselwhite. After moving to San Francisco, she founded Mother Earth and rose to the front ranks of the era's great female singers, sharing stages with the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and many more. She relocated to the outskirts of Nashville where she took the country music world by storm and recorded with Willie Nelson while turning out a steady stream of blues and country-rooted albums into the new century. Dorothy Morrison who rose to international renown as the lead vocalist on the Edwin Hawkins Singers hit "Oh, Happy Day," the biggest selling gospel recording of all time. A member of the singing Combs Family, she rose to prominence in East Bay church circles and has been a force in gospel since the late 1960s. There is also a significant secular side to her career as she has worked with such notable artists as Van Morrison, Boz Scaggs, Delaney & Bonnie, Rita Coolidge, Merry Clayton and even Simon & Garfunkel -- that's her voice on "Bridge Over Troubled Water." Angela Strehli had been one of Austin's most highly regarded female vocalists prior to her move to the Bay Area in the 1990s. In Austin she played a key role at Antone's, the legendary club where she was mentored and encouraged by many of the artists she booked including Muddy Waters, Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, Albert King, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Albert Collins and her love for the blues literally found a voice as she transitioned from the back office to the stage. Her collaborations with Lou Ann Barton and Marcia Ball were, in some way, a template for the Blues Broads concept. Annie Sampson is a triple threat, bringing a rock, gospel and theater background to the Blues Broads. She played one of the leads in the original San Francisco production of Hair in the late 1960s and went on to be a founder of Stoneground, the communal rock band that included Sal Valentino of the Beau Brummels in its line up as well as Cory Lerios, Steve Price and David Jenkins went go on to form Pablo Cruise. Like Dorothy, she comes from a church background, and has collaborated with a host of notables including Taj Mahal, Maria Muldaur, Journey, Eddie Money, Elvin Bishop, Johnnie Johnson, Jerry Garcia, Elvis Costello and Sammy Hagar. BOOKING: MORTY WIGGINS (Manager) Phone:             (707) 773-3170       Email: mwiggins@secondoctave.com Online: www.SecondOctave.com FESTIVALS EXCLUSIVE Phone:             (818) 907-1613       Email: booking@festivalsexclusive.com Online: www.FestivalsExclusive.com MORE INFO: ARTIST WEBSITE: www.TheBluesBroads.com "The combination of these four women has led to what is one heck of a group." - Phillip Sayblack/CBS TV "The Blues Broads were a big hit at Monterey. With a wide range of stylistic influences and a wealth of combined material to draw from as well as a very entertaining presentation the BB's really tore it up and won lots of new friends!" - Tim Jackson/Executive Producer, Monterey Jazz Festival "..great music performed by a four fine singers. Listen to it. Go see them if they come to your town. Your soul will be happy that you did." Jim White /Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "The Blues Broads were a big hit at The Edmonton Blues Festival. While we're normally a 'blues and nothin' but the blues' kind of event the Broads provided a nice change up...Gospel, hints of soulful pop ("River Deep Mountain High" had the crowd on its' feet) along with Texas, Chicago and West Coast blues made for a varied, highly entertaining show. The Broads were great to work with and gave us their all." - Cam Hayden/Executive Producer Edmonton Blues Festival "I've been listening to all of these girls for a long time and always loved them for their soulful honesty. The power of the combination is awesome, more than the sum of its parts" – Elvin Bishop

I'M BORN WITH THE BLUES - Jimmy Shirley

Jimmy Shirley was an American Jazz Guitarist. He was born in 1913 and died in 1989. He played with many famed jazz musicians, including James P. Johnson and Coleman Hawkins. A talented swing guitarist who was one of the earlier electric guitarists, Jimmy Shirley never achieved much fame (except among fellow musicians) despite his long career and obvious talents. He grew up in Cleveland, Ohio where he was taught guitar by his father. Shirley worked in Cincinnati with J. Frank Terry and Hal Draper (1934-36) and had his own group before moving to New York. Shirley was a part of the Clarence Profit Trio (1937-41), with whom he made his recording debut. After a period with Ella Fitzgerald (1942-43), Shirley played on and off with Herman Chittison (1944-54) and led his own bands in addition to working with Phil Moore and lesser-known names. He started doubling on electric bass in the early 1960's including with Buddy Tate (1967). Shirley, who recorded with Sidney DeParis (1944), Johnny Guarnieri (1975) and Stephane Grappelli (1978) among others, recorded a single number ("Jimmy's Blues") as a leader for Blue Note (1945) and headed just one album, a quartet set for Black & Blue in 1975. If you support live Blues acts, up and coming Blues talents and want to learn more about Blues news and Fathers of the Blues, -  ”LIKE” ---Bman’s Blues Report--- Facebook Page! I’m looking for great talent and trying to grow the audience for your favorite band!

Everything Is Wrong - Sidney Maiden

Born in Mansfield, LA in 1923, singer and harmonica blower Sidney Maiden made his mark on the blues with the classic "Eclipse of the Sun." In the '40s, Maiden moved to California where he first met guitarist K.C. Douglas. They bonded immediately since they both had a purist attitude towards rural blues and didn't compromise that style of playing once they left the south. They played clubs on the West Coast, and recorded "Eclipse of the Sun" in 1948 for the Down Town label run by Bob Geddins. It would be the first and only hit for Maiden. Four years later a session was recorded for Imperial with the Blues Blowers (including Douglas), followed in 1953 by "Hurry Hurry Baby" for the Flash label. In 1961 Maiden participated in a recording session, set up by Arhoolie Records boss Chris Strachwitz, reuniting him with Douglas for Trouble an' Blues released on Bluesville. Since then Maiden has performed sporadically in the Fresno area in both solo and group situations. If you support live Blues acts, up and coming Blues talents and want to learn more about Blues news and Fathers of the Blues, -  ”LIKE” ---Bman’s Blues Report--- Facebook Page! I’m looking for great talent and trying to grow the audience for your favorite band!

Frank Bey

Frank Bey is a blues singer who grew up in Millen, Georgia, son of gospel singer Maggie Jordan. Frank toured with the Otis Redding Review in the 60's and later with Archie Jenkins & The Incredible Saxons. He rejoined the music business in 1996. He has been performing in the Philadelphia and New Jersey area ever since. His performances include yearly appearances at the Cape May Jazz Festival. His debut CD, which premiered in 1998 was entitled "Steppin' Out". In 2000, he released a single "I Wanna See You Soon." Frank Bey's latest CD released September 2007 is 'Blues in the Pocket." The CD was produced by Kevin Frieson and Jeff Monjack who also provided the original compositions. It was released by jeffhouse records. Frank's current band includes Joe Blong on bass, Joe Novak on guitar, Thomas Jefferson (TJ) on drums, Sam Reed of tenor sax, Kenny Taylor on trumpet, and Bill Levinson on keyboards. If you support live Blues acts, up and coming Blues talents and want to learn more about Blues news and Fathers of the Blues, -  ”LIKE” ---Bman’s Blues Report--- Facebook Page! I’m looking for great talent and trying to grow the audience for your favorite band!

Soulbilly Music Group artists: Stevie DuPree & The Delta Flyers - Dr. Dupree's Love Shop - New Release Review

I just received the new release, Dr. Dupree's Love Shop from Stevie Dupree & The Delta Flyers. This is a different type of recording than I typically get and it features some very special guests in Marcia Ball, Derek O'Brien, Alice Stewart and Lisa Tingle. This should hit the streets on December 18 (2012). The recording opens with a familiar CCR riff on Broke Up but takes a decidedly more country rocker direction. First Dance still has a taste of country style but a decidedly blues swing featuring Ball on Piano. Kaz Kazanoff and the Texas Horns John Mills and Al Gomez) step up their presence on this track and Kaz takes a super solo midway through the track leading into a sweet Marcia Ball lead. Stewart and Tingle share the vocal lead on Dr. DuPree's Love Shop and the vocals are really well matched. This track is primarily a horn based track and DuPree adds some spoken lyrics giving the track a bit of that Bishop edge. St. Paul's Bottoms is a more traditional blues track with Kazanoff on harp, Travis Stephenson with solid guitar rhythm and tasty riffs. The bottom is held tight by Quentin "Q" Calva on bass and Steve Bundrick on drums. My Angel of Mercy is a ballad based blues track featuring DuPree on solid vocals. Soulbilly Music has a Robert Johnson base with a modern country rock dash and a twist of funky soul. This is actually a pretty cool track. Stephenson takes a nice guitar break on this track and squeezes some nice tone from his box. Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog opens with a blazing slide riff and sets the table for the fastest pace track so far. This is a clever tune and Stephenson lays down some really tasty slide work. possibly my favorite track on the release. It's my life is a straight up boogie and DuPree lays his vocals right square in the groove. Mick Connelly adds some really key Hammond on this track. The Witness Tree is a strong soul style track with the gospel style piano and horns reinforcing the melody. Kaz lays down some serious rubber on sax on this track. Kaz leads off That Ol' Mule on harp. This is a Latin rhythm track and one that is sure to get the crowd to the floor. Lucky Seven opens with twin lead guitars and rips out of the gate like a horse on fire. Overall the track is fairly stripped down with vocal and accelerant. This is a pretty nice track with clever guitar riffs and a cool hook. A Hard Act To Follow is a R&B style track with horns and organ. DuPree's vocals on this track are particularly effective on this particular track as is Connelly's keyboard work. Once agan I will mention that the bass work of Q and the drumming of Bundrick nicely balance the guitar riffs of Stephenson.

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 This track is not from the new release but is a good representation of the band's general sound.

Second Line - Kid Sheik, Brother Cornbread

A huge hunk of cornbread would not have been more welcome during the potato famine than it is as a nickname in the career of New Orleans jazz reed player and vocalist Joe "Cornbread" Thomas. Thanks to the appetizing moniker this superior player -- who kept busy with trad jazz up through his senior years -- has more than a tasty chance of being told apart from the Joe Thomas that played trumpet, the Kansas City jazz saxophonist who took over the Jimmie Lunceford band, or the funky flute player whose recording named Plato's Retreat was a hit. The New Orleans Thomas is the elder statesman of all these name-alikes, having a bit less than a decade of a head's start over either the trumpeter or the Kansas City jazz Thomas, both of whom were born in 1909. Jelly Roll Morton was among the earliest of bandleaders to put the cornbread in the musical oven, so to speak; at any rate, the Morton discography represents a body of work involving Thomas that has managed to remain in print for listener perusal. Early Thomas can also be sampled on a New Orleans jazz compilation titled Prelude to the Revival, Vol. 1. Thomas did extremely well through the '60s and '70s in various New Orleans revival outfits, some of them fronted by European and Scandinavian players. Teaming up with the entertaining Kid Sheik Cola, the reedman was also billed as Brother Cornbread during this period, a name that sounds something like a movie that would star Bill Cosby and Harry Belafonte, nonetheless effectively documented on a series of live recordings released by the dedicated Jazz Crusade imprint. Thomas was a superb soloist in his later years, often given special billing as in Barry Martyn's Living Legends Band Featuring Joe "Cornbread" Thomas. He also performed and recorded with Peter Nissen's New Orleans Jazz Band. ~ Eugene Chadbourne, Rovi If you support live Blues acts, up and coming Blues talents and want to learn more about Blues news and Fathers of the Blues, Like ---Bman’s Blues Report--- Facebook Page! I’m looking for great talent and trying to grow the audience for your favorites band! -  ”LIKE”

Sweet Patootie - Doug Suggs

Regarding Doug Suggs (b Dec 3, 1894) “… one of the most exhilarating discs of 50s blues piano you'll ever hear.” Kenneth Bays Blues Revue November 2003 “First released in 1957 on Tone Records, this small trove of St. Louis and Chicago boogie-woogie and blues piano stomped by house rent party favorites Speckled Red, James “The Bat” Robinson and Doug Suggs is now supplemented with rescued-from-cold storage performances highlighting the gifted 10 fingers of New Orleans eclectic Billie Pierce and Suggs again. Suggs also talks about comrades Jimmy Yancey and Albert Ammons on the interview track.” If you support live Blues acts, up and coming Blues talents and want to learn more about Blues news and Fathers of the Blues, Like ---Bman’s Blues Report--- Facebook Page! I’m looking for great talent and trying to grow the audience for your favorites band! -  ”LIKE”

He Loves You & Me - Delois Barrett Campbell

The Barrett Sisters are an American award-winning gospel trio from Chicago, Illinois. The trio consisted of sisters DeLois Barrett Campbell, Billie Barrett GreenBey and Rodessa Barrett Porter. They have been singing together for more than 40 years. The Barrett Sisters grew up in poverty in Chicago, Illinois. They had seven siblings. Four of their siblings died from tuberculosis.[1] They were raised by strict spiritual parents. They were not allowed to listen to blues music. In 1930s, the three sisters began singing gospel with their cousin, and their vocal coach was their aunt Mattie Dacus. Like many of their cohorts, they thought that the only hope for a music career; they would have to enter into the secular world. But The Barrett Sisters knew that would deeply hurt their parents, who believed that secular music had no place in the lives of the saved. In the mid-1960s, the sisters regrouped to record their first album on the Savoy Records, "Jesus Loves Me," on which they recorded Sam Cooke's "Wonderful". They followed with "I'll Fly Away" and "Carry Me Back" where they were joined with Roberta Martin on "I Hear God". Ms. Martin sang lead on the title track. Since then, The Barrett Sisters have become one of the world famous female gospel groups. They have performed at countless churches and in many respected concert halls including the Lincoln Center in NYC, Constitution Hall in Washington, DC, Orchestra Hall in Chicago, and Theatre-DeVille in Paris, France. The Barrett Sisters have toured internationally over thirty times. In the 70's they recorded two albums for Nashboro's subsidiary label Creed: "God So Loved The World" and "Coming Again So Soon". Ms. Campbell followed with a solo album also on Creed called "Through It All". The Barrett Sisters made their first appearance on radio and television in the 1960s. They have appeared on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson," "The Oprah Winfrey Show,""Bobby Jones Show," "Living the Dream," a television tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, PBS special "Going Home to Gospel with Patti LaBelle," along with Gospel Queen Albertina Walker, and the "PTL Club." They've been featured several times on the locally produced Emmy Award winning "Jubilee Showcase." They have appeared on The Stellar Awards, which included accepting 2009 Walgreens' Ambassador Bobby Jones Legend Award. In 1982, The Barrett Sisters were featured in the critically acclaimed documentary "Say Amen, Somebody," which features Willie Mae Ford Smith, Sallie Martin, Thomas A. Dorsey, The O'Neal Twins, and Zella Jackson Price. They were also featured on the soundtrack The eldest Barrett sister, Delois Barrett Campbell (March 12, 1926 – August 2, 2011), began her career as the lead singer of the world famous Roberta Martin Singers while still in high school. As a member of Roberta Martin Singers, DeLois traveled around the United States and the world singing for the Lord, but she soon placed her career on hold to started her family. DeLois became a mother and a pastor's wife. If you support live Blues acts, up and coming Blues talents and want to learn more about Blues news and Fathers of the Blues, Like ---Bman’s Blues Report--- Facebook Page! I’m looking for great talent and trying to grow the audience for your favorites band! -  ”LIKE”

Happy Bachelor - Mercy Dee

Mercy Dee Walton (August 3, 1915 – December 2, 1962) was an American jump blues pianist, singer and songwriter, whose compositions ran the gamut from lowdown blues to jumping R&B numbers. According to journalist Tony Russell in his book The Blues - From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray, "Walton created a series of memorable blues about the unattractiveness of rural life, sardonically aimed at the black migrant workers in southern California who constituted his typical audience". Born in Waco, Texas, United States, he moved to California just before World War II. He started playing piano at age 13 and learned his style from many of the ten-cent party house pianists that played out in the country on weekends. To make ends meet, he had to earn his living in the fields chopping cotton, picking grapes or cutting spinach. During this time, the musican who impressed Walton the most was Delois Maxey, who never had an opportunity to record. In 1949, Walton made his first record for the small record label, Spire Records in Fresno. The track was "Lonesome Cabin Blues". Shortly after that, he had a national hit on Specialty Records with "One Room Country Shack", now considered a blues standard.[4] After that success, he was able to start working as a musician full time, and he toured with the jump blues band of Big Jay McNeely. A half dozen tracks recorded for the Flair Records label in 1955, included "Come Back Maybellene," a rocking sequel to Chuck Berry's then-current hit, "Maybellene". In 1961, Arhoolie Records released an album recorded in Stockton, California entitled Mercy Dee. Featured with him was Sidney Maiden on harmonica, K. C. Douglas on electric guitar and Otis Cherry playing the drums. Walton died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Murphy, California the following year If you support live Blues acts, up and coming Blues talents and want to learn more about Blues news and Fathers of the Blues, -  ”LIKE” ---Bman’s Blues Report--- Facebook Page! I’m looking for great talent and trying to grow the audience for your favorite band!

COW COW BLUES - COW COW DAVENPORT

Charles Edward "Cow Cow" Davenport (April 23, 1894 – December 3, 1955) was an American boogie woogie piano player. He also played the organ and sang. He was born in Anniston, Alabama. Arnold Caplin, on the liner notes to the album Hot Pianos 1926-1940 reports that Davenport started playing the piano at age 12. His family objected strongly to his musical aspirations and sent him to a theological seminary, where he was expelled for playing ragtime. Davenport's career began in the 1920s when he joined Banhoof's Traveling Carnival, a medicine show. His first fame came as accompanist to blues musicians Dora Carr and Ivy Smith. He also performed with Tampa Red. He recorded for many record labels, and was a talent scout and artist for Vocalion Records. Davenport suffered a stroke in the early 1930s and lost movement in his hands. He was washing dishes when he was found by the jazz pianist Art Hodes in 1938. Hodes assisted in his rehabilitation and helped him find new recording contracts. His best-known tune was "Cow Cow Blues". In 1953, "Cow Cow Blues" was an influence on the Ahmet Ertegün-written "Mess Around" by Ray Charles' which was Charles' first step away from his Nat "King" Cole-esque style, and into the style he would employ throughout the 1950s for Atlantic Records. "Cow-Cow Boogie (Cuma-Ti-Yi-Yi-Ay)" [1943] was probably named for him, but he did not write it. It was penned by Benny Carter, Gene de Paul and Don Raye. It combined the then popular "Western song" craze (exemplified by Johnny Mercer's "I'm an Old Cowhand") with the big band / boogie-woogie fad. The track was written for the Abbott and Costello film, Ride 'Em Cowboy. Davenport claimed to have been the composer of "Mama Don't Allow It". He also said he had written the Louis Armstrong hit "I'll be Glad When You're Dead (You Rascal You)", but sold the rights and credit to others. Cow Cow Davenport, who died in 1955 in Cleveland, Ohio, of hardening of the arteries is a member of the Alabama Music Hall of Fame. Cripple Clarence Lofton called him a major influence. If you support live Blues acts, up and coming Blues talents and want to learn more about Blues news and Fathers of the Blues, -  ”LIKE” ---Bman’s Blues Report--- Facebook Page! I’m looking for great talent and trying to grow the audience for your favorite band!

Just Like Mama Said - Luther 'Guitar Junior' Johnson with Joe Berson

Luther 'Guitar Junior' Johnson guitar and vocal Joe Berson (harmonica), Brian Bisesi (guitar), Pinetop" Perkins (piano), Calvin Jones (bass) and Willie Smith (drums). Luther Johnson (born April 11, 1939, Itta Bena, Mississippi, United States) is an American Chicago blues singer and guitarist, who performs under the name Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson. Johnson moved to Chicago with his family in 1955. During the 1960s, he performed with Magic Sam. He also performed in Muddy Waters's band from 1972 to 1980. In 1980, four of his songs were included on an anthology by Alligator Records. Johnson moved to the East Coast and began fronting his own band, the Magic Rockers. His "Walkin' The Dog," was recorded live at the Montreux Festival's Blues Night. Johnson won a Grammy Award in 1985 for Best Traditional Blues Album for his part in Blues Explosion. Johnson appeared on three albums by The Nighthawks. He now lives in New Hampshire. If you support live Blues acts, up and coming Blues talents and want to learn more about Blues news and Fathers of the Blues, -  ”LIKE” ---Bman’s Blues Report--- Facebook Page! I’m looking for great talent and trying to grow the audience for your favorite band!

Baker Shop Boogie - Willie Nix - the Memphis Blues Boy

Willie Nix (August 6, 1922 — July 8, 1991) was an American Chicago blues singer and drummer, active in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, in the 1940s and 1950s. Born in Memphis, as a child he learnt to tap dance, later working as a teenager as part dancer, part comedian, with the Rabbit Foot Minstrels. This led to work in various variety shows in the 1940s, and Nix later became a part of the blues scene that grew up around Beale Street (see Memphis Blues). His musical work saw him appear on local radio with Robert Lockwood Jr., and work alongside Willie Love, Joe Willie Wilkins and Sonny Boy Williamson II, billed as the Four Aces, who toured the Deep South. Further Memphis based radio work in the mid 1940s, saw Nix appear with both B.B. King and Joe Hill Louis, and later the same decade Nix worked with the Beale Streeters. In 1951, Nix made his first recording for RPM Records in Memphis, and a year later he later recorded for Checker Records. He recorded for the Sun Records label and others in the 1950s, including the Chicago, Illinois based duo of Chance and Sabre. Nix wrote the songs "Nervous Wreck" and "Try Me One More Time", and reworked others such as Catfish Blues and Curtis Jones' Lonesome Bedroom Blues. He variously worked with Big Walter Horton, Elmore James, Johnny Shines, and Memphis Slim during his active years. By the end of the 1950s, Nix returned to Memphis, and spent a short time in prison before the 1960s started. The next twenty years saw Nix perform sporadically, and as his health declined, his behavior became more eccentric. He did not record again, although his mid 1950s work is held in high regard for his lyrical dexterity and compelling beat. Nix died in Leland, Mississippi, in 1991. If you support live Blues acts, up and coming Blues talents and want to learn more about Blues news and Fathers of the Blues, -  ”LIKE” ---Bman’s Blues Report--- Facebook Page! I’m looking for great talent and trying to grow the audience for your favorite band!

Boogie Tune - The Delta Saints

The Delta Saints are an interesting mix of delta blues, rock, and soul with a solid groove oriented rhythm section, furious harmonica lines, and a Dobro tone that will melt your soul. If you support live Blues acts, up and coming Blues talents and want to learn more about Blues news and Fathers of the Blues, -  ”LIKE” ---Bman’s Blues Report--- Facebook Page! I’m looking for great talent and trying to grow the audience for your favorite band!

Nobody's Fault But Mine - Pop Staples

Roebuck "Pops" Staples (December 28, 1914 – December 19, 2000) was an American gospel and R&B musician. A "pivotal figure in gospel in the 1960s and 70s," he was an accomplished songwriter, guitarist and singer. He was the patriarch and member of singing group The Staple Singers, which included his son Pervis and daughters Mavis, Yvonne, and Cleotha. Roebuck Staples was born on a cotton plantation near Winona, Mississippi, the youngest of 14 children. When growing up he heard, and began to play with, local blues guitarists such as Charlie Patton, who lived on the nearby Dockery Plantation, Robert Johnson, and Son House. He dropped out of school after the eighth grade, and sang with a gospel group before marrying and moving to Chicago in 1935. There he sang with the Trumpet Jubilees while working in the stockyards, in construction work, and later in a steel mill. In 1948 Roebuck and his wife Oceola Staples formed The Staple Singers to sing as a gospel group in local churches, with their children. The Staple Singers first recorded in the early 1950s for United and then the larger Vee-Jay Records, with songs including "This May Be the Last Time" (later covered by The Rolling Stones) and "Uncloudy Day". In the 1960s the Staple Singers moved to Riverside Records and later Stax Records, and began recording protest, inspirational and contemporary music, reflecting the civil rights and anti-war movements of the time. They gained a large new audience with the 1972 US # 1 hit "I'll Take You There", followed by "Respect Yourself", "If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)", and other hits. Pops Staples also recorded a blues album, Jammed Together, with fellow guitarists Albert King and Steve Cropper. In 1976, Staples also appeared in the movie documenting The Band's final concert, The Last Waltz (Released in 1978). Pops Staples shared vocals with his daughters and with Levon Helm and Rick Danko on "The Weight." After Mavis left for a solo career in the 1980s, Pops Staples began a solo career, appearing at international "blues" festivals (though steadfastly refusing to sing the blues), and tried his hand at acting. His 1992 album Peace to the Neighborhood won a Grammy nomination, and in 1995 he won a Best Contemporary Blues Album Grammy for Father, Father. In 1986, Roebuck played the role of Mr. Tucker, a voodoo witch doctor, in the Talking Heads film True Stories, during which he performed "Papa Legba". He appears as himself in the 1997 Barry Levinson film Wag the Dog, singing "Good Old Shoe" with Willie Nelson. In 1998 he received a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and in 1999 the Staple Singers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He died after suffering a concussion in a fall at his home, just a few days short of his 86th birthday. After his death, his daughters Yvonne and Mavis gave one of his guitars to country and gospel musician Marty Stuart. If you support live Blues acts, up and coming Blues talents and want to learn more about Blues news and Fathers of the Blues, -  ”LIKE” ---Bman’s Blues Report--- Facebook Page! I’m looking for great talent and trying to grow the audience for your favorite band!

Yellow Dog Blues - Joe Darensbourg and His Dixie Flyers w/ Fate Marable

Fate Marable (2 December 1890 – 16 January 1947) was a jazz pianist and bandleader. Marable was born in Paducah, Kentucky, and learned piano from his mother. At age 17, he began playing on the steam boats plying the Mississippi River. He soon became bandleader for boats on the Streckfus Line, which ran several paddlewheelers which held dances and excursions along the river from New Orleans, Louisiana to Minneapolis, Minnesota. Marable appreciated the new "jazz" sound being played by the New Orleans musicians, and the bulk of his band members were recruited from that city. Members of Marable's bands were expected to be able to play a wide variety of music, from hot numbers to light classics, both play by head and from sheet music, and above all to keep the dancers happy. Marable was a strict bandleader, demanding musical proficiency and rigid discipline from all his bandmembers, yet allowing them to develop their individual strong points. For instance, Louis Armstrong's gift for improvisation was recognised as such by Marable, and he allowed him to improvise his breaks rather than play them note for note. Marable's band served as an early musical education for many other players who would later become prominent in jazz, including Red Allen, Baby Dodds, Johnny Dodds, Pops Foster, Narvin Kimball, Al Morgan and Zutty Singleton. In addition to piano and bandleading, Marable played the boats' steam calliope, a contraption that could be heard for miles up and down the river and poured down so much water from condensing steam that Marable performed wearing a raincoat and hood. Fate Marable died of pneumonia in St. Louis, Missouri. He was 56 years old. He is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Paducah, Ky. A young George Russell, later notable for formulating the Lydian Concept, grew up listening to Marable's music. Fate was a relative of the drummer Larance Marable If you support live Blues acts, up and coming Blues talents and want to learn more about Blues news and Fathers of the Blues, -  ”LIKE” ---Bman’s Blues Report--- Facebook Page! I’m looking for great talent and trying to grow the audience for your favorite band!

Rollin' and Tumblin' - DAVID ESSIG

DAVID ESSIG was introduced to Canadian audiences in 1971 as a “talented newcomer” at the legendary Mariposa Folk Festival. Now, over 30 years later, he is considered one of Canada’s finest interpreters of original, contemporary folk music. Always paying homage to his roots in Bluegrass and Country Blues, David uses these traditions to create new songs that are both timely and timeless. His intense energy and incisive wit have made him a favourite with audiences around the world... Equally renowned as an instrumentalist and traditional performer, David is a master of the blues and slide guitar. Whether on the lap-style Weissenborn or the electric Godin guitar, his spontaneous style crosses all the borders between country, blues and the avant-garde. And with his 5/8” socket and a sound that could peel the petunias off your mother’s porcelain, he is considered one of Canada’s great slide guitarists... David's masterful songwriting is the theme of A Stone in My Pocket, the milestone double CD project released in 2004 by Pacific Music in Canada and IRD in Europe. For this album, David recorded fresh new versions of 30 of the most popular and moving songs from his 35 years of writing, including 2 new songs. He was joined on this project by renowned musicians Oliver Schroer on violin and Tobin Frank on bass. David added nearly 100 guitar parts to the original trio sessions. A Stone in My Pocket has received critical acclaim as a landmark in Canadian roots music If you support live Blues acts, up and coming Blues talents and want to learn more about Blues news and Fathers of the Blues, -  ”LIKE” ---Bman’s Blues Report--- Facebook Page! I’m looking for great talent and trying to grow the audience for your favorite band!

John The Revelator - Blues & Decker

This quartet from Asturias (Spain) called Blues & Decker offers not very orthodox blues, sophisticated moments and wacky explosions of energy in their debut album. 'Stealin' the blues' is an excellent presentation letter of a band that has a long way to go but can be proud of the current accomplishments. Blues & Decker is not the typical blues band that tries to remain faithful to a classic or traditional sound, nor just cover old and well known songs of the genre in their own way. The spirit that guides the members of the band involves taking the blues away to mix it with many styles, and that's why they decided to name their first work 'Stealin' the blues', title that wants to underline their outsider role inside the genre. Gustavo Perez (lead vocals and rhythmic guitar), Ludwig Molina (drums), Kike Cuetos (bass) and Guzman Lanza (lead guitar and vocals) got together in 2009, and after a few rehearsals they found a lot of common ground in the classic blues and all its derivative forms. Later they came out in favor of a harder sound that could be defined as blues-rock, with all the members feeling comfortable towards the chosen references. On May 2010 they recorded a demo and then played a large amount of shows at bars (the best place to enjoy their music) and festivals in Asturias with occasional trips to Galicia and Leon (Semana Negra, That's All Folks Festival, 1st Gijon Blues Festival Route A66...) After two years greasing the live machinery and composing their own songs, in 2012 Spring the band went into Magoo Studio in Oviedo to record, with Juan Martinez as the sound technician, nine songs that shape their first record. All of them have the blues as background but Blues & Decker embellish each one of the songs with little details, different chords, melodic and stylistic ornaments that result in resounding pieces which move them closer to 70's psychodelic rock (Till dawn) or funk-metal (Tomorrow); they know how to play softly too, in intimate and mellow blues-rock ballads (Blues is dead) or more sophisticated and elegant pieces (Stealin' the soul). When they decide to take a classic path (No worries) or hit the electric blues of great intensity via Chicago mixed up with bits of swing (Posology) they end up being convincing in the same way. And it goes without saying that they do a good job covering classic songs as Shame, shame, shame (Jimmy Reed) -featuring David Garcia from The Blind Lemons playing the harp- and John the revelator, the song that Son House used to sing a cappella. All of that enclosed with nice lyrics that avoid blues clichés and supported by a forceful, brilliant and aggressive sound, reflection of their live performances. 'Stealin' the blues', wrapped in a beautiful design by Diego Perez Gonzalez, is an excellent presentation letter of a band that has a long way to go but can be proud of the current accomplishments. If you support live Blues acts, up and coming Blues talents and want to learn more about Blues news and Fathers of the Blues, -  ”LIKE” ---Bman’s Blues Report--- Facebook Page! I’m looking for great talent and trying to grow the audience for your favorite band!

T-Bone Shuffle - The Grey Goose Blues Band

The Grey Goose are new kids on the blues block. Formed in 2009 they are fresh and exciting. Having said that, the boys are all experienced blues men. The Geese have made an impact in their first 18 months playing numerous blues clubs and festivals and sharing stages with current blues blues royalty such as Texan, Buddy Whittington, Brit Guitar hero Matt Schofield, Snowy White's Blues project and recently Aynsley Lister. 'Best gigs this year' says Frankie 'were, Buddy Whittington at Robin 2 Bilston and the Upton On Severn Blues Festival'. That was 2010, 2011 has seen the Geese begin to take off. Playing blues festivals in England, Wales and Scotland and the release of their debut album. They also played a live session on BBC Radio WM in July and then followed up with two appearances at the Birmingham Blues festival. The Geese have developed their own style which sits somewhere between T Bone Walker and Little Walter and they are certainly beginning to turn heads with their energy and musicianship. Key to their growing reputation is the songwriting of Frankie Williams. Whilst the Geese are happy to play a selection of blues classics at their shows, their set contains numerous self penned blues songs which sit comfortably amongst the old masters. The Geese have released their debut album in 2011, 'Beat the Devil out of me'. Available on iTunes and CD Baby. Keep your eye on the Geese, they may land near you sometime soon. If you support live Blues acts, up and coming Blues talents and want to learn more about Blues news and Fathers of the Blues, -  ”LIKE” ---Bman’s Blues Report--- Facebook Page! I’m looking for great talent and trying to grow the audience for your favorite band!

All Your Love and Lookin' Good - Magic Sam

Samuel "Magic Sam" Gene Maghett (February 14, 1937 – December 1, 1969) was an American Chicago blues musician. Maghett was born in Grenada, Mississippi, United States, and learned to play the blues from listening to records by Muddy Waters and Little Walter. After moving to Chicago at the age of nineteen, he was signed by Cobra Records and became well known as a bluesman after his first record, "All Your Love" in 1957. He was known for his distinctive tremolo-guitar playing After moving to Chicago in 1950, his guitar playing earned bookings at blues clubs in Chicago's West Side. Sam recorded for Cobra Records from 1957 to 1959, recording singles, including "All Your Love" and "Easy Baby". They did not appear on the record charts, yet they had a profound influence, far beyond Chicago's guitarists and singers. Together with recordings by Otis Rush and Buddy Guy (also Cobra artists), they made a manifesto for a new kind of blues. Around this time Sam also worked briefly with Homesick James Williamson. Sam gained a following before being drafted into the Army. Not a natural soldier, Sam deserted after a couple of weeks' service and was subsequently caught and sentenced to six months imprisonment. He was given a dishonorable discharge on release, but the experience had undermined his confidence and immediate recordings for Mel London's Chief Records lacked the purpose of their predecessors. In 1963, he gained national attention for his single "Feelin' Good (We're Gonna Boogie)". After successful touring of the US, UK, and Germany, he was signed to Delmark Records in 1967, where he recorded West Side Soul and Black Magic. He also continued performing live and toured with blues harp player Charlie Musselwhite and Sam Lay. Sam's breakthrough performance was at the Ann Arbor Blues Festival in 1969, which won him many bookings in the U.S. and Europe. His life and career was cut short when he suddenly died of a heart attack in December 1969. He was 32 years old. He was buried in the Restvale Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois. In February 1970, the Butterfield Blues Band played at a benefit concert for Magic Sam, at Fillmore West in San Francisco. Also on the bill were Mike Bloomfield, Elvin Bishop, Charlie Musselwhite, and Nick Gravenites. His guitar style, vocals, and songwriting ability have inspired and influenced many blues musicians ever since. In The Blues Brothers, Jake Blues dedicates the band's performance of "Sweet Home Chicago" to the "late, great Magic Sam". The stage name, Magic Sam, was devised by Sam's bass player and childhood friend Mack Thompson, at Sam's first recording session for Cobra, from an approximation of "Maghett Sam". The name Sam was using at the time, Good Rocking Sam, was already being used by another artist If you support live Blues acts, up and coming Blues talents and want to learn more about Blues news and Fathers of the Blues, -  ”LIKE” ---Bman’s Blues Report--- Facebook Page! I’m looking for great talent and trying to grow the audience for your favorite band!

Gregg Wright's Louisiana Winter 2012 Tour Starts This Weekend!

"KING OF THE ROCKIN' BLUES!" LOUISIANA TOUR STARTS THIS WEEKEND!  Tour Opens @ The Onezia Upscale Lounge, Gonzales Friday, November 30th! Season's Greetings friends! Thanks to everyone who came to our Jimi Hendrix 70th Birthday Celebration at the Joint this past Tuesday night. It was a really great night! Friday, November 30th, I kick off my Louisiana Winter 2012 Tour at the fantastic Onezia Upscale Lounge in Gonzales. If you ever wanted to listen to a Rockin' Blues concert in big, comfy leather chairs and sofas, generous drinks and fine cigars, then this is the place! Kyle Sonnier goes out of his way to make sure everybody has a great time in a great atmosphere. Joining me on bass is the incomparable Terry Granier and the amazing Tim Courville on drums.  The Onezia Upscale Lounge 13091 Airline Highway Gonzales, LA 70737 Showtime: 9PM Admission: $12 Tel:(225)647-2447 Website: http://www.onezialounge.com/  The Red Dragon Listening Room, Baton Rouge Saturday, December 1st! Yet, another great Baton Rouge venue for hearing live music in a comfortable, relaxed atmosphere, the Red Dragon Listening Room reminds me a lot of some of the  intimate venues you see in Europe. Bring your own booze to this one! Been looking forward to this one for a while. Opening the show will be Chris Canterbury: http://chriscanterburymusic.com/  See you there! The Red Dragon Listening Room  2401 Florida Blvd. Baton Rouge, LA 70802 Doors open: 7:30 PM Showtime: 8:00 PM Admission: The seat donation is $20/seat or an extra $10/seat for VIPs (who get choice couch seating). BYOB! *The Bear's Den, Morganza This Sunday, December 2nd! *(special afternoon show) This crowd at the Antequera Blues Festival in Spain thought it was a good idea to come out late on a Sunday afternoon into evening and get a dose of Rockin' Blues guitar. Looks they had a damned good time!Just like how we g'on do this Sunday afternoon at the Bear's Den in Morganza . . . The Bear's Den 7171 Highway 1 Morganza LA 70759 Showtime: 3:00 PM Admission: $10 Tel: (225)718-5206