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💿 ALBUM REVIEW: John Primer and Friends - Tribute To Theresa's Lounge

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John fell in love with the blues as a child when his father and an older cousin played guitar and sang at night after a hard day in the fields. His mother moved to Chicago to secure a job and support her family. She promised to bring John and his sister to the big city when they reached age 18, leaving them with family. Depressed and lonely, young Primer frequently went into the neighboring woods, where he cried his troubles away and began singing the blues in solitude. He eventually built himself a diddley bow on the side of his grandmother's house out of broom wire, two nails and a brick and began accompanying himself as he sang, eventually playing for dimes and quarters in his schoolyard. After listening to Jimmy Reed , Little Milton, B.B. King , Albert King and Muddy Waters on his grandmother's record player, his biggest dream was to play alongside Muddy Waters one day. 🎵 LISTEN & SUPPORT THE ALBUM ▶ Listen to Album Samples (Clic...

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Jiving - Cristiano Ferreira

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Cristiano Ferreira é um dos grandes expoentes do blues nacional. São quase 20 anos dedicados aos blues. Iniciou sua carreira em Porto Alegre em meados de 1995, tocando com bandas locais de blues. Não demorou muito para que passasse a integrar a banda de músicos importantes do cenário do blues gaúcho como a cantora Flora Almeida e o gaitista Andy Boy. Com Andy, gravou o disco Blue Mind (2001) agraciado com o prêmio açorianos de melhor disco de blues do ano no estado. Já com Flora, Cristiano participou do disco mala de garupa (2002) do renomado compositor gaúcho Sergio Napp, gravando uma versão para a música carreta. Além desses dois trabalhos, Cristiano também integrou a banda do gaitista catarinense Alex Rossi, gravando algumas faixas do seu disco Let Me in (2006). Sua grande experiência como músico de apoio o faz figurar entre um dos guitarristas mais requisitados para acompanhar artistas de blues internacionais em suas turnês pela região sul. Nomes como Holland K. Smith, Phil Guy, Jo...