Rollin' Blues - Deadstring Brothers

Deadstring Brothers: Country Toughs from the Motor City...... It may be a surprise to hear the country rock sounds of Detroits Deadstring Brothers coming from a city better known for loud rock and roll, but disillusionment can take many channels. Desolation, frustration and regret have always been present where great country music was played, and from its bombed-out inner city to its sterile suburbs, Detroit has its share. .... Deadstring Brothers began in fall 2003. Since then, the band has worked to develop their own take on the American Sound, drawing influences from a variety of sources. Its all in there somehow, declares Kurt, but blues and country music just feel the most natural. .... Not unlike Exile-era Stones, Deadstring Brothers deliver a menacing sound that draws equally on the melancholy of country ballads and the abandon of rock and blues. The bands music is deeply rooted in the storytelling and instrumental traditions of Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, and the American Outlaw Movement, but is also informed by the song structure and understated aggression commonly associated with Detroit bands. Their haunting melodies reveal the influence of early 70s rock icons like The Band and Gram Parsons and The Faces. Deadstring Brothers live performances have the energy of guitar rock, but sophisticated arrangements, Hammond Organ and a focus on traditional American music separate them from many of their Detroit contemporaries. .... The band has been touring steadily since the 2004 release of their eponymous debut and have shared the stage with acts ranging from Shooter Jennings, Cat Power and Jesse Sykes to Giant Sand, My Morning Jacket, Drive by Truckers and the Mekons. If you like what I’m doing, Like ---Bman’s Blues Report--- Facebook Page! I’m looking for great talent and trying to grow the audience for your favorites band! - ”LIKE”

Shawn Starski

Shawn Starski was born December 25, 1979 in Detroit Michigan, and began his musical career playing bass in the church band. From there…he was turned on to the blues by his older brother and started playing locally up and down the coast of Florida, where his family now resides.

Jason Ricci and New blood called for Shawn to hit the road, 7 years and 4 records later, Shawn was a crucial component to the original sound of the band, writing a majority of the music. Both Delta Groove records “Rocket#9,” and “Done with the Devil” did well. “Done with the Devil” was nominated for best blues/rock album of 2010. Starski also played on Kelley Hunts latest release “Gravity loves you” touring with her in support of the album. Starski tours occasionally with the Shaun Murphy band, the former female singer with Little Feat. Also, Starski tours with the Otis Taylor band.
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Maggie Bjorklund Chosen By Jack White As Bandmate, SNL Performer __FREE DOWNLOAD

The former White Stripes frontman Jack White has called upon our very own pedal steel playing, Danish singer/songwriter Maggie Bjorklund to join him on his first-ever solo headlining tour. The backing spot has thus far brought her in front of sold-out audiences in Nashville and Chattanooga, and onto the stage of Saturday Night Live. Watch the SNL performance of “Love Interruption” here:

A listing of the tour dates can be found here: (with more to be added soon).

Date	City	Venue	Country
03/12/12	Birmingham, AL	WorkPlay Soundstage	United States
Address: 500 23rd Street South. SOLD OUT.
03/13/12	Memphis, TN	New Daisy Theatre	United States
Address: 330 Beale Street. SOLD OUT.
03/15/12	Tulsa, OK	Cain’s Ballroom	United States
Address: 423 North Main Street. SOLD OUT
03/16/12	Austin, TX	TMR SXSW Showcase – The Stage	United States
05/18/12 - 05/20/12	Gulf Shores, AL	Hangout Music Fest	United States
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05/26/12	Quincy, WA	Sasquatch! at the Gorge Amphitheatre	United States
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06/23/12 - 06/24/12	London	Radio 1′s Hackney Weekend	United Kingdom
06/27/12 - 06/29/12	Niigata	Fuji Rock Festival	Japan
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06/29/12	Werchter	Rock Werchter	Belgium
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07/01/12	Belfort	Les Eurockeennes	France
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To celebrate the announcement, we are launching a second free MP3 from Maggie’s recently released Bloodshot Records debut, Coming Home. “The Anchor Song” features an all-star cast of guest contributors including vocalist Rachel Flotard, Joey Burns and John Convertino of Calexico, Barrett Martin of Screaming Trees, and others. You can download, re-post, and share the FREE track from the following link: Maggie Bjorklund "The Anchor Song"

Maggie will be joining Jack White on the road on selected dates throughout the spring and summer promoting his new record Blunderbluss, out in April via Third Man Records. In between she will also be headlining two shows in the Netherlands, supporting Laura Gibson in Belgium, and performing at Bloodshot’s official showcase at Red Eyed Fly on Saturday, 3/17 during Austin’s SXSW festival.

Following these live dates, Maggie will be returning to the studio in the US to record the follow-up album to Coming Home.

Further bio, tour, and contact information can be found below.

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Early in her career, Maggie was best known in Europe as a guitarist for The Darleens and influential group Miss B Haven. After the breakup of Miss B Haven, Maggie discovered the pedal steel and soon made trails to Nashville, where she studied with pedal steel legend, Jeff Newman, and quickly found herself immersed in the Seattle music scene lending her talents to Christy McWilson, Mark Pickerel (Screaming Trees), Giant Sand and John Doe.

After spending years perfecting her skills on the pedal steel as a supporting player, in 2011 Maggie released her beautiful solo debut Coming Home through Bloodshot Records, an album featuring Calexico (Joey Burns and John Convertino), Mark Lanegan, Jon Auer and Rachel Flotard.

"Bjorklund's playing and songwriting conjure up romanticized roadhouses and late-afternoon sunlight filtered through whiskey, smoke and windows coated with decades' worth of dust. It's enough to make you want to jump ship and join her in whatever voyage she's on." - NPR

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GM Boogie - Barry Goldberg & Harvey Mandel & Corky Siegel

Harvey Mandel (born March 11, 1945, in Detroit, Michigan, USA)[1] is an American guitarist known for his innovative approach to electric guitar playing. A professional at twenty, he played with Charlie Musselwhite, Canned Heat, The Rolling Stones, and John Mayall before starting a solo career. Mandel is one of the first rock guitarists to use two-handed fretboard tapping.
Mandel was born in Detroit, Michigan but grew up in Morton Grove, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago and his first record was the album Stand Back! Here Comes Charley Musselwhite's Southside Band in 1966 with Charlie Musselwhite. Described in 1997's Legends of Rock Guitar as a "legendary" album, it was influential in bridging the gap between blues and rock and roll, with Mandel's "relentless fuzztone, feedback-edged solos, and unusual syncopated phrasing."[3] He relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area, performing often at a club called The Matrix, where local favorites like Jerry Garcia or Elvin Bishop would sit in and jam. He then met up with pioneering San Francisco disc jockey and producer Abe 'Voco' Kesh (Abe Keshishian), who signed Mandel to Philips Records and produced his first solo album, Cristo Redentor in 1968. In retrospect , Cristo Redentor bears some resemblance to cuts and songs that were on Wes Montgomery's albums. Mandel recorded with Barry Goldberg on a bootleg from Cherry Records and recorded with Graham Bond. He cut two more solo LPs for Philips, Righteous (1969) and Games Guitars Play (1970), followed by three more solo albums for independent label Janus in the early '70s which include Baby Batter.
Chicago Blues Reunion - Buried Alive In The Blues (10/15/04)
- GM Boogie (Goldberg/Mandel)
* Corky Siegel : harp
* Harvey Mandel : guitar
* Barry Goldberg : keyboards
* R.Zach Wagner : rhythm gutar
* Rick Reed : bass
* Gary Mallaber : drums
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Hoochie Coochie Man - "Blind-Dog" Gatewood

"Blind-Dog" Gatewood is a native of the Motor City and has been a music teacher, instrument technician and professional musician since the age of 16. His early exposure to some of the diverse musical influences in Detroit created the framework for his extensive mastery of the blues via R&B, funk, rock, and fusion. He is an award-winning one-man act who has polished his chops in places as diverse as the Sierra Foothills, the Mojave Desert, Mississippi Delta and the streets of New Orleans. In September 2002, he took the first prize in Colorado at the Telluride Acoustic Blues competition. First place winners are honored with a performance on the main stage the following day at the Telluride Blues and Brews Festival for over seven thousand attendees. That same year he won the Kentuckiana Blues Society’s Blues Challenge out of Louisville Kentucky and represented the Society at the International Blues Challenge on Beale Street in Memphis Tennessee. In 2004 “Blind-Dog” was a Finalist for the first Annual International Acoustic Music Awards (IAMA) in the category of AMERICANA/ROOTS/AAA, for his song “TELLURIDE”. In addition, a Simi finalist in 2006 in the International Song Contest (ISC), Blues category, for his song “Monkey On My Back”. In June of 2005, "Blind-Dog" took first place in the Memphis Blues Society's Battle of the Blues solo division on Beale Street and represented them at the 22nd annual International Blues Challenge that January in Memphis. In 2006 “Blind-Dog” wins the Battle of the Blues two years in a row and represented the Memphis Blues Society at the 23rd annual International Blues Challenge, this was his third time to compete at the IBC in Memphis.
“Blind-Dog” was recently crowned “King of the Blues” at the Guitar Center Evansville IN October 2009. Truly, a one-man band, "Blind-Dog" is now based out of Uniontown,Kentucky.
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Cryin All The Time - 3TonSoul

Back in "the day"...Andy (guitar), and Mike (bass & vocals) performed together in a Detroit area Rock band called FREEDOM. At that time, Mike was a keyboard player.
Bands usually have a limited lifespan, and when the members of FREEDOM went their separate ways, Andy and Mike decided that they would someday perform together again.

During the same period, Mark (drums & vocals) lived about an hour North and played in the rock band ANTHEM. He would regularly perform in the Metro area.

As fate would have it, around 2005, Mark went with his fiance to see her brother-in-law (Mike) play keyboards at a Detroit area show. Mark and Mike hit it off, and a short time later, Mike asked Andy and Mark if they'd like to "get together and jam......but nothing serious". Mike would play bass.
It only took a few songs before they realized that there was something special happening.

Since that day the band has evolved into something VERY serious, indeed. They have a passion for performance as well as songwriting. Their shows are powerful and spontaneous, and audiences love the intensity.
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Talkin My Baby Down - Randy Scott

Randy was born and raised in blue collar Detroit, Michigan – Motown, a city steeped in a rich musical tradition. Randy was surrounded by rhythm and music from an early age. His mother played piano in the Pentecostal church which always had lively music. His father was a hardworking Ford Motor factory man who just happened to love the “blues.” “As far back as I could remember, he’d come home from work and spin those records,” Scott recalled. They would listen to the music of legends like Charlie Patton, B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Ray Charles and Big Mama Thornton.

Randy started playing guitar around 11 or 12. He started to get serious when he attended the Guitar Institute (G.I.T.) and poured his soul into music. After struggles and frustration with the music business he stopped playing completely and sold every guitar he had. Nine years later he wandered into a Guitar Center. A store manager heard Randy riffing on a guitar and suggested he enter into the King of the Blues competition, the nationwide search for the next great undiscovered blues guitar player. On a fluke he entered and ended up advancing beyond thousands of other guitarists to be named winner of Guitar Center’s 4th annual King of the Blues.

Now, Blues/rock guitarist Randy Scott has stormed back to the music scene with a fiery style and virtuosity seldom seen before. Scott has fast become the new guitar gunslinger from out of nowhere onto the pages of Guitar World Magazine. “Extremely Tasteful” says Brad Tolinkski, Editor-in-Chief of Guitar World Magazine. “Randy Scott put on a tremendous performance—one that we’ll remember for years to come. He definitively earned the title of King of the Blues.” Dustin Hinz, Director of Music and Entertainment Marketing for Guitar Center.

Randy is now endorsed by Gibson, Egnater, Ernie Ball, Roland/Boss and Xotic Effects. Randy is now working on his debut album and instructional DVD to be released in spring 2011 with supporting tour!
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Caldonia - Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson

Frank Isaac Robinson (born 28 December 1938), known in his early career as a musician as Sugar Chile Robinson, is an American blues and boogie-woogie pianist, singer, and later psychologist, whose career began as a child prodigy.

Robinson was born in Detroit, Michigan. At an early age he showed unusual gifts singing the blues and accompanying himself on the piano. He won a talent show at the Paradise Theatre in Detroit at the age of three, and in 1945 played guest spots at the theater with Lionel Hampton, who was prevented by child protection legislation from taking him on tour with him. However, he performed on radio with Hampton and Harry "The Hipster" Gibson, and also appeared as himself in the Hollywood film No Leave, No Love, starring Van Johnson and Keenan Wynn. In 1946, he played for President Harry S. Truman at the White House, shouting out "How'm I Doin', Mr President?" - which became his catchphrase - during his performance of "Caldonia". He began touring major theaters, setting box office records in Detroit and California. In 1949 he was given special permission to join the American Federation of Musicians and record, his first releases on Capitol Records, "Numbers Boogie" and "Caldonia", both reaching the Billboard R&B chart. In 1950, he toured and appeared on television with Count Basie, and appeared in a short film 'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet. The following year, he toured the UK, appearing at the London Palladium. He stopped recording in 1952, later explaining:

"I wanted to go to school... I wanted some school background in me and I asked my Dad if I could stop, and I went to school because I honestly wanted my college diploma."

Until 1956 he continued to make occasional appearances as a jazz musician, billed as Frank Robinson, and performed on one occasion with Gerry Mulligan, but then gave up his musical career entirely. Continuing his academic studies, he earned a PhD in psychology from the University of Michigan. In the 1960s, he worked for WGPR-TV, and also helped set up small record labels in Detroit and opened a recording studio.

In recent years he has made a comeback as a musician with the help of the American Music Research Foundation. In 2002, he appeared at a special concert celebrating Detroit music, and in 2007 he traveled to Britain to appear at a rock and roll weekend festival.

Brush With The Blues - Broken Arrow Blues Band

Got to love a band from Detroit playing Jeff Beck and calling it blues... my kind of band. I'm working on getting a bio and more info. In the mean time ENJOY!

Detroit Style Electric Blues & Boogie Band that has come together in years out of a group of 4 stellar Musicians from the South Eastern part of Michigan.
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Love Is A Serious Business/Wang Dang Doodle - Artie Stix Chavez with BB Queen

Hearon recording artist BB Queen received the 2008 Jus' Blues Award for the Best Female Blues Artist. BB Queen is "pure excitement", with skills to keep any audience mesmerized. Her authentic vocal styling compliment her intense and emotional guitar playing. BB Queen can Render a note that is sweet as honey one moment, yet strike one hot as fire the next instant. From Detroit Mi. BB Queen is no stranger on stage, known worldwide as a crowd pleaser. With an uncanny knack of making the audience part of her performance. When BB Queen hits the stage: The temperature rises, the heart beats faster, the atmosphere says something amazing is about to happen, fresh and new. You begin to get ready, hold onto your seat, you don’t want to miss a beat ,because after going on a musical adventure with BB Queen you'll never be the same. Television and Movie Credits: BB hones her acting skills by appearing in "Across Hastings Street" BET Special with Norman Thrasher The Working Women Special Celebrity Judge on "You Can Be A Star" Canadian Television Series Several appearances "The Jenny Jones Show" Venues: BB Kings Blues Clubs Lincoln Park-Carnegie Hall Hollywood Park Casino Motor City Casino Greektown Casino Monarch Theatre House of Blues Sober Fest Buddy Guys Legends-Birthday Bash Sisters of Royalty Tour Red, White and Blues Fest Delta Blues Fest The Anti Freeze Blues Festival Hart Plaza Afro American Festival Boro Blues Fest KoKo Taylors Celebrity Club 22 City Tour - Italy
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Seasick Steve signs record deal with Third Man - Jack White

Here's a video featuring Seasick Steve and Jack White playing in a parking lot without backup. This is a pretty cool video if you like it rough and dirty!

Enjoy!
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Cadillac Walk- Cub Koda

Michael "Cub" Koda (October 1, 1948 - July 1, 2000) was a rock and roll singer, guitarist, songwriter, disc jockey, music critic, and record compiler. Rolling Stone magazine felt that Koda was best known for writing the song "Smokin' in the Boys' Room", which reached #3 on the 1974 Billboard charts as performed by Brownsville Station, and was later covered by Mötley Crüe. He co-wrote and edited the All Music Guide to the Blues and Blues for Dummies and put together the CD of blues classics accompanying the latter title, personally selecting versions of each song that appeared on it. He also contributed liner notes for the Trashmen, Jimmy Reed, J. B. Hutto, The Kingsmen, and the Miller Sisters

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Drown In My Own Tears - Bettye LaVette

Bettye LaVette (born Betty Haskins on January 29, 1946) is an American soul singer-songwriter who made her first record at sixteen, but achieved only intermittent fame until 2005, with her album, I've Got My Own Hell to Raise. Her eclectic musical style combines elements of soul, blues, rock and roll, funk, gospel, and country music.

Baby Please Don't Go- Ted Nugent

Theodore Anthony "Ted" Nugent (pronounced /˙tɛd nu˙dʒɪnt/; born December 13, 1948) is an American guitarist, musician, vocalist, and activist. From Detroit, Michigan, he originally gained fame as the lead guitarist of The Amboy Dukes, before embarking on a lengthy solo career.
His first edition of The Amboy Dukes played at The Cellar, a teen dance club outside of Chicago in Arlington Heights, Illinois, starting in late 1965, while Nugent was a student at St. Viator High School. The Cellar's "house band" at the time had been the Shadows of Knight, although the Amboy Dukes eventually became a staple until the club's closing.

The Amboy Dukes' second single was "Journey to the Center of the Mind", which featured lyrics written by the Dukes' second guitarist Steve Farmer. Nugent, an ardent anti-drug campaigner, has always claimed that he had no idea that this song was about drug use. The Amboy Dukes (1967), Journey to the Center of the Mind (1968) and Migration (1969) — all recorded on the Mainstream label — sold moderately well. On April 4, 1968, Nugent along with a group of musicians paid tribute to Martin Luther King by having a folk, rock and blues jam session. Joni Mitchell played first, followed by Buddy Guy and Jimi Hendrix. Other musicians who participated were BB King and Al Kooper.

After settling down on a ranch in Michigan in 1973, Nugent signed a record deal with Frank Zappa's DiscReet Records label and recorded Call of the Wild. The following year, Tooth Fang & Claw (which contained the song "Great White Buffalo") established a fan base for Nugent and the other Amboy Dukes. Personnel changes nearly wrecked the band, which became known as Ted Nugent & the Amboy Dukes. Nugent reunited with the other members of the Amboy Dukes at the 2009 Detroit Music Awards, which took place April 17, 2009. The psychedelic band received a distinguished achievement honor at the event. The Dukes also played together at the ceremony, marking their first public performance in more than 30 years.

Maggot Brain - Funkadelic

Ok. Now how could a band with the name of Funkadelic possibly play the blues? Ask the 50 or so (at least) bands who have copied it and played it in their sets. Gov't Mule is playing it now. Anyone not think they play the blues? I bring you Funkadelic!

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