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Monday, March 26, 2012
The Blue Wednesday Jam w/ Gregg Wright @ Maverick's Flat!
New Release: They Call Me The Professor - Professor Harp
I just received the new release from Professor Harp, They Call Me The Professor, and I really like it. The title track, They Call Me The Professor has that unmistakable Texas lope and has really great harp tones throughout. The Professor has a great blues voice as well. Track two, Texago at Doyle's is a screamin harp instrumental that really cooks. Next up is Marty Robbin's Sugaree. The Professor takes the lead on vocals and there is a real solid guitar solo to keep the barrelhouse style blues crankin. Of course there is a harp solo... and I gotta say the guy can play. Fightin' The Battle is a cool soul tune which is a great number for this lineup with an interesting keys solo by Keith Munslow. It also shows that the Professor can carry the vocal duties with ease. What You Do To Me features Glen Hardy on boogie piano and the Professor delivering a great rendition of the Del Gordon track. There is also a sweet bari sax solo on this track by Doug James that I must comment is really in the groove. Wild Weekend has a 60's vibe but it a harp driven track with a cool guitar riff by Tom Ferraro and demonstrating the bands versatility. Sly Black Fox is a nice slow Texas blues with a great dragging lope and the Professor take the opportunity to blow it out. My Life: An Exercise In Blues is a slow blues with smokin' slide work by Steady Rollin Bob Margolin. The Professor continues to demonstrate his vocal and harp consistency keeping the sound of each song fresh. Both Bob and the Professor get the chance to demonstrate their own individual prowess on their instruments. It Just Comes Natural is a jazzy little tune along the lines of Gatemouth or Louis Jordan. The band demonstrates throughout that they are tight and ready for just about anything. The final track on this cd, Eine Fur Herr Schmidt is a nice slow number featuring the Professor on Chromatic harp.
I gotta say that although this cd sounds like it was recorded 50 years or more ago because of it's authenticity, it sounds fresh and new. I highly recommend it for anyone who loves the beginnings of the electric blues. This recording is topps!
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SEVERN RECORDS SIGNS BLUES GUITARIST BRYAN LEE AND SOUL/BLUES SINGER URSULA RICKS
NEW CDS ON BOTH IN PRODUCTION AT SEVERN STUDIOS FOR RELEASE LATER THIS YEAR
ANNAPOLIS, MD – David Earl, president of Severn Records, has announced the signing of New Orleans-based blues guitarist/singer Bryan Lee and Baltimore-based soul and blues singer Ursula Ricks to the label. Both artists are recording albums at Severn’s new state-of-the-art studios in Annapolis for release later this year. Severn Records is distributed in the U.S. by City Hall Records.
Although raised in a small Wisconsin town near the shores of Lake Michigan, Bryan Lee has been a New Orleans resident since 1982, so much so that he’s been called a “New Orleans Blues Institution;” and is also known as the “Braille Blues Daddy,” dubbed so because he’s been blind since the age of eight. Eric Clapton called Bryan Lee “one of the best bluesmen I have ever heard.” He's played the prestigious New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival over 25 years and his new Severn CD will be his debut for an American label, with previous albums appearing on the Canadian imprint, Justin Time.
Bryan Lee’s new album was produced by Kevin Anker, David Earl and Steve Gomes, with Lee backed by the illustrious Severn House Band of Kevin Anker (keyboards), Steve Gomes (bass), Johnny Moeller (guitar) and Robb Stupka (drums). The new disc is a mix of originals and covers of Bobby Womack’s “When Love Begins Friendship Ends,” Howlin Wolf’s “Evil” (with a guest harmonica performance by Kim Wilson) and a beautiful rendition of the George Jackson classic, “Aretha Play One for Me.”
“We are thrilled to have Bryan Lee as part of the Severn family of artists,” said David Earl. “He is a consummate professional and has had a long recording career. The process of recording this album has opened new musical doors for Bryan and Severn. We look forward to working with him for a long time.”
Growing up, Lee listened to clear channel station WLAC in Nashville and became enamored with the sound of the blues he heard on the radio. By the time he was 15, Lee was playing guitar in a variety of rock and blues-rock bands, and in his late teens he befriended legendary guitar slinger Luther Allison. In 1981, Lee and his band opened for Muddy Waters at Summerfest in Milwaukee, and he got a chance to talk with his hero backstage. After Lee told Muddy how honored he was to be opening for such a legend, Waters told the youngster, “Bryan, stay with this. One day you’re going to be a living legend.” Those words of encouragement have become an inspiration to Bryan Lee throughout his career.
Bryan Lee’s recognition in the Crescent City began in 1982 with a long residency at the Old Absinthe House in the French Quarter. One of the formative blues guitarists who caught his act was a young Kenny Wayne Shepherd, whose time sitting in with Lee’s band proved to be a revelatory experience for him. Many years later, Shepherd would return the favor by including Lee in his documentary, 10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads.
Lee, whose New Orleans studio became a victim of Hurricane Katrina’s wrath, was later nominated for a Blues Music Award for his Katrina Was Her Name CD. For more on Bryan, visit http://www.braillebluesdaddy.com/.
For Baltimore’s own Ursula Ricks, this Severn Records release will be her debut album. Ursula’s new CD was also produced by the Severn team of Kevin Anker, David Earl and Steve Gomes and features her bluesy, soulful vocals backed by Kevin Anker (keyboards), Steve Gomes (bass), Johnny Moeller (guitar) and Robb Stupka (drums). Kim Wilson is a special guest, adding his harmonica talents on the original track, “Tobacco Road.”
Ursula Ricks’ new album includes eight original songs, as well as her unique interpretations of songs by Bobby Rush (”Mary Jane” - a very funky/soul version) and Curtis Mayfield’s “Just a Little Bit of Love.”
“Ursula's unique vision and vocal ability made recording her debut album a real pleasure,” said David Earl. “Like any seasoned pro, she knows what she wants to hear.
Ursula has flown under the radar for so long. We are excited that the world will finally get an opportunity to experience her incredible music.”
Ursula Ricks fell in love with the blues listening to her mom sing in the living room, and she wrote her first song at the age of 16. In her early twenties, she formed an all-female band, began writing original music and playing in local clubs. She was later introduced to and educated further in the art of blues music by the players who came into perform at a local club called the Full Moon Saloon. She called her band “Ursula Ricks Project,” for all the players she has been fortunate to share the stage with. Ursula has opened for Johnny Lang in Baltimore and even played the very first annual Baltimore Blues Festival.
She has been playing along the East Coast from New York to Florida for over 20 years and has played with some of the best artists alive.
Walking the Dog - RUFUS THOMAS
Rufus Thomas, Jr. (March 27, 1917 – December 15, 2001) was an American rhythm and blues, funk and soul singer and comedian from Memphis, Tennessee, who recorded on Sun Records in the 1950s and on Stax Records in the 1960s and 1970s. He was the father of soul singer Carla Thomas and keyboard player Marvell Thomas. A third child, Vaneese, a former French teacher, has a recording studio in upstate New York and sings for television commercials.
Born a sharecropper's son in the rural community of Cayce, Mississippi, Thomas moved to Memphis with his family at age 2. His mother was “a church woman.” Thomas made his artistic debut at the age of 6 playing a frog in a school theatrical production. Much later in life, he would impersonate all kinds of animals: screeching cats, funky chickens and penguins, and mournful dogs. By age 10, he was a tap dancer, performing in amateur productions at Memphis' Booker T. Washington High School.
He made his professional singing debut at the Elks Club on Beale Street in Memphis, filling in for another singer at the last minute. He made his first 78 rpm record in 1943 for the Star Talent label in Texas, "I'll Be a Good Boy", backed with "I'm So Worried."
He also became a long-standing on-air personality with WDIA, one of the first radio stations in the US to feature an all-black staff and programming geared toward blacks. His celebrity was such that in 1953 he recorded an "answer record" to Big Mama Thornton's hit, "Hound Dog" called "Bear Cat" released on Sun Records. Although the song was the label's first hit, a copyright-infringement suit ensued and nearly bankrupted Sam Phillips' record label. Later, Rufus was one of the African American artists released by Sam Phillips as he oriented his label more toward white audiences and signed the likes of Elvis Presley.
The prime of Rufus' recording career came in the 1960s and early 1970s, when he was on the roster of Memphis label, Stax, having one of the first hit sides at the historic soul and blues label, "Walking the Dog", (#5 R&B, #10 Pop) in 1963. Rufus is thus the first, and still the only, father to debut in the Hot 100's top 10 after his daughter debuted there. Rufus' daughter Carla also reached #10, with "Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes)" on 27 March 1961.
At Stax, Rufus recorded songs when he had something to record. He was often backed by Booker T. and the MG's or the Bar-Kays.
He died of heart failure in 2001, at the age of 84, at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis. A street is named in his honor, just off Beale Street in Memphis. He is buried next to his wife at the New Park Cemetery in Memphis.
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Everyday I Have the Blues - Hi Tide Harris
Hi Tide Harris was born either as Willie Boyd or Willie Gitry in San Francisco on March 26, 1946. He sang with doo-wop groups in his youth and in 1963 learned how to play guitar from Herbert Owens. The following year and through 1967 he toured the South playing in the bands of Johnny Taylor, Ella Thomas, Lowell Fulson, Jimmy McCracklin & Big Mama Thornton. From 1969 to 1971 he was a member of Shakey Jake's group. He toured The United States with Charlie Musselwhite in 1973, and in 1974 he was picked by John Mayall on a tour covering the U.S., Europe and Japan. (Recordings from this tour from Los Angeles have been released on a 2009 CD John Mayall:The Latest Edition). Harris composed the title song to the 1975 film "Mandingo", and provided the vocal tracks to the 1976 film "Leadbelly". Harris later relocated to Japan where he is a fixture on the Yokohama blues scene in present day.
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Sunday, March 25, 2012
NIKnSTIX - Drum Contest
From Orange County California, Nikke Blout is a drummer based out of Frankfurt, Germany and Los Angeles, California. With a musician for a father and a music-loving mother, Nikke fell in love with drumming at age seven. She gave her first drum solo to a standing ovation at age nine and got her first drum set at eleven. She continued drumming in drum corps and jazz band through high school. In the first week of college, Nikke even moved an entire drum set into her dorm room. Later, while pursuing a business career, she regularly played the Los Angeles’ music scene with Women In Blues and The Deep Happy and opened up for notable acts including Chris Isaak. In Los Angeles, Nikke worked with drum master, Carl Tassi, who taught her approaches to play more fluidly and powerfully with greater dynamics and timing. In 2009, Nikke went to Berklee College of Music in Boston and continues to study remotely with Mark Walker, Professor of Percussion at Berklee. She also keeps a close connection with such masters as Claus Hessler in Germany, and Walfredo Reyes Jr. in Los Angeles. Currently, Nikke is playing in and managing bands, including blues/rock with Richard Saratoga and the new pop/rock project, She Rocco. Nikke gives lessons to those who share the same passion for the drums. Visit her on Facebook or www.nikkeblout.com.
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Matthew Davidson News - Rock 'N' Bowl in New Orleans!
Matthew is looking forward to spending part of his Spring Break in New Orleans. He's on the lineup at the Rock 'N' Bowl on Sat., March 31st at 8:30 PM. Hope you will share this newsletter with your friends in the New Orleans area. It should be a great show for a great cause! The concert is a benefit for Blue Star Connection, which is the organization that recently donated musical instruments to Christus Sutton Children's Medical Center in Shreveport, along with many other children's hospitals.
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Hot Pants Baby - Detroit Jr.
Emery "Detroit Junior" Williams, Jr. (October 26, 1931 – August 9, 2005) was an American Chicago blues pianist, vocalist, and songwriter. He is known for songs such as "So Unhappy", "Call My Job", "If I Hadn't Been High", "Ella" and "Money Tree". His songs have been covered by Koko Taylor, Albert King and other blues artists.
Born in Haynes, Arkansas, United States, Detroit recorded his first single, "Money Tree" with the Bea & Baby label in 1960. His first full album, Chicago Urban Blues, was released in the early 1970s on the Blues on Blues label. He also has recordings on Alligator, Blue Suit, The Sirens Records, and Delmark.
Detroit Junior began his career in Detroit, Michigan, backing touring musicians such as Eddie Boyd, John Lee Hooker, and Amos Milburn. Boyd brought him to Chicago, Illinois in 1956, where he spent the next twelve years. In the early 1970s, Detroit toured and recorded with Howlin' Wolf. After the death of Wolf in 1976, Detroit returned to Chicago, where he lived and performed until his death from heart failure in 2005.
He was survived by his wife Ella, and brothers Keith and Kenneth H. Williams.
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Texas Flood - Larry Davis
Larry Davis (December 4, 1936 – April 19, 1994) was an American electric Texas blues and soul blues musician. He is best known for co-composing the song "Texas Flood", later recorded to greater commercial success by Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Born in Kansas City, Missouri and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas, Davis swapped playing the drums to learn to play the bass guitar. In the mid 1950s, Davis had a working partnership with Fenton Robinson, and following the recommendation of Bobby Bland was given a recording contract by the Duke label. Davis had three singles released, which included "Texas Flood" and "Angels in Houston". Thereafter, Davis had limited opportunity in the recording studio. He resided in St. Louis, Missouri for a while, and played bass in Albert King's group. He also learned conventional guitar at this time, as the original guitar playing on Davis's recording of "Texas Flood" was by Robinson.
Several single releases on the Virgo and Kent labels followed, but in 1972 a motorcycle accident temporarily paralyzed Davis' left side.[2] He returned a decade later with an album released by Rooster Blues, Funny Stuff, which was produced by Oliver Sain. He won four W.C. Handy Awards in 1982, yet a decade on he was known only to blues specialists. His 1987 Pulsar LP, I Ain't Beggin' Nobody, proved difficult even for blues enthusiasts to locate.
In 1992, Bullseye Blues issued another Davis offering, Sooner or Later, that highlighted his booming vocals and Albert King influenced guitar work. Fate then came calling again and Davis died of cancer in April 1994, at the age of 57
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Joe Bonamassa - Live From New York - Beacon Theatre
Joe's newest release (DVD), Live From New York - Beacon Theatre opens with him standing in a subway playing what appears to be a Martin D41 and a very nice little intro tune called 72nd Street Subway Blues. The show begins immediately with Slow Train and Joe playing at the beautiful Beacon Theatre. Again Bonamassa playing a mystery guitar, an amber burst "Bona - Byrd" which looks like a Les Paul with only a bridge pickup (humbucker) and a Les Paul Neck but with a 6 on a side Firebird headstock with Banjo Tuners. Sounds great! There is a mystery to guitars with only one pickup...don't know what it is...but I am a fan (Esquire, Firebird I, etc). Joe no longer wears his frumpy Tee shirt and jeans but continues in his wall street attire. His playing is masterful.
Rory Gallagher's Cradle Rock is up next and he don's a custom shop 59 Les Paul. It has the beautiful flamed faded butter scotch/tobacco finish that we all love so much of the older instruments...not too ostentatious... very clean. It sounds great and he also whips out the slide and gives it a whirl. Not meaning to take at all away from the sonic or video quality of the DVD which is impeccable! Bonamassa is playing through multiple amps but primarily appears to be Marshalls with Vanweeklen Twinkleland, a signature Carol Ann and a signature Catagory 5 (no Dumble this trip). When The Fire Hits The Sea is played pretty straight and using the same gear. Gary Moore's Midnight Blues is up next and Bonamassa rips out some tasty riffs paying nice tribute to Moore. Gotta give the video guy credit for making sure to give guitar heads some pretty good shots of the gear. Bonamassa's vocals have continued to improve with each release and although I liked his vocals in early tracks it certainly should help his commercial appeal. Bonamassa of course has a masterful control of his instrument and the band plays well underneath him and he just turns out clear screaming riffs for the listeners pleasure! Joe has always had great chops but they shine brightly on this track. On Dust Bowl Bonamassa pulls out his Gibson Custom Shop signature model Goldtop Les Paul with mis matched knobs, black guard and humbuckers (like the one he had as a kid) and Bigsby trem arm. I've heard these are great but I haven't played one (also not a big Bigsby fan) but whatever rocks your boat. I like that the camera work catches every detail such as the squared corners on the humbuckers which look really great. Bonamassa plays a great guitar solo to keep the fans hot and the guitar sounds great. The mix is really strong! The River is up next with Bonamassa continuing on his Goldtop but this time with slide. I doubt that it's the first time it's been thought but the rhythm track sound quite a bit like a popular British band who may have had the best drummer in rock history and certain melody lines having nods to a famous dead Strat player who revolutionized rock music (can you say Voodoo Chile).
Great drumming by Tal Bergman on Vater drums and Sabian cymbals. Every song erupts from something else and Bonamassa does a great job on this. Next Bonamassa brings on Beth Hart to sing with the band. I'll Take Care Of You, an old Brook Benton soul classic with Rick Melick who holds down the "string" section on keys. Melick plays a Hammond B3 though much of the set but subs off on electric piano. Hart's vocals and the general tone of the song bring out some beautiful soloing from Bonamassa playing a different 59 custom shop Les Paul with a more classic look and less flame. Great tones again! Next up is a Lowell Fulsom song, Sinner's Prayer which is given a totally different take by Hart and her powerful vocal style. Bonamassa grabs back to the woodpile for yet another guitar, this time a Gibson '60 ES 360T for a little slide action. Bonamassa gets great fatness from this another tobacco burst instrument (guy has good taste)!
You Better Watch Yourself sees Bonamassa back on his '59 Les Paul and the first real up tempo Texas style blues track for the set. I think that it is a great breaker and again shows how effortlessly Bonamassa rips through the fretboard without sounding like he has to play every note he knows. Steal Your Heart Away is up next and Joe puts a slightly different spin on it (still on the 59). Leonard Cohens Bird On A Wire is up next as Bonamassa slows down for a ballad. On this Joe plays a Gigliotti Telecaster (semi hollow) which are made with brass or aluminum tops. Quite a cool sled. On Down Around My Place, John Hiatt joins Joe on stage playing a J200 with what appears to be a bear claw top and figured maple back and sides...really nice. Joe plays a pretty sweet solo on the most used 59 LP and sings high harmony over Hiatt. Nice track. Hiatt sticks around for a second song, I Know A Place but this time Bonamassa takes the lead vocals on the Hiatt composition (again on the 59). Joe rips out some solid power chords and the balance continues to sound intact and creamy. Some of Joe's most creative solos occur on this track and it's nice to see him pushing himself.
I haven't mentioned it yet mostly because he just does his job well, but bassist Carmine Rojas is right on it all through the performance. He is very solid and is responsible for keeping things so tight. Rojas plays a red 5 string Xotic bass through Gallien-Krueger gear for the entire set. Blue and Evil begins the blues rock set again and again the solid drumming take the lead. Joe gets some terrific solid low tones from his alternate 59 LP and off to the races they go. Rojas plays a little more lead lines on this track as Joe backs off of the throttle a little and it makes for a nice jam. Paul Rogers (Free / Bad Company / Firm/ Soloist) joins Joe on stage for Walk In My Shadow. Paul is one of the few great vocalists to survive the 60's and retain his solid vocal capabilities. The band takes it with a more of a modified Chicago Blues style and it's a cool track. Free song Fire and Water finds the band fully fronted by Rogers who looks like he's been playing with the band for years. Of course you keep waiting for Kossof to jump out from the curtains but Bonamassa certainly can foot the bill. Rogers even plays tambourine which you rarely see any more. Mountain Time finds Bonamassa switching camps to a beautifully flamed black maple capped MusicMan baritone guitar with humbuckers for one his terrific epic intros. This of course is another ballad but it gives Rojas a great chance to show his chops and Joe plays some subdued but dramatic guitar riffs which are cool. The encore, Mose Allison's Young Man Blues, finds Bonamassa playing a ES 1275 and tearing it up pretty good. A duel turns up on stage with Joe and Rojas jamming in mid stage. They use the natural breaks in the track to emphasize the power of the band. Joe does take a short jaunt on the 12 string neck and gives the spotlight to Bergman for a few moments and he does a great job. (All of this is on disk one of a great 2 disk set!)
Disk two has all of the supplemental stuff and here it is!
This opens with one of my favorites, a Warren Haynes (Gov't Mule) tune, If Heartaches Were Nickles. Joe begins this song rather quietly and slowly builds the heat. Playing 59 LP number 2 he opens the barn door and lets out a great, wailing, soulful solo which is more feel than flare. The band uses the dynamics of a wall of sound to emphasize the emotion in the song. Next up Bonamassa pulls out an acoustic Alvarez Koa single cut and demonstrates his latin styling before breaking into Woke Up Dreaming. The guitar has a great percussive sound. The third feature on this disk is a meeting with David Crosby where they discuss alternate tunings as used on Guinevere. (Guitar looks like it is stuffed with paper towels). Another excerpt from the show is Joe telling the tail of busking the subway (the opening scene). The final "add on" is a photo slide show of Joe's trip to NYC. The DVD set comes with a 26 page full color booklet with all kinds of photos and descriptive info. This is a really entertaining video and one that will not only please current Bonamassa fans but is sure to win many many more.
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Daddy Wants You to Come Back Home - Fast Frank & The Hot Shout Blues
Franco "Fast Frank" Cersosimo has mediterranean origins but was born and grew up in Torino (in the north of Italy).
He starts playing guitar at the age of seventeen.In the second half of the nineties,he becomes student by Dario Lombardo-one of the most known and appreciated national blues musicians-and he plays in local Blues bands as Hot Wires,Blues Syndicate.
In 2000, with the Fast Frank and the Hot Shout Blues, he uses some collaborations of musicians coming from the Jazz-blues environment of the Turinese area; in 2004 he is among the selected for the Obiettivo Bluesin' of the Pistoia Blues Festival, and in the same year he begins his collaboration with the Dario Lombardo Blues Gang, the harmonica player Andrea Scagliarini. In 2007 he is among the artists at the Poggio Murella Blues Festival, and again in 2007 he shares the stage with artists as Slep, Dario Lombardo, Massimo Altieri in " The Night Of The Blues Guitars" of the Gilgamesh Blues Festival.
In 2008 he opens the Turinese concerts of the Afro-american (Chicago, Illinois) singer Delores Scott and Mud Morganfield (again from Chicago, Illinois, the son of the Blues legend Muddy Waters), Amar Sundy(2009), the great John Primer(2010),Larry Garner(2011).
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Key to the Highway - The Delta Blues Alarm
"The Delta Blues Alarm" are a duo of young guitarists not yet very experienced! Friends since the early years of the Liceo Elijah Bertolazzi and Simon Marquis to cultivate their own way a passion for the music major even if between the two very different! In 2007 Elijah receives her first guitar, an old Ferrarotti, and begins to learn!
Simo instead already owned a guitar! So that toward the end of 2007, the two find themselves and begin to jam at home for fun! At the time Simo played the electric guitar and Elijah was the percussion with the chopsticks!
In the meantime Elijah had several fortune with instruments. His Aunt gave him a classical guitar and a little later also as a friend of his sister gave him an old electric bass ! In 2009 Simo gets an old classical guitar also and the two begin to try two guitars! trying to make the cover of the blues! In October 2010, the guitarist of The Austin, Mark j Panichella them up for a contest by the band 6 "Panic Contest" with the name of "The Delta Blues Alarm"! The two then prepare two songs Key to the Highway and I Can not Hold Out! They are playing with 5 other groups of adults complete with guitar, bass and drums, but if nothing else
! Since that time, they had a name, starting to make slightly more serious recordings. Now the two continue to play looking for depth of old blues incorporating elements of their culture!
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China Blues - Oscar Klein & Philadelphia Jerry Ricks
Born in 1940th in Philadelphia Ricks was the epitome of "Rambler", wanderers, who can never stay long in one place. Toured the world promoting the authentic black blues, and according to their own narratives certainly although some of them still active. This charismatic musician, widely known for the skill to achieve intimate contact with the audience, is quite critical and even hard, he says, "totally wrong conception of blues Europeanised", today now recognizable, according to him, an artificial rock-blues.
Multiply was nominated for the famous WC Handy Award, and his rich discography includes more than twenty titles. He has several solo albums, while others created in collaboration with the Swiss-Austrian jazz trumpeter and guitarist Oscar Klein and blues performers such as John Hurt. Professional associate and adviser to a number of institutions involved in the study of blues and folk.
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She Don't Treat Me Good No More - Curley Weaver
Curley James Weaver was born to Jim Weaver and Savannah Shepard of Newton County, Georgia on March 25, 1906. He grew up on the farm of a cousin, Tom Brown, at Liviston Chapel just outside Porterdale, Georgia. He later moved with his parents to Almon, a small community on the Atlanta side of Porterdale.
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I Never Loved a Man - Aretha Franklin
Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as the Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock.
Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its "100 Greatest Singers of All Time" list, as well as the ninth greatest artist of all time. She has won 18 Grammys and received two honorary Grammys. She has 20 No.1 singles on the Billboard R&B Singles Chart and two No.1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100: "Respect" (1967) and "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (1987), a duet with George Michael. Since 1961, she has scored a total of 45 Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. Between 1967 and 1982 she had 10 No.1 R&B albums—more than any other female artist. In 1987, Franklin became the first female artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Awful Blues - Clarence Edwards
Clarence Edwards (March 25, 1933 – May 20, 1993) was an American blues musician from Louisiana, best known for his recordings of "Lonesome Bedroom Blues" and "I Want Somebody". It was not until the late 1980s that Edwards was able to establish his reputation as a blues performer, assisted by his producer and manager Stephen Coleridge
Edwards was born in Lindsay, Louisiana, one of fourteen children, and relocated with his family at the age of twelve to Baton Rouge. He joined the Boogie Beats, a local blues band, alongside one of his brothers, Cornelius, in the mid 1950s, and later played in the Bluebird Kings. Apart from playing on the local blues circuit, Edwards was shot in his leg during a fracas outside a club in Alsen.
Initially, Edwards found full time employment on a farm, but later worked for thirty years at Thomas Scrap. Dr. Harry Oster recorded Edwards between 1959 and 1961, with Cornelius, and attendant violin player Butch Cage. By 1970, when he next recorded for Mike Vernon, Edwards had moved from an older styling to a more contemporary approach. Largely unknown until the late 1980s, his localised playing quickly spilled over to the national blues festival circuit.
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One Meat Ball - Calvin Russell
He was born a few minutes after a full solar eclipse, on the dark side of the planet, as it slipped from the grasp of the shadow of the Moon. Raised behind Pete Pistol’s Wrecking Yard at the end of a dead end street, just north of Austin, Calvin Russell never left this place in his mind or his music. For the rest of us, he left it far behind. With a backdrop of roots Americana music rippling through the country, Calvin Russell re-emerges into the genre main stream, immediately recognizable as the real thing. He paid his dues in prison and in Paris, and now he has returned to his Texas Roots
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4 AM - Texas Blues - Joey Long
LONG, JOEY (1932–1995). Joey Long, blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter, was born Joseph Earl Longoria in Zwolle, Louisiana, on December 17, 1932, the son of Earlene Leone and Fred Longoria. His parents were of Italian-French and Mexican-French extraction. When Joey was very young the family moved to Merryville, Louisiana, and continued sharecropping during some of the bleakest years of the Great Depression. Along with his parents, six brothers, and one sister, Joey picked cotton, worked on the farm, and lived a hard rural life.Long made a living recording and performing in Houston-area clubs such as the Cedar Lounge. He built a solid reputation as a multitalented musician. His authentic, down-home, country blues sound, as well as his unique, flamboyant style, caught the attention of many young white artists who wanted to play the blues. Tary Owens, an Austin musician, folklorist, and record producer, believed that Long was the first non-black blues musician in Texas to play with black blues bands. Early in the 1960s, for example, Duke-Peacock recording artist Big Walter the Thunderbird invited Long to play lead guitar on a new recording since guitarist Albert Collins had left the band shortly before the scheduled recording date. Big Walter's song "Nobody Loves Me" features Long on lead guitar.
Long's involvement in the Texas music scene and his profound influence on a whole generation of Texas musicians is not widely recognized outside of the Houston area. Nevertheless, his playing style had a huge impact on musicians such as Johnny Winter and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top. John Turner, who has also played with Winter, described Long as the "godfather" of all white blues guitar players from Texas.
A mild stroke in the mid-1980s slowed Long down only slightly. Barbarella indicated that her husband refused to stop playing and would not follow the doctor's orders for medications and rest. The lifestyle typical of many musicians––late hours, alcohol, and drugs––no doubt contributed to Long's sudden death from a heart attack and brain hemorrhage on March 22, 1995. He was buried in Houston and survived by his wife and three children.
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Texas Blues - Arnett Cobb
Arnett Cobb (August 10, 1918 – March 24, 1989) was an American tenor saxophonist.
Cobb was born Arnette Cleophus Cobbs in Houston, Texas. His musical career began with the local bands of Chester Boone, from 1934 to 1936, and Milt Larkin, from 1936 to 1942 (which included a period on the West Coast with Floyd Ray). Among his bandmates in the Larkin aggregation were Illinois Jacquet, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Tom Archia, Cedric Haywood, and Wild Bill Davis. He replaced Illinois Jacquet in Lionel Hampton's band in 1942, staying with Hampton until 1947. He is credited with the words and music for the jazz standard "Smooth Sailing", 1951. Ella Fitzgerald recorded this for Decca and it can be heard on her album, Lullabies of Birdland.
Cobb then started his own seven-piece band, but suffered a serious illness in 1950, which necessitated spinal surgery. Although he re-formed the band on his recovery, in 1956 its success was again interrupted, this time by a car crash. This had long term effects on his health, involving periods in hospital, and making him permanently reliant on crutches; nevertheless, Cobb worked as a soloist through the 1970s and 1980s in the U.S. and Europe.
He died in his hometown in March 1989, at the age of 70
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Saturday, March 24, 2012
BRING IT ON HOME TO ME/ BACKDOOR MAN - Grandpa Elliott and Stony B.
Now this is entertainment...compliments of my friend Herman!
Grandpa has been a New Orleans street icon for decades. His music and comforting presence have touched countless hearts throughout the years. When you think of the French Quarter you think of Grandpa. Many locals and frequent visitors to the Quarter consider Grandpa the saving grace and passionate force behind the revitalization of the city since Hurricane Katrina. His voice reminds us all that music can help the soul persevere through many hardships.
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You Shook Me / Walkin Cane - KAL DAVID & JIMMY VIVINO
There is an old saying: You are only as good as your last gig. This one is certified fresh, organic, delicious, recorded March 12, 2012.
You are forewarned: These guys are Registered Guitar Molesters!
Ladies & Gentleman, it is w/ great pleasure that I can present for you, thanks to Cadillac Zack, this outrageous nuclear chain reaction of Blues from masters:
KAL DAVID (guitar, vocals)
JIMMY VIVINO (guitar)
JAMES WORMWORTH (drums)
SCOTT HEALY (Hammond B3)
RICK REED (bass)
Give yourself room to boogie & dance, this is gonna rock you. Please forgive my camera work, but Kal will tell ya himself, "You shook me, baby!". I did, sorry. Hahaha! lol
Thanks to Kal & Jimmy for permission to record & post.
All thanks to Cadillac Zack, whose Monday Blues Party & Jam is a good reason to be alive. He's killin' us each week w/ these monsters he pulls outta his hat. Best promoter, awesome player/singer himself! Check out the other vid I posted "CADILLAC ZACK - Bluesman".
If you ain't been to The Maui Sugar Mill Saloon in Tarzana, CA on Mondays, you ain't been nowhere. At least you're here, paullongball will take you there.
Find out what's shakin' with Kal at http://www.kaldavid.com
I own every record he's ever made. You can get yours there, too. Make sure you get Miss Lauri Bono's CDs, too. You lucky east coasters will get the chance to see them perform together, they're flying out today! Near Connecticut, Rhode Island, or Boston? Don't miss them live! Details at www.kaldavid.com
Jimmy Vivino can be found at Molly Malones in Hollywood every Tuesday, and is on TV every night on the Conan O'Brian show.My thanks & love to everybody, I'm still basking in the sweet brilliance, delited to immortalize this beautiful summit for all time, share it with the world. Bravo, les gars, standing ovation!!!
(of course you'll leave a nice comment for the guys, won't you, please? Thank you! Bonus points for sharing!)
Happy Birthday, Gayle, Andi, Lance, Victoria, Shai, Little Dan, & Kevin!
(c)March 12, 2012 Paul L. Cooper
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5 of the Coolest Home Built Guitars I've seen recently
As you know I'm always looking at unique string instruments. A while back I did an entire series on the cigar box guitars. These are some really cool ideas!
Aluminium was from a large window frame. Bridge and nut made from aluminium bar. Tailpiece also from window frame with DiMarzio humbucker.
CyberFeral interviewed by Australian Guitar Magazine at Brisbane Guitar and Amp Show
A rough demo to show you my hand built ratrod guitar. I used a cheap strat copy as the donor guitar and clad it in flattened out food cans and brass plate. Tuned to open G it makes a great slide guitar.
Road Warrior acoustic gas can guitar
The Original Dobro Washtub Bass
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Aluminium was from a large window frame. Bridge and nut made from aluminium bar. Tailpiece also from window frame with DiMarzio humbucker.
CyberFeral interviewed by Australian Guitar Magazine at Brisbane Guitar and Amp Show
A rough demo to show you my hand built ratrod guitar. I used a cheap strat copy as the donor guitar and clad it in flattened out food cans and brass plate. Tuned to open G it makes a great slide guitar.
Road Warrior acoustic gas can guitar
The Original Dobro Washtub Bass
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Bye Bye baby - Chuck Berry and T Bone Walker
So much great footage continues to surface...here with Chuck Berry and the Aces featuring TBone Walker.
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Boogie The Joint - Hubert Robinson
Hubert Robinson had a two-year span as a blues vocalist on the Houston recording scene. His first record was released on Eddie's in 1949 under the name of Hubert Roberson and Orchestra. He moved to the Macy's label the next year and cut several sides for the label (two were unissued) up until the early part of 1951. His last record was waxed for the Jade label under the name Hubert Robinson and his Yardbirds. (Nope, not to be confused with the 1960's British Invasion group). In case you're wondering what exactly Hubert was answering to, please see the video on my channel of "Wintertime Blues" by Lester Williams, recorded in 1949. Robinson disappeared from the Houston blues scene after his last recordings.
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Blues from Blues Kitchen - Sam Hare, Mal Barclay, Lee Sankey
Footage starts with an Otis Span inspired piano solo from Joe Glossop. Then Sam Hare and Mal Barclay lay down some sweet blues. Mal paying in the style of T-Bone Walker. Lee Sankey harmonica, Jamie Lawrence bass, Rob Pokorny drums. Recorded live at the Blues Kitchen, London.
Sam Hare has come up through the British Blues scene, playing alongside the likes of not only Matt Schofield and Ian Siegal, but also Jeremy Spencer, Buddy Whittington, Scott McKeon, Lee Sankey and Raphael Ravenscroft. He was also personally invited to guest with Bonnie Bramlett (of Delaney & Bonnie) a few years ago, and has recently opened up for Jack Bruce, Vintage Trouble, Mark Flanegan and James Hunter. Hare has also worked with Saint Jude and Jet Tricks, having made writing, vocal and guitar contributions to the latter’s upcoming album, as well as being featured in their live band. He has also written or co-written songs for the last three albums by Ian Siegal – The Dust, Broadside, and The Skinny, and co-wrote the opening track ‘All you need’ with Matt Schofield for his first studio album Siftin’ thru ashes.
One of the hardest working blues guitarists in London and T-Bone Walker obsessive, Mal moved to London in 2002 after 12 years in Edinburgh. Since then, he's played with the best of the South East blues scene all over the UK and Europe - including appearances with Kurt Crandall, Jerimiah Marques & the Blue Aces, West Weston's Bluesonics, Pete G & the MagniTones, the Eric Ranzoni Trio, Sam Hare (as Hucklebuck and Soul Junction), Oo-Bop-Sh'Bam, and Gentleman Tim & the Contenders. Currently Mal may be seen on stage playing West Coast blues with The Cadillac Kings or soulful blues with Big Mamma's Door.
In this blues harmonica lesson Lee Sankey shows how you can add flourishes to the ending of your blues licks and phrases like a professional player. Lee runs through exercises in 1st, cross and 3rd position that demonstrate two important techniques. One, jumping an octave and two, avoiding the root note. http://lnk.ms/MBHlC
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Cisco Kid - Lee Oskar w/ Lowrider Band
Lee Oskar (born March 24, 1948, Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish harmonica player, notable for his contributions to the sound of the rock-funk fusion group War, which he formed with Eric Burdon, his solo work, and as a harmonica manufacturer. He currently plays with Lowriderband , with Harold Brown , Howard Scott and B.B.Dickerson
Born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1948, Oskar was six years old when a family friend gave him his first harmonica. "I came from an area where every kid on the block had a harmonica," he remembers. He grew up listening to Danish radio, enjoying all types of music and cites Ray Charles as the biggest influence from that period. When he was 17, Oskar decided that the United States was where a harmonica player should make his career, so he moved to New York at the age of 18 with little more than a harmonica in his pocket. With no money, Oskar played harmonica in the streets of New York. Eventually arriving in Los Angeles, California, via Toronto and San Francisco, Oskar soon met and joined forces with Eric Burdon who had recently disbanded The Animals and was searching for new collaborators. Together, the harp-playing Dane (born Oskar Levetin Hansen) and the British blues-rock singer made the rounds of the L.A. clubs, eventually hooking up with the soon-to-be members of War. Burdon agreed to the novel idea of pairing up Oskar's harmonica with Charles Miller's saxophone to form a horn section. This team-up set War apart from the start, giving Oskar room to display the full spectrum of his improvisational prowess. Oskar's harmonica magic was always a vital element in War's music and performances. Oskar continued with War for 24 years non-stop. At the end of 1992 he made the decision to end his association with that group in order to have the time to pursue his solo career.
Lee Oskar who has been described as "a virtuoso," "the harmonica whiz" "a war hero," "legendary," "musical wizardry," and as "generally regarded to be among the best rock-blues-soul harmonica players." His role as a founding member and former lead harmonica player of the pioneer funk-jazz group War won him international renown for over two and a half decades (1969–1993). Oskar's signature solos helped to define the War sound from the band's beginning in 1969, adding dashes of color to its R&B, jazz, rock, and Latin influences. Oskar's position with War was a prominent one from its early days with singer Eric Burdon onward. "My playing has become more aggressive over the years," he says. "In the beginning, my role was playing horn lines. Today, it's evolved to the point where I'm playing a lead instrument. If I'm not doing a solo, I'm playing counterlines—I try to paint within certain spaces in the music to help create the overall picture."
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Friday, March 23, 2012
Tech Talk - De La Rosa Grand Concert - DT Guitars
David Taylor Guitars strum very well and the full sound is suitable for many styles from Fingerstyle to Jazz to Singer/Songwriter and everything in between. David happens to be the son of a wordclass knife maker, Gray Taylor, and carries on his families craftsmanship skills as evidenced by the lovely inlay work and fine details in his guitars. If you've been looking for a young builder to believe in you owe to yourself to learn more about David Taylor and his DT Guitars. This De La Rosa is crafted from rare Amazon Rosewood and Carpathian Spruce and features an armrest Bevel, Soundport, Cutaway, Carved Heel and gorgeous inlay work throughout.
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Measurements
Body Size: Medium
Scale: 25 1/2 in. (647.7 mm)
Nut Width: 1 3/4 in. (44.5 mm)
String Spacing: 2 3/8 in. (60.3 mm)
Body Length: 19 7/8 in.
Upper Bout: 10 3/4 in.
Lower Bout: 15 1/2 in.
Serial #: 040
Body Depth @Neck Heel: 3 3/8 in.
Body Depth @Tail Block: 4 1/2 in.
Frets to body: 14
Woods & Trim
Back/Sides: Amazon Rosewood
Top Wood: Carpathian Spruce
Fingerboard: Ebony
Neck Wood: Mahogany, 7-piece
Bridge: Ebony
Rosette: Abalone & Wood
Binding: Ebony
Fingerboard Bindings: Ebony
Headplate: Amazon Rosewood
Headstock Bindings: Ebony
Headstock Inlay: Builder Logo
Top Trim: Abalone
Back Strip: None
Fret Markers: None
Tuners: Gotoh 510s, Gold with Black Buttons
When My First Wife Left Me - R.L. Burnside
R. L. Burnside (November 23, 1926 – September 1, 2005), born Robert Lee Burnside, was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist who lived much of his life in and around Holly Springs, Mississippi. He played music for much of his life, but did not receive much attention until the early 1990s. In the latter half of the 1990s, Burnside repeatedly recorded with Jon Spencer, garnering crossover appeal and introducing his music to a new fan base within the underground garage rock scene.
One commentator noted that Burnside, along with Big Jack Johnson, Paul "Wine" Jones, Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes and James "Super Chikan" Johnson, were "present-day exponents of an edgier, electrified version of the raw, uncut Delta blues sound.
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Boogie Woogie Dream - Albert Ammons & Pete Johnson
Pete Johnson (March 25, 1904 – March 23, 1967) was an American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist.
Journalist Tony Russell stated in his book The Blues - From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray, that "Johnson shared with the other members of the 'Boogie Woogie Trio' the technical virtuosity and melodic fertility that can make this the most exciting of all piano music styles, but he was more comfortable than Meade Lux Lewis in a band setting; and as an accompanist, unlike Lewis or Albert Ammons, he could sparkle but not outshine his singing partner". Fellow journalist, Scott Yanow (Allmusic) added "Johnson was one of the three great boogie-woogie pianists (along with Lewis and Ammons) whose sudden prominence in the late 1930s helped make the style very popular".
Johnson was born in Kansas City, Missouri.
He began his musical career in 1922 as a drummer in Kansas City. From 1926 to 1938 he worked as a pianist, often accompanying Big Joe Turner. Record producer John Hammond discovered him in 1936 and got him to play at the Famous Door in New York. In 1938 Johnson and Turner appeared in the "From Spirituals to Swing" concert at Carnegie Hall. This concert started a boogie-woogie craze, and Turner and two other performers at the concert, Meade Lux Lewis and Albert Ammons, worked together afterwards at Café Society for a long time; they also toured and recorded together. In 1941 Lewis, Ammons and Johnson were featured in the movie short Boogie-Woogie Dream.
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She's A Woman - Jeff Beck
Great footage of Mr. Beck has been pretty scarce from this period...in fact with him playing his famous 54 Les Paul for that matter (and no...it's not black..it's Oxblood purple). Well, it's a treat for me...hope you enjoy it!!
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Faultfinder Blues - Wang Dang Delta
WANG DANG DELTA are a 6-piece band from Perthshire in Scotland who specialise in blues and beyond music. The band serve up a set featuring mainly original compositions with some classic blues and boogie thrown in for good measure. The line up features top-drawer vocals, guitar, bass, drums, keyboards and harmonica.
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Spoonful - Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts
Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts, formed in 1968, is now an occasionally performing British pub and club blues band. Band members Jona Lewie, Graham Hine, Keith Trussell, and John Randall are perhaps better known for their record Seaside Shuffle which reached #2 in the UK charts in 1972 under the pseudonym Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs.
In 1970, Tony McPhee from the Groundhogs invited Brett Marvin to contribute recordings for a British Blues Collection on the Liberty Label, Gasoline, produced by Mike Batt. Later some of these were reproduced on the album Son of Gutbucket. Soon afterwards, the band began a 5 year recording contract with the Sonet record label that released the band’s first album, Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts. In 1971, the band released its 2nd album on Sonet, entitled 12 inches of, with a combination of blues standards, and songs written by band members.
During the early 70s Brett Marvin toured the UK blues club and university music circuit, having signed to the Robert Stigwood Agency, while appearing on television in Sweden, Belgium, Denmark and Holland. In 1971 the band performed in a concert with Son House and undertook a national tour supporting Eric Clapton's Derek and the Dominoes. Shortly after this, Gibson and Pitts dropped out of touring. Lewie had begun writing for the band, and his Seaside Shuffle was released as a single under the pseudonym Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs a recording that included Hine, Trussell, Randall, Gibson and Pitts. In 1972 Sonet entered into a marketing and distribution agreement for the song with Jonathan King's UK label; it reached #2 in the UK singles chart, leading to three appearances on Top of the Pops. Another single release under the Terry Dactyl name, On a Saturday Night, didn’t achieve such popularity. However, Sonet issued a 3rd album, Alias Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs, which took advantage of the success of Sea Side Shuffle and included a compilation of tracks from the first 2 albums. Following this album’s release, Lewie left the band. He was replaced by David Davies (keyboards) who had been playing in the Jaw Bone Jug Band. Gibson rejoined the band, as did a new bass player Tony Proto. Consequently, a 4th album was recorded and released on Sonet: Ten Legged Friend.
The new line-up performed at the Colne Blues Festival and The Blues Band's Christmas Party. During the remainder of the 70s and 80s Brett Marvin became almost exclusively an act on the London pub music scene, particularly at the Rochester Castle in Stoke Newington, and the Stapleton Hall Tavern near Finsbury Park. In 1992, the band performed at The Town & Country Club.
In 1993, the Brett Marvin released a new album: Boogie Street, (Exson Music Ltd.), with the addition of a new bass guitarist Peter Swan. In 1998, Brett Marvin was featured on two compilation albums: Gutbucket, (EMI Records,) and Tony McPhee & Friends, (BGO Records), and released a CD version of their original LP, Alias Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs. The band collaborated with Peter Moody in 1999, resulting in the CD Vintage Thunderbolts, (Mooncrest Records - part of Trojan Records), being of previously unreleased live and studio recordings from 1970-1989. Swan left the band in 2001, being replaced by Dougie Strathie (bass guitar).
Since 2000, Brett Marvin has played four to five times a year. Members Gibson, Trussell and Hine have produced solo albums. Hine performs with his brother Malcolm Hine in the Hine Brother's Band. Trussell performs with the folk-rock band The Okee Dokee Band, a regular feature at the Broadstairs Folk Week. The latest album with members of Brett Marvin (as of 2010) is the EP Keep on Moving featuring Davies, Gibson and Hine, produced by Trussell, being an entirely studio-based project. In early June 2010, Brett keyboard player, song-writer and vocalist David 'Taffy' Davies died. Pianist Richard Ansell has occasionally stepped in since then.
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