Larry Mc Cray en Neuquén por 2da. vez; IMPERDIBLE !!!!!!!!!

Larry McCray

&

The Jackpots

Sábado 14 de Abril – 22 hs

Sala Academia Desafíos – Brentana 46 – Neuquén.

Entradas en: Librería El Amante – Av Argentina 245.

Luego de dos años de ausencia, vuelve a nuestra ciudad el músico más virtuoso del blues moderno: Larry McCray. Quien fuera el guitarrista de Albert Collins y James Cotton, llega a nuestra ciudad a presentar material propio y recorrer el cancionero moderno del blues.

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Opiniones:

“En una época en donde las leyendas del género se despiden de los escenarios, es conmovedor encontrar artistas como McCray, quien además de aportar una excelente voz y una exquisita técnica en la guitarra, aporta tal vez lo más importante del blues: el sentimiento”.

The New York Times - 2011

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Biografía Corta Larry McCray:

Larry McCray, el segundo hijo menor entre 9 hermanos, se crió en una pequeña granja en Magnolia, Arkansas. Su padre tocaba blues con armónica y guitarra, su hermana mayor Clara era una excelente guitarrista y alumna de Freddie King. La familia coleccionaba discos de John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, Jimmy Reed y Muddy Waters, entre otros. McCray cita como sus principales influencias a los tres Reyes del blues (KINGS)- B.B., Albert and Freddie - como así también Albert Collins, Elmore James y Magic Sam. Larry McCray es un músico con mucho talento, una joven promesa que lleva a blues hacia las fronteras del nuevo siglo.

El estilo guitarristico, salvaje, de Larry McCray como así su cálida y sentida voz han llamado la atención alrededor del mundo.

A comienzos de los 70s, McCray y su familia se mudaron a Saginaw, Michigan, donde comenzó a trabajar en la General Motors mientras culminaba sus estudios secundarios. Su hermana Clara le enseñó los rudimentos de la guitarra para tocar los clásicos de blues de Muddy Waters y Freddie King. También solía escuchar los discos de artistas de SOUL de moda, en especial Gladys Knight and the Pips, Ike and Tina Turner, James Brown, Little Milton, Stevie Wonder y Ray Charles.

Durante la década siguiente trabajó en la linea de ensamblaje de GM durante el día mientras compartía escenarios con músicos y bandas de blues, R&B, country, swing y jazz, de noche.

Su arduo trabajo rindió sus frutos cuando se convirtió en el primer artista en firmar contrato con Pointblank Records perteneciente al sello Virgin Records. En 1990, el sello hace su debut con “Ambition” el cual fue bien recibido por la prensa especializada en Europa y América.

El éxito de “Ambition” le dió la oportunidad a Mc. Cray de dejar su trabajo en la GM y concentrarse sólo en la música.

En 1993 sale su segundo album, “Delta Hurricane,” fue grabado en Memphis . El cover de un tema de Warren Haynes ( Gov't Mule/Allman Brothers ) , “Soul Shine,” centró los oidos del mundo en el talento guitarrístico de Larry. En 1998, “Born To Play The Blues” hace que la música de Larry triunfe a pasos agigantados ante todas las audiencias. El estilo de guitarra arriesgado, potente y, por momentos, pirotécnico de Larry hace una combinación perfecta con su voz profunda y aterciopelada.

Ritmos Funks simples, directos, Riffs rockeros y explosivos se mezclan con los sentidos Blues e hipnóticos Shuffles.

En el año 2000 Larry funda su propio sello discográfico, Magnolia Records. La relización de “Believe It” se transforma en el puntapié inicial, y, coloca a McCray en los charts incentivándolo a continuar grabando su propio material sin la presión que implica firmar con un sello multinacional.

También en el 2000 McCray ve como su carrera y su esfuerzo son premiados cuando Orville Gibson lo honra como el guitarrista masculino del año. Jeff Beck y Eric Clapton, entre siete u ocho de los mejores guitarristas del mundo también estaban nominados.

Con Magnolia Records, un nuevo hogar y un bebé que criar, McCray centra su atención en su vida familiar. McCray se mantiene ocupado con sus giras intentando hacerse tiempo para escribir nuevos temas.

Magnolia Records realiza el primer disco en vivo de Larry, “Live On 75” en el 2005. En el 2007 vuelve a escena con “Larry McCray.”

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The Jackpots:

Damián Duflós – Armónica y Voz

Rafo Grin – Guitarra y Coros

Músicos Invitados:

Mariano Iglesias - Batería

Charly Aros – Bajo

Biografía - The Jackpots

La banda, está integrada por Damián Duflós en Voz, Guitarra y Armónica, Rafo Grin en Guitarra. La formación se completa con el aporte de los sesionistas Mariano Iglesias en Batería y Charly Aros en Bajo. Actualmente el repertorio se compone de temas propios en inglés, con la esencia y el sonido de bandas de la zona de California, dentro del estilo de Jump Blues.

El género Jump Blues comenzó a desarrollarse en los años 40, influenciado por la música big band, utilizando el saxofón u otros instrumentos de viento, además de la guitarra, en las secciones rítmicas para crear un sonido jazzero y desacompasado con voces claramente marcadas. Las melodías jump blues de Louis Jordan y Big Joe Turner, de Kansas City, influenciaron el desarrollo de posteriores géneros como el rock and roll y el rhythm and blues.

Pero ha pasado relativamente poco tiempo desde aquel primer show internacional producido por “The Jackpots” que contó con la presencia de Eddie C. Campbell. A partir de allí esta banda no paró de rodar; le siguió la grabación de su primer disco y tres shows exitosos: James Wheeler, Larry Mc. Cray y Cristina Dall, dentro de los más de 80 conciertos que han brindado durante el 2010.

Entrado el 2011, y luego de unos primeros meses cargados de shows propios presentando su disco, la banda decidió que era el momento de volver a abrir el Ciclo Internacional de Blues, con una leyenda de la talla de Eddie Shaw. La segunda fecha llego de la mano Vernon Harrington, para luego arrancar el segundo semestre del año con el gran Lurrie Bell, y cerrar el ciclo con un referente máximo como John Primer.

Sin duda fueron doce meses de intensa actividad en donde se logró superar la cantidad de shows del año anterior por un buen margen, terminando con una gira por Buenos Aires, tocando en reconocidos lugares de impronta blusera.

En este 2012, la banda comenzó realizando una extensa gira por la zona de la cordillera obteniendo excelentes comentarios en cada una de las localidades que visitaron, tanto de la prensa como del público. Dentro de los proyectos de este año, además de continuar con el ciclo Internacional de Blues, el grupo comenzará a enfocarse en la grabación de su nuevo material discográfico, para el cual ya cuentan con algunas flamantes composiciones estrenadas en los últimos meses.

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Biografía Integrantes:

Biografía Damián Martín Duflós:

Damián Martín Duflós nació el 17/02/1975 en Esquel, Chubut, Patagonia Argentina. Desde chico fue tocado por la música que escuchaba su padre, Marcelo Duflós; rock del 50, rockabilly y música country.

Fue recién a los 17 años que descubre su pasión por la armónica a través de un disco de J. Geils Band, llamado "The Morning After", con Magic Dick en armónica. Su pasión por la armónica se traslada luego al Blues, camino que lleva recorriendo ya por 16 años.

En el año 1994 parte hacia la ciudad de Córdoba a estudiar Ingeniería electrónica y es allí donde empieza a relacionarse con otros músicos de Blues hasta formar “La Vagabunda y sus Perros Sucios”, banda en la cual estuvo 7 años llegando a grabar un disco llamado “Esta Noche – Custom Blues” .

Armoniquista, cantautor y guitarrista autodidacta. Ha tocado y compartido escenarios con artistas como Pappo, Miguel Botafogo, La Mississippi, Los Ratones Paranoicos, Bruce Ewan, Deacon Jones, Eddie C. Campbell, James Wheeler, Larry Mc. Cray, y Cristina Dall, entre otros.

Su música está fuertemente influenciada por Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Big Walter Horton, George Smith, William Clarke, Rod Piazza, Kim Wilson, T-Bone Walker, Pee Wee Crayton, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Duke Robillard, etc.

Actualmente reside en Neuquén con su esposa y 3 pequeñas hijas, donde divide su tiempo entre el trabajo, la docencia y su música, liderando una de las bandas de Blues más importantes de la Patagonia: The Jackpots.

Biografía – Rafo Grin

Rafo Grin (guitarrista y cantante) Nació en Buenos Aires el 22 de mayo de 1976. Comenzó a tocar la guitarra a los 16 años de edad, sus primeros maestros fueron Alfredo "Negro" López de Neuquén Capital y Andrés Fuhr de Gra. Roca. Fueron ellos quienes despertaron su pasión por el blues, el jazz y el rock. En cuanto a la voz, tiene una formación autodidacta. En Neuquén forma e integra grupos como Séptimo regimiento, Dieciséis Toneladas y La Especial de Medianoche. A los 21 años viaja a tocar y a perfeccionarse a Buenos Aires, ingresa en la escuela del sindicato de músico y se recibe obteniendo el titulo de “Músico Intérprete en Música Popular, con Especialización en Guitarra”.

Forma e integra diversos proyectos musicales junto a músicos de capital federal. La Tricota Blues, Trombones (Reggae & Ska), Dúo Grin – Carvalho (tangos, standars y bossa). A su regreso a Neuquén en el año 2002, integra la banda "El Gordo Blues" y forma su banda de blues tradicional "Cotton Blues" junto a músicos de la zona. En el 2005 son convocados para telonear a "La Mississipi" en el cine teatro español frente a 750 personas, y a "Miguel Botafogo" al aire libre frente a unas 2000 personas. En el 2004 es convocado para integrar el grupo de tango y música ciudadana "Por la Vuelta"

Ese mismo año es convocado para integrar junto a reconocidos músicos de la región “Magic Cuartet” banda de jazz estable de CASINO MAGIC.

En el 2006 integra el grupo de JUMP BLUES "The Jackpots" junto al armoniquista y cantante Damián Duflos, banda con la que actualmente esta realizando presentaciones en salas, bares, confiterías y casinos de la ciudad de Neuquén y ciudades vecinas como Río Negro, y Chubut.

Junto a sus compañeros de grupo fueron los productores, teloneros y en algunos shows músicos sesionistas de artistas nacionales e internacionales de blues como EDDIE C. CAMPBELL, JHON PRIMER, JAMES WHELLER, LARRY Mc CRAY Y CRISTINA DALL.

Se dedicada a la docencia en forma particular desde el año 2002 y desde el 2006 es director y profesor de guitarra y bajo del taller de música popular dictado en la ciudad de Rincón De Los Sauces auspiciado por la Municipalidad de R.D.L.S y la empresa GAS MEDANITO S.A

En el 2008 debuta con su nuevo proyecto de swing & blues "RAFO GRIN TRIO" banda en la cual recrea clásicos del swing de la décadas del 30 al 70 mezclado con composiciones del guitarrista. Actualmente junto a dos excelentes músicos locales, PABLO VENEGAS en batería y FRANCISCO LOPEZ MINUCCI en contrabajo.

Living With The Blues - Cliff Aungier

9 April 1941, Croydon, Surrey, England, d. 12 March 2004. It was while watching a television documentary about ‘Big’ Bill Broonzy that Aungier was inspired to buy his first guitar. Before that he played trumpet for the Air Training Cadets, and aspired to be a pilot in the Royal Air Force. From his early influences, and having seen Broonzy playing, Aungier soon adapted his own style. He began playing the obligatory floor spots in folk clubs, when Bert Jansch, John Renbourn and Alexis Korner were on the circuit. Later, with Gerry Lockran and Royd Rivers, Aungier started a folk and blues club at the Half Moon in Putney, London. His 1965 debut album Wanderin’ was produced by Jimmy Page and featured the work of harmonica player Royd Rivers. Aungier recorded an album for Polydor Records in 1968, and another for RCA Records the following year, neither of which were released. He did, however, receive a silver disc for his cover version of Tim Hardin’s ‘The Lady Came From Baltimore’.

Gradually, with the media hype machine in full swing, Aungier lost faith in the way his music was being presented and left the scene for a while. Disillusioned at the lack of control over his own work, he spent much of his time performing in Belgium and the Netherlands, with only the occasional appearance in the UK. Later, with no contractual obligations to hinder him, Aungier recorded 1984’s Full Moon, with a line-up that included Paul Millns (vocals/piano), Micky Moody (guitar), Nigel Portman-Smith (bass), Nic Pentelow (saxophone) and Chris Hunt (drums). The album featured a diversity of material, from ‘You Win Again’ by Hank Williams, to Elton John and Bernie Taupin’s ‘I Need You To Turn To’.

Throughout his career, Aungier toured with acts such as Yes, Elkie Brooks, Ralph McTell, Pentangle, Joan Armatrading and Fairport Convention. He also performed regularly with his own Full Moon Band. Additionally, he presented a weekly folk and blues radio series for a regional network and also The Rhythm And The Blues for the UK Forces Broadcasting Service
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How Long - Woodrow Adams

Woodrow Wilson Adams (b. April 9, 1917 in Tchula, Mississippi d. August 9, 1988) in Robinsonville, MississippiIn 1955 Woodrow Adams & The Boogie Blues Blasters which include Joe Hill Louis on guitar, and Joe Martin on drums record "Wine Head Woman" and "Baby You Just Don't Know" on Meteor #5018. "You Will Have To Pray" / "As Lonely As I Can Be" by Haward Swords is released on #5019. A session with well known blues performer Andrew "Smokey" Hogg done in Los Angeles is released by Meteor on #5021 (also on Crown #122) on the songs "I Declare" and "Dark Clouds". The last record issued by the label in 1955 is an attempt to duplicate their one big hit (#5016) and so Sax Man Brown & The Broomdusters record "Sax Symphonic Boogie". The flip side is "Flaming Blues".
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Jack of Spades - Mance Lipscomb

Mance Lipscomb (April 9, 1895 – January 30, 1976) was an American blues singer, guitarist and songster. Born Beau De Glen Lipscomb near Navasota, Texas, United States, he as a youth took the name of 'Mance' from a friend of his oldest brother Charlie ("Mance" being short for emancipation).
Lipscomb was born April 9, 1895 to an ex-slave father from Alabama and a half Native American (Choctaw) mother. Lipscomb spent most of his life working as a tenant farmer in Texas and was "discovered" and recorded by Mack McCormick and Chris Strachwitz in 1960 during the country blues revival. He released many albums of blues, ragtime, Tin Pan Alley and folk music (most of them on Strachwitz' Arhoolie label), singing and accompanying himself on acoustic guitar. He had a ffinger-picking guitar technique, and an expressive voice. Lipscomb often honed his skills by playing in nearby Brenham, Texas, with a blind musician, Sam Rogers. His debut release was Texas Songster (1960). Lipscomb performed old songs like "Sugar Babe," the first song he ever learned, to pop numbers like "Shine On, Harvest Moon" and "It's a Long Way to Tipperary".

Trouble in Mind was recorded in 1961, and released on a major label, Reprise. In May 1963, Lipscombe appeared at the first Monterey Folk Festival in California.

Unlike many of his contemporaries, he did not record in the early blues era, but his life is well documented thanks to his autobiography, I Say Me for a Parable: The Oral Autobiography of Mance Lipscomb, Texas Bluesman, narrated to Glen Alyn, which was published posthumously, and also a short 1971 documentary by Les Blank, A Well Spent Life.

He died in his hometown of Navasota in 1976, two years after suffering a stroke.
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Matchbox - Carl Perkins

Carl Lee Perkins (April 9, 1932 – January 19, 1998) was an American rockabilly musician who recorded most notably at Sun Records Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, beginning during 1954. His best known song is "Blue Suede Shoes".

According to Charlie Daniels, "Carl Perkins' songs personified the rockabilly era, and Carl Perkins' sound personifies the rockabilly sound more so than anybody involved in it, because he never changed." Perkins' songs were recorded by artists (and friends) as influential as Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and Johnny Cash, which further cemented his place in the history of popular music.

Called "the King of Rockabilly", he was inducted into the Rock and Roll, the Rockabilly, and the Nashville Songwriters Halls of Fame; and was a Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipient.
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Bad Luck Is Killing Me - Joe Savage

A field holler sung by Joe Savage, former muleskinner and Parchman Farm inmate, on the levee in Greenville, Mississippi. Shot by Alan Lomax, Worth Long, and John Bishop, on August 22, 1978.
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Just One More Time - Billy Gayles

Billy (d April 8, 1993)was one of St. Louis' finest. A drummer and vocalist that played with Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm before Tina, Billy played until the time of his death!
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THREE HANDED WOMAN - B. B. and THE BLUES SHACKS

At the age of 13, Andreas Arlt gets his first guitar. Since then, he has flatly refused to ever put it down again. He gets just two guitar lessons, the rest of his tuition is absolutely self-taught. In the course of the years, he investigates the complete spectrum of musical styles, until – during the 1980s – he stumbles upon the order form of his current record label – “Crosscut” – specializing in the Blues. The Hildesheim boy orders a pile of discs and dives deeply into this truly traditional American music. With this move, the guitarist, who is traeded as one oft he best in Europe, has found his direction. He proceeds to infect his brother Michael (vocals and harp) with this particular kind of fever, and in 1989 they start the band "B.B. & The Blues Shacks".

On the 20th May, 1994, the band gets the chance to appear at Bremen´s big cultural event, the „Breminale“, depping as substitutes for indisposed colleagues. DThey take this opportunity by the throat, and they truly boogie themselves into their first record contract.

Meanwhile, they have achieved well over 2000 gigs, recorded ten albums, and they are hailed as the German Blues band. The five-piece eternally tours all over Europe, but their sojourns also lead them to Russia and America.

It´s easy to determine what fascinates them in terms of their chosen field, R´n´B and Soul. Andreas Arlt: It´s the music that touches us. There are those songs which call up those feelings so authentically as if we had just created them.” The five musicians (Henning Hauerken, who really hits the accelerator pedal with his double bass, Dennis Koeckstadt – the beautiful boy with tons of feeling on the piano, Bernhard Egger - specially imported from Austria to supply those Blues Shacks drums) around the Brothers Arlt have never been bulldozed by Hip-Hop or Indie Rock.
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Lousiana Blues - Blues Mother

El grupo se originó en el año 2003 en Tlalnepantla Estado de México, con cuatro integrantes, de los cuales dos aún siguen vigentes, es decir, Jorge (guitarra), Donovan (bajo); siendo Lázaro Delgado (batería) el primer elemento en dejar el grupo alrededor del año 2004 por motivos personales. Originalmente se tocaban canciones de Hard Rock al estilo de los grupos Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Budgie, UFO, etc..

Posteriormente se incorporó Ignacio Sánchez (batería) elemento con el cual se incursionó de lleno en la fusión y el blues, saliendo de la agrupación en el año de 2008 dando lugar a Edgar Martínez Rodríguez.
En este mismo 2008 sale de la agrupación Alvin Eduardo Rodríguez (guitarra y voz principal) y se incorpora Cesar Rodas Quiroz llegando así a la alineación actual además de la incorporación de Antonio González en la armónica.
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Lil Ed Williams and the Blues Imperials with special guest Joe Louis Walker

Lil' Ed Williams (born April 18, 1955, Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. With his backing band, the Blues Imperials, slide guitarist Williams has built up a loyal following
Williams and his half-brother James "Pookie" Young, received childhood encouragement and tutelage from their uncle, J. B. Hutto, and by 1975 the half-siblings had formed the first version of the Blues Imperials.

A decade later and Alligator Records offered them the chance to record for a forthcoming compilation album. In the event they cut a full album's worth of material that was released as Roughhousin' (1986). They then appeared at music festivals and toured widely. Their second album release was entitled, Chicken, Gravy & Biscuits (1989), and their third LP, What You See is What You Get was issued in 1992. At this point the group disbanded, while Williams issued two solo albums; Keep On Walking, followed by Who's Been Talking (1998), the latter with Willie Kent.

In 1999 the release of Get Wild marked the group's reunion, and has been followed in subsequent years with Heads Up (2002), Rattleshake (2006), and Full Tilt (2008) .

In June 2008, Williams and the Blues Imperials appeared at the Chicago Blues Festival. The same year Williams guested on Magic Slim's album, Midnight Blues. In June 2009, Williams appeared as a guest on the radio quiz game show, produced by Chicago Public Radio and National Public Radio, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
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Tommy McClennan - Bottle It up and Go

Tommy McClennan (April 8, 1908 – circa 1962) was an American Delta blues singer and guitarist.
McClennan was born on a farm near Yazoo City, Mississippi, United States, and grew up in the town. He played and sang blues in a rough, energetic style.

He made a series of recordings for Bluebird Records from 1939 through 1942 and regularly played with his friend Robert Petway. He can be heard shouting in the background on Petway's 1942 recording "Boogie Woogie Woman". McClennan made an immediate impact in 1940 with his recordings of "Shake 'Em on Down", "Bottle It Up and Go", "Whiskey Head Woman" and "New Highway No.51".

He left a powerful legacy that included "Bottle It Up and Go," "Cross Cut Saw Blues" later covered by Albert King, "My baby's gone" (covered and adapted by Moon Mullican), "Deep Blue Sea Blues" (aka "Catfish Blues"), and others whose lasting power has been evidenced through the repertoires and re-recordings of other artists. McClennan's "I'm A Guitar King" was included on the 1959 collection issued by Folkways Records, The Country Blues.

Although nothing is known of what happened to Petway, McClennan was occasionally seen in Chicago with Elmore James and Little Walter, two other artists who came from the Delta. McClennan is reported to have died from alcoholism in poverty in Chicago, Illinois, in 1962
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Floyd Jones - Stockyard Blues

Jones was born in Earle, Arkansas, United States, on 8 April 1908. Raised in the church, he developed an interest in music at an early age and learned to play guitar after his brother bought an old broken guitar for $3. When he was proficient enough he started playing for country dances, and by 1939 had arrived in Chicago. In Chicago he became one of a number of musicians, performing on Maxwell Street and in non-union venues, who played an important role in the development of the post-war Chicago blues sound, often performing with his first cousin, singer and guitar player Floyd Jones. By the late 1940s he was capable of playing any kind of music requested, and had learned to play piano, banjo and bass (including a home-made bass made out of a wash-tub, a broom-handle and a clothes line), in addition to guitar. He was regarded by his contemporaries as the best guitar player on the Chicago scene, and was warned by noted slide guitar player Muddy Waters not to “fool with that slide” when Jones sat in with Waters’ band one night.
Moody Jones (April 8, 1908 - March 23, 1988) was an American blues guitarist, bass player, and singer, who is significant for his role in the development of the post-war Chicago blues sound in the late 1940s.
Jones is most significant, and best known, for his association with his cousin Floyd Jones and harmonica player Snooky Pryor, and for the singles he recorded with them in 1948 which were among the first recorded examples of the new style. The track
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Chickenhead Man - T-Model Ford

James Lewis Carter Ford (born c. 1920, Forest, Mississippi, United States) is an American blues musician, using the name T-Model Ford. Unable to remember his exact date of birth, he began his musical career in his early seventies, and has continuously recorded for the Fat Possum label, then switched to Alive Naturalsound Records. His musical style melds the rawness of Delta blues. with Chicago blues and juke joint blues styles

According to records, Ford's year of birth is between 1921 and 1925. According to his half-sister (still alive in Tennessee), he was born in 1922. Starting with an abusive father who had permanently injured him at eleven, Ford has lived his entire life in a distressed and violent environment, towards which he is quite indifferent.

Ford, an illiterate, had been working in various blue collar jobs as early as his preteen years, such as plowing fields, working at a sawmill, and later in life becoming a lumber company foreman and then a truck driver. At this time Ford was sentenced to ten years on a chain gang for murder. Allegedly Ford was able to reduce his sentence to two years. He ensuingly spent many of his years in conflicts with law enforcement.

Currently, Ford resides in Greenville, Mississippi and for a time wrote an advice column for Arthur magazine. Reportedly, he has twenty six children.

According to music writer Will Hodgkinson, who met and interviewed Ford for his book Guitar Man, Ford took up the guitar when his fifth wife left him and gave him a guitar as a leaving present. Ford trained himself without being able to read music or guitar tabs. Hodgkinson observed that Ford could not explain his technique. He had simply worked out a way of playing that sounded like the guitarists he admired - Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf.

Ford toured juke joints and other venues, for a while opening for Buddy Guy. In 1995, he was discovered by Matthew Johnson of Fat Possum Records, under which he released five albums from 1997 to 2008.

Since 2008, Ford worked with the Seattle-based band, GravelRoad. The project began as a single event, with Ford needing assistance to play the Deep Blues Festival in Minnesota in July 2008. GravelRoad, long time fans of Ford and performers already scheduled for the festival, agreed to provide support for a ten-show US tour for Ford through July.

Ford had a pacemaker inserted at the end of that tour, but appeared on stage again with GravelRoad in 2008, 2009 and 2010. He suffered a stroke in early 2010, but despite difficulty with right-hand mobility, managed to complete a successful tour with GravelRoad. This tour concluded with an appearance at Pickathon Festival. Ford and GravelRoad opened the third day of the All Tomorrow's Parties Festival, in New York over Labor Day weekend, 2010, curated by American independent film-maker Jim Jarmusch.

GravelRoad backed Ford on his 2010 and 2011 albums, The Ladies Man and Taledragger, both released by Alive Naturalsound Records.

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Watch Out, Girl - John Lee Granderson

Granderson's guitar work combines agile fingerpicking with a steady but understated rhythmic pulse; his harmonic and rhythmic conceptions reveal echoes of the Memphis-area string bands of his youth, especially on uptempo numbers like the title tune. This disc is both a significant historical document and a thoroughly enjoyable listening experience.
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Stormy Monday Blues - Igi Man

Igor Stanoevski - Blues Guitar player from Macedonia
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Red Light Dreamin - Dixie Fried

Craig Lamie - Guitar/Vocals

Craigs weapons of choice are a Gibson SG and a Fender Telecaster guitar ran through a Fender Blues Junior amp. His music loves range from Junior Kimburgh, The Allman Brothers, Led Zeppelin, Peter Green, Jimi Hendrix to North Mississippi Allstars. Previously with Mulehog, he, too, has played to credible-sized audiences, ripping up such well-known Glasgow venues as King Tut's, ABC2, and Ivory Blacks.



John Murphy - Drums

John's tools of the trade are a Pearl Export Drumkit & Paiste cymbals played with Vic Firth drumsticks. His musical influences range from The Black Crowes, Humble Pie, The Black Keys, RL Burnside, The Stone Roses to AC/DC. Prior to Dixie Fried, Murphy was a recording artist with much-loved alt-country outfit, The Scuffers, a regular performer at prestigious live music venues such as The Barrowlands, ABC, King Tut's, The Garage etc.



We are a couple of good mates, who have very similiar taste in good music. We have played in several different local bands over the last 10 years or so, but after just getting together every weekend for around a year getting very drunk and having a jam, we figured why the hell not let people hear our sound. To our complete surprise we found an audience of like minded people who also enjoy our take on good music. We play our take on the blues as good as 2 white guys from Scotland can.

We play deep down and dirty Mississippi Blues Rock, is our best description. Released our first EP on Big Rock Candy Records summer 2010. Album released 3rd July 2011.
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My Babe - Near The Jail Blues Band

FREDERICK WILLIAM MAGUIRE (VOCALS)
MARCO ENOT (GUITAR)
ALESSIO CASELLI (BASS)
VIK USAI (DRUMS)

THE NEAR THE JAIL grew in the shadow of the S. Teresa jail in Florence and are deeply connected with blues language. Through several musical experiences they came together again, 5 years later, to carry out their blues idea. The four performers are: Frederick Maguire (vocals) , Marco Enot (guitar) , Alessio Caselli (bass) , Vik Usai (drums). Their repertoire is vast: It varies from classic blues to rock/blues, winking at rock 'n' roll, several covers and their own pieces
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Tore Up - "Killer" Ray Allison - Chicago Blues All-Stars

"Killer" Ray Allison first broke into the Blues scene in the late 70's playing drums behind Blues legends Buster Benton, L.V. Banks, Snooky Prior, Lovee Lee, Valerie Wellington, Paul Butterfield, J.W. Williams, Syl Johnson, Left Hand Frank, Robert Junior Lockwood, Sunnyland Slim, Magic Slim, Sammy Longhorn, BB Odem, Lefty Diz, Bonnie Lee, Dave and Lewis Meyers, Willie Dee, Don Griffin, Mississippi Heat, Big Walter, Buddy Guy, Phil Guy, Big Time Sarah, Melvin Taylor, Five Blind Boys, Lucky Peterson, Jody Noah, Joe Cocker, Junior Wells, Muddy Waters and James Cotton, too name a few...

In 1995 Ray appeared in the movie "Things To Do In Denver When Your Dead" with Andy Garcia and has also shared the stage with The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton and Carlos Santana. In 1998 Ray had the honor of performing for for former President Bill Clinton and former First Lady Hillary Clinton at Hillary's Birthday party in Chicago. In both the years 1998 and 2000 Ray was nominated for the W.C handy award.

Ray has toured extensively through Europe, Japan, Africa, Canada, Australia, and The united States.
In Ray "Killer' Allison career he has been recorded on a total of 82 albums including:
Buddy Guy - "Stone Crazy" and the Grammy Award winning record "Slipping In, Slipping Out"
Koko Taylor - "Jump For Joy" & "Queen of the Blues"
Junior Wells - "Broke and Hungry"
Muddy Waters - "WXRT's Blues Compilation Album"
James Cotton - "Super Harp" & "High Compression"
Syl Johnson - "Bring Out The Blues in Me" & "Fine Brom Frame"
Click here for a full Discography.

I n the year 2000 Ray "Killer" Allison" decided to front his own band as the Guitarist and Vocalist. He can be seen 5-7 times a week locally in Chicago, Michigan and Indiana.

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Buddy Guy Tour Schedule

Date	City	Venue	Country
04/11/12	Hamilton, Ontario	Hamilton Place	Canada
	Time: 9:05pm.
04/13/12	Toronto, Ontario	Massey Hall	Canada
	Time: 9:00pm.
04/14/12	Montreal, Quebec	Metropolis	Canada
	Time: 8:00pm.
04/16/12	Johnsbury, VT	Fuller Hall	United States
	Time: 7:00pm.
04/17/12	Wilmington, DE	The Grand Opera House	United States
	Time: 9:00pm.
04/18/12	Durham, NC	Carolina Theatre of Durham	United States
	Time: 8:50pm.
04/20/12	Live Oak, Florida	Spirit Of Suwannee Music Park	United States
	Time: 1:45pm.
04/21/12	Gainesville, Florida	Curtis M. Phillips Center at University of Florida Performing Arts	United States
	Time: 8:00pm. Buy tickets
05/03/12	Wichita, Kansas	Orpheum Theater	United States
	Time: 8:15pm.
05/05/12	Memphis, Tennessee	Beale St. Fest	United States
05/19/12	Las Vegas, Nevada	The Smith Center	United States
	Time: 9:00pm.
05/20/12	Dana Point, CA	Doheny Blues Festival	United States
	Time: 3:45pm.
05/26/12	Biloxi, MS	MS Arts & Seafood Festival	United States
	Time: 9:00pm.
07/12/12	Vienna, VA	The Filene Center @ Wolf Trap	United States
	Time: 9:20pm.
08/10/12	Los Angeles, CA	Greek Theatre	United States
09/25/12	Edmonton, Alberta	N. Alberta Jubilee Auditorium	Canada
09/26/12	Calgary, Alberta	S. Alberta Jubilee Auditorium	Canada

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