What The Press Is Saying About Tricia Freeman's New CD, "Everyone Can See"

(Tricia Freeman performs at the Real Blues Festival Of Orange County 3, presented by the Orange County Blues Society, Sunday, August 26 at Malone's in Santa Ana).

What The Media Is Saying About Tricia Freeman & Her New CD Everyone Can See

" What a strong, wailing, gut-bucket blues-rock voice Tricia Freeman has,and her producer provides it plenty of space to roam on"Thought You Was The One." Freeman's rich vocals are perhaps captured best on "Help Me," as is her sensitive support group and deft arrangement. High or low, her singing is terrific (8.6 out of 10)."

MUSIC CONNECTION

"As Tricia Freeman brings her big voice and country blues presence into the studio for this session, you can feel the excitement moving all around her. She's been compared to Janis Joplin for good reason. Her vocal refrains stand out for the power that she drives throughout this program. "Ashes To Ashes" promises a touch of gospel passion, "Thought You Was The One" spells pure country blues, "You'll Fall In Love With Me" evokes a hard-rockin' drive, "Time To Call A Friend" wallows in country pride, and Freeman's title track swings with a mellow timbre from the past. With this well-rounded, eclectic program, the singer and band provide a little something for everyone. She tells the stories and the band answers with understanding punctuation. Freeman sings 'em loud and clear with genuine passion and convinces her audience with every bar."
SOUTHLAND BLUES

"Critic's Choice goes to "You'll Fall In Love With Me." How could any man not fall in love with a lady who gives it this much effort? Country-folk song "Going Back" and the ballad "Let it Go" are two more songs that demonstrate Freeman's vocal prowess." L.A. EXAMINER

"I received a copy of Tricia Freeman's brand spankin' new CD, Everyone Can See, and I immediately fell in love with it. Her voice is an audio holograph of the most iconic females in the history of rock. Tremendous women such as Janis Joplin, Bonnie Bramlett, Bette Midler, Bonnie Raitt, and Melissa Etheridge all come to mind when listening to Freeman. And yet, the sound coming out of her mouth is distinctively her own. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE

this album and am really looking forward to following Tricia Freeman's career for many years to come." BOOMEROCITY

"Has a nice way of blending familiar voices like Bonnie Raitt and Melissa Etheridge and making her own sound. This album is definitely a showcase for her strong voice."

BLUES ROCK REVIEW

"Strong, raspy voice with Joplin-esque qualities...when Freeman cuts loose the sass and the band starts to cook, she shows the potential to be an artist to be reckoned with in the future. Just when you figure out that Ms. Freeman likes to rock the Blues, she turns into a sultry vamp on the jazzy 'Everyone Can See.' Best is yet to come."

BLUES BYTES

"Everyone Can See" reflects all the paths Tricia has explored..."Thought You Was The One" is a funky blues number in the vein of Little Feat and Bonnie Raitt..."Time To Call A Friend" showcases Freeman's vocal talents as well as her imaginative writing skills." BMANS BLUES REPORT

"You put this CD in a player, and lo and behold, you instantly have to be impressed...this voice jumps out from the speakers, and it has so much sass, so much grit, so much personality, that you instantly have to be sold. That's how I felt when I first heard the voice of Tricia Freeman." MUSIC NEWS NASHVILLE

"One thing is readily apparent when you put this album on. This woman can sing. Her raspy vocals in "Thought You Was The One" not only remind me of Janis Joplin, but also are perfect for the blues she sings. Everyone Can See is an album you should add to your collection." OC MUSIC EXAMINER

Tricia Freeman - Bio

Raised in Kansas and Texas, Tricia's earliest memories of music go back to her mother's love of jazz and blues, flooding the house with the likes of Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, and her favorite, Dinah Washington. Her father loved it all, from the Latin American to classical.

As she started developing her own taste in music, she began to lean more to the local country/bluegrass sound mixed with a rockin' blues flavor that was prevalent in her college town of Lawrence, Kansas.

Tricia made the big move to California at the age of 19 and immediately bought a guitar and a "how to" chord book. The rest just came naturally, from singing those country / blues songs at the local saloons, to performing in the stage production of "Godspell", to performing at all sizes of venues, from local taverns to major festivals up & down the coast.

Freeman has toured Europe from Finland to Germany several times, with different line ups, performing songs from her own CD's and a blend of cover tunes that she makes completely her own with her bold original sound, that can only come from living the songs she sings.

Her studio work has brought her performance credits in 3 movies from Disney, Time Warner and Indigo Films. She also appeared on the television show, "Your Big Break", paying tribute to Janis Joplin.

Tricia traveled to Memphis several times to sing back up vocals on 2 CD's of Walter Trout, the amazing blues guitarist from "Canned Heat". While there, she had the honor of working with producer, Jim Gains, of Santana fame, as well as, many other bands.

Besides Walter Trout, Tricia has also shared the stage with the likes of Spencer Davis, The Little River Band, Olivia Newton John, Missing Persons, Eric Burdon and The Animals, Eddie Money and in 2007, she opened for Al Green & John Fogerty at the Doheny Blues Festival in Dana Point, California.

Freeman has a bold, humorous stage presence that will have you rolling with laughter between songs. This is why being compared to Janis Joplin, Stevie Nicks, Linda Ronstad, and Melissa Etheridge, among others, has been "trumped" with other fan's and critic's opinions that she is much more like the multi-talented Bette Midler. Indeed, Ms. Freeman has that "Midler" appeal.

This singer/songwriter puts on a great show, no matter what size the venue or the audience. You will always get the "real thing" with Tricia Freeman.

www.triciafreemanband.com

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Live at the Temecula Theater DVD - Dennis Jones Band - New Recording Review

I just received Live at the Temecula Theater featuring the Dennis Jones Band. Dennis is a young axe slinger with a tight backing made up of Michael Turner on Drums and Sam Correa on Bass (both on vocals). The band opens with Kill The Pain, a blues rock track with the underlying rhythm of a Jeff Beck like track (solid) and featuring Jones out front with his honey burst Les Paul. Jones has a very versatile voice and has mastered the guitar quite well. His vocal styling is definitely influenced by Jimi and certainly not a bad choice. His riffs, played in a modern style have their roots in the delta. Next up is Him Or Me, which actually has the construction of a Hendrix track but of course is totally original. Jones seems to prefer Bogner amplification for his dirty sound and Fender Blonde Vibrolux Custom for his clean channel. This is a cool song with again a blues rock feel there are definitely some Jimi influenced riffs on this track. Jones, now on a sunburst Stratocaster with a rosewood board, plays I'm Good, built around Hookers One Bourbon concept, takes on a new life and sounds very fresh. Brand New Day, a fast boogie track finds the band driving quite hard. This is a pretty cool track with limited guitar work but really solid. Passion For Blues, title track of Jones' second release, is laid over a solid bass/drum riff and gives Jones the opportunity to play some more fingered chord style rhythm and hold the volume back for the clean solos which follow. A Strat and a Vibrolux belong together. The Best That I Can brings the tempo up a little and exhibits a more modern approach to the blues with rock riffs. Jones demonstrates once again his clean mastery of the fretboard and I'm watching. Big Black Cat has a great classic driving bass line and Jones fires up the fretboard like he's from Texas. Riffs are red hot and driving but with a little jazz in the mix. Very cool track! The second set starts off with Don't Worry About Me, a strong blues infused rocker. When I Die again demonstrates how important a bottom end is to a trio with the drums and bass setting the table for Jones to lay out his pallet if musical colors. Home Tonight has a modern R&B style feel but doesn't inhibit Jones from demonstrating a short burst of pyrotechnics. Back on Les Paul, Jones plays Try Not To Lie, a straight up boogie giving the band a chance to break loose and even finds Jones with a Chuck Berry riff in there. Back on his Strat, Jones leads the way with some beautiful clean guitar riffs on Fresh Out Of Love. Although this concert is filled with terrific guitar playing, this particular track really shows Jones mastery of sensitivity and articulation on his axe. Super Deluxe is back on the boogie train with the walking bass line and Jones raking the chords in rhythm. Hot Sauce see's Jones stripped down to a "wife beater" and cowboy hat and playing a butterscotch black guard Tele demonstrating that he can cross the lines and play a hot country based blues rocker to finish up the set.
There are 4 Bonus Tracks included on this DVD, Something Good, a slow blues track which may be one of the best tracks on the recording; Falling Up, a more airplay oriented track; the hard driving You're Wrong based on Jimmy Reed riff and pushed into a modern rocker and Stray Bullet, a soul style ballad with strong guitar work.
The people who attended this show got their money's worth and when you check this DVD out, you will too!!
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Walkin' The Dog - Kinsey Report

The Kinsey Report is a Gary, Indiana based band, established in 1984 by the brothers Donald, Ralph, and Kenneth Kinsey, plus a family friend, Ron Prince. As Big Daddy Kinsey and the Kinsey Report, they effectively backed their father, Big Daddy Kinsey. Lester Davenport played harmonica with the group.

The Kinsey Report's father was instrumental in steering his offspring towards the blues. The older brothers, Donald and Ralph, formed a blues/rock trio called White Lightnin', before the younger children also ended up in the group. Albert King, Bob Marley, Middle Walter and Big Daddy Kinsey have all toured with the groupIf 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”

Slow Down - Alexis Korner & Steve Marriott

Stephen Peter "Steve" Marriott (30 January 1947 – 20 April 1991) was an English musician, songwriter and frontman of several notable rock and roll bands, spanning over two decades. Marriott is remembered for his powerful singing voice which belied his small stature, and for his aggressive approach as a guitarist in the mod rock bands- the Small Faces (1965–1969) and Humble Pie (1969–1975 and 1980–1981). Marriott was inducted posthumously into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2012 as a member of the Small Faces.

In Britain, Marriott became a popular, often-photographed mod style icon through his role as lead singer and guitarist with the Small Faces in the mid to late 1960s. Marriott was influenced from an early age by his heroes including Buddy Holly, Booker T & the MG's, Ray Charles, Otis Redding, Muddy Waters and Bobby Bland. In later life Marriott became disillusioned with the music industry and turned his back on the big record companies, remaining in relative obscurity. He returned to his music roots playing the pubs and clubs around London and Essex.

Marriott died on 20 April 1991 when a fire, thought to have been caused by a cigarette, swept through his 16th century home in Arkesden, Essex. He posthumously received an Ivor Novello Award in 1996 for his Outstanding Contribution to British Music, and was listed in Mojo as one of the top 100 greatest singers of all time.

Black Sabbath frontman, Ozzy Osbourne, named Marriott the fourth greatest singer and Clem Burke of Blondie named him the sixteenth greatest singer and wrote under his name, "greatest rock singer." Paul Stanley of Kiss has said, "He had a great voice" and went on to say, "Steve Marriott was unbelievable". Keith Richards listed Marriott as one of his five favorite artists of all time. Steve Perry, of Journey fame, has claimed that, "One of my favorite vocalists was Steve Marriott." While discussing Kevin DuBrow with Billboard.com, Quiet Riot bassist Rudy Sarzo said "If there was anybody that Kevin would say 'I try to sing like,' it would be Steve Marriott."
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Crossroads - The Jed Rowe Band

The Jed Rowe Band are releasing their 2nd album, The Ember and The Afterglow, through Fuse on July 6th this year. A national tour is planned for Winter 2012 to support the release.


Produced by Jeff Lang, one of the greats of the Australian roots-music scene, and a mentor and supporter of the band, The Ember and The Afterglow was recorded live to tape over 7 days in Lang’s own studio. The process was a joy for all involved; with the sessions capturing the compelling dynamics of the band’s live performance. Guest performances from Lang himself, Liz Stringer, Suzannah Espie and a terrific string section further enhanced the creative spirit captured on the album.

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Fronted by singer-songwriter Jed Rowe, the band fuses Rowe’s electric, acoustic and lap slide guitars with a rock-solid rhythm section in double bassist Michael Arvanitakis and drummer Michael DiCecco, allowing the songs to shine through with Rowe’s expressive vocals. The Victorian based 3-piece outfit unites the raw energy of foot-stomping rock and blues with finger-plucking bluegrass and alt-country sounds, interspersed with a more understated and refined folk feel, and occasional flashes of gospel, soul and world music. The amalgamation of musical styles beautifully suits the band’s evocative, subtly layered stories behind the music.


The songs on The Ember and The Afterglow highlight Rowe’s creative and intelligent songwriting, a craft he’s been improving on with each of his previous releases, 2006’s solo EP ‘Life’ and the band’s 2009 critically acclaimed debut ‘Midnight Sun.’ The Ember and The Afterglow and accompanying national tour should raise this well-regarded Victorian outfit’s national profile to a level they deserve.


The first songs from the album, the double A sided “Waiting By Your Side’ / ‘Bloodlines” were released in November last year, and received strong support from radio, with airplay on Triple J and community radio throughout Australia. With the release of The Ember and The Afterglow the band will be performing at a venue near you soon.
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Delmark Records artist: Linsey Alexander - Been There Done That - New release Review

I just received the new release called Been There Done That from Linsey Alexander. This recording starts off with Raffle Ticket, an original shuffle tune right out of the smokey Chicago blues scene. Alexander has a great voice for Chicago blues and is complimented on this track with a tight rhythm section and none other than Billy branch on harp. Bad Man gets the funk groove going and makes me think there's some Funky Chicken coming up.... nice!Fabrizio "Breezy" Rodio whops up some funky guitar riffs to punch up the track and the horn section, Ryan Nyther and Bryan Fritz ride the groove.The title track, Been There Done That, is a R&B track and the horns add the warmth that you'd expect to compliment Alexanders vocals. Mike Wheeler adds some real nice guitar accompaniment and soloing to I Had A Dream, an Bloomfield styled blues track. Looks Like It's Going To Rain, a tribute to Willie Kent, is a soul style blues track, Alexander plays some nice Albert King style riffs and Roosevelt Purifoy plays some luscious keys throughout. Billy is back on harp on My Mama Gave Me The Blues and he is evident from the first phrase. His playing and the style of song brings the best out in Alexander who belts out blues from deep inside of himself. Great performance! Going Back To My Old Time Used To Be gets the Albert King style funky blues going and the band is right on it. Alexander plays some real nice riffs of his own on this track. Going Up On The Roof is a great dark blues with gut grabbing vocal and guitar work. Alexander leaves it all on the table on this one! Certainly one of the best tracks on the recording. Saving Robert Johnson again gets into the funky blues groove and the band is obviously comfortable here. Greg McDaniel on Bass and James Wilson keep the band hot throughout the recording. This is a great debut for Alexander on Delmark and well look forward to many more.

Here's an example of Linsey's work:
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Hillbilly Blues - Sleepy La Beef

Sleepy LaBeef (born Thomas Paulsley LaBeff, July 20, 1935, Smackover, Arkansas) is an American rockabilly musician.

LaBeef stands 6' 7" tall and was given the nickname "Sleepy" from the appearance of his eyes. Born in Arkansas, he was raised on a melon farm and moved to Houston when he was 18. There, he sang gospel music on local radio and put together a bar band to play venues as well as radio programs such as the Houston Jamboree and Louisiana Hayride.

In the 1950s, as the rockabilly component of rock-n-roll became evident, LaBeef began recording singles in the genre; his first, "I'm Through", was issued on Starday Records in 1957. In 1964, he moved to Nashville and moved to a more solidly country style, recording singles for Columbia Records. His first genuine hit was 1968's "Every Day", which peaked at #73 on the U.S. Billboard Country charts. After moving to Plantation Records in 1969, he scored a second hit in 1971 with "Blackland Farmer", which charted at #67. Around this time LaBeef also starred in the horror movie The Exotic Ones. LaBeef transferred to Sun Records in the 1970s and continued releasing albums and touring widely; his popularity flagged in America but rose in Europe. The 1980s saw him sign to Rounder Records, where he released albums into the 1990s.
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Stranger Blues - Steve Freund

Steve Freund (born July 20, 1952, Brooklyn, New York City, New York) is an American blues guitarist, singer, bandleader and record producer. Although Freund has toured throughout the United States (including stops in New York and Chicago), he is presently based in the San Francisco Bay Area where he is best-known
His mother (who played classical piano) initially inspired Freund. In 1976, Freund moved to Chicago and began to play regularly with Sunnyland Slim, which then led to concerts playing alongside such notables as Hubert Sumlin, Big Walter Horton, Pinetop Perkins, Paul Butterfield, Luther Allison, Koko Taylor and Little Charlie & the Nightcats.

He appeared at the San Francisco Blues Festival in 2005, the Chicago Blues Festival in 2007, and many other major festivals worldwide.
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Somethin' Fast - Jonno Zilber

The music industry is a superman style “bizzarro world” full of drunkenness, strange girls, slow cars, anti-Semitic Icelandic fishermen, flying prosthetic legs and poker machines that are louder than the live band on the stage next to them. A world where as Tom Waits once said “the large print giveth and the small print taketh away” and musicians have to refer to themselves in the third person just to make them seem more important than they really are. That is where you will find me, my name is Jonno Zilber.

I have been a professional musician since the age of sixteen years and in my relatively short career I have played all around Australia and internationally. I’ve played everywhere from school yards to prison yards, outback pubs with topless dancers to churches with born-again preachers, run down bars with no electricity to large international festivals. Some of the bigger festivals that I have played include the Adelaide International Guitar Festival, National Folk Festival, Australian Blues Music Festival and the Himalayan Blues Festival.

I have gigged with some big names in Australian music and shared the stage and recorded with some of Australia’s most respected blues musicians including Lloyd Spiegel, Geoff Achison, Chain and the late Dutch Tilders.
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GANGSTER OF LOVE - JOHN "MAD DOG" WATKINS

Born July 19, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois, John Watkins is a relatively undocumented blues guitar player.
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I Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town - Barry Baughn Blues Band

Barry Baughn - Guitar Vocals
Bob Gross - Bass Vocals
John "Mad Dog" Ruiz - Hammond B3 and Piano
Larry Mitchell - Drums
Paul Carman - Sax
Stan Watkins - Trumpet
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Little Freddie King

If you want the real blues - and I'm not talkin about some long-haired hippy beatin' on a National Resonator guitar or a mustachiod, Italian-suited slickster blowin' on a chromatic harmonica - baby, you'd better call Little Freddie King, Normally only seen once a month at BJ's Lounge located in the lowest bowels of the mighty Ninth Ward, where he shares floor space with a pool table and various carpet remnants, don't think for a second that his band won't be able to create the proper mood without their usual scrappy surroundings. The minute Freddie straps on his guitar and strikes up his gnarled chord and drummer "Wacko" Wade makes his presence known with a definative cymbal crash, this lean, mean, swampy aggregation of gut-bucket wild men transforms the poshest of venues into a back-of-town beer joint.

Born in McComb, Mississippi in 1940, Fread E. Martin grew up playing alongside his blues guitar-picking father (Jessie James Martin), then rode the rails to New Orleans during the early fifties where he crossed paths with itinerant South Louisiana blues man such as "Poka- Dot" Slim and "Boogie" Bill Webb whose unique country-cum-urban styles would influence his own. Honing his guitar chops at notorious joints like the Bucket of Blood (which he later immoralized in song), he jammed and gigged with Bo Diddley and John Lee Hooker, and also played bass for Freddy King during one of the guitarist's stints in New Orleans.
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Canadian documentary records MM artists

Pura Fé and Dark Water Rising's Charlie Lowry perform as Tulali at the Lincoln Center Photo by Aaron Greenhood Tulali is the vocal project of Native American artist,Pura Fé exploring the crossroads of the indigenous music of Southeast United States choral singing and pre-Columbian music. Tulali's live performances address Native struggles and accomplishments. Pura Fé will be joined by vocalist Charly Lowry of Pembroke, North Carolina, for a Tulali performance at the Lincoln Center in New York on August 11th and 12th for the 29th Annual Roots of American Music Festival, part of their Out of Doors Series. Pura Fé will also perform with the Pura Fé Trio on the 12th for the same series. Music Maker is hiring! Music Maker is seeking to hire a talented individual for our Community Coordinator position! The Community Coordinator reports to the Managing Director and works independently and entrepreneurially to develop and lead a smart and successful social media strategy, while assisting Development staff with projects and day-to-day tasks. To find out more, visit the listing on our website here! Captain Luke, Cornelius Lewis and Boo Hanks by Tim Duffy Quick Links: Website Merch Music Canadian Documentary Filmmakers visit MM Two filmmakers arrived at MM's offices last Wednesday to document Pura Fé, Dom Flemons and Tim Duffy. The office was transformed into a film studio for much of the day as artists took turns being interviewed in front of the camera, then running through the pouring rain to the Music Maker studio next door to record with each other. Here, Pura Fé, Rhiannon Giddens-Laffan and Charly Lowry team up for a jam session with original material. Listen to "I will be free" recorded that day, here. Rob Davidson and his crew have been traveling for 6 months documenting the predominant blues traditions based out of cities across the United States. "Cities in Blue," which will air as a TV series on Canada's HiFi TV in early 2013, attempts to trace the origins of each musical tradition and show what they have evolved into. We can't wait to see their broadcast about MM artists! Listen: Beverly "Guitar" Watkins - Baghdad Blues Diggin': "Baghdad Blues" Photo by Jimmy Williams Beverly "Guitar" Watkins shows that the blues can be a effective genre for topical protest music. Her lament "Baghdad Blues" is by turns fierce and blue. This version was recorded at the legendary Paris venue The New Morning in 2006, three years into the Iraq War. The song originally appeared on her 2004 release "The Feelings of Beverly 'Guitar' Watkins." Listen to her sing that Baghdad's troubles make her want to "put on her rock and roll shoes" right before she solos. You might agree with me that, when feeling bewildered by troubles far bigger than our ability to fix, sometimes playing the guitar is the perfect protest. If you're in NC, you can see Beverly rock the stage with the MM Blues Revue at the Haw River Ballroom on 7/27! More info here. -- Ben Ben Davidson is a writer, editor, and fingerstyle guitarist from Durham, NC. He has been volunteering with Music Maker, lending his writing and editorial skills to our web content and newsletters. Upcoming Shows: Click here for more info on upcoming events 7/20 - Pura Fé - Folk on the Rocks, Yellowknife, Canada 7/21 - Ironing Board Sam and Big Ron - Saxapahaw Farmer's Market Stage, Saxapahaw, NC, 6pm 7/27 - MM Blues Revue with Beverly Watkins, Albert White, Shelton Powe, Robert Lee Coleman, Nashid and Ardie - Haw River Ballroom, Saxapahaw, NC, 7pm (doors) 8/3 - John Dee Holeman - Best of Our State, The Washington Duke Inn, Durham, NC 8/4 - Boo Hanks and Red Rover - Saxapahaw Farmer's Market, Saxapahaw, NC 8/11-8/12 - Tulali - La Casita, Lincoln Center Out of Doors New York, NY 8/12 - Pura Fé Trio - Lincoln Center Out of Doors New York, NY 8/13 - Ironing Board Sam - The Depot, Hillsborough, NC 8/15 - Boo Hanks and Dom Flemons - World Cafe Live, Philadelphia, PA 8/16 - Boo Hanks and Dom Flemons - Joe's Pub, New York, NY 8/18 - Boo Hanks and Dom Flemons - Blue Ridge Music Center, Galax, VA 8/19 - Boo Hanks and Dom Flemons - The Hamilton, Washington, DC 8/25 - Ironing Board Sam - The Whiskey, Durham, NC 8/31 - 9/2 - Ironing Board Sam - Blues To Bop in Lugano, Switzerland Music Maker Relief Foundation, Inc. helps the true pioneers and forgotten heroes of Southern music gain recognition and meet their day to day needs. We present these musical traditions to the world so American culture will flourish and be preserved for future generations.

No Boundaries Blues Fest Features Chicago's Head Honchos,' Others This Weekend

Hey Minnesota! Head Honchos' Bring their Rockin' Chicago Blues To The...

No Boundaries Blues Fest

(PROCTOR, MN) - Get ready for the No Boundaries Blues Festival on Friday, July 20 and Saturday, July 21 at the Proctor Fairgrounds, 800 N. Boundary Ave. Tickets $35. each day. Info: (218) 365-2440 or available online at http://www.elyblues.com/Store-Specials.html.

This years event will feature the same top notch blues artists (over five per day), this time under a large event-sized tent for a little added "Mother Nature Insurance." Friday's lineup includes Virgil Caine, Jimmy Nick and the Judges, Trent Romens, Kevin Burt & The Instigators, and Head Honchos'; Saturday sees Galactic Cowboy (Blues) Orchestra, The Alex Wilson Band, Ken Valdez, Chainsaw Dupont and The Road Warriors, and Rob Blaine onstage.

Head Honchos' play smokin' Chicago blues imbued with elements of rock. The band is also a father/son affair - formed by guitarist Rocco Calipari Sr. (who is also a member of noted longtime Chicago band, Howard and the White Boys) and his son, Rocco Calipari Jr. "With their debut release, the Head Honchos' demonstrate a high level of musical maturity and provide a truly enjoyable album from their cover of the Freddie King standard "Going Down" until the final note on the seventh and last track, "99 1/2 Won't Do," wrote Blues Rock Review in a recent writeup.

In just under two years together as a working band, Head Honchos' have garnered positive reviews for their self-titled debut release in publications both far (Blues Matters and Metalliville in the U.K.) and near (Blues Source; Vintage Guitar; Chicago Examiner; Bluesrockers; Barrelhouse Blues; Southland Blues; BMans Blues Report; more). The band are about to record the follow-up to their debut, tentatively titled "Come Strong."

Head Honchos': Fiery Chicago Blues-Rock.

"WHO ARE THESE GUYS? Original and soul-pounding Blues at its best. I have seldom heard a Blues-Rock band with so much power! This is hard rockin' blues at its best...I've been waiting for this...it's like getting kicked in the gut and saying thanks...really powerful backup and spin-tingling, terrifying, aggressive guitar playing is the new deal here. I am not going to compare this CD with anybody's CD. You just have to hear it. This is ground-breaking Blues." BLUES SOURCE

"Wow! From the opening track, "Goin' Down," this disc had our attention! From there however, things only got better, the next song, "Lucky's Train," had us grooving and enjoying the juicy guitar riffs and righteous vocals - and surprise - it's an original. There are no disappointments on this CD. Every track sparkles with electricity, great guitar, stellar engineering and production, and wonderful vocals. In short, it's a home run...out of the park!" BARRELHOUSE BLUES

For Information On No Boundaries Blues Festival or Head Honchos':
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Spider In My Stew - Buster Benton

Buster Benton (July 19, 1932 – January 20, 1996) was an American blues guitarist and singer, who played guitar in Willie Dixon's Blues All-Stars, and is best known for his solo rendition of the Dixon-penned song "Spider in My Stew." He was tenacious and in the latter part of his lengthy career, despite the amputation of parts of both his legs, Benton never stopped playing his own version of Chicago blues
Arley Benton was born in Texarkana, Arkansas.

Whilst residing in Toledo, Ohio, during the mid 1950s, and having been influenced by Sam Cooke and B.B. King, Benton began playing blues music. By 1959, he was leading his own band in Chicago. During the 1960s, local record labels, such as Melloway, Alteen, Sonic, and Twinight Records released several Benton singles, before in 1971 he joined Willie Dixon. Indeed, a lack of opportunity in the early 1960s meant that Benton gave up playing professionally for several years, and he worked as an auto mechanic. Benton's earlier work was an amalgam of blues and soul, which he confusingly dubbed 'disco blues'. However, according to Music journalist, Bill Dahl, "in the late 1970s, when the popularity of blues music was at low ebb, Benton's recordings, particularly for Ronn Records, were a breath of fresh air."

Benton became a fixture in Dixon's Blues All-Stars for some time. A 1973 album by Dixon's Blues All-Stars, featuring Benton, The All Star Blues World Of Maestro Willie Dixon and his Chicago Blues Band, was issued on Spivey.

Dixon was credited as the songwriter of Benton's best known song, "Spider in My Stew." Released on the Shreveport-based Jewel Records label, it gave Benton a modicum of fame, and his 1974 follow-up, "Money Is the Name of the Game", helped to cement his standing. Benton's 1978 effort for Jewel's Ronn Records subsidiary (also titled Spider in My Stew) became recognised as one of the more engaging Chicago blues albums of its time.

Benton recorded three further albums on the Ichiban label, but in comparison to his work on the Ronn label, they were uncommercial. One such LP offering was 1989's, Money's The Name of The Game, produced by Gary B.B. Coleman. Benton also issued a record on the Blue Phoenix label. Benton's fortitude did not go unnoticed. He suffered from the effects of diabetes and received dialysis for the final years of his life. In addition, in 1993, part of his right leg was amputated due to poor circulation, having already lost a portion of the other some ten years previously. He soldiered on, playing his brand of the blues up to his death. However, as journalist, Tony Russell, stated in his book The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray, Benton "never found another money spider".

Benton died in January 1996, in Chicago, from the effects of diabetes, at age 63.

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Slipping Into Darkness - Low Rider Band

The Lowrider Band consists of four of the five surviving original core group members of the multi-platinum selling band War: Howard E. Scott, B.B. Dickerson, Lee Oskar, and Harold Brown. These members lost the right in federal court to use and tour under the name "War" in the mid-1990s to Far Out Productions (producer and manager Jerry Goldstein). The band's original keyboardist Lonnie Jordan now tours using the name "War" under Goldstein's guidance.
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That's What's Knockin' Me Out - Jimmy Liggins

Jimmy Liggins (October 14, 1922 – July 18, 1983) was an American R&B guitarist and bandleader.
Liggins was born in Newby, Oklahoma, United States. He started out as a professional boxer at age 18 under the name of Kid Zulu, then he quit boxing and took up driving his brother Joe's outfit around on tour. Following the success of his brother, Jimmy Liggins started his own recording career as a singer, guitarist, and leader of the 'Drops of Joy', on Art Rupe's Specialty label in 1947. One of his early releases, "Cadillac Boogie" was a direct forerunner of "Rocket 88", itself often called the first rock and roll record.

Recordings such as "Tear Drop Blues" (1948) and, later, "I Ain't Drunk" (1953), featuring leading saxophone players such as Maxwell Davis, made him one of the most successful bandleaders in the jump blues period of the late 1940s and early 1950s.

Liggins left Specialty in 1954, recording "I Ain't Drunk" (1954), later covered by Albert Collins, at Aladdin, before fading from the scene. His wild stage presence and manic delivery also had a direct and lasting impact on Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Bill Haley and Elvis Presley.

Liggins died in July 1983, at the age of 60, in Durham, North Carolina.
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