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Erin Harpe Making good music and entertaining audiences in the Boston/Mass. area for about 20 years, and comes by it honestly--her dad is a solid Bluesman. Ms. Harpe has just had her 1st national release, so she won't a secret long: Here's her Website: http://www.erinharpe.com/ And what the fuss is about: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJpZj9UVHxo and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0F3Sr7iz6k and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjOUGF0T-n4 << she doesn't look to be spoofin--committed to keeping this music alive.
Deb and the Dynamics SW Florida's best when it comes to blues/up-tempo R&B; always has the best local players and they always give their best--that comes from personal knowledge: I've seen them 20+ times in 4 years. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHX_IfEasCw and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP2jF1AroFw << a comp clip--she always gives her terrif horn line room to play it out and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XBYhLIyHKw <<She has a steady gig at this funky dive bar in a "drinking village with a fishing problem". It's pronounced "mat-la-shay" and is chock full of artists and art galleries--big fun all around. If you're coming down, please contact me for details, etc., etc. on this and other Blues doin's--we have an active blues society--we're newish but we get up with it.: http://swfbs.org/
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Do you get more Local Hero-ish than playing next to the parking lot at Biff Burger? James O'Neill and various aggregations named the Silver Shadows have been doing it for a real long while in the Tampa Bay, FL area. Hire them and your party's made. http://www.jamesoneillandthesilvershadows.com/ << don't know a thing about the 3 discs offered.
Here's that concert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfSff0vqJ9c << Not so strange in my neck of the woods--one of the better Blues joints is a pizza palace.
Something a bit different: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1x-uw0dUSU
Bending the rules here a bit, 'cuz these folks are fixin' to break-out big. Josh Hoyer and the Shadowboxers featuring the fabulous Foxy Boxers http://joshhoyerandtheshadowboxers.com/ << clicking on the site gets immediate music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZXnor2XnfE << You know I'm gonna love any band with this butt-tight horn line
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z3STEBZSg4 << Studio session sans B/U singers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnWwLa8QPm8 << Nice job on a Sly classic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwHp9pILUgw << whoever did the sound on this vid richly deserves flogging--I'll knot the ropes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgpUp-SSpBw << that guitarist is sure invested, isn't he?
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Erin looks and sounds like a lot of fun! I love her voice,,,sort of a country blues thing goin' on here! And Deb and the Dynamics ,,,such a tight band and she's quite the crooner ..thanks again JazzBo! jazzboCR Wrote:Erin Harpe Making good music and entertaining audiences in the Boston/Mass. area for about 20 years, and comes by it honestly--her dad is a solid Bluesman. Ms. Harpe has just had her 1st national release, so she won't a secret long: Here's her Website: http://www.erinharpe.com/ And what the fuss is about: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJpZj9UVHxo and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0F3Sr7iz6k and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjOUGF0T-n4 << she doesn't look to be spoofin--committed to keeping this music alive.
Deb and the Dynamics SW Florida's best when it comes to blues/up-tempo R&B; always has the best local players and they always give their best--that comes from personal knowledge: I've seen them 20+ times in 4 years. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHX_IfEasCw and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP2jF1AroFw << a comp clip--she always gives her terrif horn line room to play it out and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XBYhLIyHKw <<She has a steady gig at this funky dive bar in a "drinking village with a fishing problem". It's pronounced "mat-la-shay" and is chock full of artists and art galleries--big fun all around. If you're coming down, please contact me for details, etc., etc. on this and other Blues doin's--we have an active blues society--we're newish but we get up with it.: http://swfbs.org/
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Blue Lunch A horn-driven jump blues band in business for 30 years with 3 CDs available. Based in Cleveland, Ohio and playing in that area (steady gig at a winery there). Here's their site: http://www.bluelunch.com/ I was alerted to them in Ron Weinstock's excellent blog: http://inabluemood.blogspot.com/2014/03/...rsary.html Now some tunes (these are all amateur vids so rough is to be expected):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EugLr6hKqJY << solid harp...and then the horns kick in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEXhs-tZins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTWZfqGHxEI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3or0qvCGfMY << That boy is having himself a fine time, despite the dispiriting girl--his sister?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVKKFbMSnes << Long Tall Deb is a national artist: http://longtalldeb.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkxJ26eSMHc << from the same gig--everybody had a real good time
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Deacon John He contributed mightily as a session guitarist to a big bunch of early New Orleans recordings--his wiki explains further: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deacon_John_Moore Never broke out nationally, never had that big hit but everybody in N.O. music respects him> He's got one recording and it's a pip--got a DVD too: http://www.deaconjohnsjumpblues.com/studio_cd.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqGa1fqrkc4 << Put on this CD/DVD and your party will take care of itself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBbdVsQB2JI << a 9-minute slice of heaven << That's the inimitable Allan Toussaint on the piano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LlnpQPGOeU << still hot-boppin 17 years later
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdS-oiCRnZ4 << In a state with as rich a musical history as Louisiana, he really is this important
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s77AcLWQU2o
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The Jimmys MadTown-based * but they have a 1-week return visit to the Dominican Republic in late January 2015--an on-going gig for them. 8-piece horn-driven band blending R&B, jump Blues, soul and jazz. Too loose, too funky, too much original stuff to be a "show band". The Site: http://www.thejimmys.net/ They've 2 CDs available only through them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftn1o3JrEco << Shaky quality on these...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sdGh1w-9dQ <<...best I could find
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33_xBatOFCk << Levon Helm would've been proud to hear this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6RzbrKDMdw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxmold8BtWo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYAww3vvOKs
BONUS: A near-hour show, struttin' their stuff for the home folks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMiJKnuLZ6c
* That's Madison, Wisconsin aka "Austin North"
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Here's 2 California bluesmen, one of whom still lives: Al King and Arthur Adams. I'm linking them because a record company did, and Ron Weinstock's blog does: http://inabluemood.blogspot.com/2012/03/...g-and.html and here's the AMG review: http://www.allmusic.com/album/together-t...0002070867
Al King a lesser note who died last century. Not much on him besides the Blog write-up but here's his discog: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/al-king-m...graphy/all
Arthur Adams Better known and still performing. His Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Adams_(singer) His discog: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/arthur-ad...iscography << Avoid his '79 discofied release
Some tunes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtQcqATem60
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-6AUPaLWHg << What a bunch of stiffs in this audience! Geez.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnls41JVWng << just kills on this classic tune
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtQcqATem60
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiU-H6qxVnw
Couldn't find anything by Al King--sorry.
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We lost another terrif soul/Blues and Gospel singer last year. Sistah Monica Baker had a powerful voice that she controlled well--that lends much greater impact when she did turn it loose. California woman who didn't travel much or record much. Here's a bio: http://www.oldies.com/artist-biography/S...arker.html and discog: http://www.oldies.com/artist-products/Si...c-CDs.html << there are doubtless others (local productions and distro). Hipped as frequrntly by Ron Weinstock's blog: http://inabluemood.blogspot.com/2012/02/...-down.html
Some tunes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ENhyTfznfw << Some lovely mid-Winter music...but welcome anytime.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mECSMVvhHgQ << yes she was
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DOfOQk8h_k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbGsnrwr5Ek << rock it, Sistah << top-notch band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVxG3oUy5EU << this happens to all of us at one time or another--my experience, anyway.
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Graham Wood Drout and Iko-Iko The band name only hints at all the musics in his gumbo. Burnished his chops in a tough Miami venue for 18 years, stepping out to wild Florida acclaim in 2000.* His songs have been covered by Albert Castiglia (q.v.) and others. Too local to have an AMG or Wiki, but a good Site: http://iko-iko.com/v2/ << A bunch of neat vids
Some tunes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbAWfC87AKc << Simple folky tune about Miami's oldest bar...and losing it to the wrecker's ball
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=792grEq7RuA << song and interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKKjrDpwa7E << "psycho-acoustic" show indeed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBbH5iaxo1Q << nice violinist sitting in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxYgA3TJvYk << A party band at a party place during partyin' times
*Full disclosure: I'm seeing him Saturday PM in a great setting--I'm pumped.
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Bassist for Aaron Neville for many years; sang lead b/u singer on his current CD/DVD, being featured prominently as the expressive gent in the center. Also doubles keys, guitar and sax, has a good small studio, produces others, written at least one terrif song, teaches privately....Plays out locally a good bit...and is as personable and expressive as the DVD shows. This phenom is David C. Johnson. Coming to SWFlorida? Check his schedule and don't miss him. http://davidjohnsonmusic.com/?section=home NOTE: Please don't confuse My Man with a prominent composer/musician of exactly the same name:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_C._Johnson << As you can see, My Man is much younger.
Some tunes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsFvCiJgcmk << Sure takes you to school on that bass, eh?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItS3pLHjKpI << Baddest MF in the area
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AXXZIOKtqA << Love the original AND this cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVQHd5iklo0 << I'da never found this if for not researching DCJ--sometimes you're the second one in "Each one, teach one". << Purely SWFla group, btw--pretty hip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF4ITfLWzlg << Part of an interview with DCJ on other bass players (his heroes). Shows a bit of his marvelous personality.
A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind--Dr. Johnson
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