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- Marcia Ball Shannon Curfman
- >> TAB BENOIT MOVES BEYOND JUKE JOINTS BUT REMEMBERS ROOTS …
- MORE LIVE MUSIC TOP CLUB PICKS
- Cadillac Records – Not As Good As Other Music Biopics
- Dropped in the Soul Tub
Marcia Ball Shannon Curfman
Isthmus Daily Page WI
Her music mixes equal parts simmering soul fervor and rollicking Crescent City piano. Over the course of her career Ball’s infectious intelligent and deeply emotional songs have won her a loud and loyal fan base all over the world. Ball won two 2004 Blues Music Awards for “Contemporary Blues Album Of The Year” for the Grammy-nominated CD SO MANY RIVERS as well as the award for “Contemporary Female Blues Artist Of The Year. ” And in 2005 2006 and 2007 the Blues Music Awards honored Ball as the “Piano Player Of The Year. ” She was also voted “Most Outstanding Musician” in the 2007 Living Blues Readers’ Poll. Concert information is as follows:Saturday December 13th Majestic Theater 115 King St.
>> TAB BENOIT MOVES BEYOND JUKE JOINTS BUT REMEMBERS ROOTS …
The Free Lance-Star VA
You couldn’t play nothing but the blues and you had to plug into whatever [equipment] they had. ” On Saturday Benoit will perform at a much nicer venue The State Theatre in Falls Church. The show is a must for blues aficionados. In May Benoit was honored at the Blues Foundation’s annual Blues Music Awards as 2008′s Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year. (He received the same honor at the 2007 awards along with being named the B. King Entertainer of the Year.
MORE LIVE MUSIC TOP CLUB PICKS
Detroit Free Press United States
Callahan’s: Steve Gornall & Blue Collar Blues Band 8 p. Stand Back music of the Allman Brothers 8 p.
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Cadillac Records – Not As Good As Other Music Biopics
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The label started selling albums at the back of Chess’Cadillac and launched the careers of legendary musicalpersonalities such as blues singers and harmonica and guitarplayers Little Walter and Howlin’ Wolf blues musician MuddyWaters soul legend Etta James and guitarist singer-songwritersChuck Berry and Bo Diddley. Often when the artist had a hit single or album The rewardwas a brand new Cadillac. When this “rhythm & blues” music”crossed over” to white audiances and performers legendary D. Alan Freed coined the music’s new name: “Rock and Roll”. The picture is not as good as the music biopics that haveproceeded it (“Ray” “Walk The Line) for example butBeyoncé Knowles is excellent as the legendary Diva EttaJames belting out “At Last” like she owned it. Rapper Mos Def isnot bad as Rock Legend Chuck Berry but his role was limited and Iwould like to have seen allot more of Mr Berry who some consider”The Grandfahter of Rock”.
Dropped in the Soul Tub
East Bay Express CA
Lech Wierzynski was on trumpet and guitarNansamba Ssensalo played a jug and washboard and Benjamin Malamentthrummed a homemade tub bass which Wierzynsky had assembled from abucket and a broom handle attached with a long piece of string. Theirrepertory ranged from ’70s garage-soul to gospel-steeped blues songsfrom the early-20th century — stuff with a paucity of recordedmaterial if any. On a good day the Honeydrops couldmake $100 apiece in two to three hours.