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True blues to Memphis
The Age Australia
In 2001 the Graviesfinished second in the band category at the International BluesChallenge in Memphis. In subsequent years they made sure to stopoff in the Mississippi River town in between gigs at US bluesfestivals. The traders of Memphis promote Beale Street as the beating heartof blues music when really it’s become a big blues cash register. Cabaret singers preen their way through Mustang Sally whenVolvo Sally would be closer to the mark. During one of the Gravies’ stints in Memphis they had a weekendresidency at the Black Diamond Bar in Beale Street. Ian Collardthe Gravies’ singer and harmonica player recalls several chatswith tourists from the north of the US who were left to scratchtheir heads about the Australian band that provided their mostauthentic blues experience in Memphis. “People who went to Memphis for a blues experience ended upspending their weekend watching us” Collard says.
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Bluesman a contemporary traditionalist
South Bend Tribune (subscription) IN
He wanted to make a statement Skoller says with the remix a reminder that “hip-hop comes directly out of the blues. “The people who record blues music and book it at clubs and festivals “the blues power brokers” Skoller says approve of rock’s crossover into the blues but not other forms of music. “Any time a musician and they’re usually black musicians wants to crossover soul R&B or God forbid hip-hop to the blues they’re banished from the blues scene” he says. “Consequently they’ve done a great disservice to the music. I’ve seen a lot of heirs to the throne have to go into other genres of music because they were using elements of hip-hop or funk.
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