Corey Harris (was Re: Music Makers Relief Blues Artists
On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, William T. Cocke wrote: Now I'm fired up for the Corey Harris CD release show here this Friday. They've been playing cuts off his new album all week on the radio and it sounds like a winner. It sure is. He really branches out on this one, but still remain deeply rooted in the delta blues. Some songs incorporate reggae and mambo rhythms, bits of jazz and funk and gospel, and there's also some primal, hardcore delta stuff like "Sweet Black Angel." If you're lucky he'll be playin' with his band. I saw 'em in New Orleans last month, and I was entranced.--don
Re: Corey Harris (was Re: Music Makers Relief Blues Artists
I was fortunate enough to be filling in as the vocalist for Blues Hangover (featuring Deborah Coleman -- she's hot!) at the Carolina Blues Festival in Greensboro last summer, and we followed Corey Harris and his band -- they were awesome! Still, I gotta say that I like hime solo best ... definitely different from the run-of-the-mill blooze! Caribbean rhythms, a unique feel, great playing, great voice ... they are based out of Charlottesville, VA, I believe! Rob Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 09:05:22 -0800 (PST) From: Don Yates [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Corey Harris (was Re: Music Makers Relief Blues Artists To:passenger side [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-To: passenger side [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, William T. Cocke wrote: Now I'm fired up for the Corey Harris CD release show here this Friday. They've been playing cuts off his new album all week on the radio and it sounds like a winner. It sure is. He really branches out on this one, but still remain deeply rooted in the delta blues. Some songs incorporate reggae and mambo rhythms, bits of jazz and funk and gospel, and there's also some primal, hardcore delta stuff like "Sweet Black Angel." If you're lucky he'll be playin' with his band. I saw 'em in New Orleans last month, and I was entranced.--don ___ Robert A. Russell Director, Writing and Communication Center East Tennessee State University Box 70602 Johnson City, TN 37614 Phone: (423) 439-8438 Fax: (423) 439-8666 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.etsu.edu/wcc *** "Objective evidence and certitude are doubtless very fine ideals to play with but where on this moonlit and dream-visited planet are they found?" -- William James, 1842-1910, "The Will to Believe"
Re: Corey Harris (was Re: Music Makers Relief Blues Artists
On Thu, 1 Apr 1999, Rob Russell wrote: I was fortunate enough to be filling in as the vocalist for Blues Hangover (featuring Deborah Coleman -- she's hot!) at the Carolina Blues Festival in Greensboro last summer, and we followed Corey Harris and his band -- they were awesome! Still, I gotta say that I like hime solo best... definitely different from the run-of-the-mill blooze! Caribbean rhythms, a unique feel, great playing, great voice ... they are based out of Charlottesville, VA, I believe! Corey's based in New Orleans.--don
Music Makers Relief Blues Artists
A chunk of my time at SXSW this year was spent on the blues side--and in that regard I enjoyed having the chance to see Clarence Gatemouth Brown, WC Clark, Lou Ann Barton, Alvin Youngblood Hart,and even Guy Forsyth (a little blues, some ego--and pretty good SAW within a couple of days. I was sorry I did not get to see the new documentary shown at the film fetsival about RL Burnside and Possum Records now, but hope it will pop up on TV or elsewhere. Meanwhile...here's the interetsting part-- In the Convention Hall I met the poeple who run what's called the Music Maker Relief Foundation...an organization which still seeks out, finds and then truly supports unknown blues musicians--with the likes of recording contracts with actual distribution somne promotion, and donation-backed tours...one of which is now ongoing, as the "Winston Blues Revival" They gave me a demo disc of a bunch of their artists, and there are some TRULY EXCELLENT discoveries here--including Piedmont Tradition (as in Pink Anderson, Blind Gary Davis, Blind Boy Fuller) songster-writer Cootie Stark, notable acoustic blues singer Neal Pattman, guitar men Mudcat and Guitar Gabriel--and that rarest of rarities, one ass-kicking electric guitar woman, Ms. Willa Mae Buckner, who is pretty definitely not Richard Buckner's sister. You can learn about these artists and their recordings at http://www.musicmaker.org And here are upcoming tour dates--at which Stark, Ms. Beverly "Guitar" Watkins (another one!), Pattman and Mudcat will be joined by Taj Mahal and surprise guests. $10 tickets are relaly donations--but the show should be memorable. This sort of thing doesn't happen every day any more. I will definitely catch one of the NYC Knitting Factory shows: Cleveland OH April 8 Fat Blue Fish Denver CO April 15 The Casino New York NY April 30/May 1 Knitting Factory If anybody else caught this tour earlier, in Texas, California, or New Orleans, tell us about it. Barry
Music Makers Relief Blues Artists
On Tue, 30 Mar 1999 18:28:44 -0500 Barry Mazor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A chunk of my time at SXSW this year was spent on the blues side--and in that regard I enjoyed having the chance to see Clarence Gatemouth Brown, WC Clark, Lou Ann Barton, Alvin Youngblood Hart,and even Guy Forsyth (a little blues, some ego--and pretty good SAW within a couple of days. I was sorry I did not get to see the new documentary shown at the film fetsival about RL Burnside and Possum Records now, but hope it will pop up on TV or elsewhere. Barry -- Were any of the Fat Possum artists there, like T-Model Ford, and new addition James "Super Chikan" Johnson? T-Model's new one is an even darker, more difficult listen than the last one, but I like it anyway. Hell, I like most of the stuff coming out on that label anyway. Johnson is the nephew of Big Jack Johnson (who played here recently, but I missed it) and I saw him down in Clarksdale last year at a little jook joint. Super nice guy and a great showman. It was his birthday so we ate cake and drank bourbon. Now I'm fired up for the Corey Harris CD release show here this Friday. They've been playing cuts off his new album all week on the radio and it sounds like a winner. C'ville ain't so bad sometimes. William Cocke Senior Writer HSC Development University of Virginia (804) 924-8432
