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Congratulations
2009 BMA Winners

BMATours is very proud of
our 2009 Blues Music Award
Nominees and winners. The
Winners are:

Otis Taylor
Instrumentalist/other Banjo

Willie "Big Eyes" Smith
Instrumentalist/Drums

Mookie Brill
Instrumentalist/Bass

This years awards were possibly
the best run ever with appearances
by BB King, Elvin Bishop, Otis
Taylor, Michael Burks and
many others.

Thanks to the Blues Foundation
and everyone involved
with this years award
s.

Eric Lindell
"Gulf Coast Highway"
In Stores Now!!!

Eric Lindell's newest CD
"Gulf Coast Highway" hit
stores March 24 and its first
single "If Love Can't Find A
Way" was the #1 Most Added
Record with R&R's AAA
Indicator stations this week.
This is Eric's finest work to
date and we are booking
Summer
Festivals and routing
dates
now!!  Call us Today!!!

The Soul of John Black
USA Today
Pick of the Week!!

The Soul of John Black's new CD
"Black John" was released February
24 and USA Today listed it that day
as their Pick of the Week!!  The
Newspaper said "It's No Wonder
The Soul is so Tasty with This Kind
of Marinade"  This is the Album of the
Year!!  Contact us now for Festivals
and Events!!

New CD Releases

New Cd Release
NRPS
"Where I Come From"
New Cd Release
Cyril Neville
"Brand New Blues"
New Cd Release
Eric Lindell
"Gulf Coast Highway"
New Cd Release
TR3
"Radiance"
New Cd Release
Anders Osborne
"Coming Down"
New Cd Release
The Soul of John Black
"Black John"

New DVD Releases

New DVD Release
NRPS
"Live at Turkey Trot"
New DVD Release
DVD - The Nighthawks
Live @ the State Theatre
New DVD Release
DVD - Pinetop Perkins
Born in the Honey
New DVD Release
DVD - Chris Thomas King
You Can Never Go Home Again

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Announcements

BMA Welcomes:



Kimock's 2009 Touring Band

For Exclusive Representation:

Steve Kimock is hitting the road with his new project Steve Kimock Crazy Engine. Pushing the boundaries of rock and roll, rhythm and blues, gospel and soul, the repertoire will include Kimock classics as well as an energized catalogue of covers and fresh material.

The long-awaited project will also feature legendary Hammond B3 player, Melvin Seals as well as the cookin' rhythm section of Janis Wallin on bass (Family Groove Company) and Kimock's own son, John Morgan Kimock on drums. Rounding out the configuration with their soulful crooning are "The Girls" on vocals, featuring Cheryl Rucker and Shirley Starks.
 

STEVE KIMOCK HAS PLAYED IN THE FOLLOWING BANDS: ZERO, Steve Kimock Band, The Other Ones, Bob Weir and Ratdog, Phil Lesh and Friends, KVHW(Kimock, Vega, Hertz, White), The Rhythm Devils, Banyan, The Everyone Orchestra


STEVE KIMOCK HAS PERFORMED & COLLABORATED WITH THE FOLLOWING MUSICIANS AND BANDS: The Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Goodman Brothers Band, John Cippolina, Bruce Hornsby, Phil Lesh, Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzman, Ray White, Zakir Hussein, George Porrter Jr., Bobby Vega, Greg Anton, Ray White, Rodney Holmes, Reed Mathis, Mitch Stein, John Molo, Alan Hertz, New Monsoon, Nate Wilson Group, Jerry Joseph, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Stephen Perkins, Willie Waldman, Banyan, The Everyone Orchestra, ALO, Anders Osbourne and many more!


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704-525-1559
hugh@buemountainartist.com 




Blue Mountain Artists Congratulates

Elvin Bishop
and
Pinetop Perkins

2009 Grammy Nominees
for Best Traditional Blues Album!!!

BMA would like to congratulates two of our original clients and great friends , Elvin Bishop and Pinetop Perkins, who were both nominated for the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album.  Elvin Bishop's first Nomination is titled "The Blues Roll On' and is on Delta Groove Records.  The album features contributions from BB King, George Thorogood, Derek Trucks, Warren Haynes and many others and is a retrospective as well as a look forward on the 40 + year career of one of the blues worlds most innovative and important contributors.  Pinetop Perkins is the 2008 winner of the Grammy in the same category, and at the age of 95, Pinetop keeps going strong with his new release "Pinetop and Friends" on Telarc Records.  The album includes contributions by Eric Clapton, Jimmy Vaughn, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith , BB King and others.  We wish both of these legendary performers our best on this much deserved honor.  Both artists are booking now for 2009 festivals and event.  Call us now for more information.

Contact: Hugh Southard
hugh@bluemountanartists.com
704-525-1559

BLUE MOUNTAIN ARTISTS

WELCOME

Delta Groove Recording Artist:


For Exclusive Representation

New CD "Black John" to be Released February 17, 2009

The Soul of John Black is John “JB” Bigham, an adventurous artist who isn’t afraid to take risks while pursuing his musical vision. JB draws his influences from blues and soul pioneers such as Leadbelly, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, Lightnin’Hopkins, Bo Diddley, Blind Boy Fuller and Al Green.  His impressive resume includes a stint as percussionist with the Miles Davis band, eight years of guitar and keyboard work with the pioneering rock-funk-ska band Fishbone, and touring and session work with Dr. Dr?, Eminem, Nikka Costa, Bruce Hornsby and Everlast, just to name a few.

Rolling Stone
"A whole New Brand of Soul...Amazing"

 
New Yorker Magazine
"Goes straight to the roots of American music, paying a shrewdly contemporary tribute to the likes of Leadbelly, John Lee Hooker, and Muddy Waters"


CALL US TODAY FOR BOOKING!

hugh@bluemountainartists.com  

704-525-1559

Blue Mountain Artists Presents:

5 Time Blues Music Award Winner


Rory Block

For Exclusive Representation


Heralded as “a living landmark” ( Berkeley Express), “a national treasure” (Guitar Extra), and “one of the greatest living acoustic blues artists” (Blues Revue), Rory Block has committed her life and her career to preserving the Delta blues tradition and bringing it to life for 21st century audiences around the world. A traditionalist and an innovator at the same time, she wields a fiery and haunting guitar and vocal style that redefines the boundaries of acoustic blues and folk. The New York Times declared: “Her playing is perfect, her singing otherworldly as she wrestles with ghosts, shadows and legends.”


"Her playing is perfect, her singing otherworldly as she wrestles
with ghosts, shadows and legends."
  The New York Times

"...Rory Block is one of the greatest living acoustic blues artists... she can hold her own with the legends who inspired her."   Blues Revue

Blue Mountain Artists Welcomes


ON THE ONE


San Diego's Premier Funk and Jazz Band


For Exclusive Representation!!


2007 San Diego Music Award Winners for Best Jazz Album (nominated in 2008), ON THE ONE walk alongside live acts such as Karl Denson Trio and the Greyboy All-Stars when it comes to export music from America's finest city.   The name ON THE ONE comes from both Prince and James Brown.   Both singers have been known to say, “ON THE ONE” meaning “everyone in the band drop in on the first beat…on the ONE.”

 


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