Bluesdusters

Collection Contents

#		Title	Length
1		Petrifyd	4:03	Play
2		Soft Spot ( for a hard-headed woman)	5:07	Play
3		Tightrope Walker	5:02	Play
4		Pack It Up	4:15	Play
5		Behind the Wheel	4:00	Play
6		Burnin' Third Degree	4:55	Play
7		Call Somebody	4:34	Play
8		Time Is Right	6:42	Play
9		I'm Leavin'	3:57	Play
10		Dark Side of the Moon	3:53	Play
11		Lookin' Out for Yourself	2:43	Play
12		She's My Woman	3:25	Play
13		Believe Me	4:36	Play
14		Maybe Someday	4:59	Play

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Description

"The bLUESdUSTERS serve up their songs in a way that's both familiar and fresh... like a new twist on an old family recipe"
-Solomon Burke 2005

To compose and produce modern blues music, the challenge is to create songs and arrangements that are fresh and new, yet remain firmly rooted in that great and very traditional genre. Tread the familiar ground and you risk redundancy; stray too far and you risk leaving the entire genre behind. But find a near perfect balance and you've created something that adds to that tradition and gives it a new voice.
When a blues and old-style R&B singer/slide guitarist from Chicago met a Chicago-style blues guitarist and singer from Los Angeles, Southern Oregon became host to a style of music that has become a new, 21st century, voice of the blues.

John O. Nelson

Born and raised in the "Windy City", John O. Nelson was exposed to the musical melting pot that filled the airwaves of that mid-western city. Leaving Chicago for good in his late teens, John found himself in Boulder, CO where he fronted or shared leadership in numerous incarnations of R & B-based bands that played the regional venues. Local entertainment reviews frequently recognized the distinctive, bluesy vocals put out by 'Johnny O.', when his bands were the featured act, as well as opening act, for national touring artists. These shows often ended in jam sessions with such legends as Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Johnny Shines, James Cotton, John Hammond, Jr. and Elvin Bishop.
A chance meeting with the legendary King Solomon Burke at the Portland, OR Waterfront Blues Festival developed into onstage musical magic during Solomon's gospel set on Sunday. Since that time, John O. Nelson has performed, on occasion, as a backing and featured vocalist with Burke's "Soul's Alive Orchestra". One of the shows was at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles as opening act for The Rolling Stones.

Grif

Leonard "Grif" Griffie began his music career as a southern California teen. The son of a life long professional guitarist, he took to the instrument as if born to play. Though the Los Angeles area nightclubs mostly required him to play the popular rock music of the day, Grif's guitar was always pure blues with a little jazz mixed in. An early interest in bluesrockers like Eric Clapton, Jim Hendrix, and Johnny Winter led him to seek out their influences. After years of studying and absorbing the music of favorites like Freddie, Albert, and BB King; as well as Buddy Guy, Otis Rush, Albert Collins and literally dozens more, Grif has developed two unique voices: one comes from his mouth, and the other from his guitar. Both an extension of his soul.

"The bLUESdUSTERS' live show includes the talents of personnel from their new studio CD release, plus an amazing rotation of superb musicians."