Local Blues Based Acts
Blue Notes: Charleston’s classic organ trio: Steve Himes, Cary McDonald crew combine cool jazz with groovy r&b, funk, and Brazilian styles www.himesconnection.com
Barrelhouse Bonni: 1930s schmoozy women’s blues on the piano , plus original tunes www.barrelhousebonni.com
Carpenter Ants: roots rock & original gospel based tunes, featuring Charlie T on vocals and sax, Michael Lipton on guitar, Jupie Little on drums www.carpenterants.net
Lady D: Fine singer of many styles from Bessie Smith 1930s classic blues, to today’s r&b www.ladyd.org
Dennis McClung Blues Band : From Clarksburg area, doing Chicago style blues and original tunes www.dennismcclung.com
Esquires: Organized in Charleston by Butch Evans, and featuring singers like Mary Hankins and her niece Stacy, Esquires are a premier oldies band in Charleston, covering Motown era soul and R&B tunes www.esquiresband.com
Tom Hamrick of Pinch, WV swapped guitars with rock master Rick Derringer, produced Chris Butch of Charleston's record "Zostracon", and mastered a Nat Reese record in his studio: http://www.tommystriplethreatbluesrevue.com
Grady Musick, blues singer-songwriter from Bluefield, some of his songs have gotten wide play on the internet www.gradymusick.com
Marshall Petty, saxophone & keyboard jazz duo dynamicduowv@hotmail.com
Nat Reese, our senior coalfield bluesman, from Princeton WV: history: www.virginiafolklife.org/program_crooked_natreese.php, www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/reese.htm, www.fiddletunes.com/pages/natr.htm
Santa Cruz : a big Charleston variety band with lots of Motown songs www.santacruzband.com
Soul Doctors and Big Planet Soul www.bigplanetsoul.com. A big band for big occasions!
Spurgie Hankins: Part reggae, part 70s rock, very groovy and profound originals www.myspace.com/thespurgiehankinsband
Stratus: R&B from the 70s to the 2000’s featuring Dugan Carter and Mike Burks on horns
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