The Blue Riders:
Ben Andrews guitars
Tim Jarvis drums and percussion
Hugh Feeley harmonicas
A traditional,'Brownie taught...in a hotel room, at 5 o'clock in the morning'...about 25 years ago... "Play it like you, don't play it like me." Re: If the music is gonna' continue to live, then DON'T PLAY IMITATIONS ...make it relevant to now.
Ben Andrews - vocals and guitars
Tim Jarvis - drums and percussion
Hugh Feeley - harmonicas
A tip of the hat to the D.C. hierarchy page listing...
Roy Clark - Link Wray - Roy Buchanan - Danny Gatton - Bobby Parker - Sonny Forrest - Walt Namuth - Wayne Tomlinson - Hudie Ledbetter (Leadbelly) - Jimmy Reed ( okay so he was from the Piedmont) - Eddie Jones - John Cephas - Bo Diddley - John Van Horn - Chick Hall Sr. - Charlie Daniels - Frank Shegogue - Demetri Callas - Skip James - John Hurt - Charlie Byrd - Archie Edwards - John Jackson - Vernon Sandusky - Jorma Kaukonen - Catfish Hodge - Henry Vestine - John Fahey - Clarence Perry - JB Hutto - Hal Lindes - John Phillips - Zal Yanovsky - Johnny Hopkins - Marty Friedman - Nils Lofgren - Joe Tass - Punky Meadows - Kenny Definis - Bobby Radcliff - Jimmy Nalls - Tommy Keene - Jimmy Thackery - Steve Jordan - Bobby Manriquez - Rick Whitehead - Chick Hall Jr. - Greg Wright - Tom Principato - Steve Jacobs - Bob Margolin - Terry "T.I." Gleason - Donal Leace - Flora Molton - David Ziebarth - Cesar Diaz - Paul Reed Smith - Bill Kirchen - Evan Johns - Stuart Smith - Rusty Bogart - Linwood Taylor - Dave Sherman - Larry Burnett - Joan Jett - Dan Hovey - Chuck Brown - James Mabry - Richie Burns - Dave Chappell - Robert Lighthouse - Danny Morris - Pete Kanaras - David Earl - Erik Cartwright - Tom Mitchell - Sam Gunderson - Ben Andrews - Jerry Gordon - Johnny Tictin - Jim Stephanson - Eric Rose - Carl Filipiak - Armand Lenchek - Steve Kramer - Bob Swenson - Mary Chapin Carpenter - Michael Dutton - Memphis Gold - Mike Korpi - Cathy Ponton King - Bruce Ewan Andy Rutherford - Scott Mattern - Terrence McArdle - David Kitchen - Ivan Appelrouth - Rick Oliveras - Brian Gross - Michael "Jr" Tash A tip of the hat to mates, Cephas & Wiggins and doff of the cap to Warner Williams and Jay Summerour
Cheers to friends across the pond: Rab McCullough, Alvin Lee, John Mayall, Manfred Mann: Blues and Blues Rock from the British Isles, the United Kingdom, Great Britain, Ireland and Europe at British Blues Radio, Blues Mix - Brock & The Badgers - Kevin Brown - Eric Burdon - Ed Deane - The Fabulous Ducks -Funkydory - Giles - Andy Gunn - The Guv'nors - Tim Hain & Sunnyside Up - Incredible Blues Puppies - Michael Messer - Jerimiah Marques & the Blues Aces - Memphis in the Meantime - Big Mo'Indigo - Nigel Mooney - Mark Olbrich featuring Sarasota Slim - Ian Parker - Lee Patterson - Sam Payne - Porch Swing Blues - Roadhouse - Slack Alice - Sons of the Delta - Station House - The Stumble - The Barcodes - Dr Joe Medicine Band - The Doctor Teeth Big Band - Perry Foster - King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys - Connie Lush & Blues Shouter - The Mustangs - Ruf Blues Caravan - Ian Siegal - Andy Weaver and Chicken Legs Weaver - Colin Earl with King Earl Boogie Band - Simon Prager Maher - Lonnie Donegan - The Barcodes - Terry Allen - Gwyn Ashton - Marcus Bancroft - Billy C. Farlow - Eric Bibb - John Beland - Frances Black - Deborah Bonham - Del Bromham - Budgie - Jim Condie - Country Joe - Guy Davis - Kent Duchaine - The Dylan Project - Feast Of Fiddles - Perry Foster - Ty Garner - Dick Gaughan - The Greenhil Boys - The Gutter Brothers - Memo Gonzalez - Joe Hollywood - Nick Harper - Pete Harris - Hershey And The Twelve Bars - Jackie Levin - Little Toby Walker - Shane MacGowan - Larry Miller
The Blue Riders championed the East Coast Piedmont style of blues, a style of music first popularized by artists like Blind Boy Fuller, Rev. Gary Davis, Blind Willie McTell, Blind Blake...of course Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry!
This 1995 clip is from Virginia, U.S.A.
Man, you guys scratch me where I itch--do you have a site with a gig schedule?
gmmsi 4 years ago
No website. The clips are from an old tape. View 40 more clips, search youtube for: tymjar Blue Riders
tymjar 4 years ago