All Blog Posts Tagged 'Shoals' (23)

Alabama based musician Scott Ward talks about Wilson Pickett, Muscle Shoals sound, and Soul/Blues music

"I think there is an audience for Soul and Blues music today because people are starved for music that's real and music that is played by real musicians. Most music today has the same cookie cutter formula with the same beats and a lot of that stuff sounds the same."

Scott Ward: The Knight of Muscle Shoals

Alabama based musician Scott Ward…

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Q&A with Memphis-based singer Barbara Blue - Blues, Soul, R&B, & Americana, truly at the top of her game

"My choice is to make it happy & kind with a one day atta time attitude. There is no guarantee of tomorrow ... I don't believe we are in charge here ... LOVE is the key to life now and later. LOVE Is the only thing that lasts beyond death, LOVE is the only thing you can take with you from this world to the next."

Barbara Blue: From The Shoals With Love…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on December 21, 2022 at 9:00am — No Comments

Q&A with Nashville-based guitarist Tony Sarno, recorded numerous critically-acclaimed Rock and Blues albums

"In a perfect world, it would be more equitable, but that’s a pipe dream. Like all things in the entertainment world, it’s a “pyramid”; the few at the top make all of the money, and those at the bottom make crumbs. I realize that the ones at the top are generating most of the money, and therefore reap the most benefits. I am grateful for the living I am able to sustain, whether from music, or any of the numerous odd jobs that I’ve…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on March 14, 2022 at 10:00am — No Comments

Q&A with Muscle Shoals-based Andreas Werner, Crazy Chester Records owner, music producer and songwriter

"Music is medicine for the soul. It has a healing quality and has the power to make people feel better. It can also help people express, amplify or uncover feelings they might not be able to feel otherwise. Music is a universal language that can go places where mankind sometimes struggles to go."

Andreas Werner: Sweet Home Alabama

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Bassist Bob Wray talks about the legend of Muscle Shoals, Rick Hall, Ray Charles, BB King and Johnny Cash

"Music to me should be soothing, have positive effects on ones thoughts and not involve aggressive lyrics. Cultures change and so does music."

Bob Wray: Walk On Muscle Shoals Line

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on May 4, 2016 at 1:47pm — No Comments

Alabama guitarist Bill Hinds talks about Roy Orbison, Denise LaSalle and the legend of Muscle Shoals music

"I miss better radio. It used to be that you could actually discover good music on the radio. Now it’s all the same bubblegum. And there’s not much blood and sweat in music these days."

Bill Hinds: The Sweet Sound of Alabama…

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Q&A with veteran Alabama musician Joe Breckenridge -- performances with artists from many different genres

"Music itself sees no color and it sees no ethnicities – it can however be used as a bridge to create ideas, questions, and to get conversations started."

Joe Breckenridge: Sweet Soul Alabama…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on November 19, 2015 at 3:46pm — No Comments

Alabama musician Mitch Mann talks about Muscle Shoals legend and Blues-Rock racial & social-cultural

"I firmly believe music heals and connects people in all the right ways. So when racial and social-cultural things come along and immediately separates folks and lines get drawn, I think music is a powerful tool to get past those things and brings everybody back together."

Mitch Mann: Sweet…

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Interview with artist Marianthe Boyagis Snyder - found inspiration in the music & cultures throughout the world

"The Blues to me offers more than just the emotions that most music brings, it also offers what seems like a conversation between instruments, it reveals emotions that we didn’t know existed."

Marianthe Boyagis Snyder: Art Therapy…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on June 3, 2015 at 1:13pm — No Comments

Interview with legendary Muscle Shoals musician Travis Wammack - the fastest guitar player in the South

"Blues to me is a good man or woman feeling bad over a romance, money or anything that bears heavily on the mind."

Travis Wammack: From The…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on October 13, 2014 at 7:13pm — No Comments

Interview with Arkansas musician Joe Pitts - hailed as one of the most soulful blues rock guitarists today

"It’s (Blues) the real art of life.  It’s a way for me to heal the soul, through music."

Joe Pitts: The Axe Of Amalgamation

Hailed as one of the most soulful blues rock guitarists today, Joe…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on August 13, 2014 at 4:21pm — No Comments

Interview with Alabama musicians Scott Ward and Jeff Ford - keeping the inheritance of Muscle Shoals

"Music is a gift from God and it lifts the spirit- that one thing that keeps us all sane in a word of insanity."

Scott Ward Band: Muscle Shoals Down Through Decatur

The Scott Ward Band was…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on April 23, 2014 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Interview with Muscle Shoals musician Scott Boyer, Jr. - raised on a healthy diet of quality rock and roll

"I hope that the public at large will begin to gravitate back towards more organic, rootsy artists and bands that can actually reproduce the sounds on their records in a live setting."

Scott Boyer, Jr.: Muscle Shoals Legacy…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on April 6, 2014 at 9:41pm — No Comments

Legendary southern blues rock musician Scott Boyer talks about the past and present of his long career

"My hopes and fears are that music will continue to be something that people to work for and not something that just happens when you think of it. I believe that striving to accomplish good music creates better people."

Scott Boyer: Reach For The…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on March 30, 2014 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Interview with Hannah Aldridge - a rare talent with stylings from Blues/Jazz up to the primitive roots of Muscle Shoals

"I would love for the music industry to go back to the days where the writers get just as much credit as the singer."

Hannah Aldridge: Dark Country, Bright Songs

Hannah…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on March 26, 2014 at 11:15pm — No Comments

Interview with Rev. Yolanda aka Roger Anthony Mapes, a versatile artist, activist and spiritual person

"Music reflects that process. Music is Inspiration itself. It is The Universal Life Force Energy expressing Itself as Music through me."

Rev. Yolanda: Divine Creative Impulse

Rev. Yolanda aka Roger…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on March 1, 2014 at 10:44pm — No Comments

Japanese guitarist Kunio Kishida talks about the Muscle Shoals sessions, Dickey Betts and the Blues

"The music that the blues and the country are aboriginality. Therefore we have the scene which I cannot understand, but think that a blues-rock is world music. I believe it with world common language."

Kunio Kishida: Rising Sun's Axeman…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on November 4, 2013 at 8:50pm — No Comments

Songwriter, publisher Ann Sandlin talks about Johnny Sandlin, Allman Brothers, Capricorn and her book

"It was the foundation from which a lot of the music was derived. Without the rich Southern history there wouldn’t be the same music."

Ann Sandlin: A Never-Ending Groove

Anathalee G. Sandlin…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on October 11, 2013 at 3:37pm — No Comments

Bruce Brookshire of Doc Holliday talks about the Blues, Southern Rock and Ronnie James Dio

"The best blues to me always came from older black men who lived either in the countryside of the South, or in the Chicago blues clubs."

Bruce Brookshire: Southern Mission

Bruce Brookshire and…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on September 12, 2013 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Veteran guitarist Marvin Taylor talks about Mose Jones, Francine Reed, Blues, Southern Rock and 70s

"I believe American Blues is at the heart of all good Rock and Roll music, and I don’t think that’s very difficult to trace." 

Marvin Taylor: Simplicity & Honesty

Marvin Taylor born in Tuskegee, Alabama, is a…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on September 8, 2013 at 6:58pm — No Comments

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