The Biscuit Rollers

Bio:

The Biscuit Rollers is a collection of blues musicians that found each other in the early part of 2006. After trying many combinations of musicians and other instruments, finally settled down with the basic core of The Biscuit Rollers. The 3 of us have come together because we want not only to play and sing the blues, our favorite music style!!, but also preserve the blues and educate the world of what the blues is all about. The blues is one of the few American Traditions that we can call our own. It is a major part of the American history and culture and The Biscuit Rollers want to share this culture with all of our fans. Blues has many children, Delta, Piedmont, Chicago, West coast, and Texas.. all are what the Blues is about and what TBR is about!!! We are true believers of the Blues as a classic art form and want to share with anyone that wants to listen. We can play soft and gentle or we can get down with the best of them. We all come from different backgrounds and lives, but we share the single bond of the blues. Visit the History page of our website to find out more about each one of us individually. How we came across the blues for the first time and what TBR means to each of us. We did not invent the blues, but we have taken from the best in our history.... Robert Johnson, Son House, Muddy Waters, Mississippi Fred Mcdowell, RL Burnside, Snooks Eaglin...... and we have tried to capture the emotion of these greats and added TBR styling to bring you our vision of the blues. Our first CD “South Bound Freight Train”, a mixture of Delta, Piedmont and Chicago with a little old time music, was released in early 2008 and has been played on countless blues radio programs including a live performance on NPR. The band has played in several festivals including the Heritage Blues Festival in Wheeling, WV and won the 2008 James River Blues Society/Sedalia Center Blues Competition. TBR were semi-finalist in the 2009 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN. The new CD is available at cdbaby.com, itunes.com or live shows. We really hope you enjoy the music, images and feeling of The Biscuit Rollers and want to have more. So play around the site, come see us live, listen to some of our songs and help us spread the blues history and feeling to everyone. Thanks for visiting and living the blues!!! ..You should create your own MySpace Layouts like me by using nUCLEArcENTURy.COM's MySpace Profile Editor!..

Member Since:

December 10, 2007

Members:

Kelly Miller- Singer, songwriter, percussionist and center of band. Scotty Gray- Master harp player, guitarist, songwriter and spark of the band. Jack Roy- Guitarist, banjo, harp, kick drum, songwriter and visionary of the band.

Influences:

John Lee Hooker, Elmore James, Howlin' Wolf and especially Muddy Waters, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Neal Pattman, Peg Leg Sam, Cephas & Wiggins, Warner Williams & Jay Summerour, Son House, Robert Johnson, Snooks Eaglin, Rl Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, Otis Rush, Early Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, Sugar Blue and contempory artist such as Corey Harris, Alvin Youngblood Hart and Kelly Joe Phillips

Sounds Like:

a cross between Delta Blues meeting the Piedmont area running into Chicago and then adding a little old-time mountain music.

Record Label:

Catawba Records