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Blue Million is back with the original lineup. Andy on drums and Gary Cash on bass. With Andy and Gary back, you are likely to hear some songs from the original set lists and definitely, the Rockin' vibe of Blue Million’s style of "blues".
Please check out Blue Million's web page - www.alansongs.com ___________________________ The music started with Alan Griffith in the basement jam room on Jackson Ave. and then the bars in Madison, Boone County, West Virginia. Later, Alan's bands were “packin’ the place” in Charleston and Morgantown – the proprietors loved the packed bars Alan’s bands filled. There was: The News, Stanley Lewis Band, Off the Wall, Blue Million, the Rainbirds, and The Cheap Beats. Blue Million has reunited and playing their brand of rockin' roadhouse blues. Alan has returned to playin' the SG electric guitar that he played as a teenager in the Jackson Ave. jam room - add new amps, a slide, a harp, and a few years and you have a musician's musician. Now, after a few years intermission, original Blue Million members, Andy Lewis and Gary Cash are back on drums and bass.
Shows usually open with Alan playing a couple songs solo - covering Americana and classic and contemporary standards ranging from Woody Guthrie to Johnny Cash to John Prine to Bob Dylan and Alan’s originals. The originals are about the people, places, and experiences from around the coal fields of Southern West Virginia and Boone County. The originals cover the sight and sounds along the roads we travel and our memories of love, broken hearts, happiness, hardships and people who called Boone County home. The songs are from the heart and we can all relate to them.
With the band on stage, the tempo picks up with more originals and rockin' blues at its best, covering Elmore James, Robert Johnson, Bo Diddley, Bob Dylan, John Lee Hooker, and British Blues greats, Cream, Fleetwood Mac, and The Yardbirds. You are likely to also hear some contempories like James McMurtry, the Stones, and Tom Waits. In a smoky bar - you may even hear some rockin' roadhouse dance music and a rowdy crowd talkin' back to the band. For sure, at live shows expect to hear a three piece band that has a tight, grooved, full sound honed with mileage in the jam room and playing live music in bars and coffee houses.
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