To date, Broke & Hungry Records has issued five critically acclaimed CDs from some of Mississippi's great unsung blues figures.
Jimmy "Duck" Holmes of Bentonia, Mississippi has recorded two outstanding records for B&H. His debut CD, Back to Bentonia, netted three Living Blues Awards in 2007 including Best Debut and Best Traditional/Acoustic CD. His sophomore CD, Done Got Tired of Tryin', was nominated for a Blues Music Award and was listed as one of the Top 10 Blues CDs of 2007 on the National Public Radio Web site (npr.org).
Hill country bluesman Odell Harris also recorded a wild and wooly CD for Broke & Hungry Records. Titled Searching for Odell Harris, in reference to the artist's legendary elusiveness, the CD netted huge raves upon its release and landed on several "Best of 2006" lists.
Clarksdale blues veterans Terry "Big T" Williams and Wesley "Junebug" Jefferson came together to wax Meet Me in the Cotton Field for Broke & Hungry Records. Released in 2007, the record was described by Living Blues Magazine as, "so intense, so ecstatic and doom-laden, that it's well-nigh indescribable."
Most recently, Broke & Hungry released The World Must Never Know, a CD by a 78-year-old Delta bluesman dubbed the Mississippi Marvel. Due to the objections his church has toward blues music, the artist asked B&H to obscure his true identity. So while his pseudonym may not be real, everything else about this wild, raw record is as real as it gets. Blues Bytes hails it as "a stunning release from yet another never-before-recorded bluesman from the Mississippi Delta."
This fall, Broke & Hungry Records, in partnership with Cat Head Presents and Mudpuppy Recordings, will release a feature-length documentary titled M for Mississippi: A Road Trip through the Birthplace of the Blues. The movie will feature interviews and performances from a dozen of the best down home blues artists from Mississippi.
Broke & Hungry Records aint polite and we aint pretty. We dont get played at cocktail parties. Nobody takes us home to meet his mother. But if you like your blues ragged and dirty, scratched and tattered, youll like us just fine.
Here's a video that was captured of me offering my bottleneck slide interpretation of an old blues song, Goin' T' Brownsville, on open mic night at Old Strokers in Everett, WA. It starts out with me briefly introducing my homemade "Nobro" resophonic guitar and explaining some of the various recycled garage sale junk that I used in it's construction. Enjoy!
Hello Jeff, At last, first session of my movie club down here in Paris. How are your projects for screening M for Mississippi this side of the pool shaping up ? Be well, Ratel
hey come check us out at POPS NIGHTCLUB Sunday November 8th, tickets are 6$ and its a 2$ minor surcharge, we also have 2 new songs up "Apathy" AND "Living In CHains" and also some new pics
Hey BHR!TY for your Free Spirit Support!Hope you have a chance to listen to this phenomenal new release or just a few tracks/vid, from Finland, when you get a sec:)Download on AORHEAVEN.COM etc:)Hope to see these Guys Touring the Universe with the rest of the best & cheers to continued success on your Music Journey as well!Look forward to your Pro Review!Rock on & have a KA weekend!!Hugz & Respect..Lisa myspace.com/freespiritrock CRANK IT UPPPPP!!
Welcome, drumming extraordinaire, Aaron Haines, AKA, The Animal, The Phresh Beatz of Chula Vista, and The Rebel Blockade Drummer, here showing some love, and kickin’ ass on the drums before dinner time, which by the way is strong within the force! How are you doing by the way? These siq tunez on your page here is da bomb ass shit dat I ever heard in my lyfe. It’s dope, it’s phresh, and it sure as hell is out of sight, dynamyte! Well aynwayz, thanks so much.
Thank you for being our friend. Uncle DooDad invites you to stop by http://www.uncledoodad.com/ and check out the live recordings we’ve posted from recent shows in Seattle, Portland and Bellingham. Lots more streaming audio for free on the site too.
We are proud to announce that after MUCH hard work and effort, The Sheriffs of Nottingham will be releasing our debut CD, "Hard Places: The EP" on Saturday, November 14th.
Track Listing: 1. Running Man 2. Easy 3. Hard Places 4. The Road 5. He Said/She Said 6. Same Old Song 7. Nineteen Eighty-Four
We are extremely proud of this CD and cannot wait for you to hear what we've been working on for so long! We will be releasing the CD early online, so visit back often for more details. For now, you can listen to two full tracks (Running Man and Nineteen Eighty-Four) on our MySpace.
We thank you for your patience and support and we hope to see you at a live concert soon,
Thank you for being our friend. Mike Dollins & The Cruize Bros "Live" Hot Springs Blues Festival 2009 jamming Sissy Strut.
Guido Ciardetti – Born in Chicago, and was Buddy Miles Bass Player
Brad Messer – Born in Texas, and grew up with SRV
Mike Fraz – Born in New Orleans, playing same venues as Dr. John
Mike Dollins – From California & Arkansas Delta, played in the King Biscuit Blues Band, and with the great blues legends Big Daddy Rucker and Len Rainey on the west coast.
These veteran players love jammin’, and Sissy Strut is becoming a fan favorite on YouTube, AOL, MySpace and FaceBook. United as brothers in the roots of Blues, Jazz, R&B, Soul, Funk, Gospel and American Rock.
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