Christy Howard - Lead vocals; Billy Davis - Lead vocals & guitar; Jeff Howard - guitar & vocals; Demarcus Sumter - Lead vocals & drums; John Foley- bass & vocals.
Influences
Bonnie Raitt, Stevie Nicks, June Carter Cash, Memphis Minnie, Magic Slim, Muddy Waters, Eddie Taylor, Earl Hooker, Johnny Winter, BB King, Buddy Guy
Christy's CDs (I CROSSED THE TRACKS & PARTY GIRL) are available NOW worldwide at CDBaby, iTunes, Rhapsody, eMusic, Napster, Groupie Tunes and Amazon MP3. Her latest, I CROSSED THE TRACKS, contains 13 original Chicago-Style Blues and Blues-Rock songs, and includes memorable performances by Billy Davis (Hank Ballard & The Midnighters) and Chicago Bluesman Jim Kahr (Jimmy Rogers, John Lee Hooker, Charlie Musselwhite). Several songs from the new CD are previewed here. You can buy the concert video shown below at spencerbellmemorial.com for $8.00. All proceeds go to the University of Michigan's adrenal cancer research program. Christy Howard is originally from the small town of Clifton, Tennessee. Part Native American (Cherokee) and a child prodigy, Christy was singing and playing piano by age 6. Today, she is a Blues vocalist and songwriter based in Detroit, Michigan. Her diverse musical background, combined with her smooth and sultry vocal style, gives her a unique sound. Her music is Chicago-Style Blues and Blues-Rock, often with a distinct Outlaw-Country or Southern-Rock flavor. She sings with the soul of Gospel, the harmonies of Bluegrass, the rowdiness of a Mississippi juke joint, and the finesse of an Austin Blues club. Her instrumentation is that of a typical Chicago-style Blues band (two guitars, bass, drums, keyboards), but occasionally harmonica, dobro, steel guitar, banjo or fiddle are added. Christy's music sounds like Buddy Guy meets Lynyrd Skynrd or Hank III.
She won the 2006 Detroit Blues Challenge (acoustic duo with guitarist Jeff Howard) and competed in the 2007 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee. Christy's discography includes BLUES FOR KATRINA (No Cover Records, 2005, "I've Got A Weakness," Blues-Rock), PARTY GIRL (self-released, 2006, Southern-Rock and Country-Blues), DEEP IN BLUES COUNTRY (No Cover Records, 2007, acoustic Chicago-Style Blues), and I CROSSED THE TRACKS.
Christy draws on her long career in the seedy music business for her lyrics, which deal with cheating, mistreating, gambling, drinking and other debauchery familiar in the Blues. On stage, she is Johnny Cash reincarnated as a woman.
To see some more cool videos of Christy paste these addresses into your browser:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiQF50Z6jmw&feature=channel_page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P86Enia2E8&feature=channel_page
HEY, don't forget to check out our acoustic site at MySpace.com/christyandjeffacoustic (see below), and the Billy Davis site at MySpace.com/billydavisrhythmmachine. Also, check us out at http://www.worldofblues.com.
Listening to "Trading One Hell For Another", great band, and love your upfront vocals... the band, esp. the keyboardist, reminds me very much of the loping style of The Band, hope y'all can stay together, seems like a good chemistry. And the "trading one Hell for another" situation I know so well, I touch on that concept myself in this one, "Waking Up Now":
Thank you for listening, Christy... yes, Leonard Cohen is a big influence on my life & art, and last month we had a "birthday party" for him, where we covered six favorite songs of his, the Shadowville All-Stars & me. We videotaped the performance, but I hestitate to put any of it on YouTube without permission, of course. It was a blast to sing those songs, though.
I'm going over to browse your page and listen to some of your music right now... chilly October rain outside, and getting ready to go outside and face the grey...
PEACE & MANY BLESSINS' ON YOUR PATH CHRISTY !! THANKS FOR KEEPING THE BLUES ALIVE!! MAY THERE BE FEW STONES IN YOUR PASSWAY MY FRIEND!! HOPE TO SEE YOU ON THE ROAD..TILL THEN.. KEEP MAKING IT DO WHAT IT DO... ~ RR
"DEVIL OFFERED A GOLD DOBRO~I SAID NO,I BE A HOBO!!" ~ RiYeN RoOtS
Hi Christy & Jeff. Hope all is well ! So,,,Ya like my car huh? That's one I just got done building, should have see it before! You would have laughed and said it was junk! I'll add more pics soon, maybe even a few of me! See Ya soon, I think we got some gigs commin up in the near future!!!!!!! Chuck
Just droppin by for some great tunes hoping you guys doin well...and the ankle's O.K. Have the C.D.S ON Love it...and that great accent...and Jeff.s guitar playin magic No.1 FAN
hey Christir...we do need to catch up don't we? I am still in California...it's been a really great year...still writing my ass off...I have a new one called 'just like a dream' and another called 'candles and wine'....check them out at www.markgrayson.com
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