Deb Callahan - vocals
Allen James - guitar
Gary Lee - bass
Doug Masters - drums
Influences
The band is influenced by many different blues, rock, soul, gospel and folk sounds including.....Cream, Hendrix, Little Feat, The Neville Brothers, Aretha Franklin, Bonnie Raitt, Robert Cray, Etta James, Tina Turner, Stevie Wonder, Led Zepelin, Mavis Staples, Bessie Smith, Robert Johnson to name a few
Sounds Like
Bonnie Raitt, Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Lydia Pense, Susan Tedeschi, Joan Osborne, Janis Joplin with blues, funk, rock influences - good mixture of originals and covers
Philadelphia's blues and soul drenched vocalist and songwriter Deb Callahan celebrates the release of her newest CD The Blue Pearl, November of 2005. She's teamed up with producer, musician and song-writer Chris Arms, to craft a contemporary sounding CD with all the elements of timeless blues, soul and rock music. From the New Orleans blues/funk of the title track "Blue Pearl Moon" to the marriage of traditional and modern in the "Credit Card Blues", she encorporates thoughtful and often funny lyrics to tell a modern day blues tale. Doing social work in the heart of Philadelphia would be a good place to learn about life's challenges and this urban school ground taught singer/songwriter Deb Callahan well. Her rich, honest and soulful tunes resonate with listeners and run the gamut from soulful ballads to upbeat, dance oriented romps. The Blue Pearl features 12 new original songs and a cover of a classic Paul Butterfield tune Lovin Cup". Callahan's top-notch band consists of Philly greats Allen James on the guitar, Garry Lee on bass and Doug Master on drums. The Blue Pearl also features Chris Arms on slide guitar and acoustic instruments, Steve Achenbach and Reggie Johnson handling keyboard duties and Mikey Jr. on the harmonica.
Deb hails from the Boston area originally, but has been a fixture on the mid-Atlantic music scene for the past several years. During that time she and her band have gained a reputation for an exciting live show featuring a mixture of blues, soul, rock and folk originals and classics. Her debut CD "If the Blues Had Wings" was released in 2002 and garnered her positive acclaim from the blues and roots music community. If the Blues Had Wings is a collection of primarily original material that combines funky New Orleans rhythms, exotic delta blues, gospel influenced blues and rock to create sultry, soulful blues music. This CD features 11 original songs, a Bob Dylan cover and a few short outakes of songs written by female blues legends Memphis Minnie, Victoria Spivey and Edith Johnson. The CD was produced by guitar player Jon Dichter (Jive Five minus Two) and Callahan and recorded by Mike Comstock at Indre Studios in South Philadelphia. There was also some additional production/recording by Andy Kravitz of Brickhouse Productions and keyboard player Walter Runge. The songs were written by Callahan, Runge, and Dichter with a contribution from local bluesman Randy Lippincott. Musicians include band members Runge, piano, Robbertto Rickards, bass, Doug Masters, drums plus the talents of Billy Baltera and Allen James on guitars. Special guests include George Bonds (doing a duet with Callahan), Mike Brenner"Slo-Mo" on the dobro and Seth Holzman on harmonica.
The Deb Callahan Band has been touring quite a bit during 2005, playing as far away as The Monterey Bay Blues Festival, in Monterey Bay, CA and The Springing the Blues Fest in Jacksonville Beach, Florida as well playing festivals and clubs in the East Coast Circuit such as The Western Maryland Blues Fest in Hagerstown, MD, The Heritage Blues Fest in Wheeling, W. VA, Red Bank Blues Fest in Red Bank, NJ, Lehigh Valley Blues Fest in Whitehall, PA and a number of others
Debs music has been played at radio stations around the country and she has been selected as WXPN Philly Local Pick a number of times over the past few years, received regular airplay on WXPN (Phillie) Blues, Folk Shows and the Womens Music Hour Shes also received airplay from WRDU in Newark, DE, WRSU in New Brunswick, NJ, WDIY and WMUH in the Lehigh Valley, PA area, WTMD in Baltimore, MD, WPFW in Washington DC, WMPG in Portland, ME, other parts of the US and stations around the world including Italy, Australia, Belgium, England, Germany and France.
Deb has shared the stage with Buddy Guy, Billy Preston, James Cotton, Shemekia Copeland, Hubert Sumlin, Debbie Davies, Savoy Brown, Big Jack Johnson, Sean Costello, The Holmes Brothers, Phil Guy, Deanna Bogart, Ann Rabson, Nick Curran, Southside Johnny, Floyd Lee, NRBQ, Joe Bonamassa, Guitar Shorty, Little Ed and The Imperials, Bob Margolin, Paul Cebar, Tommy Castro, Anthony Gomes and more.
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During the summer time it’s easy to get lost in the sunshine and bask in the warmth of friends and family. I know…because that’s where I am! I do want to take this moment to let you know that I appreciate that you are one of my friends. I hope you get a chance to listen to my songs and leave me some words of wisdom.
Today is one more step toward the place where I belong and have always dreamed I’d be!
Hey Deb, What great pleasure it was to meet you and the band!!! Thanks so much for coming to Charleston S.C. at the "Dough". I hope y'all can come back to play at our blues festival in February. All I can say is y'all guys rock.
Thank you for joining me as a MySpace friend. Our main web site is at www. mikedollins. biz where our new CD is posted. From the Arkansas Delta, we say keep the faith and the peace.
thanks feel the love,like music flowing from my heart to yours pouring threw the mountans of your body flowing into the ocean we all share find open hearts and minds to share. and to build friendships in unity for the good if mankind. singing out peace phil im "phil.dirt" so i can get away with saying corny stuff
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Yo! Philly Gal, I enjoyed all tracks . Solid & musical . Herd some great Janis quality for sure, Band is great ! LOL to all blues fans in the east form San Francisco, Calif. Best Regards Eddie Neon
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Hi Deb. It was great to hear you perform at Burlap and Bean last night. It was our first time there too, a nice intimate place. Hope to see you again soon.
