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  • Genre: Blues

    Location Exeter, Un

    Profile Views: 11708

    Last Login: 4/1/2011

    Member Since 11/23/2006

    Website www.julianpiper.com

    Record Label BSW Records

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    Julian Charles Piper's an anomaly. Although born in rural Devon, teenage years were spent listening in awe to the raw sounds of Lightnin' Hopkins and Muddy Waters, wrestling first with cigar boxes and later plywood guitars to try and imitate the sounds that filtered through the vinyl. And always there, the Technicolor 'Sixties vision of Chuck Berry; shark finned Cadillacs and a land where hamburgers really did 'sizzle on an open grill night and day,' - the U.S.A. By the time he finally made it over to see if it was true, relocating to Baton Rouge Louisiana in 1987, he was already a road dog with more tall tales than any one person should perhaps know – the result of anarchic adventures touring and playing guitar behind Chicago veterans like Carey and Lurrie Bell, Lefty Dizz, and John Lee Hooker's sideman Eddie Kirkland. In Baton Rouge five nights a week were spent playing in every Juke Joint in town, along the way becoming a life long buddy of Rockin' Tabby Thomas – then owner of the legendary Blues Box – backing up revered Blues legends from the Excello label like Silas Hogan and Clarence Edwards, and on days off playing the New Orleans circuit with harpmeister J. D. Monque'd. Two W.C. Handy Awards followed for his guitar playing on 'Straight Shoot' – an album he produced for Carey Bell – and 'Lester Rides Again' with Lazy Lester, along with radio shows for national BBC radio and three European tours with Tabby Thomas. Subsequent projects over the years have included producing an album for '60's Rock legend Dave Berry, three releases with Junkyard Angels, a solo recording 'Blue Guitar', 'Can I Play With Your Poodle' with his organ based trio Jelly Roll. He's also shared stages with B.B.KING, ROBERT CRAY, THE DRIVE BY TRUCKERS, THE MUDDY WATERS BLUES BAND, NEIL YOUNG, HUBERT SUMLIN, and MOJO magazine recently called his slide playing 'dazzling'. The man's also recently broadcast 'live' on the KING BISCUIT RADIO SHOW from Helena Arkansas, appeared at the 2009 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, jammed with Cassandra Wilson, and appeared at Morgan Freeman's Club Ground Zero in Clarksdale Mississippi. Now his latest album 'Terlingua' sees him returning to his early acoustic roots, a bare stripped down clutch of originals like 'Who Got The Olds ?' – the sad tale of Johnny Ace who shot himself playing Russian Roulette – the haunting beauty of the slide guitar instrumental title track recorded with his old buddy Phil Beer of Show Of Hands fame, and some dusty Blues songs from Skip James, The Mississippi Sheiks and The Grey Ghost.

  • Members

    JELLY ROLL : CRAIG MILVERTON, ANDY MILLS JUKE JUMPERS: STEVE EWART, ANDY MILLS

  • Influences

    BUDDY GUY,CHRIS WHITLEY, ROBERT JOHNSON, WALTER MOSLEY, DR JOHN, HANK B. MARVIN, CHARLES BUKOWSKI, FREDDIE KING, ALBERT KING, RICHARD WRIGHT, ALBERT COLLINS, THE VENTURES, TAMPA RED, DR MARTIN LUTHER KING, CHANTAYS, THOMAS HARDY, MISSISSIPPI FRED MCDOWELL, PETER CASE, DUANE EDDY, FURRY LEWIS, SKIP JAMES, RAINER, GARY SNYDER, MUDDY WATERS,HUNTER S. THOMPSON, ANSEL ADAMS, SON HOUSE, STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN, JACK KEROUAC, HOUND DOG TAYLOR, PAUL SNOW, ROBERT CRUMB AND A MILLION OTHERS.

  • Sounds Like

    Texas and Delta Blues with a dash of Bob Dylan.

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Guitarist JULIAN PIPER has the rare distinction of having played guitar on two Memphis W.C.HANDY AWARD winning albums - STRAIGHT SHOOT with the late CAREY BELL on BSW records - an album he also produced for Carey, and LAZY LESTER's 1988 'Lester Rides Again' album on the legendary BLUE HORIZON label produced by MIKE VERNON , best known for his work with ERIC CLAPTON and FLEETWOOD MAC. In the 1980's Julian's band JUNKYARD ANGELs - became a fixture on the UK Blues scene, touring with CAREY and LURRIE BELL, LEFTY DIZZ, EDDIE KIRKLAND, TABBY THOMAS, CHRIS THOMAS KING, KENNY RAY NEAL, LOWELL FULSON, U.P. WILSON, EARL KING, PHIL GUY and many others. 1987 saw Julian also decamp to Baton Rouge Louisana for a year, where he became a regular on the local blues scene centred around the legendary TABBY'S BLUES BOX, playing onstage alongside local legends SILAS HOGAN, ARTHUR 'GUITAR' KELLY, CLARENCE EDWARDS as well as New Orleans harp maestro J.D. MONQUE'D. Whilst living in Baton Rouge Julian produced and played guitar on THE GODFATHER by SILAS HOGAN and co-produced and played on TABBY THOMAS's album KING OF THE LOUISIANA SWAMP BLUES. Upon his return to England Julian produced a series of radio programmes for BBC Radio Three BLUES ON THE BAYOU broadcast nationally in 1990. Since that time the band have shared stages with B.B.KING, ROBERT CRAY, THE MUDDY WATERS BLUES BAND, HUBERT SUMLIN and many others too many to remember. JUNKYARD ANGELS have three albums - DIRTY WORK AT THE CROSSROADS, LONESOME LA LA, and the latest - TANGLED AND TWISTED. In addition Julian has one solo album released - BLUES GUITAR - and is currently in the throes of recording a second tentatively entitled EAST OF HEAVEN , WEST OF HELL with the assistance of Phil Beer of SHOW OF HANDS. Currently when not playing with Junkyard Angels Julian's solo shows featuring his greasy slide guitar have become the stuff of legend! He's recently broadcast 'live' on the KING BISCUIT RADIO SHOW from Helena Arkansas, shared stages with ALVIN YOUNGBLOOD HART, GUY DAVIS, CHRIS SMITHER and jumps up onstage at Morgan Freeman's Club GROUND ZERO in Clarksdale Mississippi, just about every chance he gets. ! He also writes regularly for Guitarist, Guitar and Bass, and Acoustic Magazine, hosts a bi - weekly radio show on PHONIC FM and gigs occasionally with JELLY ROLL, a powerhouse organ trio featuring Craig Milverton. ..

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