Liz Mandville Greeson is one of the few female
singers on the Chicago blues scene who has actively
maintained a working band for over two decades.
Starting in 1983, when Liz formed her seminal Soul.R&B
band, The Supernaturals, Liz has booked, promoted and
toured with her own band with remarkable consistency.
The Blues Points were formed in 1996 to support
the release of Lizs first Earwig CD. A whos who of legendary sidemen; bassist Aron Burton and pianist Allen Batts from Albert Collins Alligator era, Albert King alum, drummer Dave Jefferson, and Jr. Wells right hand,
guitarist George Baze were Liz's band for the next few years. Since then the band has gone through several evolutions.
Today the Blue Points blues is Hot & Funky! Infectious & dancable!
Drawing on the urban edge that shapes todays Chicago Blues, still heavily laced with classic roots and soul. The Blue Points are: Just 25, but with a Chicago sensibility that belies his youth, JR Wydra contributes
solid rhythm and creative lead guitar.
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With JR, Darryl and Lewis all contributing lead & backing vocals, its a
blues revue, complete with choreography, giving Liz a lush launching pad for her musical pyrotechnics.
Pair all this with Liz's world class voice, solid, traditional guitar sound, amazing catalog of original songs,
electrifying showmanship, and the result is addictive!
Chicagos Fabulous Blue Points, soul food for your ears.
Tina Turner, Mae West, Etta James, Irma Thomas, Louis Armstrong, Louis Jordan. Sly & The Family Stone, Frank Zappa, Jimmy Reed, Slim Harpo, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Tyrone Davis, Otis Clay, Buddy Scott, Earth WInd & FIre, Joni Mitchell, The Band, Patti Smith, Hank Williams, Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Red-Headed Stranger, Lou Reed, Loretta Lynn, Dolomite, Bobby BLand, Little Jr. Parker, Al Green, Supremes, David Bowie, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, Neil Young, Rolling Stones, JImi Hendrix, BLondie, Lennon/McCartney, Fat BOy SLim, Sting, Ray CHarles, Duke Ellington, Alain Toussanint, Fats Domino, Brian Setzer, Pearl Bailey, Muddy Waters is the central figure in my blues foundation. Big Maybelle, the most perfect voice ever, phrasing, dynamics, emotion, humor, she had it all.
I like guitarists, T-Bone Walker, Albert Collins, Albert King, SRV, Memphis Slim, Magic Sam, Lightening Hopkins, Jimmy Vaughn, Mississippi John Hurt, Sax honkers like Jay McShann, Eddy Shaw, Sonny Seals, Daddy G and Jr. Walker.
James Brown is THE MAN!
Comedy, comedians, anything from the Bickersons, Carol Burnette, Redd Foxx, Bill Cosby, Phylis Diller, Moms Mabley, to South Park. Adult Swim rules. Comedy is such a big part of the blues, laugh to keep from crying.
NEWS FLASH!
The American Roots Music Association has nominated Liz Mandeville Blues Songwriter of the Year 2008!
RED TOP, Liz's 4th CD, Reaches 1 in Canada, 3 on the RootstimeRadio Chart & is Currently 14 on the Living Blues Radio Charts!!!Do you have RedTop in your I-pod?
Liz Mandeville is back on the Earwig Muisc Co label with a swingin' new CD!!! RED TOP features 15 original songs with traditional 12 bars, jumpin swing & funky soul numbers. It's Liz's 4th Earwig CD, it showcases her amazing voice & tasty solos, on both acoustic & electric guitars.
RED TOP continues Ms Liz's tradition of putting out great Chicago music, featuring some of the finest support players in town. Guitarists Mike Gibb, Michael Dotson, Mark Wydra & Luke Pytel are featured on different tunes. Rodney Brown leads a three man horn section on swing & soul tunes. Janet Cramer, Ricky Nelson & Twist Turner beat up the skins. Howlin' Wolf veteran, Eddie Shaw, lends his talent to two of the tracks, rockin out on Guilty of Rockin All Night & crying the blues on Stax-esque ballad, Hold Me. Look for RedTop @ Best Buy on I-tunes, Amazon, CDBaby & Earwig's sites. Or buy a personally autographed copy from www.lizmandeville.com
Liz Mandeville is not only a musician & songwriter, but for the last 25 years she has also been painting acrylic canvasses that reflect her life in the blues. These 48, energetic, colorful, emotionally charged canvasses capture scenes from the night life, musicians at work & landscapes taken from her years of traversing the country in her big green van.
For a more comprehensive bio: www.lizmandeville.com
Thanks to Carl Uchiyama for my Carvin, Lynn Orman & Denice Ardizonne & Michael Frank for continued support.
Come see the ALL NEW BLUES POINTS!!!
Lewis Powell on Drums, Darryl Wright on Bass. & JR WYDRA on Guitar.
Ms Liz will be wailin' playin & causing a riot
As of January 1, 2007, Liz Mandville Greeson will NOW be known professionally as LIZ MANDEVILLE! Successfully divorced for as long as she was married, Liz is shedding her excess baggage & moving into the New Year with a more streamlined moniker. To make the transition complete, Liz made a new promotional DVD with her most funky band, the Blue Points. She has launched a new web site ( please visit www.lizmandeville.com ) & is finishing her latest CD, RED TOP, for a 2008 release. All dates are posted both on this site & the official web site, www.lizmandeville.com.
2006 was a full year for Liz. She spent most of the year as artist in residence at the Kingston Mines, along with the great John Primer, making it Chicago's hottest Monday night blues party. Put together a great new band with a fat, funky, groove oriented sound, featuring Chicago's multi-faceted saxy vibe man Rodney Brown. She wrote & recorded a new set of adult contemporary tracks at Palatines' Prime Cuts Studio. Learned to build web sites. Spent a week in the Carribean in March & two weeks sampling the good life in France in Sept. Became presenter for the Alliance Francaise Chicago's Monthly Cineseries. Played the Chicago Blues Fest with the Legendary Charlie Love & the Lost Treasures of the Blues Revue. Several other great festivals held good times & new friends, but the Journal Star (Central Illinois paper with the largest state circulation) featured a color photo of LIZ on it's FRONT PAGE at the Peoria Blues Fest! She was pictured singing her original traditional blues tune, ILLINOIS NATIONAL GUARD, which struck a resounding chord with festival attendees & newpaper folks. Late in the year Liz worked with Indie film-maker Ed DeGeorge, playing a feature role in his latest reel to be submitted to Speilburg's Dreamworks Co. Bon Chance, Ed!
Liz & the Blue Points wish all of you a happy, prosperous & peaceful 2007.
30 Things Miss Liz Has Done
30. Been the subject of a feature article, written by Dave Hoekstra in the Chicago SunTimes, 12/7/08, celebrating 25 years of art & music
29.Nominated Best Blues Songwriter of the Year 2008, by the American Roots Music Association.
28.Toured the USA from sea to shining sea, revisiting Canada and Latvia as well, making stops in a total of 6 countries this year!
27. June 7, 2008, Played The Chicago Blues Festival's Front Porch Stage
26.Spent May, 2008, touring Holland & Belgium w/the BluesCrowns
25. Written & released her 4th Earwig Music Co. CD, RED TOP
24. Become a lead guitar player, thanks Josey
23.Become Chicago contruibuter to BIG CITY BLUES Mag
22.Played for one year every Monday night @ the Kingston Mines
21.Changed her Name to Liz Mandeville
1. 1st prize Winner for Novelty/Comedy, of the 2005 USA Songwriter Competitions for the song He Left It In His Other Pants
2. Voted in the top three Blues Singers in Chicago in 2005
3. Honorable Mention in the 2005 ISC Competitions Blues category for the composition Juice Head Man
4. June 3, 2005, Interview and performance for documentation in the Harold Washington Library Chicago Blues archives by Justin OBrien and the City of Chicago, Channel 23 TV.
5. Invited to participate in Mayor Richard M. Daleys historic Year of the Blues photograph taken January 18, 2004 commemorating blues artists of note in Chicago.
6. Oct 30, 2004, Lizs original work of dark fiction, The Ghost In The Attic published in the anthology SPOOKS, Twilight Tales Press
7. November 2004, Liz produced and released DVD Live From Chicago
8. January 2003 Lizs third album, Back In Love Again nominated Best Blues CD of the Year 2002 by the Chicago Music Awards
9. January 2003, Liz and the Blues Points tour Germany with David Honeyboy Edwards
10. November 2002 Liz is musical Guest of Honor at the World Horror Convention, her original work of dark fiction I Have A Theory About Ghosts published in the convention anthology.
11. January 2001, Lizs second album, Ready To Cheat nominated Best Blues CD of the Year 2000 by the Chicago Music Awards
12. July 2001, Liz and the Blues Points tour Germany with Robert Cray
13. Sang duet with Johnny Drummer on his 1999 Earwig CD Unleaded Blues
14. Two tracks released on the 1997 Blue Chicago CD Red Hot Mamas
15. June 1997 Liz appears on the Chicago Blues Fest Crossroads Stage with the Earwig Music Co Revue.
16. November 1996 Lizs first CD, Look At Me is released on the Earwig Music Co. Label & is named to the top ten releases of the year by Bill Wax, National Satalite Radio, Washington DC
17. September 1996 Liz earns a BA in Music @ Columbia College Chicago.
18. July 1996 Liz makes her professional recording debut on Aron Burtons Live From Buddy Guys Legends
19. June 1994, Liz appears on the Chicago Blues Fest Crossroads Stage with Aron Burtons Blues Revue
20. 1994-1999 house performer @ Blue Chicago on Clark
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Ciao,Liz Thank you for the add and the friendship. you are very good, I like your stupendous music a lot, and stupendous voice. compliments ..really. you are one of my prefeitis, I feel great admiration for you, talk to you soon, and all of my best wishes to always listen to your good music. all the best.. from italy..and good week neal
Ciao,Liz Thank you for the add and the friendship. you are very good, I like your stupendous music a lot,and stupendous voice. compliments ..really. you are one of my prefeitis, I feel great admiration for you, talk to you soon, and all of my best wishes to always listen to your good music. all the best.. from italy..and good week end neal
Hey Liz, just played Skips Lounge in Angola Ind. last Wednesday. Noticed we're crossing paths. It was a fun gig I have to say, happy Fourth of July, Steve.
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