Mike Albrecht: vocals/guitar Pete Currie: drums/vocals Dave Doggett: pedal steel/saxophone Tom Gittelman: bass Larry Hambrecht: harmonica/vocals Byard Lancaster: saxophones/flute/whistles Lisa Chavous: vocals Anne Bullock: Artists' Rep.(non exclusive), Tour, Stage and Production WoManager
Influences
Muddy Waters, John Coltrane, Johnny Copeland, Albert King, James Brown, Fela, Johnny Cash, Elmore James, Little Walter, Willie Dixon, Paul Butterfield, Mike Bloomfield, Rory Gallagher, The Rolling Stones, B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Jimi Hendrix, Howlin' Wolf,Ornette Coleman, Sun Ra, Elvis, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Mozart, Beethoven, Puccini, R. J. Cole, Billie Holiday, Tina Turner
Sounds Like
The World's Heartbeat. Juke Joint Jumpin'. Deep Soul Blues.
The Philadelphia Blues Messengers are a rock-solid innovative Philadelphia blues band who have established their reputation as a good-time jam band by playing and singing the soulful music of men like Muddy Waters, Little Walter, and Elmore James, as well as original compositions that reflect the band's respect for and interest in groove-driven roots music. They have forged a connection to world beat music and avant-garde jazz through their long association with Philly saxophone legend Byard Lancaster and didgereedoo guru and percussion powerhouse Harold E. Smith.
The Messengers have also enlisted the talents of tenor giant Odean Pope and the vibrant vocal powers of Lisa Chavous to help spread the message of racial harmony and universal peace in their new CD"Blues for Sale." The Blues Messengers believe in the power of music to bring all people together, and in the power of the blues as an ancient connection to basic life energy.
We have been fortunate enough to have been played for four consecutive weeks on Jonny Meister's The Blues Show, which is nationally syndicated and generally regarded as the best blues radio programming available. Mr. Meister is a true blues aficionado, both knowledgable and passionate. To be on the show is a big honor. Part of the the mission of The Philadelphia Blues Messengers is promote blues music in general and Mr. Meister is the king of that. We would appreciate it greatly if you could take the time to make a request from our new CD, "Blues for Sale." If you don't already have the CD, it is available on CDbaby.com at the link below.
Blues for Sale at CDBaby:http://cdbaby.com/cd/phillybmessengers
Messenger of the Blues
Funk Meditation for Peace
Flip, Flop, and Fly
Home Cooking
Blues For Sale
I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water/ Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean
Fever
Shake Your Hips
Fine and Mellow
I Heard it On the Radio
Hello friend of The Philadelphia Blues Messengers! Below is a link which will take you to the "Make a Request" form for WXPN 88.5 FM.
http://xpn.org/requests?fid=8
Please type in the song title and "The Philadelphia Blues Messengers---Blues For Sale", in the "request" box and in the "other" box please type "The Blues Show."
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The Philadelphia Blues Messengers we started posting more "Evro Music" videos on YouTube. A lot of new songs are up. We recorded them on a cell phone, so the audio isn’t great. Here's the link, http://www.youtube.com/user/EvroMusic1 tell us what you think and leave us a comment on MySpace or YouTube. Peace out and have a good day! - EVRO
The Philadelphia Blues Messengers we were recently featured on the ABC network and we are trying to promote our first full length album self titled EVRO. Check out the video and leave a comment to tell us what you think. Just warning you that the sound on the video isn’t the greatest quality but you can listen to the same songs on our MySpace page. Tell others! Thank you and have a blessed day!
Janelle [vocals] Matt [guitar] Brian [bass] Chris [drums]
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Hope we can do something with you all one of these days. We do a little blues number that the people really seem to like called "the pussy shuffle". It's very low brow.
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HOT WAX.. HOT TUNES, hot diggidy, What a great CD.I'm gigging in the area, Atlantic City, Penn's Landing & am cruising for an invite to rehearsal. One Love,anne
