Sister Blue-Vocals, Guitar, Mark Furman-guitar, Tom Donovan-Bass, Bob Holden, Billy "the Man" Roldan-Drums as well as Philly's finest-Randy Lippincott-Bass, Roney Carroll-Guitar, & many others
Influences
Muddy Waters, KoKo Tayloe, Etta James, Freddie King, BB King, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, Gladys Knight, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Howlin Wolf, James Brown, Jimmie Vaughan, Bonnie Raitt, Maria Mauldaur, Mavis Staples, Rolling Stones, on Drums-Fred Below, Al Jackson, Earl Palmer
CD's: Lust, Pain, & Other Temptations- Released 2005
Red, White, & Sister Blue-Debut-Released 2002
"A BELTER OF THE BLUES", is how "PHILA. INQUIRER MAGAZINE" featured SISTER BLUE in a 1998 feature of "LOCAL ANGLE". That same year "NORTHEAST TIMES" described her as a singer whose..."soul fights its way out and fills the room with well-seasoned wisdom and joy", and "strums her guitar with a trance-like fervor". In 1999, "CHESTNUT HILL LOCAL" exclaimed, "she bellows, belabors, and blasts the blues as if it's exploding from a howitzer. There are no pretty bows on her songs, just a barbed wire of passion hot enough to burn up the furniture in the room.
A Philly native, Sister Blue fronts a driving blues band, with powerful vocals and stinging guitar leads. For variety, Sister Blue also leads an acoustic duo, playing blues and ragtime, including renditions of her favorite Bessie Smith songs, as well as compostions of her own.
Prior years have seen SISTER BLUE on the same bill as JOE LEWIS WALKER, JOHN HAMMOND, SATAN & ADAM, SAFFIRE, as well as B.B. KING, BUDDY GUY, FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS, TAJ MAHAL, ROOMFUL OF BLUES, KATIE WEBSTER, CLARENCE "GATEMOUTH" BROWN, PINETOP PERKINS, SUNNYLAND SLIM, RUTH BROWN, and LONNIE BROOKS, at the biggest outdoor east coast blues festival, the 1990 "RIVER BLUES FESTIVAL". Sister Blue has had the honor to grace the stage with blues greats: KOKO TAYLOR, and the late great ALBERT COLLINS and JOHNNY COPELAND.
"...she growls in a low-down Janis Joplinish voice and coaxes from a guitar that bellies up to her like a dog who knows who's in charge."
-Janet Falon, "Inquirer Magazine"
"When Sister Blue's got the blues-it's all good."
-Sunshine Warbock, "Northeast Times"
"When she sings (growls actually) and hammers her guitar, she gives you the whole steak, and it's all meat; no fat, no bones."
- Len Lear, "Chestnut Hill Local"
"No one including Mick Jagger in Tina Turner's body, can move onstage like Sister Blue. It's one of those "you have to see it to believe it deals."
-Jim Albert "Northeast Times"
"This lady sings the blues!!!"
-Sydney's Sidestreet
You can also see Sister Blue playing drums for The Mark Furman Band & Jim Trainer
Check out my new Limelight interview. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dixjfLxAX9o August 29, 2009 Tonight 10 -2 Dawson Street Pub $3 Cover 100 Dawson Street (Manyunk section) Philadelphia PA
Saturday
Joe and his guitar a few friends stopping in to play.
Thursday September 3, 2009 Cobalt Blues band @ McStew's $5 Cover 1586 New Falls Road Levittown PA
That's great! I knew it was on their playlist, but it doesn't seem real until someone says they heard it. Good looking out. I hope you had two great gigs that day!
Through you (and you know who) I had the opportunity to open for and meet this great lady & Pops. Thanks, JB
Koko Taylor WAKE/VISITATION AND FUNERAL SERVICES
Wake/Visitation (Lie in State) Thursday, June 11, 2009 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm Rainbow Push Coalition National Headquarters 930 East 50th Street at Drexel Blvd. Chicago, IL 60615
Funeral Services Friday, June 12, 2009 6:00 pm (4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Visitation) Rainbow Push Coalition National Headquarters 930 East 50th Street at Drexel Blvd. Chicago, IL 60615
grreat to f' with you, I mean hear/see you last Sat !!! hey, do you have any copies of "The Big Chair Pics" from Jordan's b'mitz ??? Pls have him send them to bee if so !!! PEACE !!!
