Dan Patlansky
(Taken from musicalmover.com)
He's a cross between Josh Groban, Kenny G, and Weird Al Yankovic, but in only when talking about hair. Musically, he has a similar sound to Stevie Ray Vaughan without the 80's vibe. Here's a video (of the same song on Twitter - "Namaste/Love City"), taped at the 2011 Up The Creek Festival, held in Swellendam, NY.
Patlansky is from South Africa, which is located in the southern part of Africa. He plays the six-string Fender Stratocaster, similar to Eric Clapton. His first album, the independently released Standing At the Station (2001), was met with critical acclaim. On the album, he plays various songs, including George Harrison of The Beatles' "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." In 2004, he released another album, True Blues, this time while signed to a record label. In 2005, he traveled to the United States (New Orleans, to be exact), but his time there was cut short when Hurricane Katrina struck. He returned to South Africa and later became endorsed by Fender guitars (1 of only 6 South Africans to do so). Another album, Real, was released recently and Dan continues to play festivals and shows, both in South Africa and abroad.
(Biography taken from http://www.danpatlansky.com/)
With his talent, Patlansky could easily be on top of the music world. But one thing that makes blues music great is that the entire genre usually goes unnoticed. That sounds like a bad way to put it, but blues music probably wouldn't be real blues music if all of the artists were playing in huge stadiums for every show. Part of blues music is returning to the broken down, rawest form of (usually) guitar/vocal torment. I may be wrong, but I believe any artist of any genre that has a love and respect for their music wouldn't mind playing anywhere at all. Sure, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and B.B. King perform in front of thousands of people. I think it's great that artists get recognition on big, small, and in-between levels, but I also believe certain musicians prefer to have their shows in a smaller venue with a hundred or so people in attendance.
Smaller types of shows are common in North Dakota, too. See, we have these areas called Native American reservations. On these reservations, there are big, extravagant gambling houses called casinos. And at these casinos, in addition to the rows of slot machines and a few blackjack tables, some musicians will come and sing for a cheaper price. The musicians are usually cover bands and/or washed-up, but that leads me to my next story. This past weekend, my mom went to see a country musician, Charley Pride, at Prairie Knights Casino and Resort. Pride is 73 years old and his last album to get a place on the U.S. country chart was in 1989 (Moody Woman). Needless to say, Pride is probably no longer in his prime as a country artist, but that doesn't mean his love for singing has gone away. And my mom got to meet him, so it wasn't really pointless for her to go.
Artist of the Week: Kenny Wayne Shepherd
He's like another Jonny Lang, except a few years older. Born in 1977 in Shreveport, Louisiana, Shepherd developed a passion for blues guitar playing after meeting the Stevie Ray Vaughan when he was 7 years old. Shepherd got his first big break after playing at Shreveport's Red River Revel Arts Festival. He was signed to Giant Records and released his debut album, Ledbetter Heights, in 1995. His next album, Trouble Is... was released in 1997 and holds the record for the longest-running album on the Billboard Blues chart. Other albums include Live On (1999), The Place You're In (2004), 10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads (2007), and Live! in Chicago (2010). Shepherd continues to play music and lives with his wife, Hannah Gibson (daughter of Mel Gibson) and their three children.
New Album of the Week: Shiver by Too Slim and the Taildraggers
Released 04.12.11
(taken from amazon.com)Yeah, the album cover kind of freaked me out too. But the sound makes up for someone's obviously strange taste in visual art. Too Slim and the Taildraggers is a blues band that goes largely unnoticed. I had not heard of them until I listened to their previous album, 2009's Free Your Mind, which I highly recommend. Turns out the band's first album was released in 1988. Shiver is the band's 10th studio album and 2011 marks their 25th year of touring, so they've had their foot in the door for a long time and deserve respect. Their new release is filled with good tracks that every rock fan should enjoy. Too Slim and the Taildraggers do a wonderful job at incorporating traditional rock and Americana music into blues. So, if you like John Mellencamp, Bruce Springsteen, and Eric Clapton all mixed into one, Too Slim and the Taildraggers is sure to make your eardrums happy.
32nd Annual BLUES MUSIC AWARDS - MAY 5, 2011
Cook Convention Center
Memphis, TN
Broadcasted live on XM Sirius satellite radio (B.B. King's Bluesville channel)
Acoustic Album of the Year
Bet on the Blues, Paul Oscher
Booker's Guitar, Eric Bibb
Home Sweet Home, South Memphis String Band
Last Train to Bluesville, The Nighthawks
You Can Always Turn Around, Lucky Peterson
Acoustic Artist of the Year
Doug MacLeod
Eric Bibb
Guy Davis
John Hammond
Paul Oscher
Album of the Year
Ain't Got No Troubles, Eden Brent
Living Proof, Buddy Guy
Shake for Me, The Mannish Boys
The Devil is an Angel Too, Janiva Magness
The Well, Charlie Musselwhite
B.B. King Entertainer of the Year
Buddy Guy
Janiva Magness
Joe Louis Walker
Kenny Neal
Super Chikan
Band of the Year
Magic Slim & the Teardrops
Nick Moss & the Flip Tops
Rick Estrin & the Nightcats
The Derek Trucks Band
The Holmes Brothers
The Kilborn Alley Blues Band
The Mannish Boys
Best New Artist Debut
Chris O'Leary Band, Mr. Used to Be
Claudette King, We're Onto Something
Matt Hill, On the Floor
Peter Parcek , The Mathematics of Love
The Vincent Hayes Project, Reclamation
Contemporary Blues Album of the Year
Have Blues Will Travel, Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King
Living Proof, Buddy Guy
Name The Day!, John Nemeth
Still The Rain, Karen Lovely
The Devil is an Angel Too, Janiva Magness
Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year
Candye Kane
Janiva Magness
Karen Lovely
Robin Rogers
Shemekia Copeland
Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year
Buddy Guy
Joe Louis Walker
John Nemeth
Kenny Neal
Nick Moss
DVD
Black Hen, The Mississippi Sheiks Tribute Concert, Various Artists
Delmark, Live at Rooster's Place, Tail Dragger
NorthernBlues Music, Live at Ground Zero Blues Club, Watermelon Slim & the Workers
Ruf, Songs From The Road, Luther Allison
Woodward Studio, Nothing to Prove, Mac Arnold
Historical Album of the Year
Black Derby, Chicago Blues Buddies, Little Smokey Smothers & Elvin Bishop
Delmark, Jimmy Dawkins Presents the Leric Story, Various Artists
Delmark, Live in Boston 1966, Junior Wells & the Aces
Delta Groove, Harmonica Blues, Bob Corritore & Friends (Koko, Pinetop, Nappy Brown, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, et. al)
Ruf, Songs from the Road, Luther Allison
Instrumentalist-Bass
Bill Stuve
Bob Stroger
Larry Taylor
Patrick Rynn
Steve Gomes
Instrumentalist-Drums
Cedric Burnside
Jimi Bott
Kenny 'Beedy Eyes' Smith
Robb Stupka
Tony Braunagel
Instrumentalist-Guitar
Derek Trucks
Duke Robillard
Joe Louis Walker
Kirk Fletcher
Ronnie Earl
Instrumentalist-Harmonica
Bob Corritore
Charlie Musselwhite
James Cotton
Kim Wilson
Paul Oscher
Instrumentalist-Horn
Big James Montgomery
Doug James
Eddie Shaw
Keith Crossan
Terry Hanck
Instrumentalist-Other
Gerry Hundt, Mandolin
Johnny Sansone, Accordion
Otis Taylor, Banjo
Rich Del Grosso, Mandolin
Sonny Rhodes, Lap Steel Guitar
Koko Taylor Award (Traditional Blues Female)
Eden Brent
Reba Russell
Ruthie Foster
Sue Foley
Teeny Tucker
Zora Young
Pinetop Perkins Piano Player
David Maxwell
Dr. John
Eden Brent
Henry Butler
Mitch Woods
Rock Blues Album of the Year
Bingo, Steve Miller Band
Common Ground, Walter Trout
Live! In Chicago, Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band featuring Hubert Sumlin, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Bryan Lee and Buddy Flett
Privileged, Nick Moss
Roadsongs, Derek Trucks
Song of the Year
Living Proof, Tom Hambridge/Buddy Guy, Living Proof, Buddy Guy
Please Mr. President, Bruce Iglauer/Wyzard/David Kearney, Bare Knuckle, Guitar Shorty
Rained All Night, Steve Gomes, Back In Style, Tad Robinson
Sad and Beautiful World, Charlie Musselwhite, The Well, Charlie Musselwhite
Still the Rain, Dennis Walker/Alan Mirikitani, Still The Rain, Karen Lovely
Soul Blues Album of the Year
24 Hour Woman, Denise LaSalle
Back in Style, Tad Robinson
Feed My Soul, The Holmes Brothers
Live In San Antonio, Eugene 'Hideaway' Bridges
Nothing's Impossible, Solomon Burke
Stomp the Floor, Arthur Adams
Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year
Barbara Carr
Claudette King
Denise LaSalle
Irma Thomas
Sista Monica Parker
Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year
Bobby Rush
Curtis Salgado
Eugene 'Hideaway' Bridges
Solomon Burke
Tad Robinson
Traditional Blues Album of the Year
Giant, James Cotton
Joined At the Hip, Pinetop Perkins & Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith
Passport to the Blues, Duke Robillard
Shake for Me, The Mannish Boys
The Well, Charlie Musselwhite
Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year
Alabama Mike
Charlie Musselwhite
James Cotton
Magic Slim
Super Chikan
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