Brandon O. Bailey - Memphis Grooves

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2011
Time:49:34 
Size:114,2 MB 
Label:Self-Released 
Styles:Blues/Harmonica Blues 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Blues Ball - 3:36
 2. Whammer Jammer - 2:35
 3. Hellhound - 4:17
 4. Billie Jean - 4:01
 5. Harpbox - 2:08
 6. People Take My Soul - 3:30
 7. Grandma's Hands - 3:27
 8. Bye Bye Bird - 2:56
 9. Soul Thing - 3:05
10. Squat That Rabbit - 4:12
11. Hit the Road Jack - 3:37
12. Superstition (feat. Adam Gussow) - 7:25
13. Nine Below Zero - 4:38

Brandon O. Bailey is a  harmonica player and looping artist from Memphis, Tennessee. In 2008 he rose through the ranks of several hundred contestants to make the finals of the Orpheum Star Search competition in Memphis, then won the finals by performing the J. Geils Band's harmonica showpiece, "Whammer Jammer," with the house band. In the aftermath of that victory, and with the help of various major concerts, radio and television appearances, a "break out" story in Living Blues Magazine, a featured interview on NPRs weekend edition with host Linda Wertheimer and the recent release of his debut album Memphis Grooves which rose to #1 on both the U.S. itunes and amazon blues music charts, Brandon has put the harmonica world on notice: there's a new kid on the block. Brandon began playing the harmonica when his grandmother told him that his great-grandfather used to play train songs on the blues harp. Recently, Brandon adapted the post modern harp-boxing style made famous by Son of Dave: blues riffs intertwined with beat-box rhythms. Although only in his early 20's, he's already played with some of the best harmonica players and bands in the country including Adam Gussow of Satan and Adam, Jason Ricci and New Blood, Billy Gibson, Charlie Wood, and Blind Mississippi Morris. He has performed at B.B. Kings Blues Club in Memphis, The Rum Boogie Cafe, The Orpheum Theater in Memphis,TN the Arkansas Blues and Heritage Festival in Helena, The Mid South Fair, and the Jefferson Awards in Washington D.C.

Memphis Grooves