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Category 66:Best Traditional Blues Album (Vocal or Instrumental.)The Blues Rolls OnElvin Bishop[Delta Groove Music, Inc.]Complete List on Grammy.com
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Grammy Nomination for "The Blues Rolls On"
Night Time Is The Right Time
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Another solid track from Elvin's latest album, "The Blues Rolls On." Elvin's thoughts on covering Ray Charles:I went to see Ray Charles at the Big Ten Ballroom in 1958. He had his great band with all the fantastic horn players and the Raelettes and put on a show I'll never forget. I wouldn't have had the nerve to record a Ray Charles song if I hadn't had the help of my two favortie singers in the
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Your Q&A Answers!
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Many thanks to all who submitted questions! Paul B: I have not heard a track yet, but you have been joined by one of the best guitarists I have heard in awhile, Derek Trucks. Since you have played with Duane Allman and many others in the past, how do you rate Derek, and besides yourself, who are some of YOUR favourite pickers?Elvin: I think Derek is just great - maybe one of the greatest going on
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The Ripple Effect Review
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For those of you who have not heard the album for yourself, check out this review of "The Blues Rolls On"."You have to earn your stripes to be called a legend..." (read more)
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Keeping up with Elvin!
Elvin Bishop has been a busy man lately. He recently appeared on NPR's Weekend Edition with host Scott Simon, he sat in twice this past month as a guest DJ on Sirius Satellite's blues channel, and he wrapped up the month of September with a special performance at the San Francisco Blues Festival with The Mannish Boys, followed by an in-store concert and signing at Amoeba Records in San Francisco.
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Free Mp3 of "Struttin' My Stuff" w/Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks
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With members of his '70s band and special guests, Elvin pulls "Struttin'" into the 21st century!"I jammed with the Allman Brothers Band at the Beacon Theater in 2007, for the first time since the days of Duane and Dickie. It was with Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks. Wow - unbelievable musicians. When Warren told me he used to play Struttin' My Stuff as a sixteen-year-old in a bar band, I said 'we g
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Elvin Bishop Tour Dates!
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New Tour Dates!!August 30, 2008 8:00 PM - Riverside Blues FestivalSt. Marys, Ohiowww.stmarysblues.comSeptember 11, 2008 8:00 PM - Santa Cruz County FairWatsonville, CaliforniaSeptember 13, 2008 8:00 PM - Cal State University AmphitheatreBakersfield, CaliforniaSeptember 20, 2008 8:00 PM - Paramount Music FestivalGrafton, WisconsinSeptember 27, 2008 8:00 PM - San Francisco Blues FestivalSan Francisc
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"Keep A Dollar In Your Pocket" Featuring B.B. King
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This track from "Blues Rolls On" get some help from the legendary B.B. King.B.B.'s the most important guy in blues. I've been listening to him since the fifties and have known him since we played together at the old Fillmore in the mid-sixties. He was nice enought to invite me to his room at the Fairmont Hotel, where I found him on his bed surrounded by sheet music, working away on scales and exer
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