Tutu Jones (us)
Tutu
Jones blei fødd og vaks opp i Sør-Dallas
i Texas "saman med bluesen". Hans far Johnny
B. Jones var ei strålande gitarist og trommeslager som spelte i
mange år saman med legendariske Freddie King. Som barn var
Tutu svært ofte saman med lysande bluesstjerner som Ernie Johnson
og Little Joe Blue og til og med hans onkel L C. Clark var ein
dyktig gitarist. Han starta som trommeslagar berre 4 1/2
gammal og blei etter kvart ein dyktig gitarist. Han er først
og fremst ein dyktig individualist som set sitt personlege stempel
på det han syng og spelar.
Les
meir...
His
life became a dizzying mélange of tours and
Texas
dates, hiring out as drummer for Z.Z. Hill, Al
“TNT” Braggs, Ernie Johnson, and Little Joe Blue.
One night, he was fooling with Joe Blue’s guitar backstage
at a gig in the part of Dallas called Oak Cliff (turf to T-Bone
Walker and more recently, the Vaughn Brothers).
Joe Blue told him, if he could play guitar that well he
should be fronting his own band.
Not long after, Tutu started showing up at the myriad blues
jams in the clubs in
North Dallas
. Joe
Blue’s advice had been good, and things started happening for Tutu
Jones. His first CD “I’m
For Real” was released for JSP in
Europe
in 1994. Tutu
has gone on to record two additional world renowned albums since his
1994 debut. In 1996, “Blue
Texas Soul” was released on Bullseye Blues followed by
1998’s “Staying Power.”
Tutu is more than the sum
of his influences (though distinguished influences they are!)
He is first and foremost an individualist, who puts a very
personal stamp on every note that he plays and every syllable that he
sings. You could call him
the living personification of the sound of South Dallas, where Blues
and Soul meet and are stronger for it.
Tutu Jones has just released his brand new red hot CD aptly
titled “Tutu Jones Live”. This CD contains what many of the
critics have called “One of the hottest live Blues to be released
in quite some time”. Tutu is truly one of our brightest stars in
the future of the blues in the 21st Century.
Les
meir på websida
hans.
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