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The Powder Blues was founded in 1978 as a house band in Vancouver, British Columbia. The band was founded by brothers Tom Lavin (guitar, vocals), Jack Lavin (bass, vocals), and Willie MacCalder (keyboards, vocals). [ 1 ]
Tom Lavin. Tom Lavin is a Chicago-born 1950 musician and record producer and founding member of the Juno Award winning (1981) Canadian group, Powder Blues.Leader, Tom Lavin has written many of the band’s best-known songs including ‘Doin’ It Right’ a SOCAN Classics Winner [1] and ‘Boppin With the Blues’.
Thirsty Ears is the second studio album by Canadian blues band, Powder Blues, released in 1981. Thirsty Ears was the band's follow up to Uncut, released the year before. Thirsty Ears was certified platinum in Canada for 100,000 copies shipped. [2] The title track, "Thirsty Ears", peaked at number 17 on the Canadian singles chart in 1981.
Uncut is the debut studio album released by Canada's the Powder Blues. It was originally released in December 1979 on the Blue Wave label. [2] RCA re-issued the album in February 1980, with the song "Gimme Some Lovin'" removed from the album. Uncut was produced by Jack Lavin. The album reached #5 in Canada after having spent 5 weeks at #6.
Canadian blues is the blues and blues-related music (e.g., blues rock) performed by blues bands and performers in Canada. Canadian blues artists include singers, players of the main blues instruments: guitar (acoustic and electric), harmonica ("blues harp"), keyboards (piano and Hammond organ), bass and drums, songwriters and music producers ...
Willie Lee Brown (1899 [2] or August 6, 1900 – December 30, 1952) [3] was an American blues guitar player and vocalist. He performed and recorded with other blues musicians, including Son House and Charlie Patton, and influenced Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters. [4] [5] Brown is considered one of the pioneering musicians of the Delta blues ...
Family Style, released shortly after his death, won the 1991 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album and became his best-selling, non-Double Trouble studio album with over a million shipments in the U.S. [216] In 2003, Rolling Stone ranked him seventh among the "100 Greatest Guitar Players of All Time", [230] with a 2023 update placing ...
Texas Blues is a subgenre of the blues, and of course is not limited to Texas-based musicians. It has had various style variations but typically has been played with more swing than other blues styles. Texas blues differs from styles such as Chicago blues in use of instruments and sounds, especially the heavy use of the guitar.