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Reba Russell Band
On the Memphis blues scene for over 25 years, the Reba Russell Band is Blues, R&B, and Memphis-bred Rock 'n' Roll at its rootsy best. Reba also works regularly in Memphis studios as a vocalist and has won three Premiere Vocalist Awards from the Memphis chapter of the National Recording Arts and Sciences. She has recorded with B.B. King, Lucero, Earl Thomas, Johnny Rawls, Jim Dickinson, Jimmy Thackery, Tracy Nelson, and on U2's Rattle and Hum. She has been called "the hottest voice on Beale Street." Reba says that you couldn't categorize her music as Blues thirty years ago; whereas today it is. "I think that, in the Deep South, some of us who still do relate to a lot of this music and try to keep it alive, are playing our version of what it is for us now," she says. "Blues is still alive and out there, and Blues societies are very strong across America. You got to keep your fingers crossed, but it's one of those genres where you just have to tough it out." Artist Website: rebarussell.com |