Robert Lowery, an authentic Delta blues musician . . . “They call me The Blues Man”

 

Robert Lowery (born April 8, 1931, Shula, Arkansas, United States) is an American blues singer, and guitarist.

(Robert is currently 82 years old)

 

 

As a teenager, he picked up blues tunes from records by Robert Johnson, Lightnin' Hopkins, Blind Boy Fuller, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, and others, eventually developing his own distinctive style. After moving to Santa Cruz, California in 1957, he backed up Big Mama Thornton.

 

Lowery made his first major concert appearance in 1974, at the San Francisco Blues Festival, and appeared there again in 1976 and 1984. Since then, he has traveled worldwide, and performed at many blues festivals and concerts, including a special appearance of fellow Arkansas native President Bill Clinton's 1993 inauguration. Lowery has released many recordings on diverse record labels, some of which are currently available.

 

More recently, Lowery's reputation as an authentic Delta blues musician has taken him far beyond California. He played the Monterey Jazz Festival in 2006, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in 2007, Philadelphia Blues Festival, Eureka Springs Festival in Arkansas, the San Remo Blues Festival in Italy and the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands. He recorded a television commercial for MCI Inc., singing about how his telephone bill was too high.

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Robert Lowery,

“They Call Me the Blues Man !”

 

 

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Discography

1994 - Earthquake Blues - Delta Blues, Country blues  -  Orleans

1995 - Good Man Is Hard to Find  - Delta Blues, Country blues - Orleans

2000 - Rainin' Down Blues  - Delta Blues, Country blues - Wolf Records

2000 - Playing out in the Street  - Delta Blues, Country blues - The Orchard

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The next female artist on my “HOT LIST” is American rock, folk, blues, and country music singer and songwriter Lucinda Williams (born January 26, 1953).

Lucinda recorded her first albums in 1978 and 1980 in a traditional country and blues style and received very little attention from radio, the media, or the public. In 1988, she released her self-titled album, “Lucinda Williams”. This release featured "Passionate Kisses," a song later recorded by Mary Chapin Carpenter which garnered Lucinda her first Grammy Award for “Best Country Song” in 1994.

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