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ISLE OF MAN BLUES CLUB
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R.B. Morris
has spent most of his life in Knoxville, Tennessee and in the mountains of East
Tennessee. He grew up on old-time music rock and roll, but an older brother
pointed him to other influences -- Southern writers, the novels of Joyce,
Arthur Rimbaud and the music of Dylan. He played his way through the clubs and
honky tonks of the mountains, first with bands with old time fiddlers and then
later with groups that rocked. He traveled the U. S., Canada, Mexico and
Europe, then back up into the Appalachians, where he lived for a year in near
seclusion in a primitive cabin.
Morris is a very well connected man and on
"Take That Ride"
, Morris' first CD on Oh Boy Records, he is backed by Kenny Vaughan on guitar,
Dave Jacques on bass, Paul Griffith on drums and Carmella Ramsey on fiddle and
background vocals. The CD features guest appearances by
John Prine
,
Lucinda Williams
and
Al Kooper.
Website
www.rbmorris.com
Hector Qirko
"He's the weirdest guy you'll ever meet who you think is normal," says local
musician and studio ace Carl Snow, a guitar pupil of Qirko's for several years
in the 1980s. "I hope no one thinks they have him figured out. They don't. He's
a college professor. And he's one of the sweetest guys in the whole world. But
under the hood is a crazy person, a musical nut."
Web Site:
www.hqband.com
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