Forrige dag Fredag 21/02 Næste dag

Taildragger (USA)
med The Fried Okra Band (USA/DK)

Taildragger (USA)
med The Fried Okra Band

Kl. 22.00 / entré 100,-

En spændende amerikansk sanger indtager Mojo sammen med the Fried Okra Band:
Taildragger er et amerikansk navn på Chicagos bluesscene, som har vundet frem i de senere år. Han står for en meget rå blues a la Howlin Wolf og startede som en imitator af den gamle blueskæmpe. Nu er Taildragger efterhånden selv en ældre herre. Han udstråler en enorm energi og har meget charme, når han bevæger sig rundt med sin trådløse mikrofon, mens han synger helt ind i hovedet på publikum. Under Taildragger ligger et gyngende, gentagende groove og de seneste år har Taildragger markeret sig som et selvstændigt bluesnavn, der har spillet med de bedste musikere i Chicago – vi nævner i flæng Lurrie Bell, Billy Branch og nyligt afdøde Jimmie Dawkins.
I København er det The Fried Okra Band og Søren Bøjgaard, der sammen med Taildraggers guitarist José Luis Pardo står for backingen - og de kender deres gentagende 1-akkordsgroove.



JAMES YANCY JONES, known as THE TAIL DRAGGER, is a long-time disciple of Howlin' Wolf; in fact, the Wolf gave James the moniker "Tail Dragger" emanating from one of the Wolf's now-classic songs. The Tail Dragger followed Wolf from club- to-club, watching and getting pointers from the larger-then-life Howlin' Wolf for more than 20 years. The Wolf allowed
"The Dragger" to perform his blues while Wolf took a break on weekend shows. Soon "The Dragger" was playing his own numerous club dates on the West and South Sides of Chicago.

TAIL DRAGGER is from Altheimer, Arkansas and during his formative years he saw Sonny Boy Williamson and Boyd Gilmore perform at house parties and country suppers. Dragger soon heard the records of Jimmy Reed, Muddy Waters and Elmore James and his musical tastes were set in stone.

Tail Dragger remains intensely loyal to his early influences. The Tail Dragger, by his own admission, sings only lowdown blues. "Lowdown blues is all I like...All I feel...and I sing what I feel," flatly states The Dragger. "Its's like I get into a trance when I sing the blues, I forget about everything else. Nothing else matters," concludes The Tail Dragger.

Website

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJP4_xB9w6E
www.taildraggerbluesband.com/