November 28
The Andrea D Blues Band is not for the faint of heart. You won't find the whispery willow chirping of so many young singers today - this is definitely full-bodied grown womanfolk singin'!
Coming from a large and gregarious family of music lovers, Andrea's sound was honed amidst a rich tapestry of music. It was through her mothers large collection of blues, jazz, soul and spiritual albums that music first seeped through her ears, her consciousness and into her soul. Music, and the women and men who sang it, formed not only her sound but her very being. The confidence and attitude of women like Big Mama Thornton, Etta James, the spine tingling vibrato of Mahalia Jackson, the elegance of Sarah Vaughn, and the incomparable soulfulness of Aretha Franklin all contribute to the sauce that is Andrea D.
By today's standards, Andrea Dawson started late in her career. After a downturn in the telecommunications industry forced her into layoff, she took it as a sign that it was now her time to express those haunting gifts bestowed upon her impressionable ears long ago. Her very first solo performance came on the heels of her 35th birthday! However, within a few years she found herself along with guitar hero Texas Slim and his Love Machine headlining the 2004 Frog Blues Festival in Elmo, Texas. For three years in a row the Andrea D Blues Band has been invited to perform at the prestigious Southwest Blues Heritage Festival and the annual KNON Radio Blues Festival alongside Dallas blues dignitaries Sam Myers, Hash Brown, Joe Jonas, Cookie McGee, Holland K. Smith and Lucky Peterson. One of her career highlights was meeting and performing on the same stage with Lavelle White and Candy Kane at the 2004 and 2005 Big Texas Blues Festival.
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Aretha Franklin, James Brown
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