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Blind Lemon Peel has been at the forefront of progressive blues communities in New York, Los Angeles and the Bay Area for more than 40 years. His band’s particular approach, incorporating traditional blues styles into progressive blues adaptations, has been a decades-long evolution.
At the beginning of the show, frontman David Dot Hale unabashedly appoints himself your tour guide and the rest is up to you. Resist or submit. Blind Lemon Peel points the way clearly and decisively and executes the role with a comic authoritarianism that is modulated by deep musical literacy. He can be as instructive as a law school lecturer or as beseeching as a faith healer. A dozen different idioms that all reside comfortably under the umbrella of blues music are presented at a Blind Lemon Peel show.
Dot Hale is a blues singer, certainly, but moreover, he is a vocalist. The default setting of Blind Lemon Peel’s voice is the rough-and-ready blues barker whose ultimate icon would probably be Howlin’ Wolf. Now add in a hearty splash of Jackie Gleason and imagine what that might be like, and you’re getting close to BLP. Authentic blues legitimacy plus a little “Pow! Right in the kisser!” Peel weaves a set together into a coherent whole that pays mind to tempo, feel, key, lyric and more, and almost turns an hour in a night club into a one-act play. He picks you up, takes you to a lot of different places, and sets you back down with a different outlook, one that may follow you home ... view more »
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Hong Kong Suit
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Marlboro Red
https://soundcloud.com/david-dot-hale/oh-lord-i-want-you-to-help-me-bja-final-mix-2tp-l2-01rn
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Kiss My Ass
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Baby Don\'t Tear My Clothes