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Advisory BoardB.B. King

Bonnie RaittLevon HelmDickey Betts

Jimmy HerringDerek TrucksSusan TedeschiCarey Williams

Tom Rankin

Sue FoleyColonel Bruce Hampton

Pura FéKen Shepherd

Kenny Wayne ShepherdJerry Harrison

Pete TownshendLightnin’ Wells

John PriceDavid Thurber, Jr. MD

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Music Maker Relief Foundation strives to help the truepioneers and forgotten heroes of Southern music gainrecognition and meet their day to day needs.We supportthe health and well being of these legendary musicians.Our organization provides the ways and means to expandtheir professional careers and share their unique musicalgifts with the world. Music Maker does this for the better-ment of their lives and for the preservation of our culture.

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Denise Duffy Taj Mahal

Ryan CostelloDaniel “Mudcat” Dudeck

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Music Maker ProgramsMusician Sustenance - grants to meet basiclife needs and emergency relief.Musical Development - grants and servicesfor recipient artist professional development andcareer advancement.Cultural Access - supports the preservationand proliferation of American musical traditions.New Orleans Musician’s Fund - assis-tance to musicians affected by Hurricane Katrina.

T H E M U S I C M A K E R R E L I E F F O U N D A T I O N

what it means to miss New OrleansMusicians explain

Raleigh News & Observer, 07-DEC-05

By DAVID MENCONI

Burly balladeer Aaron Neville never made itback home before Hurricane Katrina hit NewOrleans in late August. Out on tour, he experi-enced the devastation from a distance, watchingon television as the flood ravaged his hometown.Now, he wonders whether he'll ever again callthe city home.

"It's going to be a long, long time before NewOrleans will be livable again," Neville says, speak-ing by phone from his current residence inNashville. "My house was under water, and nowit's full of mold and mildew. . . . I have asthma, andthe doctor told me I couldn't go down there. SoI'll stick around here for a while. How long, Idon't know."

More than any other American city, NewOrleans is defined by music. Memphis andNashville have equally illustrious histories, butyou have to go looking for music. In NewOrleans, music finds you. Dixieland jazz and R&B,blues and funk, Zydeco and Cajun, second-linestreet bands and sit-down jazz orchestras _ it'simpossible to imagine the city without all its dif-ferent kinds of music.

Louis Armstrong helped invent jazz in NewOrleans, a torch that the Marsalis family andHarry Connick Jr. picked up. Irma Thomas, Dr.John and other Big Easy legends still bring atouch of New Orleans wherever they sing andplay the blues.And it wouldn't be Fat Tuesday inNew Orleans without the Neville Brothers'"Mardi Gras Mambo."

But three months after Katrina flooded NewOrleans, the Crescent City's musical communityis still scattered across the country.The diasporaof displaced musicians includes an army of lesser-known journeymen as well as the city's first fami-ly of funk, the Neville Brothers.

Like Aaron,Art Neville is living in Nashville andhasn't decided whether he'll go back. Cyril, whoperformed in a T-shirt reading "Ethnic Cleansingin New Orleans" at a hurricane-relief benefitshow in New York, has settled in Austin,Texas,and says it's for good. Charles moved toMassachusetts years ago.

"New Orleans as we know it no longer existsright now," Aaron Neville says. "It's a memory.New Orleans has been gutted like you'd gut achicken and take the heart and soul, more orless, remove it and scatter it all around the coun-try.There's a lot of people who won't be able togo back because they can't afford to.They losteverything, so they've got to stay where theywound up and try to make ends meet as bestthey can."

If ever New Orleans needed a funeral parade,it's now.And though the city itself is still largelysilent, that funeral-parade spirit has spread inbenefit concerts all over America.

Neville's latest tour, billed as "Christmas withAaron Neville and his Quintet featuring CharlesNeville," will send its proceeds to Habitat for

Humanity's fund for low-income families dis-placed by Katrina.The show plays Durham'sCarolina Theatre on Wednesday.

Branford Marsalis has likewise played a slew ofhurricane-relief shows, and his Marsalis Musiclabel recently released the benefit compilation "ACelebration of New Orleans Music." Also justout is "Our New Orleans:A Benefit Album forthe Gulf Coast" (Nonesuch Recordings), withtracks by Allen Toussaint, Buckwheat Zydeco, Dr.John and others.

Dr. John has made a charity album of his own."Sippiana Hericane" (Blue Note Records)includes a classic New Orleans-style piano work-out called "Sweet Home New Orleans." Despitethe title and jaunty piano rhythms, "Sweet HomeNew Orleans" is as angry as it is mournful:"Politicians talking, each and every day /Promisinghelp is comin' right away (yeah, you're right)."

Even angrier is a bootleg going around theInternet, "George Bush Doesn't Care AboutBlack People," which combines Kanye West's hitsingle "Gold Digger" with the rapper's infamoustelevised statement about President Bush'sresponse to the disaster.

Blues harmonica player Roy "Mel" Melton callsNorth Carolina home, but he has plenty of con-nections to Louisiana. He used to live there, play-ing behind the propulsive rhythms of the lategreat "King of Zydeco" Clifton Chenier, andnowadays he records for Louisiana Red HotRecords. Melton says Hurricane Katrina hasaltered at least one item of classic New Orleansvernacular.

"I heard from the guy who owns my label downthere about the change in an old New Orleanssaying," Melton says. "People down there are

called 'Yats,' because they're always asking eachother, 'Where y'at, man?' But now, the standardgreeting you hear all the time is, 'How's yahouse?' It's still pretty devastated down there,the entire Gulf Coast area. It's still just gone, andit's not coming back.The need is still great."

The state of everyone's house in New Orleansis largely a function of where they live in relationto sea level.Those on higher ground camethrough the storm in decent shape. Pianist EllisMarsalis, patriarch of the acclaimed jazz family,has already gone home.Trombonist DelfeayoMarsalis' house sustained minimal damage, sincehe lives on the third floor of a building in theuptown part of the city. Drummer Jason Marsalis'house was damaged but not destroyed; he's livingin an apartment while his house is restored.

"We all live uptown, so we were lucky," saysDelfeayo Marsalis. "Even so, the city is definitelynot back to normal. It's really like anyone who'sever suffered a major injury _ broken leg, brokenarm, anything.The city is still just in a state ofconstant repair.And the majority of musicianshere do not live uptown."

Clubs and restaurants in the French Quarter areopen again, and the www.frenchquarter.com Website has an optimistic message: "We're all stillhere and more eager than ever to show youwhat joie de vivre really means in New Orleans."But the lower-lying neighborhoods such as theLower Ninth Ward _ where housing was cheap-er, and most of the musicians who gave NewOrleans its distinctive character lived _ were sodevastated that recovery will take years.

The Music Maker Relief Foundation, whichassists musicians in need, has set up a NewOrleans Musicians Fund and can scarcely keep upwith demand. More than three months after

Katrina hit, requests are still coming in from peo-ple on the Gulf Coast who need help moving,rebuilding or paying rent because they can'twork.

"We've taken on 85 people in the last twoweeks," says Music Maker head Tim Duffy. "It gotto where we finally had to cap it because weweren't raising enough money to help everybody.We raised $150,000, but it still wasn't enough.We're still getting four or five calls a day, andthey're all legit. It's really disheartening.A lot ofpeople are still in shock; they're not well psycho-logically. It's just rough. So we do our little part.We've helped a dozen or so people really well.The others, we do what we can.

"You would not believe," Duffy adds, "how grate-ful some of these people are to get a $200 checkand a T-shirt.They say that's the only aid they'vereceived."Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service,http://www.shns.com

Stafford AgeeSteve AllenKeith AndersonMark AndersonAnthony AndersonTerrance AndrewsJohn AutinRaphel BasOtis BazoonCary B.Gregory BennettSherrie BiasEddie BoIsaac BoldenMark BraudDavid BrouilletteRuss BrousardEarle BrownMichael BruceMark BrunelloSteve & Nancy BurtchaellHenry ButlerNorman CaesarRicky CaesarRickie CastrilloChuck ChaplinThais ClarkHarry “Swamp Thang” CookBert CottonSullivan DabneyJonne DendingerBobby DiTuilloErnest EllyLionel FerbosLouis FordJereau FournettKeith FrazierSmoky GreenwellClarence “Frogman” HenryCorey HenryJim & Martha HessionAlverez HuntleyGerard IngramRichwell IsonCalvin JohnsonRashid JohnsonJerome JonesPorgy JonesKirk JosephAlan Jouet

Robert JulianAntoinette K-DoeMisha KachkachishviliWilliam KennedyDoreen KetchensRyan KlauberJoe KrownFreddie LonzoBobby LoveBaksaeng ManoZaza MarjanishviliJim MarkwayAlonzo McAlpineJim McCormickBrice MillerCrazy Arms MitchellBrian MurrayLesley MuscuttWarren NabonneJason NevilleEric NicholasKeith NuccioWalter “Fat Daddy” PaytonBennie PeteDevin PhillipsBig Mike PierceJohn ReeksSteve RohbockBrent RoseJim “Roz” RosnackSteve RudolphDewey SampsonJamil SharifDinerral ShaversTara SlessmanSlewfootAlabama SlimHenri SmithEarl Smith, Jr.Derrick “Big Sexy” TabbStephanie ThompsonEarle TurbingtonLouis W. RomanosBernadine WallsAdrian WatkinsRaymond “Dr.Rackle” WilliamsPercy WilliamsWacko Wade Wright

New Orleans Musician’sFund Recipients

New Orleans Artists Alabama Slim and Little Freddie King,Atlanta, GA ©Duffy

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Music Maker NewsCongratulations to Don Engel and Misty Tarbellwho won the fishin' raffle this year.They won 2 spotsat the 4th Annual Taj Mahal Fishin' Blues Tournament.Thank you for every-one who participatedin the raffle this year!The drawing was heldat the Music MakerNew Year's Party atmidnight on December31st at Music Makerheadquarters.Theselucky winners weregiven their raffle ticketas a present from JP'sShellfish in Kittery,Maine.

We had such a greattime at our New Yearsparty this year.Slewfoot and CaryB.,John DeeHoleman,MacavineHayes,CaptainLuke,Whistlin'Britches,AlabamaSlim,Little FreddieKing and Abe Reidand the SpikeDrivers rocked us intothe new year! A specialthanks to all our volun-teers,donors,artistsand street teamerswho came out.

We'd like to thank all40 of our StreetTeam members.Wenow have people allover helping us passour newsletters out 4times a year. If you areinterested in helpingspread the MusicMaker word,pleaseemail info@musicmak-er.org.We will mail you100 newsletters eachquarter to pass out in your community.

We had such a fun time in the Durham ChristmasParade.We would like to thank Alison Fiori for

coordinating such an exciting event,Alice Sharpefrom the City of Durham and Pepsi for sponsoring ourfloat.We were the float before Santa,and Cool JohnFerguson played the guitar while Whistlin' Britches,Macavine,Captain Luke,John Dee Holeman,theMusic Maker Staff,volunteers and supporters

waved to the crowds.

Carl Rutherford is in the hos-pital again,and is showing signs ofimprovement.He is still very sick,but he is still playing music.Heoften asks for his guitar and playsfor the doctors and nurses.Etta Baker is out of the hospi-tal and feeling better.She is athome relaxing,and is not able towalk around her garden any-more.Cora Mae Bryant isrecovering from a recent stroke.Jan 22nd there will be a benefitat the Northside Tavern,with afish fry and great music.Checkout the event calendar for moreinformation.Beverly "Guitar"Watkins has a clean bill ofhealth.She is taking it easy,butready to hit the road.She is feel-ing better than ever!Pink Anderson is having somerough times.He is performingaround South Carolina,andwants to travel.He is an amazingperformer.Please consider himfor any upcoming shows.

Don’t let the tax man get youdown! If file your taxes thoughany H&R Block office inAmerica AND bring in thehandy little form we can sendyou -You will save $10 on thecost of your return AND MMRFgets $20 for the cause. This offeris for people who didn’t useH&R Block last year.Call oremail info@musicmaker.org andrequest the form today!! Offerexpires April 17th,2006

Dave McGrew and LarryShores were traveling away

from their cold home in Washington State en route tovisit us in North Carolina when their transmission wentout in their vehicle.Hopefully they found somewherewarm to stay.

Alabama Slim is a cousin of Little Freddie Kingand they have been close friends for over 35 years.Since they evacuated from New Orleans together andmoved to Dallas they live next door to each other, theyhave been working on a duo act that is just stunning.

We have been overwhelmed with the praise we'vereceived for the Music Maker Treasure box.Hereare a few comments.We still have a limited supply avail-able.So go ahead and get your complete package whilewe have them still in stock!

"I ordered one Treasure Box as a gift for my wife ...weare so pleased with it and your excellent efforts, thatwe are ordering two more copies toshare with our friends." - Eugene Knapik from Toronto,Canada

"I received the Treasure Box today. It is an amazing col-lection and has great packaging. I can't wait to give it asa gift in a few days.Perfect.Good luck with everythingand have a very happy holiday season.Will look forwardto future releases and happenings." - Jay Martin,Portland,OR

Lee Gates’ new album "Black Lucy's Deuce" will bethe March Record Club selection.This is a great album!

Advisory Board member and Music Maker supporter,Bonnie Raitt, recentlycame through Chapel Hillon tour and Tim andDenise were happy tocatch up with her and lether know what’s new withMusic Maker.

For the last couple yearswe have been issuing a lim-ited number of CDs intomass distribution.We wishto thank Barnes &Nobles for tremendoushelp in keeping our titles intheir stores. If you have afavorite record store,urgethem to stock: Jerry"Boogie" McCain:Boogie isMy Name,Pink Anderson:Carolina Bluesman,EttaBaker and Cora Phillips:Carolina Breakdown,CoolJohn Ferguson:Cool Yule,Guitar Gabriel:Deep inthe South,Macavine Hayes:Drinkhouse,Etta Bakerwith Taj Mahal,Beverly"Guitar" Watkins:TheFeelings of Beverly "Guitar"Watkins,Pura Fé:FollowYour Hearts Desire,CoolJohn Ferguson:GuitarHeaven,Music Makerswith Taj Mahal,PreciousBryant:My Name isPrecious,Neal Pattman:Prison Blues,Lightnin'Wells,Ragged but Right,Etta Baker:Railroad Bill,Cootie Stark:Sugar Man,andGeorge Higgs:Tarboro Blues. In April Sweet Betty:Liveand Let Live,Adolphus Bell:One Man Band,and LeeGates:Black Lucy's Deuce will be released.

Music Maker supporter Sean Sullivan invited JohnPrice and Tim Duffy to attend the Rock and RollHall of Fame tribute to Sam Cooke.ArethaFranklin,Lou Rawls and many other legends per-formed.Tom Sullivan, a board member of the Rockan dRoll Hall of Fame introduced Tim to the C.E.O.,Terry Steward and was invited to a pre show dinner.Taj Mahal,who was on the bill as well and Tim had thechance to visit with Morgan Freeman.

We would like to thank Henderson Bromstead ArtCo. for all of their hard work.They are designing theartwork for the new Abe Reid CD.

Longtime Music Maker supporter Terry Anderson isworking with us to redesign the website.

Thank you to everyone who gifted with Music Makerthis holiday season.You can gift with Music Maker allyear long!

Fred Tamalonis was instrumental in developing ourfund raising practices and we are overjoyed that Fredhas recently retired and is spending time helping us withour future development plans.

Thank you to John Laird who has volunteered histime to help Music Maker develop our Strategic Plan.

The $10 CD sale is still going on! We have had such agreat response that we have extended it on into thewinter.Each CD is $10,and shipping is $5 per address.Be sure to stock up!

Grants are being made daily to help with heating,medicine and other day to day needs.We startedworking with Angel Food Ministries to buy groceriesfor one month at $25 per person, for artistsAdolphus Bell,John Dee Holman,Capt.Luke,Whistlin Britches and Macavine Hayes.

We sent Christmas gift checks to all our artists,including established Music Maker artists and NewOrleans Musicians Fund recipients.

We wish to thank theMelbourne Blues AppreciationSociety for helping us raise atremendous amount of money forthe New Orleans Musicians Fund.A substantial grant was given totheir beloved New Orleans artistEddie Bo.

Anthony Cross,Kris Handel,and Jen McKenzie were all sucha great help to us over the pastmonths as interns.We'd also liketo thank Russ Comer,JimWalton, and all the students fromthe Carolina Friends School forvolunteering with musicmaker.Please email info@musicmaker.orgif you are interested in volunteeropportunities.

We help artists with everydayexpenses.For example in recentmonths we were able to assist inthe funeral expenses of Sanfordblues artist Henry Byrd,house-hold bills for John Lee Zeiglar,Capt.Luke's medicine and carrepairs and assistance to PinkAnderson,Adolphus Bell,Skeeter Brandon,CarlRutherford,Beverly Watkins,Eddie Tigner,Drink Small,Precious Bryant and ElderJames Goins.

We have been very fortunate to receive donations ofinstruments:a12 string guitar from Rev DenisMeacham given to Slewfoot,Amp from DavidDecca given to Jerome Ballero.Clarinet from StevenCartwright to Earle Brown.Trombone fromTinaJoyner to Lucien Barbarin.Tenor sax from JoelSiegel to Earle Brown.Upright bass from NickLloyd at Katrina Basses.org to CaryBeckelheimer.Alto sax from Tim Nutley to BrentRose.G&L F-100 Series II electric guitar andSteinberger GP2S guitar from David Ziegele to LittleFreddie King andAlabama Slim. Guitar fromThomas Dallman to Warren Nabonne.Trumpetfrom Dennis Hoffman to Adrian Watkins.Plus sixvery fine suits and three pairs of Italian leather shoesfrom Rusty Zinn to Wacko Wade,Little FreddieKing and Earle Brown.

Back in the early 90s Guitar Gabriel and I busked ourway up to Pittsburgh,PA where he introduced me to

his old guitar player from the 70s,Ernie Hawkins.Gabe told mehe was the best white man thatcould fingerpick the guitar. Indeedthis was true as Ernie spent muchtime with the old blues masters.Over the last years Ernie has beenrecording and touring a great deal.Check out his new CD “Rags &Bones” and learn about him atwww.erniehawkins.com

Our compilation CD on theDixie Frog label in France wonthe Jazz Academy Award in theBlues category.This CD has alsobeen voted Blues Album of theyear by the magazine Jazzman.Wehave a limited amount of copies ofthis beautifully packaged disc for$30 per disc.You can order thison our order form.

Dear Friends,On a recent day at our offices….

An intern from Duke was bringing an artist back to the airport.William Maxwell is a new recipi-ent.We had flown him up from Miami to meet for the first time and he stayed with us for threedays. Max had never recorded before but now would appear in a documentary. He is recoveringfrom surgery for colon cancer and had the time of his life playing with Capt Luke and MacavineHayes. Anthony, the intern, is a photographer and loved the opportunity to shoot Max.When hegets back from the airport he will work on his project to input all of our digital images into adatabase archive and start scanning the negatives into the hard drive.

Amy, our Programs Coordinator has spent a good part of the day on the phone with DukeMedical School. Carl Rutherford, a guitarist and songwriter from West Virginia is back in the hos-pital. He's not sure if he'll make it back out this time and he wants to donate his body to sci-ence. Amy's getting the paperwork set up and is helping Carl with a will. The rest of her day isdedicated to drafting a proposal for a Women's Blues Festival at Meredith College next fall.

Development Assistant, Joanna Johnson is processing donations and filling orders for CDs . Inbetween she fields calls from Gulf musicians requesting aid.We have already taken on over 90new recipients, so there are many she must deny. Tomorrow, she and Amy will supervise 13 sec-ondary students from the Carolina Friends School for a Volunteer Day of assembling CDs andpreparing mailings.

Back in the guesthouse, Executive Director Tim Duffy has a film crew from Los Angeles inter-viewing Slewfoot and Cary B.They hope to get enough footage from each artist they shoot tomake a feature length film on the foundation for PBS and 20 minute pieces on each artist.Theresulting DVDs will be great promotional tools for artists and a fundraising vehicle for the foun-dation.

Denise Duffy,Administrative Director is meeting with volunteer development consultant FredTamalonis and Board member Ryan Costello,They are reviewing the foundation's progress overthe past five years and working on a strategic plan for the upcoming three years.

We like to think of this creative chaos as social entrepreneurship at work. At its best MMRFbrings together artists, donors, volunteers, interns and professionals in an effort to raise the barfor the treatment of musicians in society and improve the quality and quantity of their work,preserve our culture and enrich the community. It has taken us eleven years to bring this modelfrom theory to practice at a level that is sustaining and has meaningful impact on the lives ofover 200 artists and more than 6000 donors. Our vision for the future is to develop an institu-tion that can keep this creative, nurturing process alive and growing.

We wish to thank everyone that donated to our mission last year and we urge everyone else torenew their membership to the Music Maker Relief Foundation.

With warm regards,

Timothy & Denise Duffy

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Lucy Duffy playing the washtub at the New Years Party ©Duffy

Captain Luke,Macavine hayes, John Dee Holeman,Sweet L andCool John wave at the Durham Holiday Parade ©Duffy

Denise Duffy and Bonnie Raitt, Chapel Hill ©Duffy

Amy with the Interns Hillsborough, NC ©Duffy

Taj Mahal and Morgan Freeman,Cleveland,Ohio ©Duffy

We have been working with the JazzFoundation,Society of Singers,Musicares,Wilkins Management,Scott Messersmithof Boulder,CO who is helping artists relocateand find housing and jobs,Musicians Charity,Katrina's Piano Fund,and Healthcare forMusicians.

TheJuke Joint Festival in Clarksdale,MS is a greatevent.Last year MM sponsored: James "SuperChikan" Johnson,Wesley “Junebug" Jefferson,Terry "Big T" Williams,Josh "Razorblade"Stewart andTerry “Harmonica" Bean.They all puton excellent shows and the event proved extremelypopular.If you wish to sponsor this festival,get in touchwith Roger Stolle.

Adolphus Bell,Eddie Tigner,Albert White,CoolJohn Ferguson,Ardie Dean,Soland I were veryhonored to be invited to the Nancy Jazz PulsationsFestival in Nancy,France last October.Many thanks toWacko Wadeand Little Freddie King for intro-ducing us to this extraordinary event.All of our musi-cians were loved and received a standing ovation.

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Tim recently spent 5weeks with ChrisJohnstone andAnnaFerrarie filming manyMM Artists.Theyfilmed artists at theMM headquarters,andat their homes.Manythanks to Linda andLarry Garrett whooffered their home forthem to film ourAtlanta artists.

EVENTS

Mother Pauline and Elder James Goins, Ridgeway, SC ©Duffy Bishop Dready Manning, Roanoke Rapids, NC ©Duffy

Eddie Tigner,Atlanta, GA ©DuffyEssie Mae Brooks, Perry, GA ©Duffy

Beverly “Guitar” Watkins, Larry and Linda Garrett ©Duffy

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Little Pink Anderson •Carolina Bluesmanshowcases a masterful country blues playerdisplaying some exceptional guitar chops andsoulful vocals. Little Pink evokes the relaxedcharm of his father tackling songs he obvi-ously played with the old man.

Etta Baker •Railroad Bill “One of the signaturechords of my guitar vocabulary comes from herversion of Railroad Bill. Enjoy this beautifulalbum of guitar instrumentals.” -Taj Mahal

Etta Baker with Taj Mahal A set of timelessbeauty, spanning almost half a century, froma great lady of American vernacular music.Etta Bker is credited with helping spark thefolk music revival in the 60s- no small featfor someone who didn't become a profession-al musician until she was in her 60s. This setincludes duets with Taj Mahal plus all of herclassic 1956 recordings.

Etta Baker & Cora Phillips •CarolinaBreakdown This set was recorded in the late80s when Etta Baker was in her prime. Herolder sister Cora Phillips backs her up on gui-tar while Etta plays the banjo. Etta sings twosongs on the release!

Adolphus Bell • One Man Band House Rockin’Foot Stompin’ authentic Alabama One ManBand! This high energy release is guranteedto give you a good time!

Sweet Betty: Live and Let Live. Betty grew upsinging gospel, blues and popular songs of theday. In the mid 1380’s, she met saxophonist,Grady “Fats” Jackson. Jackson was soimpressed with Betty’s voice that he beganfeaturing her on his shows throughoutGeorgia. Sweet Betty has since traveledthoughout the United States and Europe andis considered the finest blues singer inAtlanta.

Essie Mae Brooks •Rain in Your Life Essie Mae rais-es her voice and expresses her faith in her orig-inal collection of gospel songs. Cool JohnFérguson accompanies her on most of the albumwith his light and masterful improvisations onguitar and piano.

Cora Mae Bryant • Born with the Blues Cora MaeBryant is the daughter of Georgia guitar legendCurley Weaver. The combination of her father'sand her own songs, accompanied by expertGeorgia blues guitarist Joshua Jacobson, makethis a very entertaining set.

Cora Mae Bryant •Born in Newton County "is astunning record featuring exceptional guitar play-ing that owes a strong debt to her father butalso to his frequent partner Blind Willie McTell.

Precious Bryant • My Name is Precious In thisCD we did not hold back, we went through hoursof recordings and have presented 26 songs show-casing Precious’ unique voice and infectiouslycharming style. The recording quality is absolute-ly stellar, among the finest audiophile recordingquality one will ever stumble across.

Mr. Frank Edwards • Chicken Raid A careerthat spanned nine decades, Edwards sawblues music evolve. This CD captures his lastrecording session the day of his death. Thatday he played the strongest of his career.

Pura Fé •Follow Your Hearts Desire Nativechanteuse Pura Fé didn't just chance upon themyriad music styles you hear on her debut.They flow in her blood…Robbie Robertsonrecently said Pura Fé has 'the voice of anangel.' Believe the hype! -Toronto Sun

Cool John Ferguson Here is Cool JohnFérguson, a previously uncelebrated musician,laying down tracks that led Grammy winnerTaj Mahal to proclaim him one of the world’sfinest guitarists.

Cool John Ferguson • Cool Yule Cool John’sincredibly innovative arrangements make thisalbum of Christmas instrumentals so wonder-ful you will play this disc all year long!

Cool John Ferguson • Guitar Heaven Taj Mahaltells, "He’s up there with Hendrix, WesMontgomery, Django Reinhart, people like

that, he’s an incredible player!”

Preston Fulp • Sawmill Worker Preston Fulp,born in 1915, was a sawmill worker, a tobac-co sharecropper, moonshiner, and blues andold-time guitarist. He made these recordingsat the age of 78. Preston weaves stories ofhis life through both secular and sacredsongs.Lee Gates and the Alabama Cotton Kings Onemust rejoice in the "happening" of this CD,especially the glorious tone of Lee’s guitar.After performing for 52 years I have a feelingthat Lee is just beginning his recording career.Guitar Gabriel • Volume One "Guitar Gabrielventures well beyond drink houses into his ownprivate Birdland, an improvisational crossroadswhere the starkly pre-modern meets the star-tlingly postmodern and the Devil's "got hishair tied up in a ponytail/ to keep all thedrunks confused." -Cree McCree

Guitar Gabriel • Deep in the South Guitar Gabriel boogies and cries heart-feltcountry blues in this set. He knew Blind BoyFuller in his youth, traveled with medicineshows.

Guitar Gabriel • Toot Blues “This CD is not for the faint of heart. It is raw,unembellished, and drenched with feeling-liableto elicit whoops, hollers, and spontaneous bang-ing on whatever furniture is handy.” -DavidNelson

Macavine Hayes • DrinkhouseA powerful, raw release after 50 years of play-ing the blues. Cool John Ferguson, Ardie Dean,Michael Parrish and Tim Duffy create a tightcombo that perfectly matches Macavine Hayes'pure juke-joint blues.

Big Boy Henry • Beaufort Blues He is one of the sweetest, most gentle men ever tosing the blues. A patriarch of the Carolina Blues, BigBoy has recorded a collection of timeless songs,respectfully backed by a group of friends.

George Higgs • Tarboro Blues Acoustic Piedmont blues by George Higgs, aNorth Carolinian, who was inspired to take upthe harmonica as a child after hearing DefordBailey on the radio and seeing Peg Leg Samat medicine shows and then learned to playguitar as a teenager. Voted the best bluesalbum of 2001 by Living Blues.

Algia Mae Hinton • Honey Babe “Algia Mae is agreat example of what is called in andthroughout the African Diaspora, "OriginalJoe." This is an innovative character that sur-vives and creates anew under all circum-stances. Algia Mae Hinton is someone not tobe missed!” -Taj Mahal

John Dee Holman • Bull Durham Blues “John DeeHoleman is a wonderful carrier of the south-east blues tradition.” -Taj Mahal

Clyde Langford • High Steppin’ Momma Everyoneneeds an dose of his East Texas Blues!

Capt. Luke & Cool John • Outsider Lounge MusicHere is Captain Luke, singing like a disen-franchised Dean Martin, rumbling low andwise enough to make Barry White soundpre-adolescent. Features a beautiful 20 pg.Booklet.

Jerry "Boogie" McCain • This Stuff Just KillsMe No one plays a harp or sings the bluesquite like Jerry "Boogie" McCain. Backed by astellar rhythm section, Jerry's accompanied by alineup of guest musicians including JohnnieJohnson, Anson Funderburgh and JimmieVaughn.

Jerry "Boogie" McCain • Unplugged Jerry"Boogie" McCain is the greatest post warharp player alive today. This is Jerry's oneand only acoustic album. Jerry shines withhis brilliant song writing in this intimate setof down home blues.

Jerry "Boogie" McCain • My Name is BoogieMcCain is the last true master of the amplifiedblues harp, a good singer, and a crackerjacksongwriter.

Dave McGrew • Fruit Tramp Ballads of theGreat Northwest tells the stories of the fruittramps. Day jobbers during the fruit harvestingseason. A beautiful yet uneasy folk album.

Mudcat • I’ll Be Young Once Too a tremendousslide guitarist, and most of all a god-gifted enter-tainer. I have witnessed him light up packed hous-es at the Great American Music Hall in SanFrancisco, at the Irving Plaza in New York, to openair concerts in front of 10,000 folks in Lugano,Switzerland, to sitting on a curb in San Jose, CostaRica entertaining dozens of young kids. Mud isborn to make people smileand enjoy life

Mudcat • Kickin’ Chicken Guaranteed to makeyou want to get up and dance!

Mudcat • The Mess is On The new release fromMudcat. Featuring new band member Little Jo,Mudcat tears it up!

Neal Pattman • Prison Blues FeaturingTaj Mahal & Lee Konitz Neals harpplaying ad vocals have that classic sound thatcan only come from someone who has beensteeped in the blues all of his life. He plays joy-ous, animated harp that recalls the whoopin'sound of Sonny Terry and an equal amount ofcountry thrown in for good measure.

Carl Rutherford • Turn Off the Fear Here is grandfatherly Carl Rutherford’s devastat-ing take on “The Old Rugged Cross” and otherjewels that showcase his unique blend of BuckOwens-styled twang, old time gospel numbersand harrowing mining songs making him atrue American original.

Slewfoot and the Angels • Grasshopper PieSlewfoot's debut release for MM showcases hisincredibly diverse and original song writing.With vocal partner Cary B, "Grasshopper Pie"features a stellar array of New Orleans' finest.New Orleans second-line, the blues and evenHawaiian slack-key combine to bring a freshnew flavor to the Music Maker lineup.

Slewfoot and Carrie B • Rainin’ in New OrleansSlew and Carrie rainin' in new Orleans: In thissecond release Slewfoot is joined by his museCarrie B. These are real songs from the streetsof New Orleans. Slewfoot is a great poet, bothare wonderful singers and musicians, a musthave.

Sol • volume blue While many young, whitemusicians attempt to replicate the blues mas-ters' art, sol steers clear of imitation in favorof excavation and transport. Sounds carrybeyond genre, beyond origin and often beyondthe grave. Ancient truths of the blues arrivein some new place, through some new voice,through some kid who is sol.

Cootie Stark • Sugar Man Featuring TajMahal & Lee Konitz Sugar Man does-n’t merely proclaim "Cootie Stark was here."It is evidence that Stark was, and is, an idio-syncratic, tremendously talented musician. It’sa sonic monument, and a mirror that imme-diately blurs the textbook pages dedicated toPiedmont Blues. It’s a big deal.

Cootie Stark • Raw Sugar Cootie is one of thelast great bluesmen from the PiedmontTradition. Taj Mahal joins Cootie on hambone,piano, bass, harp, banjo and guitar. 72-min-utes of the best blues and old-time music.Tremendous recording, a masterpiece, buy thisCD!

Eddie Tigner • Route 66Eddie Tigner per-formed as an Ink Spot for over 30 years. Inthis album Eddie and his band exuberantlynail a set of timeless standards.

Beverly "Guitar" Watkins • Back in Business Hereis Beverly "Guitar" Watkins, previously heardfrom as one of Dr. Feelgood’s interns,decreeing herself "Back in Business." This isa highly charged record by this powerful performer.

The Feelings of Beverly “Guitar” WatkinsBeverly is the leading woman guitar player ofher generation. Beverly is a pyrotechnic gui-

tar maen whose searing, ballistic attacks onthe guitar have become allegorical tales with-in the blues community.

Lightnin' Wells • Ragged but Right Lightnin'' Wells has been performing hisPiedmont-tinged variety of American rootsmusic for 35 years. His vibrant, good-naturedvocals and melody-rich guitar playing recallthe sounds of 1930's and '40's string bandsand barrelhouse bluesmen. Producer TimDuffy, Cool John Ferguson and Taj Mahal andArdie Dean sit in on a few tracks.

A Living Past This was the first album in theMusic Maker series and has been heralded asa classic recording by reviewers throughoutthe world. This album is a superb sampler ofthe traditional blues scene in North Carolina.

Blues Came to Georgia Music Maker's TimDuffy has assembled this collection of 15songs to illustrate the continuing vitality ofgrassroots blues in Georgia at the turn ofthe century.

Came So Far This CD presents eighteen selec-tions by twelve astonishing blues and gospelartists. This album was made in the field, inold trailers, kitchens, living rooms and nurs-ing homes.

Expressin' the Blues This collection features 21songs by 21 of the most talented and unsungheroes of the blues. Here is a collection ofsome of the most emotional, gut-level musicavailable on disc, the feelings intensified bythe immediacy of the recordings.

Music Maker with Taj Mahal Blues legend TajMahal backs up Music Maker artists onupright bass, hambone, banjo, piano and gui-tar. Plus two wonderful solo acoustic tracks bythe great man himself.

Sisters of the SouthThe music covers a widespectrum, from gospel and country blues inthe Piedmont style, to the modern blues ofBeverly "Guitar" Watkins. Original record-ings. Women, too, do have the blues…

Songs from the Roots of America IIA companion to the book "Music Makers:Portraits & Songs from the Roots of America"this CD presents 21 songs by 21 artists, themajority of which are otherwise unreleasedrecordings.

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IIss CCooooll JJoohhnn ddaattiinngg?? --SShheellllyy SSppeeaarr,, AAnnssoonniiaa,, CCTTCool John is a mysterious man, he shows up andplays amazing guitar and then disappears. WhenI asked Cool about this, he replied that he islooking forward in his life and is not lookingback.

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CD - they think it's the best blues compilationthey've ever heard! We also love what you dowith the Foundation though we hadn't previous-ly heard of it and have never seen the CDs onsale in London before.”

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Actually they were hats, the first one he wore onthe cover of “Toot Blues” was something Timbrought back from Kenya. After they came backfrom a show in Holland, one of Gabe’s girlfriendshit him over the head with a bottle and stole hismoney. There was so much blood on the hat,they took it to get dry-cleaned and when it cameback it had shrunk considerably. Luckily on aroad trip to play Lincoln Center in New Yorkthey found a shop that sold these sheepskin hats.Gabe wore it in the summertime in Texas, wher-ever, he just loved his hat.

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Lee Gates was born in Mississippi and moved to Milwaukee as ateenager where he has been playing his brand of down homeblues for the past 50 years. Blues legend Albert Collins is hisfirst cousin and you can hear the family influence in Lee's fluidguitar style and tone.

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Etta Baker and Cora Phillips CarolinaBreakdown • MMCD56

There are no pyrotechnics or ego on displayhere - simply music of taste, flawlesscraftswomanship, and timeless eloquence.Theintimacy, love, and playfulness between the twosisters is audible as well: in fact, it's as integral totheir art as the notes they play. Music doesn't getmuch more satisfying, or uplifting, than this.-David Whiteis, Living Blues Issue #180

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