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May 2010 Hi yu'all... As you might or might not know, Jan & myself went to Austin, Texas a couple of weeks ago. It was to attend South By Southwest, a HUGE music conference (2,000 bands in 85 venues). I just wanted to go to push the Mississippi Shakedown cart and see what the prospects are as a songwriter, pedalling one's goods... read the whole travel diary, or just start with the SXSW summary below... Comments on South By SouthwestYou have no idea how much music there is. It’s 2,000 bands, 80 gigs or more in five days. There are bands in every corner of every building, every front porch, anywhere where there’s electricity and a flat piece of ground. At Maggie May’s, for example, there are three stages with three bands doing 45 minute sets 12 hours a day – do your sums!! There was a Band called The Zillionaires, they lived close to town, so they just set up on their front porch and played… they gathered an audience. I can’t relate how much stuff is on – it’s just endless. I got up a bit of a chat with a guy with a guitar at 10AM. I asked him where his gig was – he said "I’ve just done it". I personally think the lectures and panels, where they have industry heavies, are the best part. Unless you’re pretty happening as a band with label support, it’s kind of just an experience to come to Texas, and that’s about all, unless you get real lucky – but that does happen sometimes, which is why we all continue to fight against indeterminate and random odds in a savage, nebulous and hostile industry. (Now there’s a slogan for Sony if I ever heard one). Regards.... Misipi JEFF
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About the band...Mississippi Shakedown is a Band with a minimum of FUSS and a maximum of EFFECT. A 4-piece unit led by Blues Rock charged SLIDE GUITAR, with a “Don’t Bore Us, Get to the Chorus” attitude! With influence from the deep south, these guys have heart. This band was not created to play in a restaurant. Just take a listen to their current CDs, Mississippi Shakedown and Right Here Right Now, The Blues Lives Here and I Don't Know What I'd Do Without You But I Sure Would Like To Find Out - almost all original songs, with an original attitude. The band takes no prisoners on their journey to Shakedown an audience. Once seen, never forgotten, once heard always loved!!! Fronted by Mississippi Jeff Cripps, (well known owner of A Sharp Recording Studio and 2002, 2003 and 2005 Australian Blues Music Awards' Producer Of The Year, with a dozen of his artists also having won Australian Blues Awards) on slide guitar and vocals, Wayne Leffler - Mandolin / Harp / Guitar / Fine Vocals. The band is driven by John Gannon on bass with Derek Smith on drums in the engine room!! With GRAND performances at the Goulburn, Thredbo, Launceston, Newcastle, Forth Valley, Junee, Gosford and Davistown Blues Festivals, and sundry other gigs in Sydney, Perth, Tasmania, Canberra and the East Coast, it has been proven without a shadow of a doubt, Mississippi Shakedown never fails to please an audience, whether it be an audience of Blues Aficionados, or Joe Public… Mississippi Shakedown is the REAL DEAL!!! |
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