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August 2010 Hi Yu'all... for those who have seen our last few gigs, you'll notice that the stage is a little more crowded than usual. Yep, it is! We're now a "4 Piece Misipi." Over the last few CD's, we've been adding more and more mandolin, harmonica, 2nd guitar, piano, and harmonies, so we thought that we should add another member to try and reproduce that sound live. So I called up a mate of mine, Mr Wayne Leffler, who I've known and recorded a few time when he was in Cold Comfort, I even recorded his son Joel. Wayne comes on board with his mandolin, harp, guitar and his growlin' "oh so wonderful" voice, making our sound just so much more layered on stage, we're very happy (he should have joined us 5 years ago!!). We'll be playing more next year,we promise you,with Wayne on board,we now have 2 folk fetching for work.. looking forward to that, exploring more of our songs as a 4 Piece. We're going in The Memphis Blues Challenge again this year. Wish us the best. Better still, be there for support on our quest to go to Memphis February next year. Jeff is going to Memphis + Nashville Feb next year anyway to try and drum up some Misipi interest with US Record labels and try and get a few of his songs covered by other artists and maybe write a few new ones in Nashville! Our new 4th CD, "I Don't Know What I'd Do Without You But I Sure Would Like To Find Out", which some DJ's are calling "IDKWIDWYBISWLTFO", is being played in all places around the globe - Croatia, the US, Norway... lots and lots and surprisingly, one of the songs we thought about leaving off the CD "Even My Enemies Love me", has been the Big Hit, that's the one all the DJ's are playing. It's been good to us, we're thinking of writing a follow up, "Even My Friends Hate Me". Hope to see you all real soon at a gig near you...
4th CD out now!!
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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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