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Sharde Thomas's debut CD, What Do I Do was Produced by Ricky Davis and recorded at DMI Studio B in Cleveland, Mississippi and at JukeTonk Studio in Hendersonville, Tennessee. The album was mastered by Mastering legend Bob Olhsson who has mastered hit albums from Motown Records, some of the greatest Rock albums to come out of the 1970s San Francisco scene to Blue Mother Tupelo's most recent album, Heaven & Earth. Sharde Thomas', What Do I Do, showcases her singing, songwriting and musicianship throughout. This fresh new album features Ms. Thomas's pure soulful voice, R&B-flavored piano & keyboard playing, down-home Mississippi Blues, and of course, her fife playing and the traditional fife & drum style - which was passed down to her by the loving training of Mr. Otha Turner - she and her family are carrying on this tradition and are featured on this new album.

Ricky & Micol Davis of Blue Mother Tupelo sing harmonies and play several instruments; as well as BMT's bassist & drummer, Barry Bays & Greg Cobb, violinist, Molly Thomas, and Sharde's cousin China, who also accompany Sharde on the album.

Look for the, What Do I Do, CD release in August 2010, with the very first copies available at the Turner Family Goat Barbecue Picnic in Senatobia, Mississippi on August 27 & 28!]]> http://bluemothertupelo.com/news.html#84 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700 The official home for Blue Mother Tupelo on the Web. - Blue Mother Tupelo - Wha's New w BMT http://bluemothertupelo.com/news.html#90 Light At Eventide.

Immediate download of 10 track album, Light At Eventide plus the previously unreleased bonus track "Mama's Angels (live)" Only available with full album download at www.erikachambers.bandcamp.com/]]> http://bluemothertupelo.com/news.html#90 Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700 The official home for Blue Mother Tupelo on the Web. - Blue Mother Tupelo - Wha's New w BMT http://bluemothertupelo.com/news.html#86
Blue Mother Tupelo is honored to be joining other great artists in performing at the CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tennessee. BMT performs on the WSM/Durango Acoustic Corner stage. This event is hosted by 650 AM WSM personalities Bill Cody, Joe Limardi, Charlie Mattos, Eddie Stubbs, and Mike Terry and for the first time this year these performances will be broadcast live on "The Legend" 650 AM WSM.

Artists scheduled to appear at the Durango Acoustic Corner include Lynn Anderson, Balsam Range, Blue Mother Tupelo, The Bankester Family, Kaci Bolls, Jim Ed Brown, T. Graham Brown, Shawn Camp, Cherryholmes, Elizabeth Cook, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Angela Easterling, Chelsea Field, Larry Gatlin, Teea Goans, The Grascals, Amber Hayes, Josh Williams Band, Jim Lauderdale, Alex Mathison, Randy Kohrs Band, Marty Raybon, Riders in the Sky, The Roys, Anthony Smith, Pam Tillis, Donna Ulisse, Gene Watson, Darryl Worley,and The Wrights.]]> http://bluemothertupelo.com/news.html#86 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 The official home for Blue Mother Tupelo on the Web. - Blue Mother Tupelo - Wha's New w BMT http://bluemothertupelo.com/news.html#89 http://bluemothertupelo.com/news.html#89 Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 The official home for Blue Mother Tupelo on the Web. - Blue Mother Tupelo - Wha's New w BMT http://bluemothertupelo.com/news.html#88
Blue Mother Tupelo also sang & played along with Jay Clark, The New Familiars, Jimmy Davis, Doug & Telisha Williams, Alan Darveaux, Warren Gently and the Flea Market Hustlers all joining together with former Allman Brothers Band member, Southern Rock legend & GRAMMY award nominee, Johnny Neel, in a Gospel serenade jam finale to round out a beautiful gathering of music-lovers out in this Tennessee countryside festival known as Jammin' At Hippie Jack's.]]> http://bluemothertupelo.com/news.html#88 Sun, 30 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 The official home for Blue Mother Tupelo on the Web. - Blue Mother Tupelo - Wha's New w BMT http://bluemothertupelo.com/news.html#87 http://bluemothertupelo.com/news.html#87 Sat, 29 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 The official home for Blue Mother Tupelo on the Web. - Blue Mother Tupelo - Wha's New w BMT http://bluemothertupelo.com/news.html#85 http://bluemothertupelo.com/news.html#85 Sat, 15 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 The official home for Blue Mother Tupelo on the Web. - Blue Mother Tupelo - Wha's New w BMT http://bluemothertupelo.com/news.html#82
Blue Mother Tupelo & Erika Chambers recorded this song at Ricky & Micol Davis' JukeTonk Studio. "Won't Be Shaken By No Storm" will be on Erika's new album. All the proceeds from her song will be donated to the United Way of Nashville. You may click here to hear the song & watch the video & to donate to assist the flood victims in their recovery: http://www.unitedwaynashville.org/nashvilleflood/

And you may download the song and a coordinating "Nashville Won't be Shaken by No Storm" poster for a 5$ minimum donation at http://erikachambers.bandcamp.com/ & ALL the money raised by the downloads will go directly to Middle Tennessee flood relief through United Way of Metropolitan Nashville.]]> http://bluemothertupelo.com/news.html#82 Tue, 11 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 The official home for Blue Mother Tupelo on the Web. - Blue Mother Tupelo - Wha's New w BMT http://bluemothertupelo.com/news.html#83 Lifted Off The Ground on the song "Damn Liar" from the album.]]> http://bluemothertupelo.com/news.html#83 Tue, 04 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 The official home for Blue Mother Tupelo on the Web. - Blue Mother Tupelo - Wha's New w BMT http://bluemothertupelo.com/news.html#81
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The Real Deal On Your Dial

A note from Micol Davis was a reminder that Music City Roots: Live From The Loveless Cafe is about far more than just two hours of great live music on Wednesday nights.

Micol is the female half of the husband and wife duo Blue Mother Tupelo. She and Ricky Davis are a bracing blues/rock team who can lay it down as a self-contained unit or scale up with a band. They’ve truly become friends of the show; we see them in the audience most weeks, hanging out and taking in the music and the atmosphere. This coming week, however, as Roots begins its Spring 2010 season, they will grace our stage for the first time as featured artists.

So when I asked Micol to share some thoughts about the show, it was a thrill to get the following reply: “Today I hopped in the car and had been on the road for five minutes when I heard something familiar. It was our song "Tupelo"! I got chills and had a little personal celebration; I wanted to roll down the windows and shout to the drivers beside me to tune in to 650 AM because ”˜WSM is playing us on the radio!’ We'll be playing that song next Wednesday night.”

Now that’s encouraging stuff. It wasn’t Ricky and Micol’s first time being played on the radio by any means, but anyone who loves and studies American music like they do has got to be taken up short hearing themselves on WSM, a station that shaped more careers than you could count, from across a vast musical spectrum. And you have to think about the larger context, which is that bands like Blue Mother Tupelo, who embrace and embody Americana, can look to only a handful of radio stations nationwide that will even consider playing their music. Whereas if they’d come along in decades past, they’d have been able to visit stations that had local autonomy over what to play and that weren’t fixated on charts and formats or how many people might tune out upon hearing an unfamiliar song.

Yes, fans and artists alike are muddling forward in this age of corporate radio, and while the internet is amazing, not everyone really wants to make it their new music source. Some would love to think that with that tried and true box that’s been in their homes and their cars for decades, they could find beacons of inspiration and passionate musical people spinning music to reach people’s hearts. And that’s exactly what’s been happening at WSM. The venerable Air Castle of the South has picked up that torch of history (a torch it lit) as part of its relationship with Music City Roots. You see from the beginning, MCR was seen as part of a larger revival at the station. It doesn’t just sell the show two hours of time. WSM embraces the artists playing MCR with spins of their music and on-air interviews. They’ve taken part of our mission and made it part of theirs — to build bridges between a diverse audience and diverse but always excellent music. And to tell the stories of the artists who put their heart and soul into their songs and sound.

That’s just food for thought as we return for another run of shows, and of course we’re excited to welcome Blue Mother Tupelo as well as our entire rangy lineup of artistry. Kingbilly is a big brash band out of Nashville that straddles the line between mainstream country music, jam band groove, and back porch folk-grass. Jill Andrews was a member of the much loved but now broken-up Everybodyfields, and now she’s a solo artist with a winning take on classic country and indie folk. Big Daddy Love is a fiercely fun bluegrass-tinged band from North Carolina high country that has a new album coming out in April and a huge year of amazing festival gigs ahead of it.

So we’re looking forward to warm weather, twilight shows, lightning bugs and amazing musicians, sent out over the analog airwaves with loads of respect and love. Ain’t that the way it ought to be? See you at the Barn.

Craig H.
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