Blue Mother Tupelo: News

Hey yall,

During the the moments when we've not been traveling our country's highways 'n' byways performing live at festivals, nightclubs and house concerts for all y'all good folks who've joined us this year, we've been in our studio, havin' a blast & hard at work on our newest studio recording!
These new songs are comin' together in a mighty cool way & we're so excited for you to hear 'em ...
Look for our brand new CD comin' up in May 2009!!!
It's been a long time comin, that's fo sho!

Yall check back often to find out when it'll be available for YOU.

In the meantime, a few months back, we put together a new live CD called
Love Live - 5 Songs From The Road, which includes some of our favorite live cuts from some of our favorite venues.
Be sure to pick one or two up from the BMT Store!

Sendin' out lots of love ~
Micol & Ricky
BMT

Blue Mother Tupelo is assisting with the efforts of fellow musician, Kenny Brown, in getting a Mississippi State Blues Trail Marker honoring our friend, the late great fife master, Otha Turner.

Please join Kenny Brown, the Turner family, Blue Mother Tupelo and all the others donating to raise funds for a Mississippi State Blues Trail Marker for Otha Turner.

If you would like to donate to this great cause, please specify that your donation is for the Otha Turner Mississippi State Blues Trail Marker. Any amount would be very much welcomed with 100% of the donations put toward the marker. To donate mail a check to:


North MS Hill Country Picnic, Inc.
Memo: Otha Turner Mississippi State Blues Trail Marker
P.O. Box 392
Potts Camp, MS 38659

The North Ms Hill Country Picnic, Inc. is a Non Profit 501(c)3 company supported by your donations, your support is needed and appreciated.

http://hillcountrypicnic.wordpress.com/2008-festival/donations/

Delaney Bramlett
July 1, 1939 - December 28, 2008

Dear Friends ~

Our hearts are hurting, for the sadness that has come with learning of the passing on of one of our heroes and for the family members that
have lost one of their own flesh & blood. Delaney Bramlett has joined that chorus of singers and guitar stringers in Heaven. But, Delaney
will be leading the Choir now ... and it will be the most beautiful chorus of foot-stomping, melody, & harmony that we could ever imagine.

Thank you, God, for allowing us to partake in the beauty of the gifts you gave Delaney. And thank you, Delaney, for using the gifts you were so blessed with so openly and honestly. Sweet southern soulful rock-n-rollin country blues ... ah, you made the music so goooooood.
Like gravy on biscuits. Like honey in whiskey. Like sunshine on the water. Like a magnolia blossom in a juke joint ... or on a big stage
with superstars ~ Your Shine Allowed Others To Shine More Brightly. You are the Superstar.

Though not enough for mine & Ricky's liking ~ the moments that we got to share with you are precious. I hope that you can feel our love now. I hope you could feel us reaching it out to you the day before yesterday & beyond ... so much a part of our daily lives. Thank you for your recordings.

You will Rave On. Any chance we can we'll continue to share your songs, your name, your influence.

God blessed all of us with you. Thank you, Delaney Bramlett. Much love to those that have lost their father and husband and friend ... our prayers are with you now.

Micol Davis
.................................

The first thing, when I got up this morning, on my birthday, was that Micol so sadly had to tell me that she had just heard that one of my true musical heroes and a dear friend, Mr. Delaney Bramlett, had passed away two days ago. My heart is aching.

What a beautiful soul Delaney was ...

I'll never forget, when we met Delaney for the first time in Mississippi. Micol, Delaney, me ... we were all in tears.

Micol & I grew up in our families' homes where Delaney & Bonnie's music was played. We both absorbed their music deep down into our very souls. It was amazing that when we met and got married, we discovered that we both considered these artists to be the foundation of who we are musically: Delaney & Bonnie, Van Morrison, John Lee Hooker, Bonnie Raitt, Otis Redding, the Allman Brothers Band, and Muddy Waters, and of course for me - my Dad & kinfolk. We were, are, and will always be - souls a kin. After years of searching for Delaney, we were fortunate enough to meet him and been friends for several years now. We have been so fortunate to have gotten the chance to meet a few of our music heroes/mentors. And I have to say that meeting and getting to know Delaney has been one of the absolute most special things to happen in our lives and we'll always cherish these memories.

Delaney & I had talked for the past few years about collaborating; writing some songs together and recording together. But his health steadily took a turn for the worse.

I can't stress enough at how sad I am today. My heart aches today, yet, I am also rejoiceful because I know that his struggles here on earth are no more and that God has called Delaney home to Heaven. He is with his Mamo & Daddy & Jesus today, singin' stompin' & playin' his guitar in that beautiful Heavenly choir, amen! And I pray that we all join them there someday ...

Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
let me hide myself in thee;
let the water and the blood,
from thy wounded side which flowed,
be of sin the double cure;
save from wrath and make me pure.

Not the labors of my hands
can fulfill thy law's commands;
could my zeal no respite know,
could my tears forever flow,
all for sin could not atone;
thou must save, and thou alone.

Nothing in my hand I bring,
simply to the cross I cling;
naked, come to thee for dress;
helpless, look to thee for grace;
foul, I to the fountain fly;
wash me, Savior, or I die.

While I draw this fleeting breath,
when mine eyes shall close in death,
when I soar to worlds unknown,
see thee on thy judgment throne,
Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
let me hide myself in thee.


Rave on, Delaney Bramlett! Rave on!

Please join Micol & me in praying that love, peace, harmony & God's blesings surround Delaney's family forever. I say the same prayer for
all of us.

Ricky Davis

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Blue Mother Tupelo

BRAND NEW BLUE MOTHER TUPELO SINGLE!
To hear our new song called "CHANGE" just got to our page at www.myspace.com/bluemothertupelo and look in the myspace player on the top right. "Change" is song #2.

To purchase the download, scroll down on our myspace page to our Nimbit store & purchase any BMT single, including, "Change"!

Hey y'all,

This is a brand new song that I have written and that Micol & I recorded this week.

Although my song is entitled, "Change", it's certainly not an endorsement of any political candidate or party. And I didn't write it intending it to be a political song. To my heart and mind, it's more like an awareness song.

I wrote part of this song way back in 1990 or so. I hadn't thought about the tune till recently; when hearing the news on the radio of what's going on in our country, the words and melody that I wrote so many years ago popped into my head and basically the remainder of this song wrote itself just a few days ago. So, Micol & I ran into the studio to get it recorded.

My heart has been moved to write this song and I hope that you will check it out! And I shonuff hope you dig it!

We always thank you so kindly for your support of us and our music!

And may God continue to bless us all and our United States of America!

peace, love & harmony,
Ricky Davis

Micol sang harmonies, played organ, tambourine and hand-claps; Ricky sang harmonies, played drums, upright bass, dobro, acoustic guitar, electric slide guitar, steel guitar, cigar box guitar, field hollers, sledgehammer/anvil, and hand-claps on Little Johnny Kantreed's new upcoming CD release, "Bring Me A Little Water". Ricky Davis also Produced & Engineered six tracks on Little Johnny Kantreed's new CD to be released in 2008.

Blue Mother Tupelo makes their second appearance at the Americana Folk Festival.

In 2006 BMT performed at the AFF and is thrilled and honored to be in the company of all their fellow Americana artists at the AFF on Saturday, November 1, 2008. Come and take in the absolute best in Americana music and the beautiful fall foliage!

To order tickets and to learn more about the festival, visit their site at
www.americanafolkfest.com or at www.myspace.com/theamericanafolkfestival

BMT is extremely honored to share the stage with the legendary Leon Russell at The Shed in Maryville, Tennessee on Thursday, September 4. See BMT's calendar for ticket info.

Micol & Ricky record Keith Urban's, "Better Life" for a Wal-Mart commercial demo.

Micol sang lead vocals and harmonies on a new Susan Anders recording called "Missing You".

Micol records lead & harmony vocals for new Tide commercial demo

Ricky played lead slide electric guitar on Erika Chambers' new recording, "Footprints". And Micol sang harmonies & Ricky played dobro, on Erika's new recording called, "The War" both featured on Erika's new upcoming CD.

Micol & Ricky sang, Micol played piano, tambourines, Ricky played upright bass, drums, dobro, acoustic guitar and produced a commercial demo for JC Penney's in January 2008.

Micol sang the lead vocals on a new Susan Anders' recording called "Goodbye is the New Hello" in January 2008.

Love Live - 5 Songs From The Road has been exclusively available at BMT live performaces until NOW! You can order your very own copy from our web STORE ...
each copy is lovingly handmade by Micol and includes about 43 minutes of LIVE music recorded at some of Ricky & Micol's favorite shows. For more details, check out our STORE page right here in our website.
lovelovelove!

BMT records their song, "High In The Sky" for a Kia commercial demo.

BMT recorded & arranged the Johnny Mercer/Henry Mancini song, "Moon River" for a Honda Accord commercial demo.

BMT recorded two new original songs, "Always Lookin'" and "I Can't Wait" for a Hartford Insurance commercial demo.

This year, we're so honored to be having the opportunities to take our music to new places & to new audiences! For years we have toured the southeast and midwest and always love it! This year, we've performed at the Winter Park Folk Festival in Colorado and have had the chance to eyewitness the majestic Rocky Mountains. It's our first trip to Colorado and we've gotta go back, it is simply breathtaking! Later this year, we'll be performing at The Big State Festival in Texas - our debut performance in The Lone Star State at the Texas World Speedway with some other artists that we have utmost respect for. And we're also performing for the first time in New York City, which is also our first time going to NYC! We'll be heading to Mississippi and to our stompin' grounds in Tennessee again soon & often too - always love touring through the beautiful southland! It's so exciting and such a blessing that we're both so grateful to God to have these opportunities. We're thankful to each of you for your support of us and our music as well. We hope to see y'all soon & hope you'll come boogie with us!!!

peace & love always,
Ricky & Micol
BMT

BMT will be performing live for a private event at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City in September!

Blue Mother Tupelo is extremely honored to be joining other fine artists and music legends on stage at the Big State Festival in Bryan-College Park, Texas.

50-plus stars from Nashville as well as Texas, and beyond including:
Tim McGraw • Willie Nelson • Lynyrd Skynyrd • Lyle Lovett and his Large Band • Trace Adkins • Dierks Bentley • Gary Allan • Robert Earl Keen • Jack Ingram • Los Lonely Boys • Drive-By Truckers • The Wreckers • The Flatlanders • Billy Currington • Miranda Lambert • Kevin Fowler • Eli Young Band • Chris Cagle • Craig Morgan • Heartland • Reckless Kelly • Eric Church • Leon Russell • Charlie Louvin • Willis Alan Ramsey • Kelly Willis • The Geezinslaws • Ashley Ray • The Wrights • Matt Caldwell • Whiskey Brown • Mice & Rifles • Monte Warden • Rodney Hayden • Drew Kennedy • Sunny Sweeney • Blue Mother Tupelo • Granger Smith • Jerrod Niemann • Kevin Gordon • Colin Gilmore • The Gougers • Mark McKinney • The Ginn Sisters • The Paul Green School of Rock All Stars • Farmer Jason • Buck Howdy • The Bummkinn Band

To get all the info & to pick up your tickets today go to www.bigstatefestival.com/lineup.aspx

Blue Mother Tupelo joins other great Americana artists at the Jammin' At Hippie Jacks - an Americana Music & Arts Festival.
Performing live will be:
Blue Mother Tupelo
Malcolm Holcombe
Hector Qirko Band
The Jimmy Mundanes
Kirk Fleta
Webb Wilder
Geoff Achison
Delta Moon
and more tba ...
For more info: www.jamminathippiejacks.com

Blue Mother Tupelo has just been added to the fantastic roster of the North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic. Performing live will be:

John Barnett
Olga Wilhelmine Mathus
Danny Lancaster
Jocco Rushing with Fried Chicken & Gasoline
Blue Mother Tupelo
Alvin Youngblood Hart
T-Model Ford
Bobby Rush
Blue Mountain
Taylor Grocery Band
John Wilkins
Dave Kimbrough
Burnside Exploration
Rising Star Fife and Drum Band
Jimbo Mathus W/Knockdown South
Duwayne Burnside W/MS Mafia
North Mississippi Allstars
Hill Country Jam W/Kenny Brown

To attend and for more info: www.nmshillcountrypicnic.com

The 2007 Austin City Limits Festival, which was solidly confirmed for Blue Mother Tupelo on November 16, 2006, was inadvertently cancelled for Blue Mother Tupelo by June 11, 2007 due to an oversight on the part of the agent representing the stage that Blue Mother Tupelo was scheduled to perform on.

After being informed that we had a definite slot on the festival, there was some type of error on the part of the folks booking this particular stage at the festival and BMT's slot was unintentionally given to another artist.

We, Ricky & Micol Davis a.k.a. Blue Mother Tupelo, want to sincerely apologize to every one of you who has been informed about our much anticipated performance on this festival. We are so embarrassed that we've told people, and the media, that we're going to be on the Austin City Limits Music Festival and now it's not happening. We have to let y'all know that we were CERTAINLY BOOKED AND PROMISED A SLOT ON THIS FESTIVAL and this is the ONLY reason why we ever let folks know about this.

Due to what the people who are booking this stage at the festival are calling an "oversight", our slot has been taken away. This is a hurtful blow to us, but we're dusting off our britches and boogie'n on. The people responsible are telling us that they're working toward another opportunity for us.

For all the folks who've said they're gonna make the trip to see us at the Austin City Limits Festival, we want to apologize that we've been placed in this predicament but we also want to immensely thank you for your support of us and our music.

And just hold on, we're gonna make some more music for ya - just wait and see!

peace, love & God's blessings always,
Ricky & Micol Davis
Blue Mother Tupelo

p.s. If you're interested, see Ricky's myspace blog (Austin City Limits Music Festival & This Crazy Business -embarrassed, heartbroken & looking to God for answers ...) and Micol's blog (Does It Mean Enough 4 Me 2 Stay) & to hear our new song, "Does It Mean Enough", go by our myspace site: www.myspace.com/bluemothertupelo

Ricky & Micol Davis, Tom Kimmel & Michael Kelsh will be performing in the round at Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival in Nashville, Tennessee. This year's festival features songwriters and artists from a variety of musical genres - everything from Grammy-Nominated Rock Artists to Critically-Acclaimed Singer-Songwriters ... 5 nights of stellar entertainment, 70 shows, 250+ top songwriters - the only songwriters' festival of its kind.

JUST ANNOUNCED: BLUE MOTHER TUPELO will be performing in Austin, Texas at the Austin City Limits Festival '07! We're very honored to be a part of such a rich music tradition that the Austin City Limits Fest has & are looking so forward to heading back to beautiful Austin, Texas!!