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SPECIAL OFFER: This is "Big Shot" by BIG FRANK & THE HEALERS. It is the original pressing of their premier 5-song CD with the famous "nurse tatoo" cover art. There are a limited quantity available. It is offered here to collectors for the special price of $25.00. HERE'S WHAT THE PRESS HAS TO SAY: "Big Frank Mirra plays some nasty slide guitar!" - Graham Clarke, Blues Bytes "No-nonsense, straight-ahead Chicago blues...wicked slide work...a real find." - Bill Wasserzieher, Blues Revue "The kind of tough, down-home blues you thought had gone for good." - Norman Darwen, Blues Art Studio, Austria "[Big Frank & The Healers] show just how tight a constantly -working band can be!" - "Broadway" Buddy Fox, Big City Blues "Big Frank is the closest thing I've heard to Hound Dog Taylor" - Sonny Payne KFFA radio's King Biscuit Flour show MEET THE BAND: BIG FRANK & THE HEALERS are a traditional electric blues band playing chiefly in the Chicago and Delta blues styles, while touching on the swampy sounds of Louisiana and Texas. The band has been cited in publications as far afield as Austria's 'Blues Gazette'. Local favorites, they have appeared in nightclubs and performed at many concerts including the headline spot at the 2004 Lake George Blues Festival. They were featured artists at The Glens Falls Blues Festival, and the Blues 2000+4 Festival. For several years they've played to concert crowds, including performances at Rockefeller Center's City Sounds, Staten Island's Back-to-the-Beach and Twilight series, and at Snug Harbor Cultural Ceter. Leader and founder "BIG FRANK" MIRRA's specialty is slide guitar. His playing has been featured on KFFA's renowned 'King Biscuit Flour Hour' show from Helena, Arkansas, where disc jockey Sonny Payne likened Frank's playing to that of Hound Dog Taylor. Frank has enjoyed associations with such legendary blues guitarists as Louis Meyers and Hubert Sumlin. Frank's oter credits include The Mohair Sam band and The Street Hawks, an acoustic group that focuses on early roots music. DOñA OXFORD, piano, has toured internationally and in the U.S. with blues vocalist Shemekia Copeland. Doña leads her own band and has two albums on the Fountainbleu label that showcase her writing as well as her superb piano playing and singing. Doña has recently been active on the Chicago blues scene and has performed with many artists including Buddy Guy, Phil Guy, Son Seals, Jody Williams, Willie Kent, Sam Lay, and her mentor, the late Johnnie Johnson. MARGEY PETERS, bassist with the group, is another veteran of the Mohair Sam band, has played with 'Wild' Jimmy Spruill, Bob Gaddy, The Danny Russo Band, Somethin' Blue, The Chromatones, Squeezebox Zydeco, and Big Ed and the Sidepockets, and the Doña Oxford band. Drummer BILL RANKIN has played and recorded blues, rock, pop, zydeco, Irish music, and jazz. He is a member of the popular group Lucky 7, who recently contributed a cut to "Light of Day", the Bruce Springsteen tribute CD released on Schoolhouse Records. Bill also plays with Big Jim Wheeler, The Rouse Brothers, Pawnshop Bound, The Dermot O'Brien Band, with whom he played in the summer, 2003 Great Canadian Irish Festival. Bill has also performed on the high seas on several cruise ships. Special guest ERIC BAKER appears on "Big Shot" blowing the harmonica in true Chicago tradition. BOOKINGS & INFORMATION: contact BluesWho1@aol.com Check out the artist's website: http://cdbaby.com/bigfrankhealers2 Track List: 1. Medley: Killin' Floor / Hip Shake 2. Tip On Inn 3. Wild About You, Baby 4. 300 Lbs. Of Joy 5. Got Someplace To Go Suggested CDs:Other Genres:
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