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Ellie Mae Higgins grew up listening to her dad play piano and sing funny Irish songs, which he had learned as a boy from his dad. As a child, Ellie played the accordion and then as a teenager she began playing acoustic guitar. She fell in love with the early blues guitar heroes such as Blind Boy Fuller, Pink Anderson, Memphis Minnie and Tampa Red and studied blues guitar with Grammy Award winner, Paul Rishell. Also a big fan of Motown, R&B, soul, and swing, Ellie cites all of these as her musical influences. After years of searching for her musical soulmate, Ellie met her now husband, Bill Reidy, with whom she performs early blues, folk and gospel. Bill is a fine singer and multi-instrumentalist and is skillful at slide guitar, cornet, trombone, harmonica, recorder and flute. Ellie performs with acoustic fingerpicking guitar, washboard and harmonica. When they first met, Ellie and Bill formed an electric blues band with Ellie on bass guitar and Bill on electric guitar and played in the Boston area. They now perform with singer/songwriter Susan Lainey of New Bedford in her band called Moodswing. Ellie’s work for several years as a preschool teacher inspired the material on the Miss Ellie CD. She is a registered teacher for Music Together and is a member of the Children’s Music Network. Her day job is as a children’s entertainer performing interactive music in preschools, where she is known as “Miss Ellie.†Check out the artist's website: http://www.arkalbums.com Track List: 1. Betcha Can't Guess My Riddle 2. Cranky Frankie 3. Drivin' In My Car 4. Elephant in Your Ear 5. Miss Ellie's Boogie Woogie 6. Hambone 7. Inty Minty Tootsa La La 8. I Just Love to Go to the Beach 9. Let's Go to the Moon 10. Names, Names, Names 11. Time to Go 12. We're Goin' to the Zoo 13. What If? 14. A Little Wish 15. Tree Frogs Other Genres: |