What People are Saying

(Originally posted on Blues Bytes Magazine)

For those of you who’ve never been to Memphis for the International Blues Challenge, I would strongly suggest that you make the trip to the Bluff City one time. As a veteran volunteer for this event, it consistently gives me the opportunity to see some of the best amateur bands in the country. These are the bands that day in and day out are keeping this music we all love so much alive.

Some of the buzz surrounding this past IBC centered on the amazing voice of Jennifer Marriott, and I was glad to see that she and her band, Odd Sheep Out, were assigned to my home in Memphis, the Rum Boogie. I came away from Memphis with a copy of her latest record, Baa Baa Blue Sheep, and it’s high time I got around to reviewing it.