Thu 26 Nov 2009
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Hear Marquise Knox talk about his new CD Man Child and some of the famous blues artists he may be related to. Michael Burks and his band back up Marquise.
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This week we are digging deep down into the blues for a talk with Marquise Knox. Marquise explains in the show that he has been surprised by some of the old blues artists he has spoken with that think they are related to each other. Marquise also talks about how he got to join St. Louis blues legend Big George Brock’s band. Big George is 77 years old he and worked the cotton fields with another boy named McKinley Morganfield aka. Muddy Waters. Big George owned a club that Ike & Tina Turner were the opening for Albert King every Sunday and had made plenty of good records himself. (To hear my show with Big George Brock click here.)
So why would someone like Big George Brock want Marquise Knox to play in his band. It’s simple, Marquise is young, eager to learn, and has proven he really knows the blues and only wants to play just the blues. Having someone like Big George Brock as your mentor has to be really good for a new blues artist. Another blues artist that has stepped forward to work with Marquise is Michael Burks. Whenever Michael comes to St. Louis the whole blues community turns out. A lot of people have told me they think some day Michael Burks’ name will be up there with BB & Albert King as one of the figure heads of the blues world (hear the interview Michael Burks click here).
In this weeks show Marquise talks about how he and Michael, well really the whole band are good friends. They have talked about working together for a long time and Man Child is the result of that desire. As more and more artists are moving away from blues into blues rock Marquise Knox is planting his feet firm on the ground of deep southern blues. Marquise is working with a blues artist of the past, Big George Brock, a blues artist of the present, Michael Burks, and Marquise is the future of the blues.
As you will hear in the show Marquise Knox’s Man Child is truly a wonderful blues record. Keep the blues alive, buy a blues CD, Marquise Knox’s Man Child.
Songs played in this week’s show:
She’s the One
Clock on the Wall
Living to Die
Juke Joint Blues
Buy Marquise Knox Man Child from Amazon.Com
Check our APO Records for other great pillars of the blues world like Big George Brock, Jimmy D. Lane, Jimmy Rogers, Henry Townsend & many more.
I’d like to thank Marquise Knox for taking the time to talk to me.
Thanks to Michael Dyson for setting everything up for us, check out his Blues Shoe Project.
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