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Deceiving Blues

by Johnson Miller & Dermody

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Mother Earth 05:22
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Springtime Blues 03:32
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Stewball 04:41
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Some of These Days 03:44
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Witching Hour Blues 03:36
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Deceiving Blues 04:55
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Soul of a Man 03:45
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Bull Doze Blues 04:31
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Polly Put the Kettle On 02:14
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Trouble in Mind 03:31
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Depot Blues 04:46
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I Will Do My Last Singing 05:16
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Originally released in 2006

This is the first album we did as an official group, though we started playing together in the mid-1990s. It is our take on acoustic country blues, as laid out here in the original liner notes written by John Miller.

These are our blues, we sing 'em as we please. We have been playing this Blues music with each other for close to ten years. Individually, we have been doing it much longer-decades. Like many players, we've attempted to hear and absorb as much music as we could from the masters who preceded us. When you work in a style in which so many definitive statements have been made, though, the question arises, "What do you have to add to what's already been said?". The music on this CD is our answer to that question.

We've shied away from recreations of historic recordings for a number of reasons, but primarily because we're interested in seeing what there is to say in this music now, speaking in our own voices. What speaks to us in this music? A memorable lyric, a strong melody, being right there when you sing, an instrument's wordless moan. We hope that our way of singing and playing these blues speaks to you.

Produced by The Uncles and David Lange
Recorded by David Lange at David Lange Studios, Edgewood WA
Mastered by Rick Fisher at RFI/CD mastering, Seattle WA
CD package design by Richard Russell
Photos by David Lange and Corbis Images

Special Thanks: Charles Cross • Warren Argo • Dave Beck • Weenie Campbell • John and Tommy Dermody • Centrum • Eileen Dermody • Mike and Jan Dowling • Joe Filisko • Ivan Guernsey • Brad Inserra • David Lange • Parry Marston • Peter McCracken • Clarence Miller • David and Heather Popple • Kilung Jigme Rimpoche • Michael and Helen Roach • Richard Russell • Andy Shaw • Ginny Snowe • Hope Swamer

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released March 11, 2020

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Orville Johnson Seattle, Washington

Orville Johnson was raised in the Illinois heartland. He acquired his love of singing as a youth in the fundamentalist Pentecostal church he attended and, when he later began playing guitar and dobro, responded to the roots music that surrounded him by learning to play the blues, bluegrass, rockabilly, and country music that are all part of the mosaic that characterizes his own mongrel music. ... more

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