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blues evolution
Blues Evolution
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Look for new Blues Evolution CD - BE on Innervision Recordings coming this spring to an internet site near you!
bluesevolution.com will also be up and running in the spring of 2002!
bluesevolution.com will also be up and running in the spring of 2002!
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The Blues Evolution is an American music group. They are the purveyors a unique approach to modern blues based music as imagined by Elexus Quinn and Ziggy True. Quinn and True compose, perform, and produce the music of The Blues Evolution.
As the name implies, The Blues Evolution is about pushing the boundaries of what we have come to think of as the blues. The challenge for the group has been to meld their varied musical influences into an original sound, which is broad in its scope while retaining those elements that are the heart and soul of the blues. Quinn and True have developed a style that is unique yet familiar, sophisticated but listenable, and very very cool.
As the name implies, The Blues Evolution is about pushing the boundaries of what we have come to think of as the blues. The challenge for the group has been to meld their varied musical influences into an original sound, which is broad in its scope while retaining those elements that are the heart and soul of the blues. Quinn and True have developed a style that is unique yet familiar, sophisticated but listenable, and very very cool.
Why this name?
Where is blues music headed?
Do you play live?
Blues Evolution is a studio recording group.
How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?
Many possibilities for worldwide exposure
Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
One never knows
Band History:
Elexus Quinn is the singer in the group. He is from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and now resides in Columbus, Ohio.
In Boston, Fort Lauderdale, Pittsburgh, and Los Angles, Elexus Quinn has performed in rock, blues, and gospel groups and he has worked as a session player and music producer for other artists. Having formed the Blues Evolution with Ziggy True in 1980, he has subsequently been writing and recording with The Blues Evolution. Since his earliest teenage years, Quinn has developed his musical style in barrooms and dancehalls, while also writing, performing, and promoting original music.
Ziggy True, the guitarist and musical arranger for The Blues Evolution, is from Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He now lives in Ventura California. Except for a few years spent studying at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, Ziggy True has earned a living exclusively as a professional musician; performing in pop, rock, and jazz groups. He has been on the road all of his life.
In Boston, Fort Lauderdale, Pittsburgh, and Los Angles, Elexus Quinn has performed in rock, blues, and gospel groups and he has worked as a session player and music producer for other artists. Having formed the Blues Evolution with Ziggy True in 1980, he has subsequently been writing and recording with The Blues Evolution. Since his earliest teenage years, Quinn has developed his musical style in barrooms and dancehalls, while also writing, performing, and promoting original music.
Ziggy True, the guitarist and musical arranger for The Blues Evolution, is from Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He now lives in Ventura California. Except for a few years spent studying at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, Ziggy True has earned a living exclusively as a professional musician; performing in pop, rock, and jazz groups. He has been on the road all of his life.
Your influences?
Ray Charles Meets Steely Dan.
Favorite spot?
Must be somewhere
Anything else...?
Nothing Is Meaningless