- Elmore D
Elmore D., born near Liège in 1946,
blues musician. His real name is Daniel Droixhe and is also professor at theUniversity of Liège where he is giving lectures on the history and culture ofWallonia .The name Elmore is a reference to
Elmore James whose slide guitar sound he used to imitate at the beginning of his career. In 1988, he was nominated for the Paris-Bagneux Blues Contest and played in "avant-première" of theChicago Blues Festival . In 1997, he created the "Elmore D Band" with two ex-members of theElectric Kings , Big Dave (harp) and Willie Maze (drums), and the "sterguitarist" Lazy Horse (also with Flip Kawlier's band). They performed at various festivals :
* 12e Spring Blues Festival (Ecaussinnes , 1999),
* 4th Blues and Bloom Festival (Houthalen , 2000),
* Belgium Rhythm and Blues Festival (Peer, Belgium , 2000),
* Nuit du Blues (Marcq-en-Baroeul , 2001),
* Skoebustel Blues (Izegem , 2001),
* Drijf-In Blues Festival (Giethoorn , 2001),
* Sang a Klang (Luxembourg 2002),
* Bluesfestivalen Mönsterås (Sweden). Elmore D. re-interpret pre-war blues music, in particularslide guitar players (Casey Bill Weldon ,Kokomo Arnold ,Blind Willie McTell ). He's strongly influenced by jug andwashboard bands (Memphis Jug Band ,Cannon Jug Stompers ,Washboard Sam ) orMemphis Minnie ,Big Bill Broonzy andLeadbelly . Other influences by contemporary artists: theElectric Rag Band , theCountry Blues Project (Germany),Preacher Boy , Gordon Smith,Paul Geremiah ,Paul Rishell andAnnie Raines . He has received the "Blues Trophée - Best European Artist 2001".Recently he wrote and composed blues songs in the
Walloon language .External links
* [http://www.bobtjeblues.com/pages%20groepen/paginas/elmore_d.htm bobtjeblues]
* [http://home.scarlet.be/elmored/]
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