Deborah Coleman

Deborah Coleman
Deborah Coleman in concert, 2009
Background information
Born	October 3, 1956 (1956-10-03) (age 55)
Origin	Portsmouth, Virginia, United States
Genres	Blues, rock
Occupations	Guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	1995–present
Labels	Blind Pig, Telarc, JSP
Website	www.DeborahColeman.com

Deborah Coleman (born October 3, 1956, Portsmouth, Virginia) is an American blues guitarist, songwriter and singer. Coleman won the Orville Gibson Award for "Best Blues Guitarist, Female" in 2001,^[1] and was nominated for a W.C. Handy Blues Music Award nine times.^[2]

Biography

Coleman was born in Portsmouth, Virginia and raised in a music-loving military family that lived in San Diego, San Francisco, Bremerton, Washington, and the Chicago area. With her father playing piano, two brothers on guitar, and a sister who plays guitar and keyboards, Deborah felt natural with an instrument in her hands, picking up guitar at age 8. She has played at the top music venues such as North Atlantic Blues Festival (2007), Waterfront Blues Festival (2002), the Monterey Jazz Festival (2001), Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival (2000), Sarasota Blues Festival (1999), the San Francisco Blues Festival (1999) and the Fountain Blues Festival (1998).

Coleman's Blind Pig debut, I Can't Lose (1997), was an album of ballads and blues stories, and guitar playing and singing. Her version of Billie Holiday's "Fine and Mellow" got a lot of airplay on college and public radio stations around the U.S. Soul Be It (2002) included the opener "Brick", "My Heart Bleeds Blue", "Don't Lie to Me," and a jump blues track, "I Believe". These were followed by What About Love? (2004) and Stop the Game (2007).

Time Bomb (2007) featured three women blues musicians: Coleman, Sue Foley and Roxanne Potvin.^[3]

Selective discography

Main releases

Year	Title	Genre	Label
1995	Takin' a Stand	Blues/Rock	New Moon
1997	I Can't Lose	Blues-Rock	Blind Pig
1998	Where Blue Begins	Blues/Rock	Blind Pig
2000	Soft Place to Fall	Blues/Rock	Blind Pig
2001	Livin' on Love	Blues/Rock	New Moon
2002	Soul Be It	Blues/Rock	Blind Pig
2004	What About Love?	Blues	Telarc
2007	Stop the Game	Blues/Rock	JSP

Compilations

Year	Title	Genre	Label	Notes
2007	Time Bomb	Blues Rock	Ruf (Idn)	with Sue Foley & Roxanne Potvin

References

1. ^ 2001 Gibson Guitar Awards
2. ^ Blues Music Awards
3. ^ Review: Sue Foley, Deborah Coleman, and Roxanne Potvin Time Bomb

External links

• Deborah Coleman official website

Persondata
Name	Coleman, Deborah
Alternative names
Short description	American blues guitarist, songwriter and singer
Date of birth	October 3, 1956
Place of birth	Portsmouth, Virginia, United States
Date of death
Place of death