Erin Harpe’s Country Blues Duo is Erin and her husband Jim Countryman who together play some fine finger-picking country blues.
Erin has jammed with iconic acoustic blues artists Phil Wiggins (of Cephas & Wiggins), Warner Williams and Jay Summerour, Eleanor Ellis, Jontavious Willis, and James Montgomery. She’s opened for legends such as ZZ Top, T-Model Ford, Honeyboy Edwards, Roy Bookbinder, and James Cotton. Erin has played at the House of Blues, Caffe Lena, Club Passim, the International Blues Challenge, South by Southwest, the New York State Blues Festival, and many other festivals and venues around the US. Her Country Blues Duo has also toured Spain and the UK twice.
Blues is the first music Erin remembers hearing, specifically Piedmont blues, a syncopated, fingerpicked variant of the blues popularized on the East coast of the US by artists such as Blind Blake and Josh White, and later Rev. Gary Davis and Cephas & Wiggins. Arlo Guthrie used Piedmont guitar accompaniment for his well-known monologue-style song “Alice’s Restaurant” which was Erin’s entry into playing this style.
The duo’s captivating sound showcases Erin’s exceptional vocals and mastery of finger-style blues guitar – which she does while also playing foot percussion & kazoo! Rounding out the pair’s full-band sound, Jim Countryman provides grooving bass and backing vocals. The two boast a career studded with numerous accolades, and miles of musical highway. Really looking forward to this one.
“…one of the finest fingerpicking acoustic blues singers in the land”
“Bonnie Raitt on modern performance enhancing drugs!”
Doors 7pm / Music 8pm / Tickets £14/ £10 for members
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