Bliss Blood
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Bliss Blood is a musician and songwriter from Houston, Texas. She moved to New York City, New York in 1996. She has recorded six albums from 1988-1995 with Houston noise rock band Pain Teens. She has also appeared on recordings with groups including The Melvins, Exit-13 and Angels of Light.
[edit] Current projects
Bliss Blood writes songs and plays ukulele in the 1920s & '30s jazz-themed New York City group The Moonlighters, formed in 1998. The Moonlighters have released 4 cds on their own label, Onliest Records, and toured Germany three times, in 2002, 2006 and 2007. Current lineup of the band includes actress/singer/screenwriter Cindy Ball on vocals and guitar, Raphael McGregor on steel guitar, and Rus Wimbish on acoustic bass.
She currently leads several other New York bands, Nightcall, a "crime jazz" band also featuring Stu Spasm from Australian grunge rock band Lubricated Goat, Voodoo Suite (lounge/exotica), Cantonement Jazz Band (1920s jazz band, a piano, violin and horn section), Here's How (1950s cool jazz), and Delta Dreambox (Mississippi and Classic blues from the 1920s to '40s) collaborating with Marty Bartolomeo on piano, and writing original blues songs.
[edit] External links
- Bliss Blood's official webpage and webpage for the Moonlighters
- Cindy Ball's official webpage Moonlighters guitarist/vocalist
