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The Blues Preachers
Genre: Roots, Indie
Region: Sydney, NSW
Members: Captain Bluetongue - Vocals, Harmonicas and Mountain Dulcimer. Brother John - Vocals, Guitars and Banjo.
Sounds Like: C.W. Stoneking, Ben Harper, Blind Willie Johnson
Influences: Indian Classical Music, Apalachian folk music, Ragtime, Gospel, Pre war country and delta blues
Artist Website: www.bluespreachers.com

The Blues Preachers will take you to another place & time, somewhere between 1920 & 1940. Their music paints a landscape of pre war struggle & determination with sounds reminiscent of The Deep South. The Blues Preachers perform Blues, Rags, Gospel & Hillbilly Folk Music. The powerful simplicity of driving finger style guitar, slide guitar & harmonica combined with old school vocal harmonies create a traditional un-tarnished sound that will have you on the edge of your seats. The Blues Preachers will make you dance with their joyful Country and Ragtime Blues and send a shiver up your spine with their atmospheric feels which echo & pay homage to the sacred sounds of early artists such as Blind Willie Johnson.
Rhythms Magazine review by Sam Fell, march 2009 of the Blues Preachers new CD 'Dry Long So'
"I love this record. It’s a slice of 1929 for 2009. It’s also a record I’ve been awaiting with baited breath since chatting with the Sydney based Blues Preachers last year. Harmonica player, Captain Bluetongue sent me the rough mixes not long afterwards, and even in their rough state, these songs stood proud and defiant, much like the men in the soup lines you see on the cover of Dry Long So – broken men, but ramrod straight til the end, doing what they have to do to feed their families. That’s what this record is like. Keep an eye out for these cats, you won’t be disappointed.

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Divine Justice Coming Down Mature Content
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Divine Justice Coming Down
rating:  5/5
Nice work. Tight clean slide complimented with that dirty droning harp needs slightly more volumr though. Love the attitude in the song and I agree!




Divine Justice Coming Down
rating:  5/5
Great slide guitar playing and harmonies in chorus. Seems to have a didge droning away in the background. Angry song ... heavily down on the banks ...
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