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Keri Leigh & The Blue Devils
12+ albums
bluesgramusels bluesrockfemale vocalistblues rockfemale blues
about
Keri Leigh - Vocals and Percussion Mark Lyon - Electric, Acoustic, Slide, Steel guitar and vocals Dave Horton - Electric and Acoustic guitar Frankie J. Meyer - Bass Kevin Hall - Drums Texas blues maven Keri Leigh has spent the better part of her young life as a revivalist of the blues, whether by singing them, writing about them, or just plain living them. She can take traditional blues from the Mississippi Delta, Texas, or Chicago and through her unique interpretation, bring a contemporary, modern feel to each style. Keri grew up in Alabama wanting to hear more of the music of black America that had captured her heart. But due to the social climate of that time, it fell out of her reach. As Keri points out, "I've always loved the art and culture of black America. I would hear the singing and music and always wished I could hang out with them." Her family later moved to Oklahoma where, at the age of 13, Keri began sneaking into clubs to hear the sounds she loved and even joined in on some vocals. Her singing career was soon brought to an early halt, when at the age of 16, nodes that had formed on her vocal chords were removed. At the time, she was told never to sing again. Not one to sit on the sidelines, Keri pursued another childhood dream of hers, writing and being a DJ. Over the next several years, she balanced jobs as a newspaper critic by day and a DJ by night, spinning records at an album-rock station. Throughout all of this, her love for the blues began to reall
