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Mighty Mo Rodgers
12+ albums
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Mighty Mo Rodgers is a remarkably original singer/songwriter who’s shaped his life experiences into a terrifically eclectic and immensely deep vision on his Blue Thumb debut, Blues Is My Wailin’ Wall. Rodgers combines soulful, gritty vocals and driving rhythms with a wholly personal panorama on songs like "Took Away The Drum," "The Kennedy Song," "Tuskegee Blues" and a moving tribute to his childhood friend with "Willie B. And Me." Blues Is My Wailin’ Wall has already made an indelible impression on listeners, both in its recorded form and from the concert stage where Rodgers performance dynamic is larger-than-life captivating. "My song"There is nothing conceivable that would so condition a man as to leave him without the slightest freedom." Blues comes from a place so deep that even madness cannot penetrate there. Blues is free there, and it makes sense of the madness by changing what was disfigured into something wonderfully transfigured. Too often Blues doesn't get the respect it deserves in the greater musical community. But make no mistake, the legitimacy and authenticity of American popular music comes from Blues, because it is truth, and the truth will set you free.The music comes directly from my heart and soul," Rodgers says candidly. This is my Blues Odyssey. A journey through "the blues" to Blues. My vehicle, the Blues Voice; a vernacular black-of-tongue tale of call-and-response to freedom and movement. Blues, born of slavery, in the skin of commerce, consta
