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Terraplane by Keri Leigh & The Blue Devils

Artist Biography For Keri Leigh & The Blue Devils

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 Really Take Hold. She Founded The Very Successful Oklahoma Blues Society Which Hosted Many Jams With Local And Regional Artists. It Was During One Of These Jams That Keri Was Coaxed To Step On Stage And Sing A Song. She Soon Joined The Brownston Blues Band And The Headhunters Which Toured All The Blues Venues In Oklahoma. The Blues Society Hosted Another Blues Jam Which Is Where She Met A Guitarist By The Name Of Mark Lyon. Leigh And Lyon Hit It Off Right Away And Eventually Were Married. They Moved To Austin Texas And Formed The Band Keri Leigh And The Blue Devils. Clifford Antone Loved The Group And Booked Them At Antone’s Every Week For More Than A Year. They Released Two Albums In 1991 And 1992 On The Amazing Records Label. In 1993 Keri Received International Attention For Soul To Soul The Book She Wrote About Her Friend Stevie Ray Vaughan. In 1994 Keri And Mark Traveled To Muscle Shoals Sound Studio In Alabama To Record Her Third Album “Arrival” Keri's Debut Album For Waldoxy Records. All Three Albums Received Critical Raves. The Denver Post Said “Leigh Is A Singer With A Four-Octave Range And Perfect Pitch. She Sings With Great Force Yet Remains Perfectly Clear And In Control. She's A Find!" Some Reviewers Called Her The Greatest Voice To Come Out Of Texas Since Janis Joplin. Her First Three Albums Netted Four Handy Award Nominations.

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