Well, one or two...a day.
Some gloriously talented artists struggle in anonymity and poverty. Let's do something to help them out and share their gems with fellow music lovers.
My first two are Nicole Atkins from my home state of NJ
I'd like to take this opportunity to shamelessly promote Hans Olson, a talented musician/songwriter that currently lives in Scottsdale, AZ. Hans is equally comfortable playing solo (acoustic guitar and harmonica) or rocking out with a band, and is considered one of the best "harp-in-a-rack" players in the world. Every time I see him play, I think to myself "why is this guy not more famous?". He's down to earth and a great storyteller (and I'm sure he's got loads of stories to tell ... he's been around. LOL).
I've known Hans for quite awhile, but this list from his website just blew me away ...
HANS HAS BEEN THE OPENING ACT FOR:
MOSE ALLISON, THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND, MARTY BALIN, BEAUSOLEAU, TAB BENOIT, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, CHUCK BERRY, ELVIN BISHOP, THE BLASTERS,JESSI COLTER, BLUE OYSTER CULT, ROY BOOKBINDER, EDIE BRICKELL, DAVID BROMBERG, GATEMOUTH BROWN, GREG BROWN, ROY BUCHANAN, NORTON BUFFAL, ERIC BURDON, PAUL BUTTERFIELD, CANNED HEAT, LITTLE CHARLIE & the Nightcats, C.J. CHENIER, CHICO CHISM, ASHLEY CLEVELAND, JOE COCKER, ALBERT COLLINS, COMMANDER CODY, TOMMY CONWELL, SHEMEKIA COPELAND, JAMES COTTON, PAPA JOHN CREACH, DICK DALE, LACY J. DALTON, RICK DERRINGER, BO DIDDLEY, WILLIE DIXON, ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA, RAMBLIN' JACK ELLIOT, FIVE BLIND BOYS FROM ALABAMA, STEVE FORBERT, ROBBEN FORD, JOHN FOGERTY, GOLDEN EARRING, AL GREEN, DAVID GRISMAN, ARLO GUTHRIE, JOHN HAMMOND, RANDY HANSEN, JEFF HEALEY BAND, JESSE MAE HEMPHILL, SCREAMING JAY HAWKINS, DAN HICKS, JOHN LEE HOOKER, BRUCE HORNSBY, STEVE JAMES, DOUG KERSHAW, B.B. KING, AL KOOPER, ALLISON KRAUSS, SLEEPY LaBEEF, DAVID LINDLEY, LITTLE FEAT, NILS LOFGREN, LOS LOBOS, G. LOVE AND SPECIAL SAUCE, LONNIE MACK, TAJ MAHAL, HARVEY MANDELL, DAVE MASON, DELBERT McCLINTON, JOHN McEUEN, JAMES McMURTRY, KEB MO, COCO MONTOYA, RONNIE MONTROSE, MORPHINE, MOTT THE HOOPLE, MARIA MULDAUR, ELLIOT MURPHY, CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE, NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND, MARK O'CONNER, ODETTA, LEE OSKAR, OZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS, SHAWN PHILLIPS, KELLY JOE PHELPS, THE RADIATORS, BONNIE RAITT, ROBERT RANDOLPH, LEON REDBONE, STAN RIDGEWAY, JERRY RIOPELLE, MONTY ROCK II, ROY ROGERS, PETER ROWAN, TOM RUSH, LEON RUSSELL, MERL SAUNDERS, JOHN SEBASTION, BILLY JOE SHAVER, KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD, MICHELLE SHOCKED, RICKY SKAGGS, LYNYRD SKYNYRD, SOCIAL DISTORTION, SOUTHERN PACIFIC, JOHN STEWART, THE SUBDUDES, MELVIN TAYLOR, MICK TAYLOR, SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE McGHEE, HANS THEESINK, RON THOMPSON & the Resistors, GEORGE THOROGOOD & the Destroyers, TIMBUK 3, PETER TOSH, ROBIN TROWER, STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN, LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III, TOM WAITS, JERRY JEFF WALKER, JOE LOUIS WALKER, WAR, MUDDY WATERS, DOC WATSON, MARY WELLS, LESLIE WEST, TONY JOE WHITE, CHRIS WHITLEY, JOE WILLIAMS, KIM WILSON, EDGAR WINTER, JOHNNY WINTER, ZAKK WYLDE, ZZ TOP
