Miss Angel

Born: Prairie Point, Mississippi

"Sang in the school and church choir..."

Recordings: "If you could see what I feel about you"

Also appears on Silent Partners & Mel Brown's Neck bone & Caviar"

Currently working on a new solo CD

Influences - Bessie Smith, Dinah Washington and Odetta

Favourite journey - "On the way to the stage..."

Hobbies - "My quilts and my garden are the things that take me completely out of myself"

Living Idol - Koko Taylor

Mel Brown on Miss Angle - "I saw her in Denver in 1975 and we've been together ever since..."

"In subtle style and graceful form, Miss Angel's delivery of the blues commands attention..."

Jim Boudreau - drums

Jim Boudreau is staking out a career as a superb drummer with a bedrock of experience that has taken him across musical and international boundries. He is known as a "musicians musician", a true professional with a commitment to industrial strength groove.

A diverse range of artists has employed Jim for his creativity and dynamic talent. Artists such as blues legends Mel Brown and Snooky Pryor, the original soul man Sam Moore, Peter Noone of Hermans Hermits, The Mamas and the Papas, and Canadian country music stars Chris Cummings and George Fox. Years of club dates and international road tours have eventually led Jim to his current association with esteemed blues guitarist Mel Brown. This partnership has culminated with numerous recordings for the highly acclaimed Electrofi blues label.

Jim is looking forward to the release of Mel Brown's current recording project, various country studio sessions, and continuing to play an integral role in the ever-expanding Canadian music scene. For more information about Jim Boudreau, go to www.jimboudreau.com.

John Lee - keyboards

John Ward Lee

Born- 1954 in Montreal

Training- Grade 10 Toronto Conservatory piano

"I've been playing with Mel since 1990, it's been the best week of my life".

History: From 85 to 90 I was on the road with the Matt Minglewood Band.ÊÊ

We did 2 LP's:

"Me and the Boys" and "The Promise"

Including 2 video's that got light rotation on Much Music and CMT. From 80 to 84 I was back and forth across this wide country of ours, too many times with The Dutch Mason Blues Band and did 2 LP's:

Special Brew

Give Me A Break

Dutch has released a live CD that's a bunch of tunes from the El Macombo in Toronto and the Spestrum in Montreal, recorded in 81. It's worth a listen.

Major influences- Otis Span, Pinetop Perkins and Billy Payne Idol- Oscar Peterson

Al Richardson - Bass

Al playing his Warwick 5-string Thumb bass guitar.

PHD. Quantum Field Theory Molecular Physics at University of Guelph.

Been playing with Mel for the last 6 years.

Born: 1966 Houston Texas

Training: Bass, self-taught, piano and Sax lessons as a child Major

Influences: Jaco and Stanley Clark

Idol: Jaco

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