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Freddie Vanderford, Piedmont Blues

Rank #6 Buffalo, SC Blues / Folk / Americana

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Manager: Tree of Life Marketing, Renée Denton - 864-426-4950 ReneeDentoninSC@gmail.com

Bio: Growing up in Buffalo, SC, Vanderford first learned to play the harp from his grandfather. Initially, Vanderford blended the country style of his grandfather with the sound of the Chicago blues. One day on the way to school, Vanderford turned on the radio to hear Arthur “Peg Leg Sam” Jackson play... See Full Bio

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“Vanderford learned where Sam, born Arthur Jackson, lived. So he drove his old Rambler out there only to find the 60-year-old-ish bluesman wasn’t home, although Sam’s brother told the youth to return later that evening. “Sam wouldn’t play for me at first,” Vanderford, sitting on a couch in his Buffalo, S.C. home, says. “He made me play. I started out hanging out with him and it went from there.” Vanderford took those harmonica roots and continued them, logging hard miles on road gigs, including a 1979 trek in which his band travelled from Boise, Idaho, to Spartanburg in the back of a Ryder moving truck. Vanderford also recorded and performed with New Legacy Duo. In October, he finally released his first solo album, “Greasy Greens.” The set collects folk songs and blues tracks, including “Delia” and “Parchman Farm.””

— Matt Wake, Metromix

“Vanderford’s performance came shortly after he was presented with the 2010 Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Award on the floor of the State House. He was presented with the prestigious award — which was created by the state legislature in 1987 to recognize lifetime achievement in traditional folk arts — in recognition of his passion for the historical Piedmont blues of this area and his willingness to pass on the tradition by mentoring aspiring musicians, conducting workshops and making various radio appearances. Read more: Union Daily Times - Honoring his Talent ”

— DERIK VANDERFORD, Union Daily Times

“Blending backwoods country, folk, blues and sheer cult of personality he has delivered a rural classic that just gets better with each listen. Mixing traditional tunes with some originals and well chosen covers (Cash, Townes, Johnson) he takes us on a musical journey that we might have never taken. His instrument of choice is harmonica and his base sound is rooted in the Piedmont style of blues. He’s the type of artist that you would find in a music issue of Oxford American magazine, or as a feature chapter in an update of Greil Marcus’s “Mystery Train.” You heard about it here first.”

— Village Records

“Area bluesman Vanderford will perform at Showroom “I was hanging out with him, learning to play blues … a more rhythmic technique” that Vanderford continues to use today. “It’s a whole different type of blues — the Piedmont blues, as opposed to the Chicago sound or the Memphis sound,” he explains, “and I’d never heard the Piedmont blues until I met him.” “So that’s why I fell in love with that type of blues.””

— Tim Kimzey, GoUpstate.com

“Throughout his life, Freddie Vanderford has played thousands of concerts and appeared on numerous albums. “Greasy Greens” — the release of which will be celebrated with a performance Friday at The Showroom in Spartanburg — is the solo debut album for the 57-year-old musician who cut his teeth as a protege of the late Piedmont bluesman Peg Leg Sam.”

— DAN ARMONAITIS, Bluesman Vanderford does one his own way

“Freddie Vanderford is a musician from Buffalo, S.C. He sings, plays the guitar and washboard, and is known for his soulful Piedmont blues style of harmonica playing. He was recently awarded the Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Award at the State House.”

— GoUpstate.com, Audio slideshow: Blues musician Freddie Vanderford

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Freddie! Play them blues so sweet!
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