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The Joe McMurrian Quartet is made up of David lipkind on harmonica, Jimi Bott on Drums and Jason Honl on bass.
JMQ have been rapidly gainingrecognition across the Great Northwest and world with their intense, deeply progressive high energy music. Gut renching emotion and energy transitioning to graceful melodies, complex harmonies and challenging meter chages make for some of the most powerfull Roots/Blues music around.The sound is rooted in Delta Blues and Old American Roots music, but it is weaved into a modern concept of improvisation and original story telling that owes as much to the old as towards the new.

Photo Andrew Walsh
Joe David Jason Jimi

Video -Live at the Aladdin Theater, Portland Oregon 2008
- while on tour with the legendary Johnny Winter

"A new form of Blues. A fusion of the Delta and their own haunted visions. In a way, when performing live they're like a classic jam band that can take a song and it's theme on for great lengths, never getting boring in the process.But what ever they are, they're extremely innovative with a sound completelytheir own....This quartet should be viewed as sculptors, or painters. They're creating a new demension of the blues within our dreams...exhilerating and mind-enchanting...a very new and very exciting vision of the blues.."
Cascade Blues Association, Portland Oregon 2008

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Alternative Blues/ Delta Rock Also visit our Myspace page at: www.myspace.com/joemcmurrian
			New release - Live at the White Eagle Available now at CDBABY.com Recorded over a two month period of weekly gigs at the Famous White Eagle Saloon in Portland Oregon 2008. JMQ stretches the boundaries of traditional Roots/Delta Blues music and gives new meaning to the word live improvisational performance. To listen to tracks, visit the: Listen page or to purchase : CDBABY.COM * JMQ has been included on an amazing collection of Northwest musicians called Fire Water. This compilation represents the finest Blues/Roots music swimming in Portland. JMQ recorded a re-arranged version of the classic Bukka White tune Shake Em on Down. Sample the tracks and purchase the cd here: FIREWATER CD View photos from the Recording session here: FIREWATER PHOTOS "FIREWATER! is not just a CD, not just a project, but a manifesto – a thesis nailed to a door to announce the beginning of a new era.... A new generation of blues musicians have planted a flag ...announced they have established a capital city from where they will set out to change the world..." Bob Horn, Washington Blues Society slide
JMQ Live at the Portland Waterfront Blues Festival 2008 more photos from the show on the Photo page Photography by Andrew Walsh
	The Joe McMurrian Quartet is made up of David lipkind on harmonica, Jimi Bott on Drums and Jason Honl on bass. JMQ have been rapidly gainingrecognition across the Great Northwest and world with their intense, deeply progressive high energy music. Gut renching emotion and energy transitioning to graceful melodies, complex harmonies and challenging meter chages make for some of the most powerfull Roots/Blues music around.The sound is rooted in Delta Blues and Old American Roots music, but it is weaved into a modern concept of improvisation and original story telling that owes as much to the old as towards the new. Photo Andrew Walsh Joe David Jason Jimi Video -Live at the Aladdin Theater, Portland Oregon 2008 - while on tour with the legendary Johnny Winter "A new form of Blues. A fusion of the Delta and their own haunted visions. In a way, when performing live they're like a classic jam band that can take a song and it's theme on for great lengths, never getting boring in the process.But what ever they are, they're extremely innovative with a sound completelytheir own....This quartet should be viewed as sculptors, or painters. They're creating a new demension of the blues within our dreams...exhilerating and mind-enchanting...a very new and very exciting vision of the blues.." Cascade Blues Association, Portland Oregon 2008 Booking, click here NEWS!: Congratulations to JMQ drummer extraordinaire Jimi Bott for being nominated best drummer 9th year running!! by the International Blues Foundation of Memphis. Way to go again and again Jimi! JMQJMQ nominated for Best new band by the Cascade Blues Association of Oregon. This is a big honor- thanks CBA! February - JMQ on tour with the legendary Johnny Winter - Oregon and Washington Random shots from the Mock Crest Tavern in Portland Oregon 2007 At the Showbox in Seattle 2008 on tour with Johnny Winter Joe endorses Martin, Guild and G.D Armstrong Guitars Add me to Joe's E - mail list
		Booking, click here Ø_____________________________________________________________________Ø Some recent venues Joe has performed at: Conner Byrnes, Seattle Showbox , Seattle Washington Aladdin Theater, Portland Oregon Axe and Fiddle, Cottage Grove OR. Upstage, Port townsend Washington The Spar, Tacohma WA DownEast, Homer, Alaska Salmon Bake, Denali Alaska Mile High, Talkeetna, Alaska Portland Waterfront Blues Festival 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Portland OR Portland Brewers Festival Portland, OR Genghis Cohen Hollywood, CA Highland Grounds Hollywood, CA Voodoo Room Astoria, OR The Blue Cafe Long Beach CA McCabes Santa Monica, CA Hayden Island Old Time Festival Portland, OR Lefty’s Blues Salem, OR Melody Ballroom Portland, OR Pickathon Portland, OR Pasadena Playhouse Pasadena, CA Imbibe Portland, OR The Unurban Cafe Santa Monica, CA Blue Cafe Long Beach, CA String Summit 2002, Hornings Hideout North Plains, OR Park City Utah Founders Tile Bluegrass and Folk Festival 2001 Pasadena Blues Festival, CA Crooked Bar Hollywood, CA Alaska -all over Memphis - Rum Boogy Astoria Art Center Aladen Theater, Portland White Eagle Saloon Portland, OR Has appeared with the likes of: Johnny Winter Charlie Musslewhite Keb mo Honey Boy Edwards John Mayall Canned Heat Campbell Brothers Eddie Kirkland Sonny Landreth Paul Geramia Sonny Landreth Jack Owens John McEuen Marcia Ball Linda Hornbuckle Little Charlie and the Nightcats Steve James Campbell Brothers Louisiana Red Wayne from the Wayniacs Ø______________________________________________________________________Ø Friend's in Portland and beyond: Anne Weiss Preacher Boy Dylan Thomas Vance Jimi Bott David Lipkind Paul Livingstone Hillstomp Mark Lemhouse Mary Flower Rollie Tussing III KC Murphy - Thanks KC! Terry Robb Spigot Jonnie Ward Jon Koonce John Twist Racheal Browning Kenzel and Hyde Barry Schwam Barry S #2 Robbie Laws Rajeev Taranath Woody is our guide!