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Traditional French music meets North Mississippi Hill Country Blues!

MUDDY GURDY is a musical project created by a trio of French musicians, Tia Gouttebel (Guitar Voice) Gilles Chabenat (Hurdy-Gurdy - a traditional French instrument) and Marc Glomeau (percussion.) The music draws its inspiration from traditional French music and North Mississippi Hill Country Blues using the Hurdy-Gurdy as a second guitar. They found themselves going down a daring new path, bringing together two musical cultures that had never before been associated with one another.

The trio traveled to the United States and immersed themselves in the countryside of North Mississippi to make some “nomadic” style recordings with major local artists. Cedric Burnside, Shardé Thomas, Cameron Kimbrough, as well as Pat Thomas in the Delta, all descendants of their prestigious elders (RL Burnside, Otha Turner, James Son Thomas) lent themselves to the project with talent, humility and the excitement of a unique musical experience.

Far removed from fancy recording studios and cutting edge technology, these recordings took place on front porches, back porches, at people’s houses and in historic landmarks which are woven into the memory of Mississippi (Dockery farm, Ebony Club BB King). The result is an incredibly authentic recording, without any gimmicks or gloss, where the titles are recorded on location, where the old melts into a new music that is all its own. As if the blues was universal!

MUSICIANS :
Tia Gouttebel (guitar, vocals) Gilles Chabenat (Hurdy Gurdy) Marco Glomeau (percussions). Featuring: Shardé Thomas (fife, vocals) Cedric Burnside (acoustic guitar, vocals) Cameron Kimbrough (guitar,vocals) Pat Thomas (guitar vocals) .
Recorded and Mixed by Pierre Bianchi