Time: 32:04
Size: 73.4 MB
Styles: Contemporary blues
Year: 2015
Art: Front
[4:23] 1. Secret Palace
[3:52] 2. You're Mine
[3:36] 3. Shine
[3:30] 4. Do Right
[3:48] 5. Dreaming
[4:07] 6. Moonlight
[3:56] 7. Ooh Wee La La
[4:49] 8. Mississippi
If you hear a Dana Abbott song or catch a performance and find it familiar, don’t be surprised.
It’s supposed to sound and feel that way. Abbott lists Tina Turner as one of her biggest influences: “I’d love to be called up on stage with her to do ‘River Deep – Mountain High.’ It’s such a powerful piece, and she’s such a strong influence on me. I try to pull certain things from her performances in my own way.” Like her hero, the California-born Abbott got her start singing in church and was allowed into the choir at age 4. Soon after, she happened upon an episode of “Star Search” on TV and, presto… a diva-in-training was born. “I proclaimed I wanted to be a singer-star,” she said. “I’ve been told I would sing to strangers about my day. I still haven’t changed, apparently.” Her main instrument at first was a piano, and she retained an identity as a classical pianist through her teenage years after relocating to Burlington, Vermont. But eventually she started listening to T-Bone Walker, Koko Taylor, Led Zeppelin and Big Mama Thornton. She fell in love with blues, and the guitar began to dominate her musical endeavors. “The need to play music came from a variety of things, but it’s in my DNA for starters,” she says, citing her tapdancing grandmother and singing parents. “It was also my escape, sitting in my room playing guitar, singing some crappy lyrics I had just made up.”
“I would sit on the stoop of Muddy Waters, a local coffee shop, and play,” Abbott said. “I’d give the money I’d make away to the homeless folks. A sweet man that lived in a shelter nearby, who was battling cancer, would play on the stoop and teach me how to project my voice – telling me to aim for the people across the street.” Armed with that advice and an eclectic variety of musical tastes, Abbott moved to Chicago at 18 to further develop her musical self. She spent time on the south, west and north sides of the city and describes the time as “the perfect fix for a country bumpkin.”
Several years later, Abbott moved to New Orleans to pursue her dream, but it was only a few months before Hurricane Katrina hit the area in 2005. After a brief exile, she returned to New Orleans and began performing at venues all over town, building her repertoire and sound. In addition to maintaining a busy gigging schedule that includes festivals, private events, and nightclubs, Abbott has appeared on television (“Treme”, “The Voice”, “Big Easy Brides”) and in the documentary film “Street Saints”. Her own recordings, including “Halfway Home” and the eponymous “The Dana Abbott Band”, capture the many different sides of her musical personality. Her original songs have also appeared on compilation CDs.
“I want to make sure you leave my shows with the feeling of being buzzed, alive and on the prowl,” Abbott reveals. “I want you to feel connected to some undercurrent that opens you up, makes your soul ache and your hips shake. I want people to truly feel something — a church-like experience that makes you move and be moved.” You’re a part of the show, we hope to see you soon!
“I would sit on the stoop of Muddy Waters, a local coffee shop, and play,” Abbott said. “I’d give the money I’d make away to the homeless folks. A sweet man that lived in a shelter nearby, who was battling cancer, would play on the stoop and teach me how to project my voice – telling me to aim for the people across the street.” Armed with that advice and an eclectic variety of musical tastes, Abbott moved to Chicago at 18 to further develop her musical self. She spent time on the south, west and north sides of the city and describes the time as “the perfect fix for a country bumpkin.”
Several years later, Abbott moved to New Orleans to pursue her dream, but it was only a few months before Hurricane Katrina hit the area in 2005. After a brief exile, she returned to New Orleans and began performing at venues all over town, building her repertoire and sound. In addition to maintaining a busy gigging schedule that includes festivals, private events, and nightclubs, Abbott has appeared on television (“Treme”, “The Voice”, “Big Easy Brides”) and in the documentary film “Street Saints”. Her own recordings, including “Halfway Home” and the eponymous “The Dana Abbott Band”, capture the many different sides of her musical personality. Her original songs have also appeared on compilation CDs.
“I want to make sure you leave my shows with the feeling of being buzzed, alive and on the prowl,” Abbott reveals. “I want you to feel connected to some undercurrent that opens you up, makes your soul ache and your hips shake. I want people to truly feel something — a church-like experience that makes you move and be moved.” You’re a part of the show, we hope to see you soon!
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