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Bernie Pearl Celebrates 50 Years in Blues Music with Old School Blues, a Double Disc CD Feat. Acoustic & Electric Blues
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As a testament to his 50 years playing blues music guitarist Bernie Pearl has released Old School Blues, a double disc CD featuring acoustic and electric blues. The solo acoustic side features ten songs (seven played on a Martin, three on a National) that include two with Michael Barry on upright bass. The electric side was recorded with Pearl's longtime band of Barry on upright and electric bass, Albert Trepagnier Jr. on drums and Dwayne Smith on piano. Each disc ...
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M'dears Monday Night Blues Jam Hosted by Bernie Pearl Going Strong After Four Years
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For the past four years blues guitarist Bernie Pearl has hosted the Monday Night Blues Jam, 8:00 - 11:00 p.m. at M'Dears in Los Angeles on Western and 78th. Bernie's history goes back to working at his brother's legendary Ash Grove club where he learned how to play the blues directly from the masters themselves, sometimes even playing on stage with Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Mama Thornton, J.B. Hutto, Johnny Shines & Walter Horton, Koko Taylor, and Freddie King, among others. ...
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Live from Boulevard Music: Bernie Pearl - Somebody Got to Do It!
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Bernie Pearl's second solo CD Somebody Got To Do It! finds the blues guitarist returning for another live acoustic set recorded at Boulevard Music in Culver City, California. Taught by the blues masters themselves - Mississippi Fred MacDowell, Mance Lipscomb, Lightnin' Hopkins - when you listen to Bernie play you know you are hearing the musicians' personal music stamps intertwined with his unique picking style and warm singing voice. As Bernie says, “I learned it from sitting next to Lightnin' ...
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