Deborah Coleman
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Deborah Coleman | |
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Background information | |
Born | Portsmouth, Virginia, United States | October 3, 1956
Died | April 12, 2018 | (aged 61)
Genres | Blues, rock |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instruments | Guitar |
Years active | 1995–2018 |
Labels | Blind Pig, Telarc, JSP, Ruf |
Deborah Coleman (October 3, 1956 – April 12, 2018)[1] was an American blues musician. Coleman won the Orville Gibson Award for "Best Blues Guitarist, Female" in 2001,[2] and was nominated for a W.C. Handy Blues Music Award nine times.[3]
Biography[]
Coleman was born in Portsmouth, Virginia and raised in a music-loving military family that lived in San Diego, San Francisco, Bremerton, Washington, and the Chicago area. With her father playing piano, two brothers on guitar, and a sister who played guitar and keyboards, Deborah picked up guitar at age eight. She played at top music venues: North Atlantic Blues Festival (2007), Waterfront Blues Festival (2002), the Monterey Jazz Festival (2001), Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival (2000), Sarasota Blues Festival (1999), the San Francisco Blues Festival (1999), and the Fountain Blues Festival (1998).
Coleman's Blind Pig debut, I Can't Lose (1997), was an album of ballads, blues stories, guitar playing and singing. Her version of Billie Holiday's "Fine and Mellow" was heard on college and public radio stations around the U.S. The album Soul Be It (2002) included the opener "Brick", "My Heart Bleeds Blue", "Don't Lie to Me," and a jump blues track, "I Believe". These was followed by What About Love? (2004) and Stop the Game (2007). Time Bomb (2007) featured three women blues musicians: Coleman, Sue Foley and Roxanne Potvin.[4]
Coleman died on April 12, 2018, from complications brought on by bronchitis and pneumonia.[1]
Selective discography[]
Albums[]
Year | Title | Genre | Label |
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1995 | Takin' a Stand | Blues/Rock | New Moon |
1997 | I Can't Lose | Blues-Rock | Blind Pig |
1998 | Where Blue Begins | Blues/Rock | Blind Pig |
2000 | Soft Place to Fall | Blues/Rock | Blind Pig |
2001 | Livin' on Love | Blues/Rock | New Moon |
2002 | Soul Be It | Blues/Rock | Blind Pig |
2004 | What About Love? | Blues | Telarc |
2007 | Stop the Game | Blues/Rock | JSP |
Compilation albums[]
Year | Title | Genre | Label | Notes |
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2007 | Time Bomb | Blues Rock | Ruf (Idn) | with Sue Foley & Roxanne Potvin |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b RIP Deborah Coleman, Making a Scene!, April 13, 2018
- ^ "Gibson Guitar Awards: "And the Winner Is ..."". Nyrock.com. 2001-02-21. Archived from the original on 2013-04-06. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-11-08. Retrieved 2007-12-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-06-02. Retrieved 2007-10-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- 1956 births
- 2018 deaths
- American blues guitarists
- American blues singers
- American women guitarists
- American blues singer-songwriters
- Musicians from Portsmouth, Virginia
- Singers from Virginia
- Contemporary blues musicians
- Songwriters from Virginia
- Guitarists from Virginia
- 20th-century American guitarists
- 21st-century women guitarists
- JSP Records artists
- Telarc Records artists
- Ruf Records artists
- Blind Pig Records artists
- 20th-century American women guitarists