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Pay Me No Mind

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PAY ME NO MIND

The Homemade Jamz Blues Band

Northern Blues Music

Combine youth, talent and enthusiasm with top-notch songs and you have the recipe for success. In the blues music genre that result is embodied in the new CD Pay Me No Mind by The Homemade Jamz' Blues Band. These three young Perry siblings from Tupelo, Mississippi, present their fresh, original sound on their fantastic debut album from Northern Blues Music.

These youngsters have been wowing blues fans all over the country for the past several years. They broke onto the blues scene with an impressive first appearance at the famed Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and followed up with bookings at festivals, a blues cruise, and a segment on the CBS Sunday Morning Show. The band won second place in the band category at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis in 2007 to then sign with Northern Blues Music. They are the youngest blues band in history to sign with a major recording label.

Ryan, fifteen, handles guitar and vocals, with Kyle, thirteen, on bass and sister Taya, nine, on drums. But don't let their age fool you. The group has the polish and professionalism that usually only comes after years of experience. Ryan's wailing guitar work on songs like "Time for a Change" has the flavor of some of the best known artists in the field.

Pay Me No Mind includes eleven tracks:

1. Who Your Real Friends Are

2. Voodoo Woman

3. The World's Been Good to You

4. Right Thang Wrong Woman

5. Penny Waiting on Change

6. Blues Concerto

7. Time for Change

8. Pay Me No Mind

9. Jealous

10. Shake Rag

11. Boom Boom

Other than John Lee Hooker's Shake Rag, their father, Renaud, who joins in with his harmonica on four of the tracks, writes all the songs. Producer Miles Wilkerson adds rhythm guitar to four of the numbers.

Ranging from upbeat songs like "Jealous" and "Blues Concerto" to traditional down home country blues like "Penny Waiting on Change" The Homemade Jamz' Blues Band have cooked up some sweet Mississippi hill country sounds. Pay Me No Mind is solid blues' gold.

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I had the opportunity to see these kids play last Sunday at the Billtown Blues Fest in PA and they blew me away!

It is hard to believe that their ages range from 9-16 but they play the Blues like they have been doing it for a lifetime. Joined on stage with their father on harmonica they put on a show that got the crowd going crazy for more, all three masters of their instruments and masters of the Blues!

This is a must have new release for any Blues fan, I can't wait for more from these up and coming artists!

This is a great album. It is hard to believe that these musicians are just kids,they are amazing. Expect to hear a lot more from them in the future.

Great blues chops. I'd never believe the players were 16, 14 and 9. The lead singer and guitarist, oldest brother, plays like a synthesis of BB King, Jimi Hendricks and Duane Allman. But really a sound all their own.

They must be old souls and are channeling delta blues greats. their father wrote all the material. The lyrics sound contemporary and ageless. Like or better than Cream at their peak. I first heard them on Fresh Air, NPR. They played 2 live tunes and I knew I had to get their CD. I listen to Son House, Robert Johnson, Jimi Hendricks, the Allman Brothers, Bobby Blue Bland, Eric Clapton, Richard Thompson and the Grateful Dead among others. They easily join this group. I look forward to their growth.

I'm not normally a fan of the blues but this album caught my attention after an interview on NPR. This band is GREAT! It's very hard to believe that the lead singer is a 16 year-old playing a homemade guitar and that the drummer is his 9 year-old sister. The songs are catchy, the lyrics intriguing, and the vocals superb. I recommend this album for anyone interested in good music.

What an amazingly talented family.

So good to hear old-fashioned blues in a new package.

Three very talented young kids give it a listen you won't belive they are only 9,13, and 16 years old.

These children are starting off in the right way, by having a focus and also entertaining us. They give an incentive to other young people to go for something positive and have a good time doing it.

This CD is fantastic. If you don't look at the cover you would think that you are listening to a seasoned group of musicians. Looking forward to following thier careers and another CD.

I heard this group interviewed on NPR and had to hear more. I'm more a fan of Rock than I am Blues, however I love this CD; it a sort of a rocking blues that will definitely get your feet moving. Enjoy