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"Southern has a great feel for blues, boasting an agressive syncopated attack & emotional voice" - Bob Weinberg
"Southern throws his head back in a devil-be-damned manner, stomping his feet & truely evoking the spirit of the old masters" - Ft. Lauderdale City Link
"Ernie puts his whole heart & soul into his standing room only performances!" - Borders
Ernie Southern "Prozac Blues," 2006 Southern's wry sense of humor, gritty vocals, and down home delta blues make "Prozac Blues" a much needed serotonin boost for the post-holiday doldrums. Joined by Bruce Johnson on smoking and omnipresent blues harp and Dan Fleming, who provides the perfect amount of percussive embellishment, Southern serves up a dozen classic blues and originals in authentic delta style. His weapons of choice: National Resophonic Delphi and Tricone guitars, and Porchboard bass. Worth a mention are Southern's compelling workup of Robert Johnson's "Hellhound on My Trail" and the spirited album opener and F. Floyd tune, "Rockin' Chair Daddy." Southern's own sardonic "Ain't Goin' Bald Just Gettin' Mo' Head" and heartfelt "Just the Way You Say Goodbye" fit nicely alongside such classics and demonstrate his creative gift and range of emotion. Chip O'Brien - Minor7th.com
"ERNIE SOUTHERN IS THE REAL DEAL!" See RYDER BELOW for complete review or @
www.rocknworld.com/features07.ErnieSouthern.shtml - ROOT66/ROCKNWORLD.COM
***"STRONG SONGWRITING!"***
THE 'PROZAC BLUES' CD IS "MOST ENTERTAINING!"
'AINT GOIN' BALD JUS GETTIN MO HEAD' IS "DOWNRIGHT HILARIOUS!"
PLEASE SEE APRIL/MAY/'07 "BLUES REVIEW" FOR COMPLETE REVIEW. - BLUES REVIEWS' Tom Hyslop
"BLISTERING LIVE PERFORMANCE!"
"TOP NOTCH MUSICIAN SHIP"
please see March 2007 issue of Brevard Live Magazine for complete review. - CHRIS LONG "BREVARD LIVE" MAGAZINE
"EVERY NOW & AGAIN SOMEONE COMES ALONG WHO SIMPLY DELIVERS ACOUSTIC BLUES OF SUCH QUALITY THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE. ONE SUCH ARTIST IS ERNIE SOUTHERN. UNPLUGGED, STRIPPED BACK & FLOWING FROM THE VERY HEART OF THE DELTA, ERNIE PROVES THAT THERE IS STILL A PLACE FOR THE SOUND OF ACOUSTIC BLUES MUSIC." Please see RYDER BELOW or www.bluesbunny.com for complete review. - BLUESBUNNY.COM
GREAT! CONGRATS! WE PLAY YOUR ALBUM @ OUR OFFICE! - NEAL MOODY @ REVERBNATION
2009
Experience is no bad thing, and if his résumé is to be believed, then Florida-based blueser Ernie Southern must have some incredible stories to tell. A staunch advocate of and servant to the delta blues, "Every Day Is A Fight" sees Mr Southern bring a full-band sound to his blues stylings. Grab a bottle of beer and crank it up!
The title track serves as a fine start to the album, with some fine mouth harp to be heard while Southern's National Resophonic guitar sounds wonderful on "I Wanna Kill Somebody". . Expect my death to be reported in the coming weeks…
Later on, there's a wonderfully antiquated feel to "Someone With Brains" as that National Resophonic homes in on you. A somewhat straightforward track, it is nonetheless menacing, and once again highlights the blues harping of Pompano Pete De Stefano. Let's face it, with a name like that he had to be good. We are then treated to some slide guitar on "Island Earth", but that blues harp once again dominates the song. There's even a little humour on display as can be found on "Atheist Funeral" ("I don't want to go to heaven/cause it does sound like hell").
Just as day passes into night, this release has an agreeable order to it, right down to the fading slide guitar on "Blame It On The Moon". If you're not satisfied by the album's end, try loosening your collar a touch.
While this album is a departure from the stripped-down blues heard on his last album, "Every Day Is A Fight" only further proves Southern's importance to modern blues. Highly recommended.
Available fromCD Baby.
Review by: Peter McGee
- BLUES BUNNY UK
Discography
NEW CD: "Every Day Is A Fight!" JUNE 2009 ERNIE SOUTHERN & THE DELTAHOLICS 11 Song CD.
2008: Live CD: Ernie Southern & The Deltaholics "100 PROOF JUKE" recorded live @ RENN Studios Orlando, Fl.
"Prozac Blues" 12 SONG CD Released in November 2006. Available @ www.cdbaby.com & www.erniesouthern.com
"LIVING BLUES" 2003: 11 SONG CD (LIVE PERFORMANCES @ VARIOUS LOCATIONS)
CHECK OUT REVIEW OF CD IN APRIL/MAY '07"BLUES REVIEW" MAGAZINE, & @ WWW.BLUESBUNNY.COM, www.rockworld.com, www.minor7th.com.
RADIO PLAY: RADIOFLY1 NYC; DELTA FRANK'S BLUES BLOW TORCH, WRLR CHICAGO, RADIO PLAY SOUTH FLORIDA: WXPX; CENTRAL FLORIDA: WFIT;
FRANCE, BELGIUM, POLAND, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, CRYSTAL BLUE RADIO IN NEW YORK CITY; ARGENTINA, MACEDONIA, GERMANY, ITALY, NETHERLANDS, World Wide Air Play.
Available @ CDBABY.com.
REQUEST ERNIE @ KALX 90.7 FM Berkley CA 510.642.KALX
KAXE 91.7 - Grand Rapids, MN 215.327.2716
WUSB 90.7 - Long Island, NY 631.632.6901
WFIT 89.5 - Melbourne, FL 321.674.8950
WUIC - Chicago, IL 312.413.2191
WMTS 88.3 - Murfreesboro, TN 615.898.5051
WWSP Stevens Point, WI 715.346.2696
KRVS Lafayette, LA 337.482.5787
WSND 88.9 - Notre Dame, IN 574.631.7342
WMFO 91.5 - Medford, MA 617.627.3800
WEFT 90.1 - Champaign, IL 217.359.9338
WFCF 88.5 - St Augustine, FL 904.819.6449
WMUH 91.7- Allentown PA. 484.664.3456
XM Kids Radio- Request "Zachary" via email:
or call 1.866.328.2345
KOOP 91.7 Austin TX 512.472.5667 Toll free 888.917.5667
WPRK 91.5 Winter Park FL 407.646.2915
WRFS 102.1 Savannah GA ’Britpoptarts’ Show 912.525.5671
WMHC 91.5 South Hadley MA 413.538.2044
KEOL 91.7 La Grande OR 541.962.3333
WORT 89.9 Madison WI Toll free 886.899.9678
WIUP 90.1 Indiana PA 724.357.9487
WDYN Rochester NY 800.816.4262
WRUW 91.1 FM Cleveland OHIO 216.368.2208
WBRS 100.1 FM Waltham MA 781.736.5277
WERG 90.5 Erie PA 814.459.WERG
WUSR 99.5 FM Scranton PA 570.941.WUSR
KKUP 91.5 FM Cupertino CA 408.260.2999 831.255.2999
WMBR 88.1 FM Cambridge, MA 617.253.8810
WEBR Alan Habers Pure Pop, Fairfax VA. 703.560.TALK
KCR COLLEGE RADIO San Diego CA 619.594.6982
KMUD Redway CA 707.923.3911 or 800.568.3723
WRBB 104.9 FM Boston MA 617.373.2658
KCTY Long Beach CA KCTY.ORG
WBLZ BlazeRadio.org Univ. of AL Birmingham 205.975.WBLZ
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2009 BLUES BUNNY UK REVIEW:
Experience is no bad thing, and if his résumé is to be believed, then Florida-based blueser Ernie Southern must have some incredible stories to tell. A staunch advocate of and servant to the delta blues, "Every Day Is A Fight" sees Mr Southern bring a full-band sound to his blues stylings. Grab a bottle of beer and crank it up!
The title track serves as a fine start to the album, with some fine mouth harp to be heard while Southern's National Resophonic guitar sounds wonderful on "I Wanna Kill Somebody". . Expect my death to be reported in the coming weeks…
Later on, there's a wonderfully antiquated feel to "Someone With Brains" as that National Resophonic homes in on you. A somewhat straightforward track, it is nonetheless menacing, and once again highlights the blues harping of Pompano Pete De Stefano. Let's face it, with a name like that he had to be good. We are then treated to some slide guitar on "Island Earth", but that blues harp once again dominates the song. There's even a little humour on display as can be found on "Atheist Funeral" ("I don't want to go to heaven/cause it does sound like hell").
Just as day passes into night, this release has an agreeable order to it, right down to the fading slide guitar on "Blame It On The Moon". If you're not satisfied by the album's end, try loosening your collar a touch.
While this album is a departure from the stripped-down blues heard on his last album, "Every Day Is A Fight" only further proves Southern's importance to modern blues. Highly recommended.
Available fromCD Baby.
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Review by: Peter McGee
Ernie Southern & The Deltaholics: Solo, Duo, Trio, Full 4 pc. Band.
International Blues Challenge Finalist!
NEW CD: "Every Day Is A Fight!" 2009.
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Every now & then an artist emerges & bursts fully mature on the blues scene.
Ernie Southern is one of those few.
Always a surpise, his style is unmistakably
Authentic, evoking the "soul" & "spirit" of the blues masters.
No stranger to music , he began his career as a "street corner" musician recording & performing with "NICK & THE NACKS" accapella group in New York.
Opening for such acts as LITTLE ANTHONY, THE FOUR SEASONS & THE EARLS, he quickly developed his his unique stage presence.
In the 60's, a spot on New York's "ZACHARLY SHOW" earned them an audition with CHESS RECORDS which offered the group a recording contract. Unfortunately for all, the Vietnam War was in high gear & the group disassembled so all could serve their country.
During his four years in Naval Intelligence, He voraciously studied such blues masters as BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON, MUDDY WATERS & LIGHTNING HOPKINS, teaching himself to play guitar, Delta style, incorporating a serious slide.
By the early 70's, with the advent of the pyschedelic era's new directions, Ernie began playing bass in Jazz-Rock-Fusion bands in Berkely, California. Studying with the much revered ELVO D'AMANTE, student of classical composer DARIUS MIO. Then, collaborating with muti-instrumentalist BILL HENNESSY to produce the single "Sailing THROUGH" which enjoyed air play in the north east.
Moving to Florida in 1979 & working with a varietyof bands in various styles, he co-wrote "LIKE A KID AT CHRISTMAS" with "FIVE BOROUGHS" band leader FRANK IOVINO. This song has recieved international air play & is a perennial Christmas favorite.
By 1992, after playing with ever-touring retro-rock band "RI$K", He once again opted to play the DELTA BLUES, which felt just right. The past decade has seen a return to playing, writing & performing the blues, opening for such acts as JOE BONAMASSA, BOB MARGOLIN, LEON RUSSELL, CHARLIE MUSSLEWHITE, ALVIN YOUNGBLOOD HART, JOHN MOONEY, JOHN HAMMOND, JAMES COTTON, JIMMIE VAN ZANT BAND & many many others.
Winning the SOUTH FLORIDA REGIONAL BLUES CHALLENGE & finishing in the TOP THREE in the INTERNATIONAL BLUES CHALLENGE as a FINALIST, Ernie has since won the REGIONAL BLUES CHALLENGE representing THE SPACE COAST BLUES SOCIETY.
Ernie looks forward to continued touring with his trio: "ERNIE SOUTHERN & THE DELTAHOLICS", giving passionate & entertaining performances, channeling his experiences through the blues: Delta style! "100 PROOF JUKE!"
New CD: "Every Day Is A Fight" released June 1st 2009 debuts a brand new take on the blues: "PROGRESSIVE DELTA BLUES!"
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