| 词条 | Powder Blues Band |
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| name = Powder Blues Band | background = group_or_band | image = | image_size = | caption = | origin = Vancouver, BC, Canada | genre = Blues/Jazz | instrument = | years_active =1978–present | label = | associated_acts = | website = http://www.powderblues.net | current_members = Tom Lavin Bill Hicks Bill Runge Miles Black Paul Baron Vincent Mai Rod Murray Pat Caird Mike Kalanj | past_members = Jack Lavin Willie MacCalder Mark Hasselbach Duris Maxwell Wayne Kozak Gordon Bertram David Woodward Daryl Bennett | }} The Powder Blues Band is a Canadian blues/pop/jazz band formed in 1978 in Vancouver. Its first album Uncut went double platinum in Canada. The second album Thirsty Ears was similarly popular. Their best known songs include: "Boppin' with the Blues", "Doin' It Right", "Thirsty Ears", "Hear That Guitar Ring", and "What've I Been Drinkin". HistoryThe Powder Blues Band was founded in 1978 as a house band in Vancouver, British Columbia. The band was founded by brothers Tom Lavin (guitar, vocals), Jack Lavin (bass, vocals), and Willie MacCalder (keyboards, vocals).[1] After playing in local clubs for 18 months,{{needs citation|date=August 2017}} the band released their self-financed and self-produced debut album, Uncut, in 1980, followed by a tour of Canada and the US.{{needs citation|date=August 2017}} The band won the Juno Award for "Most Promising Group of the Year" in 1981.[1] Uncut went double platinum in Canada in 1982, selling over 200,000 copies.[1] Their second album, Thirsty Ears, was released in 1981[1] and was certified platinum in Canada.[1] In 1986, the band won the American W.C. Handy Award for "Foreign Band of the Year".[2] The band's greatest hits album First Decade was released in 1990 and was certified gold.[1] The initial lineup of the band consisted of:[3]
Current lineupThe band's most recent release is blues + jazz = BLAZZ! (2004). The lineup on that album consisted of:
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References1. ^1 2 "Powder Blues." CRIA Database. 2. ^"7th Annual Blues Awards {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211091931/http://blues.org/bluesmusicawards/pastyears.php4?YearId=19 |date=2009-02-11 }}." The Blues Foundation. 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite book | author = Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (eds.) | title = All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues | page = 446 | edition = 3rd | publisher = Backbeat Books (with All Music Guide) |date=April 2003 | isbn = 0-87930-736-6 }} External links
5 : Canadian blues musical groups|Juno Award for Breakthrough Group of the Year winners|Musical groups established in 1978|Musical groups from Vancouver|1978 establishments in British Columbia |
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