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Drum and DyeDrum and Dye find their inspiration in the traditions of prewar Blues, Jazz and Western Swing, covering a broad swath of musical Americana. They stand on the shoulders of the great blues duos Sonny & Brownie, Junior & Buddy, Cephis & Wiggins and Ball & Sultan.
John Paul Drum brings everything together with his heartfelt vocals and superb harmonica skills. John Paul also captured the top prize in Memphis, winning the Lee Oscar Best Harmonica Player award with the highest score ever to be recorded in the 39 years of the event.
Guitarist Bill Dye is a formidable musician with decades of experience, including his time as a member of the Luther Allison band and as longtime guitarist for harmonica player, Little Hatch. He is a recent winner of the International Blues Challenge award for best guitarist in solo/duo performance and a 2026 inductee into the Nebraska Performing Arts Hall of Fame. His talent and depth of musical knowledge make him a highly sought after instrumentalist for recording and performing.
John Paul and Bill also perform with Kansas City’s top blues band, The Houserockers, a collaboration of KC blues heavyweights at the world-famous Knuckleheads Saloon. Playing a mix of scorching Chicago style blues and Kansas City swing, these masters of American music are not to be missed.
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Hudspeth and Taylor
Guitarist, singer, teacher, and songwriter Brandon Hudspeth was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma. He began taking guitar lessons at an early age after hearing Johnny Cash on Sesame Street. In high school, heavily influenced by the Blues, he started playing weekend gigs around the Tulsa area. Soon after high school he moved to the Kansas City area where he freelanced with many bands, eventually forming his own band, Levee Town, which has released 9 albums. Levee Town represented the Kansas City Blues Society in the International Blues Competition twice, placing in the top ten in Memphis in 2009.
In 2020, Hudspeth along with Jaisson Taylor (Hudspeth & Taylor) received a Blue Music Award Nomination, two Blue Blast Award nominations, and an Independent blues award nomination along with significant airplay and charting success hitting #1 on the RMR for a month for their debut album Folie a Deux.
In 2022 Levee Town released Trying to Keep My Head Above Water which has attracted lots of attention. The song Music Martyr reached #1 on the Root Music Report and the album has been on the charts since its release on March 19. The album was nominated for a Blues Blast Award for best blues rock album.
In 2024 Hudspeth & Taylor released the very accoladed Ridin the Blinds which received 5 Blues Blast Nominations and a Blues Music award nomination for Acoustic Album of the Year.
In 2026 Hudspeth & Taylor released a Live album called “Kimuziki Live in Des Moines” which was nominated for a Blues Music award by the Blues Foundation.
https://www.brandonhudspeth.com/
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