Malford Milligan

Along with his powerful, raspy voice and riveting stage presence, Austin-based singer Malford Milligan has drawn comparisons to such soul icons as Otis Redding and Al Green. Milligan was created on March 29, 1959, in Taylor, TX, to Frank and Mary Milligan, so that as an albino dark, he experienced a dual dosage of America’s pervasive racial confusions. After failing woefully to make a chance of it like a sociology college student at Texas Technology University or college, Milligan relocated to Austin in 1981 using the intent to start out anew in the University or college of Tx. His life required a hard remaining change toward a music profession, nevertheless, when he started turning up and performing at the standard Monday night time blues jams at Antoine’s. Milligan was obviously a special skill, and he quickly discovered himself fronting an area alternative band known as the Stay People. In 1994 he helped type what amounted to a Tx supergroup, Storyville, which also included David Holt, David Grissom, as well as the tempo section from Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Two times Problems, bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Chris Layton. Storyville released three critically acclaimed albums between 1994 and 1999, but by no means managed to actually break out on the nationwide level and disbanded after their last launch. Milligan became a very much in demand program singer, focusing on albums and touring with famous brands Hal Ketchum, Marcia Ball, Alejandro Escovedo, Sue Foley, Eric Johnson, Chris Smither, as well as others. He also privately released two advantage albums, The Gospel Relating to Austin as well as the Gospel Relating to Austin, Vol. 2, which discovered him operating outside his typical secular materials. From 2001 to 2003 he fronted the explosive Boneshakers music group, leaving to create his personal group, the Malford Milligan Music group, which released an record, Rides Once again…, on Varese Sarabande in 2006.