Sheila Wilcoxson

Portland, OR-based guitarist, pianist, and vocalist/songwriter Sheila Wilcoxson got her music education in the chapel. She began performing at age group 12 in Detroit. She relocated to Portland in 1978, and soon after her move western, she created a 12-piece music group, Sheila & the Boogiemen. By the first ’80s, her music group was among the best draws in the Portland membership scene, and opened up displays for Robert Cray, Sam & Dave, and Queen Ida, among a great many other nationwide touring serves. In 1989, she produced a new music group, Back again Porch Blues. She agreed upon using the Portland blues label Burnside Information in 1992, as well as the group released its debut, Back again to Essentials, that same calendar year. This little acoustic-oriented group gained a slew of Portland-area honours, including Greatest New Blues Band, Greatest Blues Record, and Greatest Traditional Blues Action. Wilcoxson also received a Crystal Prize in the Portland Music Association for Excellent Blues Action in 1992. Amid developing her musical profession throughout the Northwest, Wilcoxson also were able to receive her Ph.D. from Willamette School in Oregon. By 1994, she produced a fresh group, the Backwater Blues Music group, and since that time Sheila & Backwater Blues have already been performing throughout the Northwest, and her profession as a single performer in addition has removed. In 1996, she agreed upon once again with Burnside Information to record being a single action. Backwater Blues, which showcases her significant talents being a songwriter, arranger, pianist, and guitarist, premiered in early 1997. Northwest region musicians who visitor on Backwater Blues consist of Curtis Salgado, Janice Scroggins, Fritz Richmond, and Terry Robb. On Backwater Blues, Wilcoxson injects laughter into the combine with originals like “Testosterone Poisoning,” however also interprets traditional music by Hoyt Axton, Mance Lipscomb, Bessie Smith, and Leadbelly. She addresses Axton’s “Special Misery,” Smith’s “Backwater Blues,” and Leadbelly’s “Looky Looky Yonder”/”Dark Betty,” aswell as the original “John the Revelator.” In 1998, the Memphis-based Blues Basis recognized Wilcoxson’s a long time of efforts within the Portland and Seattle region scenes. The business nominated her for Greatest Feminine Traditional Blues Designer of the entire year.