Fabrizio Poggi

Fabrizio Poggi (Born 1 July 1958 in Voghera, Italy) is a singer and harmonica player who has received the Hohner Lifetime Award , and has been a Blues Music Awards nominee,[1] Jimi Awards nominee, and during his long career has recorded twenty albums. He has performed in the US and Europe with The Blind Boys of Alabama, Garth Hudson of The Band, Steve Cropper, Charlie Musselwhite, Ronnie Earl, John P. Hammond, Marcia Ball, Guy Davis, Eric Bibb, Flaco Jimenez, Little Feat and many others.[2][3][4]

Biography

Poggi has recorded 20 albums, six of which are recorded in the United States. Poggi has played with many artists from the world of blues, rock and songwriting, including The Blind Boys of Alabama, Garth Hudson of The Band and Bob Dylan, Marcia Ball, Jerry Jeff Walker, Zachary Richard, Flaco Jimenez, Charlie Musselwhite, Ronnie Earl, Little Feat, John P. Hammond, Eric Bibb, Guy Davis (with whom he recorded "Juba Dance"), Ruthie Foster, Mike Zito, Carolyn Wonderland, Steve Cropper, The Blues Brothers Band, Richard Thompson, Sonny Landreth, Billy Joe Shaver, Augie Meyers, Ponty Bone, Otis Taylor and many others.

The first recordings of Fabrizio Poggi in the United States date back to 1997 in Texas with "Nuther World".[5]

He was among the first Italian artists to do a long tour in the States.[6] Between 1998 and 2002 he toured in Texas and Louisiana. Among the areas that hosted his performances were The House of Blues in New Orleans; Threadgill's; Antone's; Doctor Rockit's in Corpus Christi; Gruene Hall Gruene Hall;[7] and Luckenbach.[8]

In 2006, he performed at the Center for Southern Folklore, Memphis. On that occasion he played at Ground Zero- the Red's Lounge Clarksdale, the Walnut Street Blues Bar Greenville as well as Greenwood at the Blue Parrot. In the same year, he participated at the CBS television show "Live at 9" from Memphis, and hosted the legendary radio program "King Biscuit Time".

In 2010, Poggi released "Spirit & Freedom", recorded mostly in the United States. Among the guests are The Blind Boys of Alabama; Flaco Jimenez; Garth Hudson (The Band);[9] Charlie Musselwhite; Augie Meyers; Eric Bibb; Guy Davis; Billy Joe Shaver; Tish Hinojosa; Mickey Raphael; Kevin Welch; Kelley Mickwee; Debbi Walton; and Nora Guthrie (Woody Guthrie's daughter).

In 2011 Poggi released "Live in Texas",[10] an album recorded entirely live in Texas. Among the guest musicians on the disc: Flaco Jimenez; Marcia Ball; Floyd Domino; Ponty Bone; Debbi Walton; and Tommy Elskes.

He has published two books: "Il soffio dell’anima" - blues harmonica and blues harmonica players [11]- published by Ricordi in 2005, and "Angeli Perduti del Mississippi[12]”- stories and legends of the blues, published by Meridiano Zero in 2010, with the cover designed by Robert Crumb.

In 2011 and 2012, the US magazine, Blues Revue, chose excerpts from records of Poggi for the insert CD attached to the magazine,[13] along with North Mississippi All Stars, Mavis Staples, Ruthie Foster and Bob Margolin.

May 2012 saw the release of "Harpway 61", an instrumental record dedicated to the harmonica.[14] All proceeds from the sale of the album are donated to the Blues Foundation in Memphis.

In February 2013, "Spirit of Mercy"[15] was released- a collection of blues and spiritual songs from the albums "Mercy" and "Spirit & Freedom".

Actor and musician Dan Aykroyd, the Elwood Blues of the Blues Brothers, called Poggi "an extraordinary harmonica player" in his radio broadcast "TheBluesMobile".[16]

In September 2013, Poggi appears both as a musician and as producer for Guy Davis' "Juba Dance"[17] which premiered at the BBC in London. The disc[18] came in first place in the ranking of most broadcasts by American Radio,[19] and the disc was nominated for the Blues Music Awards 2014 for Best Acoustic Album.

In 2014, Poggi releases "Spaghetti Juke Joint" and features Ronnie Earl, Bob Margolin and Sonny Landreth.[20]

2015 found him in Texas again to record "Texas Blues Voices"[21] with such esteemed guests as Ruthie Foster; Miss Lavelle White; W.C. Clark; Carolyn Wonderland; Shelley King; Mike Zito; Bobby Mack; Donnie Price, and Dony Winn.

In February 2016, he played at the Carnegie Hall with Guy Davis, Eric Burdon and Buddy Guy.[22]

Discography

Albums

Title Year Artist Label
Mississippi moon (1993) Chicken Mambo Music On
Under the southern sky (1995) Chicken Mambo Bon Ton Roulet
Heroes & friends (1997) Chicken Mambo Bon Ton Roulet
Nuther world (1999) Fabrizio Poggi & Chicken Mambo Club de Musique
Song for Angelina (2001) Fabrizio Poggi & Chicken Mambo Music on
Canzoni popolari (2002) Fabrizio Poggi e Turututela Dunya/Felmay
L'armonica a bocca: il violino dei poveri (2003) Fabrizio Poggi Adolescere
Armonisiana (2003) Fabrizio Poggi Ultrasound Records
The breath of soul (2006) Fabrizio Poggi & Francesco Garolfi Ultrasound Records
La storia si canta (2006) Fabrizio Poggi e Turututela Dunya/Felmay
Still alive! (2006) Fabrizio Poggi & Chicken Mambo Ultrasound Records
Mercy (2008) Fabrizio Poggi & Chicken Mambo Ultrasound Records
Spirit & Freedom (2010) Fabrizio Poggi & Chicken Mambo Ultrasound Records
Live in Texas cd + dvd Columblues Days (2011) Fabrizio Poggi & Chicken Mambo Ultrasound Records
Harpway 61 (2012) Fabrizio Poggi The Blues Foundation
Spirit of Mercy: a Collection (2013) Fabrizio Poggi & Chicken Mambo Ultrasound Records
Juba Dance (2013) Guy Davis & Fabrizio Poggi Dixie Frog
Spaghetti Juke Joint (2014) Fabrizio Poggi & Chicken Mambo Appaloosa Records
Il soffio della libertà (2015) Fabrizio Poggi Appaloosa Records
Texas Blues Voices (2016) Fabrizio Poggi Appaloosa Records

Collaborations

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References

  1. ↑ "35th Blues Music Award Nominees Announced". American Blues Scene Magazine. 2013-12-10. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
  2. ↑ " WORLD OF HARMONICA: Fabrizio Poggi". worldofharmonica.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  3. ↑ LombardiaPress. "LombardiaPress". www.lombardiapress.it. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  4. ↑ "Angeli perduti del Mississippi: il libro-concerto di Fabrizio Poggi a Sassuolo Sassuolo 2000". www.sassuolo2000.it. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
  5. ↑ Fabrizio Poggi ospite di Radio Monte Velino. Il bluesman intervistato a “Invasione rock” | Marsica Live
  6. ↑ Fabrizio Poggi & Chicken Mambo | All'una e trentacinque circa
  7. ↑ http://www.gruenehall.com/gruenehallnewsSept2010.html
  8. ↑ Fabrizio Poggi & Chicken Mambo
  9. ↑ Fabrizio Poggi & Chicken Mambo: Spirit & Freedom
  10. ↑ Fabrizio Poggi & Chicken Mambo Live in Texas CD+DVD
  11. ↑ http://www.ibs.it/code/9788890137655/poggi-fabrizio/soffio-dell-anima:.html
  12. ↑ http://www.ibs.it/code/9788882372040/poggi-fabrizio/angeli-perduti-del.html
  13. ↑ http://www.chickenmambo.com/img/blues_revue2.jpg
  14. ↑ Black & Blue Blog: Harpway 61, l'incantevole omaggio di Fabrizio Poggi ai grandi dell'armonica prodotto dalla Blues Foundation
  15. ↑ Spirit of Mercy (A collection): Chicken Mambo Fabrizio Poggi: Amazon.it: Musica Digitale
  16. ↑ https://soundcloud.com/thebluesmobile/elwoods-blues-breaker-guy
  17. ↑ GUY DAVIS & FABRIZIO POGGI live at BBC Radio 2 with Paul Jones - Black Coffee - YouTube
  18. ↑ http://www.bluesweb.com/p_disque.php3?id_article=2026
  19. ↑ https://scontent-b-cdg.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/1450141_10201811878132031_93739954_n.jpg
  20. ↑ " Fabrizio Poggi & Chicken Mambo – Spaghetti Juke Joint Album Review Blues Blast Magazine". Blues Blast Magazine. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  21. ↑ http://worldofharmonica.blogspot.it/2016/09/fabrizio-poggi-and-amazing-texas-blues.html
  22. ↑ http://www.master-music.it/news/102.html
  23. ↑ "Chicken Mambo Discopgraphy". Fabrizio Poggi. 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2016-10-09.

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