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Jim Pugh
In his career Jim Pugh has performed with Johnny Taylor, Little Milton and Otis Rush,
recorded with Etta James, Van Morrison, Robert Cray and B.B. King and has produced over
a dozen CDs, including Robert Cray, Tommy Castro and The Gospel Hummingbirds. A member
of the Robert Cray Band for over 20 years, his songs have been performed by his former
boss as well as Tower Of Power and Guitar Shorty. Pugh has played on over 20 Grammy-nominated
recordings, five of them winners.
"Some call it 'soul jaz' or 'BBQ blues'," says Pugh of the music he started playing at Dottie Ivorys Stardust Lounge in San Francisco in 1973. Former fan dancer, Dottie Ivory was a great singer whos rendition of Dinah Washingtons "What A Difference A Day Makes" was the highlight of her nightly set. He was just 19 years old and new in town and the Stardust Lounge a corner bar with a tiny bandstand and even smaller dance floor could be a rough place. "Some nights Dottie would sing with a pool cue in her hand," Pugh recalls. "That kind of place." But Jimmy McCracklin and Charles Brown would come in and the youngster got to play behind Joe Louis Walker and Fillmore Slim and Mel Brown. House organist Louis Madison (former Famous Flame) helped Pugh along. "Id watch him play and get him to show me stuff, and when he had a gig somewhere else Id take his place for the night. After awhile, theyd let me play the whole week," he says. Hes come a long way from Dotties, writing songs like "The One in the Middle," which was named song of the year by LIVING BLUES MAGAZINE, performing on David Letterman, Jay Leno and Conan OBrian and working with Etta James, Chris Isaak and Robert Cray. Leaving the Robert Cray Band, Pugh continues to write, play and rack up accolades. Recently hes founded the non-profit LITTLE VILLAGE FOUNDATION to record and promote deserving but underappreciated talents. From The Waterfront Blues Festival |
contact: | jimpugh@pastelmotif.com |
homepage: | www.pastelmotif.com |
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Night Vision Alligator Records ALCD 4812 recorded 1993 in Richmond, CA/USA |
Charlie Baty, guitar Tim Devine, tenor sax, baritone sax Rick Estrin, harmonica, vocals Jeff Lewis, trumpet Jim Pugh, organ, piano Brad Lee Sexton, bass Dobie Strange, drums Joe Louis Walker, guitar |
Big Guitar Blue Bot BDR101 recorded 1995 |
Alex Baum, bass Gaylord Birch, drums Bowen Brown, drums Steve Evans, bass Steve Lucky, piano Anthony Paule, guitar, vocals Jim Pugh, organ, piano Paul Revelli, drums |
Move On Rounder Records CD 3143 recorded in Burns, TN; Memphis, TN; Nashville, TN and Sausalito, CA/USA |
Tracy Nelson, piano, vocals Wayne Jackson, horn Andrew Love, horn Larry Chaney, guitar, drums Mike Henderson, guitar Al Kooper, guitar Gary Nicholson, guitar Andrew McMahon, piano Jim Pugh, organ, piano Reese Wynans, organ, piano Byron House, bass Michael Rhodes, bass John Gardner, drums Bob Mater, drums Delbert McClinton, vocals Maria Muldaur, vocals Alice Newman, vocals Bonnie Raitt, vocals Rebecca Evans Russell, vocals Phoebe Snow, vocals |
Can't Keep A Good Man Down Blind Pig Records BPCD 5041 recorded in San Francisco, CA/USA |
Tommy Castro, guitar Keith Crossan, tenor sax Jim Pugh, Hammond organ, piano Commander Cody, piano Randy McDonald, bass Shad Harris, drums |
Shadow Of The Blues Alligator Records ALCD 4862 recorded in Sacramento, CA/USA |
Charlie Baty, guitar June Core, drums, maracas, percussion Rick Estrin, guitar, harmonica, vocals Jim Pugh, organ, piano Ronnie James Weber, bass |
Deja Blue House Of Blues 51416 1399 2 recorded in Austin, TX and Sausalito, CA/USA |
Angela Strehli, vocals Mark "Kaz" Kazanoff, sax, harmonica Jon Blondell, trombone Gary Slechta, trumpet Steve James, slide guitar Derek O'Brien, guitar Doug Sahm, guitar Austin DeLone, organ Riley Osbourne, organ Jim Pugh, organ, piano Gene Taylor, piano Andy Santana, harmonica Jack Barber, bass Steve Ehrmann, bass Burt Winn, bass June Core, drums George Rains, drums Marcia Ball, vocals Lou Ann Barton, vocals |
Ebony & Irony Evangeline Records GEL 4017 recorded in Nashville, TN/USA |
Tracy Nelson, vocals Terry Hanck, sax Wayne Jackson, horn Andrew Love, horn George Bradfute, guitar Bob Britt, guitar Mike Henderson, guitar Marcia Ball, piano Jim Pugh, organ, piano Reese Wynans, organ, piano Steve Conn, accordion Andrea Zahn, fiddle Michael Rhodes, bass Byron House, bass Brian Fullen, drums John Gardner, drums John Mock, penny whistle |
Cold Hard Cash Burnside Records BCD-0043-2 recorded April through October 2000 in Burbank, CA/USA |
Scott Ellison, guitar, vocals Alan Mirikitani, tenor sax, baritone sax Jim Pugh, organ Boyd LeFan, bass guitar Lee Spath, drums |
In My Spirit Bad Daddy Records 659428-0012-21 recorded in Oakland, CA/USA |
Craig Horton, guitar, vocals Greg Riley, tenor sax, baritone sax Chris Whynaught, tenor sax Duane Benjamin, trombone Bob Welsh, guitar, keyboards Rusty Zinn, guitar Chris Burns, keyboards Jim Pugh, organ John Hanes, drums |
I Go Wild! Evidence ECD 26119-2 recorded April 2001 in Mill Valley, CA/USA |
Guitar Shorty, guitar, vocals Scott Mathews, sax, guitar, keyboards, drums Terry "Big T" de Rouen, guitar Alden Clark, keyboards Jim Pugh, Hammond organ Howard Deere, bass Glenn Letsch, bass Danny Gerass, drums |
Bad Case Of The Blues Burnside Records Burnside 50 recorded in Tulsa, OK and Los Angeles, CA/USA |
Scott Ellison, guitar, vocals Kurt Lybarger, sax Alan Mirikitani, tenor sax Michael Thompson, trombone Don Colopy, trumpet Mike Turner, trumpet, guitar Habanero Horns, horn Home Front Horns, horn Larry Bell, Hammond organ Jim Pugh, Hammond organ Dick Sims, Hammond B-3 organ Spencer Sutton, piano, organ Steve LeGassick, keyboards Terry Lupton, keyboard Jimmy Markham, harmonica Armando Compean, bass Jim Strader, bass Tommy Waggoner, bass Larry York, bass Jim Ziegler, bass Bill Belknap, drums Richard Heck, drums Steve Monreal, drums Lee Spath, drums Jim Karstein, percussion |
Soul Shaker Blind Pig Records BPCD 5094 recorded 2004 in Minneapolis, MN /USA |
Tommy Castro, guitar, vocals Keith Crossan, sax, flute Russell Branch, baritone sax Kevin Bowe, guitar, organ, bass Steve Spirn, guitar Jim Pugh, Hammond organ, vocals Randy McDonald, bass Chris Sandoval, drums, percussion Bryan Hanna, percussion Armando Morales, congas |
A Ship Called Love Telarc CD-83629 |
Eric Bibb, guitar, vocals Jonas Sjöblom, flute, tabla, wind chimes Chuck Anthony, guitar Figge Boström, guitar B.J. Cole, guitar, pedal steel Danny Flowers, guitar Desmond Foster, guitar, keyboards, bass Glen Scott, guitar, celeste, Hammond organ, piano, vibes, drums, percussion Amar Sundy, guitar Levi B. Saunders, banjo Paul Waller, dobro Gordon Cyrus, synthesizer, bass Janne Petersson, Fender Rhodes Jim Pugh, organ, keyboards Gary Compton, harmonica, bass harmonica Corrina Hewat, harp Brian Shiels, bass Kim Yarbrough, bass Brady Blade, drums, tambourine Larry Crockett, drums, congas The Dixie Hummingbirds, vocals Ruthie Foster, vocals Ira Tucker, vocals |
The Devil You Know Alligator Records ALCD 4958 recorded in Falls Church, VA; Hollywood, CA; San Rafael, CA; Northampton, MA; Kansas City, MO; Sausalito, CA; Studio City, CA/USA |
Tommy Castro, guitar, vocals Tab Benoit, guitar, vocals Joe Bonamassa, guitar Mark Karan, guitar Mike Finnigan, organ Jimmy Pugh, organ Marcia Ball, piano, vocals Mike Duke, piano, vocals James Pace, keyboards, vocals Bonnie Hayes, Wurlitzer piano Magic Dick, harmonica Randy McDonald, bass, vocals Byron Cage, drums, vocals Vicki Randle, percussion Tasha Taylor, vocals Samantha Fish, vocals |
A Woman Rules The World Little Village Foundation LVF 1021 recorded in San Jose, CA/USA |
Whitney Shay, vocals Gordon Beadle, sax John Halblieb, trumpet Igor Prado, guitar Kid Andersen, guitar, sitar Jimmy Pugh, piano, organ Aki Kumar, harmonica Kedar Roy, bass Robert Alexander Pettersen, drums Derrick Martin, percussion |
Contemporary Alligator Records ALCD 4996 recorded in San Jose, CA/USA |
Rick Estrin, harmonica, vocals Jim Pugh, organ, piano Lorenzo Farrell, organ, piano Kid Andersen, guitar, synthesizer, bass, percussion Quantae Johnson, bass Alex Pettersen, drums Derrick D'Mar Martin, drums, percussion |
Found! One Soul Singer Little Village Foundation LVF1037 |
Sonny Green, vocals Aaron Lington, tenor sax, baritone sax Gordon "Sax" Beadle, sax Terry Hanck, sax Mike Rinta, trombone Jeff Lewis, trumpet Kid Anderson, guitar Jim Pugh, Hammond B-3 organ Chris Burns, clavinet, piano Mariachi Mestizo, violin Endre Tarczy, bass D'Mar, drums Ronnie Smith, drums |
All My Dues Are Paid Nola Blue Records CDNB010 |
Frank Bey, vocals Eric Spaulding, tenor sax Nancy Wright, tenor sax Jack Sanford, baritone sax Ric Feliciano, trombone John Halbleib, trumpet Kid Anderson, guitar, baritone guitar, organ, percussion, vocals Rome Yamilov, guitar Lorenzo Farrell, Wurlitzer piano, organ Jim Pugh, organ, Fener Rhodes, Wurlitzer piano, piano Jeremy Jemmott, bass Paul Olguin, bass Derrick 'D'mar' Martin, drums Alex Pettersen, drums Paul Revelli, drums Vicki Randle, percussion Martin Windstad, percussion Lisa Leuschner Andersen, vocals |
Damage Control Alligator Records ALCD 5002 recorded in Studio City, CA; San Jose, CA; Nashville, TN; Portland, OR; Maurice, LA/USA |
Curtis Salgado, harmonica, vocals Michael Bard, tenor sax Gary Harris, tenor sax Tim Bryson, baritone sax Chris "Kid" Andersen, guitar, bass Dave Gross, guitar Alan Hager, guitar George Marinelli, guitar Johnny Lee Schell, guitar, bass Mike Finnigan, organ, piano Kevin McKendree, organ, piano Jackie Miclau, piano Jim Pugh, organ, piano Jerry Jemmott, bass Tommy MacDonald, bass Mark Winchester, bass Tony Braunagel, drums Jack Bruno, drums Kevin Hayes, drums Wayne Toups, vocals |
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