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Atlanta native Michelle Malone’s blend of gut-bucket slide guitar and sultry, soulful vocals caused Albert King to dub her “Moaning Malone” when she opened for him at Atlanta’s Royal Peacock in 1988. “He said that [after] either hearing me sing or hearing me holler,” Malone says. “I never was sure.”
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Atlanta native Kris Gloer is still giving thanks for Turkey Day 1976. The Band played its Last Waltz on Thanksgiving more than three decades ago, but Gloer and a six-man band of Atlanta-based musicians keep the music and the spirit of that era alive.
As the Last Waltz Ensemble, the group emulates the show the Band performed that night, with significant differences. Gloer doesn’t call the outfit a tribute band, billing it as a concert celebration. “It’s not a re-enactment,” Gloer says by phone in Atlanta. “We do over 50 songs from different eras of the Band and Bob Dylan.”
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In the late ’90s, as Delta Moon arose over Inman Park, a bluesy afterglow quickly spread throughout the city. Gina Leigh, Mark Johnson and Tom Gray put together a sound with two slide guitars and a slinky, soulful female vocalist who sounded like Bonnie Bramlett. It wasn’t exactly blues — more like a blend of soulful garage and Southern rock without the beer gut or bare feet.
