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Moreland & Arbuckle
Kansas
Fusing elements of Hill Country, Delta and Chicago blues Moreland & Arbuckle have grown a reputation for power and commitment that stretches well beyond the band’s home base of Wichita, KS. Drawn together by a deep appreciation for traditional music guitarist/vocalist Aaron Moreland and vocalist/harpist Dustin Arbuckle founded the band in 2003 and quickly became an authentic but innovative act.
In its powerful live electric shows the award winning trio pays homage to blues masters such as R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf, and delivers an already vast body of inspired originals such as “So Low” and “Fo’” (recorded on their April 2006 CD release - Floyd’s Market ), “Caney Valley Blues” (appearing on their debut CD Caney Valley Blues - released January 2005), and “Tell Me Why.” (appearing on the unit’s 2004 sophomoric CD Issues Up Top, King Snakes).
It is those very live performances that have been fundamental in the group’s success. In 2003 the band won the Wichita Blues Society’s Blues Challenge (competing as the King Snakes) and traveled to Memphis, TN the following spring to compete in the International Blues Challenge (IBC), gaining great reviews. The following year Moreland & Arbuckle––won the 2004 Wichita Blues Challenge and went all the way to the finals at the IBC. The duo’s first European Tour in March of 2006 was such a success that they will be returning this spring with the electric trio. MAF continues to demonstrate that the blues isn’t dead. In fact, it’s just getting started.
- Jedd Beaudoin
http://www.myspace.com/morelandandarbuckle
  
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