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Bleu Edmondson began writing songs at the age of nineteen, got his first guitar on his 21st birthday and formed a band at twenty-two. Now 30, Bleu has not looked back since as he and the Bleu Edmondson Band have sold tens of thousands of records and amassed a rabid fan base on the hot Texas music scene. Building on a tireless tour schedule throughout Texas and the Midwest and the brilliance of the late 2007 release “Lost Boy”, the Bleu Edmondson Band now stands perched at the edge of a national breakthrough.
As a relative unknown in 2000 and with little money to his name, Bleu wrote a letter to legendary producer Lloyd Maines asking him to take a chance and produce a record for him. Maines took immediate notice of Bleu’s songs and took the young artist under his wing, producing his debut Southland in 2001, and follow-up The Band Plays On in 2002. Maines was instrumental in guiding Bleu through the development process any artist experiences and Bleu is grateful for his help. “Lloyd was a great teacher in every way. He was such an important part of my learning experience as an artist. I am so honored to have gotten the opportunity to work with him.”
Maines’ unique ability to help craft a record played a major role in Bleu’s rise to prominence on the Texas Red Dirt scene, and behind the strength of hits “50 Dollars and a Flask Of Crown” and “Travellin Man” Bleu’s place was cemented on the Texas music charts, while word of mouth of the band’s live shows spread and ignited the groundswell that continues today in their home state.
In 2007 after several years of heavy touring and over four years removed from The Band Plays On, Bleu felt it was time to come off the road and head back into the studio. After the musical and personal growth he’d experienced over the past four years, he knew that the next project had to be extraordinary. “I really wanted this record to be my best work yet. We had been touring so long and hard and developed such a great relationship with the fans that it was important to me to make this record special,“ he said. The result was his recently released CD, Lost Boy, a collaborative effort with producer Dwight Baker which has garnered critical raves, topping the Texas New Music and Americana charts.
Fusing country, rock and Texas soul, Bleu’s music offers a fierce, independent spirit while drawing on such influences as Robert Earl Keen, Waylon, Bruce Springsteen, and the Rolling Stones. The record features eleven songs that detail Bleu’s life on the road for four and a half years. Songs like “Jesus Is Crying,” “American Saint,” and “The Echo (Maybe Tonight)” are evidence of Bleu’s amazing gift of honest songwriting. While cuts “Last Last Time” and “Another Morning after the Night Before” (co-written with Ray Wylie Hubbard) prove that real country music is NOT dead - A message Bleu Edmondson is the perfect evangelist for.
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