The Many Shades of Bliss Blood by David SadofBliss Blood
has earned a permanent place in the history of the Houston music scene
as the lead vocalist of the experimental industrial band
Pain Teens along with
Scott Ayers,
Frank Garymartin
and the late Kirk Carr. The band released an extensive catalog of
albums and cassette-only releases from 1985 to 1995, all of which are
now available on iTunes.
Now living in New York, singer Bliss Blood plays the ukulele and
musical saw and performs regularly with a variety of talented
collaborators. In stark contrast to the industrial noise-rock of the
Pain Teens, her current groups delve into a wide array of music styles
from the first half of the 20th century. Here is a brief description of
each one:
The Moonlighters - Originally formed in the late 90's with Henry Bogdan of
Helmet, the group currently consists of Bliss Blood,
Cindy Ball,
Rus Wimbish and
Raphael McGregor.
The Moonlighters play old-timey acoustic swing music featuring ukulele
and Hawaiian lap steel guitar with vocals by both Bliss and Cindy.
Their songs include elements of ragtime, swing, country, blues, jazz,
Hawaiian, and Latin music.
Delta Dreambox
- Authentic Delta and southern blues form the 1920’s to 1940’s with
piano, steel guitar and vocals. Delta Dreambox is Bliss Blood, Marty
Bartolomeo, Skye Steele and Raphael McGregor.
The Cantonement Jazz Band
- Bliss Blood is the vocalist of this 8-piece ensemble featuring
authentic versions of the dance music from the 1920’s and early 1930’s.
The group remains true to the time period, performing in tailored
tuxedos and glamorous evening gowns.
Here’s How
- This jazz group featuring Bliss Blood on vocals and performs the
all-but-forgotten jazz music of the late 1950’s and early 1960’s with a
focus on the smokey, sultry and romantic tunes by artists such as June
Christy, Chet Baker and Julie London.
Voodoo Suite
- Bliss Blood plays musical saw, maracas and sings with this group that
performs in the style of 1950’s Exotica music, celebrating artists such
as Martin Denny and Les Baxter.
If you have an opportunity to see Bliss perform, you can go in style with a vintage accessory from her
DeltaDreambox shop at
etsy.com.