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Chris Thomas King - GRAMMYs Banned Him From His Blues

11/6/2018

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Not The Blues - Bluesman Chris Thomas King was banned from the Contemporary Blues GRAMMY category for 2019's award season. This makes no sense to Jon or Pete and certainly not to Chris who penned an open letter to the GRAMMYs trying to sort out what just happened.  
Chris, Jon and Pete sit in for a discussion about not just the history of the Blues, but also growing up in his dad, Tabby Thomas' place Tabby's Blues Box and Heritage Hall. UMMM He grew up in a Blues Hall and the GRAMMYs think he's not the blues?  Let's start a new list, who's more the Blues than CTK!  
Controversy aside, Chris' GRAMMY banned album Hotel Voodoo is marvelous. Get the album on Chris' homepage...or spin it on @spotify. 

Chris' Open Letter to the GRAMMYs 

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8 Comments
RAJESH SEMRETE SELASSIE AGGARWAL FRSA
11/7/2018 09:08:17 pm

CHRIS THOMAS KING IS A BRILLIANT BLUES ARTISTE AND DESERVES THE GRAMMY AWARD WHICH WAS DENIED HIM BY THE GRAMMY AWARD COMMITTE..... THE GRAMMY AWARDS COMMITTE ARE A BIG JOKE...... BRILLIANT & CREATIVE ARTISTES ARE TOTALLY IGNORED BY THEM AND IT IS DISGRACEFUL.....

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Cynthia Sanderson
11/9/2018 11:12:25 am

I can't understand how Chris Thomas King was banned by the Grammy's. Obviously, they haven't heard his music!! He is absolutely the Blues and it is outrageous that he was treated so unfairly.

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Pete Turner link
11/15/2018 10:40:22 am

Hey, thanks for commenting. I'm just now getting around to looking in on the comments. Have you heard Chris' first episode with us? We recorded it in New Orleans.

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Dianne Hallman link
11/9/2018 01:31:18 pm

THIS IS TOTALLY PATHETIC!! THE MAN IS A GENIUS!!!

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Pete Turner link
11/15/2018 10:39:03 am

Dianne, thanks for commenting. We love CTK's work...and agree...he's an incredible talent. Thanks for checking us out BTW it means a lot to have new folks come and enjoy the show.

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steve coleridge
1/27/2019 11:18:58 am

I was on tour with Chris in the early nineties in Spain..on bass .. and one of the gigs was 3 nights in la Coquette , the Bluers bar in madrid.. Chris did his rap number .. 21 st century ~Blues.. and the owner told us not to play it again.. as it was nt ~Blues..so you can probably imagine Chris reply when the subject of what is and is nt Blues came up..

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MICHAEL WOOD link
1/1/2025 10:25:42 pm

THE evolution of the Blues is naturally, Hip Hop.


NARAS Telling you, "You're not blues", travesty!! I object!! As Robert Lockwood Jr. Manager I can tell you, I know the Blues.

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MICHAEL WOOD link
1/1/2025 10:19:40 pm

I'm looking forward to sitting with you, and chatting. you're all of the ABOVE!!!! i LOVE DIRTY SOUTH Hip Hop BLUES... ITS GROWN ON ME.. IT NEEDS TO BE HEARD, And Grow on them ENJOYED1!! To BE PROMOTED . totally! A BLUES ALBUM IT IS TOO!. I want TO HEAR IT!!

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