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Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women
Biography
At one point in the early '90s, the ladies from Saffire just considered themselves blues historians, but since their performing career has gotten launched on the festival circuit, they've become much more than that. All three have developed into talented songwriters. Since blues fans are always looking for fresh themes or new twists on old themes, this trio is a sought-after club and festival act. The core members of the Virginia-based group include pianist Ann Rabson (b. April 12, 1945) and Gaye Adegbalola (b. March 21, 1944), and while the trio was accompanied for a while by bassist Earlene Lewis, she has since left the group. Lewis was replaced by mandolinist Andra Faye McIntosh, also from the Washington, D.C./Virginia area. Rabson worked as a computer programmer and Adegbalola was an award-winning teacher before they gave up their day jobs to play blues full-time for a living.

Saffire have no shortage of fresh ideas. The group has recorded eight albums for the Chicago-based Alligator Records label since 1990, and two of their '90s albums -- Cleaning House (1996) and Old, New, Borrowed & Blue (1994) -- showcase the trio's songwriting skills, although there are also a few covers, reinterpreted in their own distinctive way.
Selected Discography
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