Marcia Ball
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Marcia Ball (born March 20, 1949) is an American blues singer and pianist born in Orange, Texas but who grew up in Vinton, Louisiana. This same region spawned other American blues greats, including Clifton Chenier, Janis Joplin, Lonnie Brooks, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, and Kenny Neal.
Born into a musical family, Ball began playing piano at age 5, and showed an early interest in New Orleans style piano playing, as exemplified by Fats Domino, Professor Longhair, and James Booker. In 1970 at age 21, she started a progressive country band called Freda and the Firedogs in Austin, Texas; in 1974 she began her solo career.
Ball is known for her piano style, which shows elements of zydeco, swamp blues and boogie woogie. Most of her most well-known recordings came out on Rounder Records in the 1980s and early 1990s. She was inducted into the Austin Music Hall of Fame in 1990.
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- 1972 Freda and the Firedogs
- 1978 Circuit Queen
- 1984 Soulful Dress
- 1985 Hot Tamale Baby
- 1989 Gatorhythms
- 1990 Dreams Come True (with Lou Ann Barton and Angela Strehli)
- 1994 Blue House
- 1997 Let Me Play With Your Poodle
- 1998 Sing It! (with Tracy Nelson and Irma Thomas)
- 2001 Presumed Innocent
- 2003 So Many Rivers
- 2004 Live at Waterloo Records
- 2005 Live! Down The Road
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| NAME | Ball, Marcia |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Blues singer and pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Orange, Texas |
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