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On Slidetime, her impassioned, inspired guitar work and commanding vocals soar over her 11 self-penned compositions. "Joanna Connor is a talented slide guitarist of ferocious intensity." - Living Blues "She masters a guitar with facility and authority, whether sliding across strings with locomotive force or stretching notes as far as our mood allows. She is compelling, and when you add her voice, she can be awesome." - Stereo Review "Connor is an excellent guitarist, both facile and muscular in her approach with a good slide technique. She plays with a conviction that marks what she's doing as real and vital." - Blues Access Biography Once she stepped off a greyhound bus in Chicago in October of 1984, it took Joanna but a few months to take the cityÆs highly competitive blues circuit by storm. Chicago magazine hailed her as "the most exciting new talent on the blues scene." The Chicago Sun-Times called her "a powerhouse guitarist with a sense of rock dynamics - her playing has a fire that is free of self-indulgence." Joanna Connor and her searing slide guitar work have been raising eyebrows of blues aficionados and critics everywhere ever since. As the Boston Globe noted, "She brings a revved-up rock flavor to the blues with a desire to move the music forward, not just embalm it." Her latest Blind Pig CD, Slidetime, displays her maturity as a songwriter, with all 11 tunes being penned by Connor. This recording also features her trademark gritty guitar work and strongest, most impassioned vocals to date. Born in Brooklyn on August 31, 1962, Joanna was raised in Worcester, Massachusetts from the age of four. Enamored of her motherÆs Taj Mahal and Jimi Hendrix albums as a child, Joanna received her first guitar at age seven and sang with various Worcester groups while still in high school. She turned professional in 1981, forming the Pino/Connor Band with guitarist Ken Pino, which performed at various clubs and colleges throughout New England. She was named "Best R&B Vocalist of the Year" by Worcester Magazine . After arriving in the Windy City, Joanna first joined the combo of slide guitar great Johnny Littlejohn and began playing the local club circuit. In March of 1985 guitarist Dion Payton invited Joanna to join his popular 43rd Street Blues Band, wisely featuring JoannaÆs talents prominently at top local clubs such as Kingston Mines and the Checkerboard Lounge. Connor set the townÆs hallowed blues bars on fire with her slashing lead guitar work, her passionate slide solos, and incendiary vocals. Musicians that Joanna idolized when she was growing up, artists such as Buddy Guy, Otis Rush, and James Cotton, began to take notice. JoannaÆs reputation continued to grow as she backed Payton on his track for the acclaimed New Bluebloods album. By the autumn of 1987 Joanna was obviously ready to put together her own band. She assembled the first edition of her own combo in between extensive national touring with veteran tenor saxophonist A.C. Reed. Her band became a full-time priority a few months later. ConnorÆs red-hot debut album on Blind Pig Records, entitled Believe It!, was released in 1989 and received outstanding reviews from critics across the country. Cashbox said, "Ms. Connor is an accomplished Texas-style blues guitarist with fleet fingers and a razor-sharp tone. She slings a steaming guitar, literally burning through every solo she plays." Pulse! called it "one of the strongest new blues packages of the year. Connor simply kicks ass, ripping off a variety of scorching solos." Jim Gaines, Grammy Award-winning producer of such artists as Stevie Ray Vaughan, Santana, and Steve Miller, was so impressed by JoannaÆs talents that he signed on to produce her second release, Fight, also on the Blind Pig label. Billboard said, "Connor boasts a strong voice and is a truly dazzling guitarist, with a flaming slide attack." Playboy said, "The obvious comparison is Bonnie Raitt, since sheÆs female and plays blues guitar. I say ConnorÆs a soprano Johnny Winter. Most blues records miss the passion that made the original stuff compelling. This one reclaims it all." The Joanna Connor Band has gone on to become a frequent attraction not only at leading blues nightspots, but also as a featured act at major festivals in the U.S. and Canada. Joanna has also developed a strong following in Europe, Brazil, and Japan as a result of many overseas appearances. In Germany, she became very popular after being featured several times on national television. In 1996, ConnorÆs third Blind Pig recording, Big Girl Blues, was released to critical acclaim in the press and the blues world. The reviews echoed ConnorÆs maturity as a guitarist and songwriter. The Album Network called it "her definitive album." Living Blues called her "a slide guitarist of ferocious intensity." Stereo Review said that Big Girl Blues is "a potent excursion that should establish her as a major blues writer and performer." The release of Slidetime will no doubt further JoannaÆs reputation as a major talent with an exhilarating sound all her own. She has earned her place as one of the brightest stars of the new blues generation. ▐ ▐ ▌ ▌ ▄▓▌ ▐▓ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ▓▌ ▓▄ █▓█ ▐▓█▌ ░ ░ ░ ░▄▄▄ ░ ░░ ░░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ▐█▓▌ █▓█ ██▓▌ ▓▓▓█▄▄ ░░ ░▄▄▓█▀▀▀▀▀██▄▄░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░░ ░ ░ ▄▄█▓▓▓ ▐▓██ ▐█▓▓█▄ ▀▓▓▓██ ░▒▄█▀▀░ ░ ░ ░▀▀██▓▄▄▒ ░▒ ░▄▄▄▄▄█▓█▄▄▄░░ ░░ ██▓▓▓▀ ▄█▓▓█▌ █▓▓▓▓▀▀ ▀▓▓██▄▓▀ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░▒▀█▓█▓▄▄▄██▓▓█▓▀▀░ ░▀▀▀███▄▄▒░██▓▓▀ ▀▀▓▓▓▓█ █▓▓▌▄▓▓█▄ ▀███▒ ░ ░░ ░░ ░░░ ░░░▒░▒█▓▓████▓▓▀▒░░ ░ ░░ ░▀▀█████▀ ▄█▓█▄▐▓▓█ ▐▓▓▌▓██▓▓ ▄▓▀██▄▒░ ░░░░░░░░░▒▒▄▄█▓███▀█▓▓█░░░░ ░░ ░░░ ░░▄██▓▄ ▓██▓▓▐▓▓▌ █▓▌▀██▓▀ ▓▀ ▀▓█▄▒▒▒░░░▒▒▄▄█▓██▀▀▀ ▀██▓▄░▒▒ ░░ ░░▒░░▒▄▓▀ ▀▓ ▀▓██▀▐▓█ ▀▀ ▄▄▀ ▀▀█▓███▓█▓▀ ▀▀█▓█▓▄▒▒▒░▒▄▄▄▀▀ ▀▄▄ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀██▀ ▀██▓▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▐▓ TRACK iNFORMATION █▌ █▄ ▄▓ ▀██▓██▓███████▓███████▀ 01 Nothin' But the Blues [04:03] 02 My Papa [04:09] 03 You Don't Love Me [04:42] 04 Got to Have You [03:40] 05 Slide on in [05:11] 06 My Man [02:55] 07 Free Free Woman [04:28] 08 Money Blues [04:03] 09 It's Not the Rock [03:38] 10 At the Club [03:15] 11 Pea Vine Blues [04:05] ▐ ▐ ▌ ▌ ▄▓▌ ▐▓ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ▓▌ ▓▄ █▓█ ▐▓█▌ ░ ░ ░ ░▄▄▄ ░ ░░ ░░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ▐█▓▌ █▓█ ██▓▌ ▓▓▓█▄▄ ░░ ░▄▄▓█▀▀▀▀▀██▄▄░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░░ ░ ░ ▄▄█▓▓▓ ▐▓██ ▐█▓▓█▄ ▀▓▓▓██ ░▒▄█▀▀░ ░ ░ ░▀▀██▓▄▄▒ ░▒ ░▄▄▄▄▄█▓█▄▄▄░░ ░░ ██▓▓▓▀ ▄█▓▓█▌ █▓▓▓▓▀▀ ▀▓▓██▄▓▀ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░▒▀█▓█▓▄▄▄██▓▓█▓▀▀░ ░▀▀▀███▄▄▒░██▓▓▀ ▀▀▓▓▓▓█ █▓▓▌▄▓▓█▄ ▀███▒ ░ ░░ ░░ ░░░ ░░░▒░▒█▓▓████▓▓▀▒░░ ░ ░░ ░▀▀█████▀ ▄█▓█▄▐▓▓█ ▐▓▓▌▓██▓▓ ▄▓▀██▄▒░ ░░░░░░░░░▒▒▄▄█▓███▀█▓▓█░░░░ ░░ ░░░ ░░▄██▓▄ ▓██▓▓▐▓▓▌ █▓▌▀██▓▀ ▓▀ ▀▓█▄▒▒▒░░░▒▒▄▄█▓██▀▀▀ ▀██▓▄░▒▒ ░░ ░░▒░░▒▄▓▀ ▀▓ ▀▓██▀▐▓█ ▀▀ ▄▄▀ ▀▀█▓███▓█▓██▀ ▀▀█▓█▓▄▒▒▒░▒▄▄▄▀▀ ▀▄▄ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀██▌ ▀███▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▐█ GROUP MEMBERS ▓▌ █▄ ▄█ ▀▓████▓██████████▓▀ Rippers: Umm Yea We Have a few ;) ▐ ▐ ▌ ▌ ▄▓▌ ▐▓ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ▓▌ ▓▄ █▓█ ▐▓█▌ ░ ░ ░ ░▄▄▄ ░ ░░ ░░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ▐█▓▌ █▓█ ██▓▌ ▓▓▓█▄▄ ░░ ░▄▄▓█▀▀▀▀▀██▄▄░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░░ ░ ░ ▄▄█▓▓▓ ▐▓██ ▐█▓▓█▄ ▀▓▓▓██ ░▒▄█▀▀░ ░ ░ ░▀▀██▓▄▄▒ ░▒ ░▄▄▄▄▄█▓█▄▄▄░░ ░░ ██▓▓▓▀ ▄█▓▓█▌ █▓▓▓▓▀▀ ▀▓▓██▄▓▀ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░▒▀█▓█▓▄▄▄██▓▓█▓▀▀░ ░▀▀▀███▄▄▒░██▓▓▀ ▀▀▓▓▓▓█ █▓▓▌▄▓▓█▄ ▀███▒ ░ ░░ ░░ ░░░ ░░░▒░▒█▓▓████▓▓▀▒░░ ░ ░░ ░▀▀█████▀ ▄█▓█▄▐▓▓█ ▐▓▓▌▓██▓▓ ▄▓▀██▄▒░ ░░░░░░░░░▒▒▄▄█▓███▀█▓▓█░░░░ ░░ ░░░ ░░▄██▓▄ ▓██▓▓▐▓▓▌ █▓▌▀██▓▀ ▓▀ ▀▓█▄▒▒▒░░░▒▒▄▄█▓██▀▀▀ ▀██▓▄░▒▒ ░░ ░░▒░░▒▄▓▀ ▀▓ ▀▓██▀▐▓█ ▀▀ ▄▄▀ ▀▀█▓███▓████▀ ▀▀█▓█▄▄▒▒▒░▒▄▄▄▀▀ ▀▄▄ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀█▓▌ ▀█▓█▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▐█ GROUP GREETINGS █▌ █▄ ▄▓ ▀▓████████▓▓███▓████▀ The Scene! ▐ ▐ ▌ ▌ ▄▓▌ ▐▓ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ▓▌ ▓▄ █▓█ ▐▓█▌ ░ ░ ░ ░▄▄▄ ░ ░░ ░░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ▐█▓▌ █▓█ ██▓▌ ▓▓▓█▄▄ ░░ ░▄▄▓█▀▀▀▀▀██▄▄░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░░ ░ ░ ▄▄█▓▓▓ ▐▓██ ▐█▓▓█▄ ▀▓▓▓██ ░▒▄█▀▀░ ░ ░ ░▀▀██▓▄▄▒ ░▒ ░▄▄▄▄▄█▓█▄▄▄░░ ░░ ██▓▓▓▀ ▄█▓▓█▌ █▓▓▓▓▀▀ ▀▓▓██▄▓▀ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░ ░▒▀█▓█▓▄▄▄██▓▓█▓▀▀░ ░▀▀▀███▄▄▒░██▓▓▀ ▀▀▓▓▓▓█ █▓▓▌▄▓▓█▄ ▀███▒ ░ ░░ ░░ ░░░ ░░░▒░▒█▓▓████▓▓▀▒░░ ░ ░░ ░▀▀█████▀ ▄█▓█▄▐▓▓█ ▐▓▓▌▓██▓▓ ▄▓▀██▄▒░ ░░░░░░░░░▒▒▄▄█▓███▀█▓▓█░░░░ ░░ ░░░ ░░▄██▓▄ ▓██▓▓▐▓▓▌ █▓▌▀██▓▀ ▓▀ ▀▓█▄▒▒▒░░░▒▒▄▄█▓██▀▀▀ ▀██▓▄░▒▒ ░░ ░░▒░░▒▄▓▀ ▀▓ ▀▓██▀▐▓█ ▀▀ ▄▄▀ ▀███▓▓▓█▓███▀▀ ▀▀█▓█▄▄▒▒▒░▒▄▄▄▓▀ ▀▄▄ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀█▓██▀▀ ▀▀▀▓█▓▓█▓▀ ▀▀ ██ ▀█▓▀ ▐▓ GROUP iNFORMATION AND NEWS █▌ █▄ ▄█ ▀██████▓█████▓███████▓████████▓▀ aAF was created in Jan 2001 to fill a void left in the scene by groups who would refuse to release anything but current year music.Well since that time we have been rocking the scene with classic rock rips.We have made classic music mainstream in the scene and have been on top in that area as the number one group in classic rips. We finished 2001 with 3800 rips.As we moved forward in 2002 we found we were also releasing alot of quality 2k2 rips and saw that we were competing in that area.In 2002 we finished with over 5000 rips.In 2003 we plan to move forward and continue to release "THE NEW STUFF" and strive to be on top in 2k3 rips.We will also continue to remain on top like we have for 2 years in the classic rock scene. ♦ It's not the Year that Matters it's the Music ♦ aAF Forever What We're looking for : ♦ ppl who can get promos or pre street rls ♦ ppl who have large cd collections ♦ ppl with skill and experience who feel they can help us ♦ ppl who can supply legal shells or bnc's ♦ ppl who can supply hardware ♦ siteop's who host 100mbit+ 500 gig+ mixed sites for affils ♦ Siteop's invite the force to pre 2k3 on your site ♦ Come to the force with us ░ ░▌ ░▐ ░ ░ ░░ ▐ █ █ ▐ ░ ▄████▓███▓███▄ [NEW YEAR, SAME FORCE] ▄██▓██████▓██▄ ▄▓▄ ██▓█████████▓█ ██▓███▓██▓██▓█ ▀ ░░ ██▓█▀░ ▀█▓▓██▓ ▄████▓████▄ ▄█▓███▓██▄ █▓██▀ ░░░░░░░░ ▄ ░ ████ ▄▓▄▓█████ ▓▓█████▓███ ▓███▓██▓██ █▓░░░░░░█▒▒▒▒░░ ▀▓▀ ▄████ ▀ ███▓██ ███ ▓██▓██ ███ ░████▓░░░░░░▄▒▒▒▒▒▒▒█░░ ░░ ▐ ██▓█ ░ ▓████▓ ███ ░▓████▓ █▓█ █▓░░░░░█▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒█░░░░ ░░ ░ ████ ▄██▓▓██ ███ ░███▓██ █▓█░░░░░█▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▀░░░░░██ ░ ░███▀ ▄███████▀ ▓██░ █▓██▓█░░░░░█▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒█░░░░░█████▓ ▐ ▄███▓▓██▀ ▓██ ██░░░░░█▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒█░░░░░ █▓████▄ ▄███▓███▀▄▄▄ ███░░░░░█▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒█░░░░░▀█▓▀ ▄██▓█▓█ ▌ ███▓███▀ ▓██▓█░░░░░▄▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒█░░░░██▓█ ░▄██▓▓███ ▄█████▀ ██▓█░░░█▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒█░░░░░ ▓████ ▄██▄▐ ▀███▓██ ░▐ ██▓██ ▀▀▄▄▓▒▒▒▒▒▒▒█░░░░░ ███ ▓██▓█ █▓██░ ░██▓███ ░ ░░ █▓██▀ ▄▄█████▒▒▒█░░░░░▓███ █▓█ ██▓█▓ ██▓█ ░████▓█▄ ▄ ▀▄▄████████▀▀░░░░ ██▓███ ███░ █████ ████▄▓▄ ████▓█ ▌ ▀▓▀ ▄████████▀▀▄▄██ █▓█ ██████ ▓█▓ ░▓█▓██ █▓█▓ ▀░ █▓██▓█ ░░ █████▀▀ ███▓██ ███ █▓█▓██ ██▓ ░██▓█▓ █▓██ ░░ ████▓█ ░ ▄▓▄ ▀▀▄▄█▄ ▄█▓███▓ ▀██▓██▓███▀ ▀▓████▓██▀ ████▄ ▄███▓██ ▀ ███▓██▓██▓▓███ █▓█▓█████▓██▓█ ░ ░░ ▀██████▓████▓▀ [STILL GOiNG STRONG] ▀████▓█▓██▓██▀ ░ █ ▐ ▐ █ ░▐ -MAY THE FORCE BE WiTH YOU ░ ░▌