Rockin Blues

12 MP3 Songs
BLUES: Rockin' Blues, BLUES: Blues Vocals



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Susan OâNeil - Lead Vocalist... OâNeil has been singing in popular Louisville watering holes since 1978 when she joined a little rock group called âJust Foolinâ. From there she played with another popular group, Kesslerâs Friends. Susan founded Da Mudcats with Jim Rosen in 1986 and spent the subsequent 7 years traveling and playing out her blues jones. While with Da Mudcats, she shared the stage with blues royalty such as Koko Taylor, Buddy Guy, Eddie Clearwater and Bo Diddley. She is the featured vocalist on Da Mudcats self-titled first release and has done session work for many other Louisville artists. After leaving Da Mudcats, she formed Susan OâNeil and the Blues Hounds who played locally for another 8 years.

Susanâs music career has taken her many places and afforded her the pleasure of doing radio shows such as WFPKâs Live Lunch (twice), and Homefront, another WFPK nationally syndicated radio show. She and the Blue Seville also performed on a Waterfront Wednesday event the summer of 2003. Music critic Jeffrey Lee Puckett has described her as âsimultaneous hard edged and honey sweet - is a classicâ. WFPKâs Scott Mullins says âOâNeilâs vocals can run the gamut from bone crunching power to spine tingling soulfullnessâ. Local writer/music critic Marty Rosen says âOâNeil has a vibrant alto voice that can raise the roof in the best tradition of blues shouting and can communicate the poignant essence of slow soulful tunesâ.

Susan was honored to receive the Sylvester Weaver Award in 2003, which is given each year by the KYANA Blues Society. The award honors one person annually for Preservation, Performance and Perpetuating the Blues.