Jeff Dale & The South Woodlawners

About Me

Jeff Dale was born and raised on the south side of Chicago and was taught how to play the blues by two itinerant blues musicians from the west side when he was 13 years old. Jeff soon turned to blues songwriting and performing and eventually his travels took him to southern California where he hooked up with the Blue Wave Band, playing with them and releasing two albums of Jeff's original songs until 1988 when Jeff disappeared. Resurfacing 20 years later with a new band of grown ass men called the South Woodlawners, Jeff's blues are more ferocious, thoughtful and fun than ever. Jeff has been blessed to have crossed paths with Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, B.B. King and Albert King and to have played with Lowell Fulson, Pee Wee Crayton, Long Gone Miles, Clifton Chenier and Etta James over the years.The South Woodlawners are an unruly, rag tag group of musicians who feel the less said about them, the better. Witness Protection Program and all that.

My Interests

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Member Since: 6/5/2007
Band Website: jeffdaleblues.com
Band Members:
Influences: JEFF DALE & THE SOUTH WOODLAWNERS - LIVE!!!In no particular order our influences are: Muddy Waters, Magic Sam, Willie Dixon, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Siegel-Schwall Band, Otis Rush, Little Walter, B.B. King, Albert King, Freddie King, Martin Luther King, Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper, Keith Richards, Lowell Fulson, Pee Wee Crayton, Long Gone Miles, Robben Ford, T-Bone Walker, Louis Jordan, Buddy Guy, Jr. Wells, Sonny Boy Williamson, Etta James, Clifton Chenier, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, The Jeff Beck Group, Topo Gigio, Hound Dog Taylor, Bob Dylan, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, The Nighthawks, Stax Records, Chess Records, Howlin’ Wolf, Elmore James, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Jack Daniels, Jim Beam, Bud Weiser
Sounds Like: Sounds like the blues to us, baby!

From a blues boy to a grown ass blues man!

Record Label: Pro Sho Bidness
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

I’d Hit It ---Take Two!

Jeff Dale and the South Woodlawners are blessed to have many friends and fans from all walks of life. Some of them even happen to be well known ROCK stars that have sold oh lets say 50 MILLION ALBUMS!...
Posted by Jeff Dale & The South Woodlawners on Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:03:00 PST

I’d Hit It ---RAW!

The South Woodlawners are hard at work on a new album! We had a little bit of time left on our recording session so I taught the boys a new song we hadn't played before and nailed this on our first ta...
Posted by Jeff Dale & The South Woodlawners on Fri, 30 May 2008 11:18:00 PST

About Makin With The Bacon and Get Rid of That Stiff...

"Makin' with The Bacon" was written by South Woodlawner Bobby Von G and recorded the same day as "My Way Or The Highway." That's Ronnie Hagadone playing the lead guitar, Bobby on drums and Jeff Dale p...
Posted by Jeff Dale & The South Woodlawners on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:09:00 PST

ABOUT THE LOVE MY BABY BLIND VIDEO....

Here's whatcha need to know:The bass player didn't show up to the gig so I'm playing bass!That's Ken playin' the Bassoon! Ain't no electric bong baby! The South Woodlawners have the WORLD'S ONLY BLUES...
Posted by Jeff Dale & The South Woodlawners on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 03:55:00 PST

the story about Long Gone Miles and "Early One Morning"

Back when i was a very young blues pup I had the privilege of performing with Luke "Long Gone" Miles. I met him when i was frontin' the Blue Wave Band. He was on the bill with us one night accompanied...
Posted by Jeff Dale & The South Woodlawners on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 03:27:00 PST

Jeff Dale on How It All Began...

When I was 14 I put an ad in the local paper on the South Side of Chicago to sell a crappy Kay bass that my parents bought me the year before. I needed the money to buy a new amp and had another bass ...
Posted by Jeff Dale & The South Woodlawners on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:35:00 PST