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Skye Downing

About Me

[PROJECTS I HAVE GROOVED WITH/MY BANDS:] On Air, Hurdy Gurdy, Floor 13, Method, Hot Water Music, Mandala, Queenly ( a Queen cover band), David Bowie/Ziggie Stardust (cover band), The Scratch Project, Girls On Top Band, The Skye Downing Band, ESTROJAM PRODUCTIONS: Nina Simone Tribute, Zen Cabaret, WOODWARD PRODUCTIONS: Women Rock The Night/ All Female Blues Revue, Blues Women In The Round, Hazel Miller Jazz Trio, Jazz Women In The Round, & of course, my beloved JOCKAMO.[COOL CATS I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SHARING THE MIC. &/OR STAGE WITH:] The legendary Henry Butler, The All-Purpose Blues Band, Darren Murphy (New Orleans). Tony Hakim (Dallas). Billy Watson (San Diego). Delores Scott (Chicago). Miss Blues (Oklahoma City). My musical idol, Peter Himmelman (Los Angeles & Colorado). LOCALLY: Hazel Miller, Mark Diamond, Eric Gunnison, Eduardo "Bijoux"Barbosa, Lionel Young, Dan Treanor, Erica Brown, Jill Watkins, Robert Rhu, Freddi (of Freddi-Henchi Band), Gretchen Troop, Craig Maierhofer, On The Planet, 8Trac, Possum Logic, Black Dog, Jude Ponds, Bone Ready, Blues House, Dana Kyle Stokes, Andy Weyl, Dan Geisler, Chris Engleman, Adam Schalke, Robert Schlesinger, Blake Eberhard, Linda Lewellyn, Chris Misner, Liza Oxnard, Tim Duffy, Jessica Rowand (MojoMama), Rockin' Robin Abb, Jodie Woodward, and many, many more.....[LATEST RECORDINGS:] Robert Rhu (Back-up VOX), Dan Treanor (Back-up VOX), Reason To Rhyme Music (Lead VOX). Recently completed a jazz recording (still mixing and mastering though), and am currently working on putting together a children's Blues album (LOOK FOR IT IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO). Jockamo has three discs available, and there are many other random recordings out there - these are just the most recent!"Skye, all I can say is she rocks! Skye has great tone; fabulous range; stunning looks and stage presence. I am a fan for life. You must hire her, she will ROCK your party!!!" - Hazel Miller

Myspace Layouts at Pimp-My-Profile.com / Mardi Gras

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 18/04/2006
Band Website: www.skyedowning.com & www.sonicbids.com/jockamo
Band Members: The Skye Downing Band unfortunately is no more, but it was a great run and I am enjoying participating in many diverse projects.My primary focus these days is the band Jockamo who I have been singing with for four years now.Band Members are as follows:Skye Downing - VOX.Randy Sibley - Guitar.Rich "Papamo" Johnson - VOX/Keys/Organ & Accordion.John Gould - Bass.Al Sutton - Drums.& our very own horn blowers.... Jeff Ingram - Saxamaphone &Rick Jones - Trumpet.
Influences: Dr. John, Elvin Bishop, Susan Tedeschi, Koko Taylor, Maria Muldaur, Joan Osborne, Albert Collins, Etta james, Shemekia Copeland, Paul Rishell, Albert King, Buddy Guy, Carol Fran, Irma Thomas, and many more.
Sounds Like: We have been affectionately dubbed as a New Orleans party band, but we have so much more to offer in addition to that. I like to think of us as a "Bluesiana" band - playing a wide array of tunes from solid blues & funk, all the way down to the bayou swamp boogies that Papamo pulls out on that accordion.Laissez les bons temps rouler!!
Record Label: HAVE VOICE, WILL TRAVEL!! :-) Drop a line...

My Blog

Pearl Street Blues & Brews WAS ROCKIN!!!!!

High as a kite doesn't even begin to explain how incredible I felt upon completing our set yesterday at the Pearl Street Blues & Brews festival.  I'm still reeling from the whole event!!!&nb...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Aug 2008 07:09:00 GMT

Hey Thanks!!

Hey THANKS to all of you for your suggestions on how to get my pea brain to pimp my page.  I now have a sufficiently stimulating and truly obnoxious MySpace page!  Y'all are the best!! ...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:07:00 GMT

Interesting........

......I AM A SINGLE MOM!!  I can raise the most amazing lil' human by myself, but cannot figure out how to decorate my MySpace Page.  What's up with that (and what DOES that say for my child...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:23:00 GMT

Dinner w/ friends

I am not humble tonight - ohhhh NO!!I have completed the MOST fabulous dinner for my beautiful friends, and am QUITE proud of myself.The menu:Broiled lobster tails w/ a saffron cream sauceBlackened Ca...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:34:00 GMT

Vamos a la playa y necesito una bebida fria por favor, con tequila!!

Well, I must share my glee with someone right now, so I guess I'll share it with all of my cyber-friends.  I'm headin' back to Mexico BABY!!  Was there for my best friends wedding last April...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:21:00 GMT

Sock it to me....

I would like to erase Monday, January 7th from the 2008 books, which most everyone should probably care less about, unless of course it is someone's birthday.....I was laid off....my first day back to...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:07:00 GMT

Arrival of the next great blues man

Staten Theodore "Theo" joined us Thursday, October 25th @ 10:18pm, by the light of the Full moon. A Hunter's moon - the biggest and brightest of the year!He is a BIG, healthy babe: 8lbs 4 ozs, 22 1/2...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:14:00 GMT

New Orleans,Baby!!

For those of you who don't know, I just returned from a third week down in St Bernard Parish volunteering w/ Habitat For Humanity.  I will continue to help out as much as I possibly can by educat...
Posted by on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 01:23:00 GMT

What kind of puppy are you?

You Are a Husky Puppy..http://images.blogthings.com/whatbreedofpuppyareyouqu iz/husky-puppy.jpg" height="100" width="100">Sweet, affectionate, and docile.But when you see a cat or chicken, it's kill ki...
Posted by on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 13:33:00 GMT

BLATANT PLUG!!!

  CHECK OUT www.skyedowning.com for music clips and more info. on the bands   THANK YOU!!  
Posted by on Tue, 23 May 2006 10:56:00 GMT