Woodleg Odd (N)

A powerful case can be made for American blues as true world music. From its origins in the rural South, the music of Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters has spread to Europe, across the vastness that was the Soviet Union, and even to Japan. Certainly blues has taken root in Scandinavia, where American bluesmen have long toured and such “ex-pats” as Eddie Boyd and Eric Bibb have chosen to live. Norway, in particular, has a thriving blues scene, with outdoor festivals a summertime staple and a home-grown group, Woodleg Odd, that is fast-emerging as a world-class blues band.
Woodleg Odd has a four-piece lineup, comprised of three Norwegians and a recently arrived American. Frank Utgård masterfully handling the electric guitar, Arne Moe filling in the low frequencies, band namesake Odd "Woodleg" Lie is the drummer, and Virginia-born, Oklahoma-raised Adam Douglas is the man at the microphone. “I got on a plane to Norway to play some festival dates, and things seemed to just click, musically and personally.” Now he’s living in a beautiful city of Oslo, nestled between fjords and islands, learning the Norwegian language for conversation and singing the blues in English. He and his new bandmates think of it as a meeting at a cross-cultural crossroads illuminated by the Northern Lights.

2006

Bare Bra 06/ 10 tr./ 37:58 min.

 2009

Bare Bra 09/ 12 tr./ 47:10 min.