Pokey LaFarge

Pokey Lafarge

Pokey Lafarge, 2012

Pokey LaFarge (* 26. June 1983 as Drew Heissler in Bloomington , Illinois ) is an American roots music - singers and - songwriter .

Life

In 2009 he founded the group Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three, which consists of three musicians: Joey Glynn ( bass ), Adam Hoskins ( guitar ) and Ryan Koenig ( harmonica , washboard and snare ). The group is based in St. Louis , Missouri .

The repertoire consists of a creative mix of jazz , early ragtime for string instruments, country blues and western swing .

His nickname Pokey dates back to his youth. This is how his mother addressed him when he dawdled. He took the name LaFarge after the folk singer Peter La Farge .

Appearances

• Pokey Lafarge played at the 2011 Newport Folk Festival . The group toured the US and Europe. She has given concerts in the Netherlands, Great Britain and Ireland. Then she returned to North America and performed in Canada as well.
• Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three opened for The Raconteurs at the Ryman Auditorium in September 2011 .

Discography

Albums

Pokey LaFarge

• 2006 Marmalade
• 2008 Beat, Move, and Shake , Label: Big Muddy Records
• 2013 Pokey LaFarge , Label: Third Man Records
• 2015 Something in the Water
• 2017 Manic Revelations
• 2020 Rock Bottom Rhapsody

Pokey LaFarge And The South City Three

• 2010 Riverboat Soul , Label: Free Dirt Records
• 2011 Middle of everywhere , Free Dirt Records and Continental Records for Europe

Singles

• 2011 Chittlin 'Cookin' Time in Cheatham County , Third Man Records

Web links

• Official website (English)
• Pokey LaFarge at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

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3. ↑ stltoday.com
4. ↑ thedailypage.com
5. ↑ riverfronttimes.com
6. ↑ Performing at the Newport Folk Festival
7. ↑ Performances in Europe
8. ↑ Opening act for the Racounteurs ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
9. ↑ cduniverse.com
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11. ↑ amazon.com
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