Gaye Adegbalola (Band)
Biography:
Gaye Adegbalola, Blues Music Award winner and a founding member of Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women (1984-2009), plays guitar, harmonica and is a composer. She has recorded 10 CDs on Alligator Records and has toured widely throughout the U.S. and internationally.
Gaye was born and raised in Fredericksburg, Virginia where she sat-in, picketed and protested its racism. She graduated as valedictorian of the then-segregated Walker-Grant High School, went “ up North” to Boston University to finish with a major in biology and a minor in chemistry. Prior to becoming a teacher, she worked as a technical writer for TRW Systems, a biochemical researcher at Rockefeller University, and a bacteriologist at Harlem Hospital. She has a Master’s degree in Educational Media (with a concentration in photography) from Virginia State University.
Prior to becoming a full time blues artist, Gaye was a science teacher in the Fredericksburg City Public School system for 18 years, and was honored as Virginia State Teacher of the Year in 1982.
Gaye has also released six CDs on her own Hot Toddy Music label: "Neo-Classic Blues" with Roddy Barnes, "Blues Gone Black" by Blue Mama Black Son (Gaye & her son, Juno), “Gaye Without Shame,” her Parents' Choice Gold Award winning Children’s Blues CD “Blues in All Flavors”, "Is It Still Good to Ya?" by Gaye & The Wild R?tz, and “The Griot,' plus two EPS, “Freedom Song Trilogy, Volume 1" and "Freedom Song Trilogy, Volume 2.” Her most recent album is an anthology, “Satisfied!” (2023) and has selected songs from her post-Saffire career.
Gaye was born and raised in Fredericksburg, Virginia where she sat-in, picketed and protested its racism. She graduated as valedictorian of the then-segregated Walker-Grant High School, went “ up North” to Boston University to finish with a major in biology and a minor in chemistry. Prior to becoming a teacher, she worked as a technical writer for TRW Systems, a biochemical researcher at Rockefeller University, and a bacteriologist at Harlem Hospital. She has a Master’s degree in Educational Media (with a concentration in photography) from Virginia State University.
Prior to becoming a full time blues artist, Gaye was a science teacher in the Fredericksburg City Public School system for 18 years, and was honored as Virginia State Teacher of the Year in 1982.
Gaye has also released six CDs on her own Hot Toddy Music label: "Neo-Classic Blues" with Roddy Barnes, "Blues Gone Black" by Blue Mama Black Son (Gaye & her son, Juno), “Gaye Without Shame,” her Parents' Choice Gold Award winning Children’s Blues CD “Blues in All Flavors”, "Is It Still Good to Ya?" by Gaye & The Wild R?tz, and “The Griot,' plus two EPS, “Freedom Song Trilogy, Volume 1" and "Freedom Song Trilogy, Volume 2.” Her most recent album is an anthology, “Satisfied!” (2023) and has selected songs from her post-Saffire career.
Website: https://adegbalola.com/
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