Music speaks directly to our lives and our experiences. It does so in a powerful way that cannot easily be put into words. The music of Mojo Road is about sharing the emotional peaks and absolute JOY of the musical style known as "The Blues".

If you’re already a blues fan you know what we’re talking about. The feeling you get when hearing a phrase, a clever lyric, a well placed chord, or sometimes a single note – that speaks directly to your heart and soul. For those uninitiated into the blues who may have heard it said that rock-n-roll was born out of the blues, give it a listen and you will understand why. Then you’ll probably become a lifelong blues fan like the rest of us.

Mojo Road loves the blues and presents its own red hot versions of a wide variety of blues classics as well as great blues oriented rock tunes from the past 30 years. They present blues with an attitude and a hard edge; they cover a lot of angles – smoking harp solos, fiery guitar, and funky keyboard chops that will help get your mojo workin. Like the folks at the Columbus Blues Alliance say about the blues – “Heartbreak, Loneliness, and Despair, and you can dance to it.”

Mojo Road plays songs by such classic blues artists as Willie Dixon, Little Walter, and Howlin’ Wolf, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, and many other greats. They also include versions of blues tunes by Tinsley Ellis, Duke Robillard, The Blues Brothers, and Kenny Wayne Shepard, as well as blues-influenced rockers like Carlos Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughnn, Robin Trower, and the Allman Brothers. They give off a lot of energy and will leave you wanting to hear more.

Muddy Waters
Buddy Guy
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Duke Robillard
Willie Dixon
Big Bill Broonzy
Little Walter
Robin Trower
Luther Allison
Tinsley Ellis
Robert Johnson
J.J. Cale
Savoy Brown
Howlin’ Wolf
Ray Charles
Joe Cocker
Carlos Santana
Blues Brothers
Albert Collins
Robert Cray
Eric Clapton
Freddy King
Coco Montoya
B.B. King
Junior Wells
Johnny Copeland
John Mayall
Jimi Hendrix
Curtis Salgado
Walter Trout
David Gogo
Allman Brothers
Traffic
James Cotton
Derek Trucks Band

So what is a mojo? It is, in short, the staple amulet of African-American hoodoo practice, a flannel bag containing one or more magical items. The word is thought by some to be a corruption of the English word "magic" but it more likely is related to the West African word "mojuba," meaning a prayer of praise and homage. It is a "prayer in a bag" -- a spell you can carry.
Mojos made for an individual are usually carried on the person, always out of sight. They are very rarely worn on a string around the neck, fairly commonly pinned inside a woman's brassiere, and much more commonly pinned to the clothes below the waist or caried in a pants pocket.
And what is contained in the mojo hand? Well, that varies a lot, based on what the wearer hopes to accomplish by carrying the amulet and what the maker finds effective or customary to use in preparing it. A mojo carried for love-drawing will contain different ingredients than one for gambling luck or magical protection. Generally there are at least three items in a simple hand, and many root doctors try to ensure that the total number of ingredients comes to an odd number -- 3, 5, 7, 9, or 13 -- although sometimes mixed herbs are counted as one item.
Click here for examples of mojo hand combinations.
-Catherine Yronwode-
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