Romi Mayes Explained

Romi Mayes

Background:

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Birth Date:

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Romi Mayes is a Canadian blues guitarist and a singer songwriter starting in the 1990s.^[1]

She is a Juno nominated, CFMA nominated, 6 time Western Canadian Music Awards winner. Mayes performs and is a producer for the Canadian company Curbside Concerts, which was founded due to COVID-19 to safely bring live music to communities.

Styles

Raised on classic rock, blues, country and bluegrass, and Motown, Romi Mayes' songwriting and guitar style is a conglomerate of all these styles.

Awards and reviews

Juno nominated and 6 time Western Canadian Music Award winner for Songwriter of The Year, Album of The Year, Blues Artist of The Year.

Discography

Solo albums

• 1997 - Off The Wagon
• 2002 - On The Road in 2 Days
• 2004 - Mayes and Carmichael
• 2005 - The Living Room Sessions Volume 1 (Romi Mayes and the Temporarily Unemployed)
• 2006 - Sweet Somethin' Steady
• 2007 - Beverley Street - The Songs of David Essig (Romi Mayes and The D.Rangers)
• 2009 - Achin' In Your Bones
• 2011 - Lucky Tonight
• 2015 - Devil On Both Shoulders

Compilation albums

• 2004 - Guess Who's Home (Hand Me Down World)
• 2006 - High Roads
• 2006 - High Water Everywhere
• 2006 - The Life and Times of Christian Banks
• 2006 - Don't You Think We Should Be Closer
• 2006 - Comin' Home Soon
• 2007 - Let'R Buck
• 2009 - Where Great Oaks Grow

References

Notes and References

1. Web site: Singer-songwriter Romi Mayes still doing it her way 30 years later. 2021-06-04. calgaryherald. en-CA.