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Sasha Ilyukevich

Sasha Ilyukevich is one of a small group of Russian speaking artists whose music has found an audience outside his native country. Sasha began his musical career in London in 2007. Word of mouth publicity generated by the demo album ''Woe from Wit'' and accompanying private performances brought him to the stage of London's famous club ''The Luminaire''. It was there that he met up with his soon-to-be band members ''The Highly Skilled Migrants''.

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Orianthi

Orianthi Panagaris (born 22 January 1985), better known simply as Orianthi, is a Greek Australian musician, singer-songwriter and guitarist. She is perhaps best known for being Michael Jackson's lead guitarist for his ill-fated "This Is It" concert series, and as the lead guitarist in Alice Cooper's live band. Her debut single "According To You" peaked at #3 in Japan, #8 in Australia and #17 in the US; her second album, "Believe", received a worldwide release in late 2009.

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Black Country Communion

Black Country Communion (originally Black Country) is a band with both American and British rock influences. The seed for BCC was planted when frontman and bass guitarist Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Trapeze, Iommi) and blues-rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa combined on stage in Los Angeles in November 2009 for an explosive performance at Guitar Center's King of the Blues event. The brainchild of producer Kevin Shirley the band added to its rock lineage with drummer Jason Bonham (Led Zeppelin, Foreigner) and keyboardist Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater, Billy Idol, Alice Cooper).

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Buddy Whittington

Buddy Whittington (born 28 December 1956, in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American guitar player. He began playing the guitar inspired by his sister's records of The Beatles, Rolling Stones and, in particular, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton. At the age of 14 he was already a part of the Dallas/Fort Worth music scene and playing regularly in the clubs along Jacksboro Highway. While attending high school, Buddy played in a band called "Short Change" which opened for Point Blank (band), a band that he would later join, replacing rhythm guitar player Kim Davis.

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The Black Sorrows

The Black Sorrows is a blues-oriented Australian rock band that carries strong influences from zydeco, country and hillbilly music. The band formed in 1983 around singer-songwriter Joe Camilleri in the wake of his principal band Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons dissolution. The band has played host to a revolving lineup of musicians with Camilleri the only constant. The band initially played covers until producing originals, some of which saw moderate Top 40 success during the 80s and 90s ("Chained to the Wheel, Hold on to Me.

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Point Blank

There are multiple artists with this name:
1. An American rock band
2. An American rapper
3. A Macedonian nu metal/hardcore band
4. A Canadian hip hop group
5. A Chinese oi! band
6. An alias of Belgian techno producer Jeroen Verheij
7. A hardcore band
8. An American alternative rock band
9. An Australian rock band
10. An American southern punkrock band.
11. Point Blank (Actually Point.Blank) is a Belgian Dubstep duo formed by 'Vyron' and 'Matar'
12. An Århus-based danish rap group
13. Melodic punk-rock band from South Central, New Jersey

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Stan Webb's Chicken Shack

Chicken Shack was a British blues group from the sixties, Front man and guitarist was Stan Webb born in London in 1946. The group played blues on the Blue Horizon label in a similar style to the early Fleetwood Mac,.
Singer Christine Perfect (Christine McVie) left after marrying John McVie (bassist) with Fleetwood Mac. Christine later joined Fleetwood Mac in their second reincarnation.
Chicken Shack continued to record through the seventies with various band members and occasional change of name to Stan Webb’s Chicken Shack.

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Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band

Kenny Wayne Shepherd (June 12, 1977-) is an American Blues musician. Shepherd was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. Self-taught, he began playing guitar at age 7, figuring out Muddy Waters licks from his father's record collection. Using his own contacts in the record business, Shepherd's father and manager, Ken Shepherd, helped his son land a major-label record deal with Giant Records. In 1995, his debut album was entitled Ledbetter Heights and featured original material and a few covers.

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Bad Mushrooms

Bad Mushrooms are a rock band formed in early 2008 in Zagreb (Croatia).
They started as a cover band playing songs from their favorite bands such as Deep Purple
, Led Zeppelin, Uriah Heep, Whitesnake, Cactus, Free etc... Their goal was to gain experience in live performances and to build musical companionship between band members.
One year after the formation and hours of rehearsals Bad Mushrooms were ready for their first live performance in ''Rock Club Time'' in Zagreb. The concert was a success, and the band gained confidence to continue with rehearsals and live gigs.

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