Blue Fiddle Productions
LISA HALEY - GRAMMY Nominee

"Lisa has the Spirit in her, big time... Her music just plain grabs you and takes you over!"
- Keb'Mo', multi-Grammy winner,
co-producer of Lisa's album "Talking to the Sun"

"...a Pop approach to Louisiana's sound... one-of-a-kind cornbread voice...
a la the bluesy moans of Janis Joplin..." - Michael Lucas, Los Angeles Times

"...enormous fun... makes people want to get up and enjoy!"
- Sir George Martin (Beatles' producer)
BBC documentary "The Rhythm of Life"

"The ?Mick Jagger? of Zydeco – Swamp-Rock ala Bonnie Raitt and Lucinda Williams?
Jake Bacon, KUCI Radio

The Evangelist of Zydeco... she and her band melt Finnish hearts..."
Satakunnan Kansa, review, Pori Jazz Fest, Finland

Lisa Haley is a virtual volcanic explosion... a frenzy of 'Zydecosis!"
Bliss, cover article for Gig Magazine

...left the audience with their mouths open... This group brings the stage to life!"
Gary Hayman, the Zyde-Zine

...Sparkling CD...forget all your worries in an instant! A thrilling groove!"
Marc Nolis, Rootstown Music Magazine, Belgium,
eview of Lisa's album "Waiting for the Sky"

... leads the attack on her coveted blue fiddle… guided by something in the Cosmos. Progressive West Coast Louisiana music… mainstream and radio friendly… potential to chart on Christian radio." - Dan Willging, Dirty Linen Magazine
review of Lisa's album "Talking to the Sun"

"…claims her place alongside the women of American Roots Music"
"…captures the excitement and energy of one of Zydeco's foremost West Coast artists."
- Paule Pachter, ZydecoRoad.com
review of Lisa's album, "All the Way Live!"

"…marries the blues, country, zydeco, contemporary gospel… in the spirit of Rosanne Cash or the Indigo Girls…poised to break out on the roots-music market"
- Todd Jenkins, All About Jazz

".... Such energy that the rosin was floating off her bow like snow."
- Pa Scenen, Lund, Sweden concert review

"...leavened with Louisiana spice... a ball of fire!"
- Manchester Evening News, UK

"Mighty fine Zydeco!" - "Smilin' Jim" Davis, former Governor of Louisiana and composer of "You Are My Sunshine"

- and the ultimate complement: "That girl plays as good as a man!"
- Clifton Chenier, "The King of Zydeco".


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Blue Fiddle Productions
Selected from our thousands of successful performances

FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT, FILM INDUSTRY & CORPORATE EVENTS
Disneyland, Universal, Knotts, Hollywood Bowl Summersounds, Warner, Paramount, Fox, Sony.
Film parties: Ron Howard, Harold Ramos, Will Smith, ER, Patrick Swayze, The Howling
Corporate: World Trade Org, Pepsi, Xerox, IBM, Arco, Chevron, Epson, Citibank Belgium, Amgen, Wolfgang Puck, Spazio?s, Bloomingdale?s, Macy?s, Jazzercize, La Brea Tar Pits, L.A. Gear, Steve Wynn/ Las Vegas casinos, Southern Pacific Railroad, Queen Mary, NFL, World Cup.
Non-profits: Getty Museum, Special Olympics, Gene Autry Museum, L.A. Zoo, Leukemia Foundation, Easter Seals, Muscular Distrophy Assn, Pediatric Aids Society.

WORLD / FOLK FESTIVALS
City of Los Angeles – Millenium Celebration 2000 - headlining (USA)
Hollywood Bowl Summersounds (USA)
Cazorla Fest – headlining (Spain)
Festas Da Praia – headlining (Portugal)
World Next Door Fest - (Canada)
EuroDisney - 4th of July Celebration 2000 - headlining (France)
Live Celebration Fest (Japan)
Vancouver Island Folk Fest (Canada)
Maine Arts Fest - headlining (USA)
International Folk Festival - headlining (Spain/Basque)
Stan Rogers Folk Fest (Nova Scotia, Canada)
Frog Island Fest (USA)

JAZZ FESTIVALS
Pori Jazz Fest - artists in residence (Finland)
Santa Barbara International Jazz Fest - headlining (USA)
Alphen Jazz Fest (Holland)
Blue Jay Jazz Fest - headlining (USA)
Glendale Jazz Fest (USA)

ROCK FESTIVALS
Skagen Fest (Denmark)
Tuno Island Fest (Denmark)
Cyberfest (USA)
LMNOP Fest, Louisiana (USA)

BLUES FESTIVALS
Brussells Blues Fest – headlining (Belgium)
Aalborg Blues Fest - headlining (Denmark)
Bluesapalooza Fest – headlining (USA)
Belgium Rhythm & Blues Festival (Belgium)

COUNTRY / BLUEGRASS FESTIVALS
Huck Finn Fest (USA)
Crestline Fest (USA)
Calico Days (USA)

MENTORSHIP / ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAMS
Los Angeles Jazz Mentorship Program – Artist
The Buckley School – Artist in Residence, Cajun/Zydeco arrangments for young orchestras
Blue Mountain School District –full curriculum Louisiana Music K-12

… and of course a huge list of Cajun/Zydeco Fests worldwide.

Our happy, upbeat, versatile music fits easily into diverse themes and musical settings.


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Blue Fiddle Productions
LISA HALEY

A Spirit-filled "cornbread" voice.
An electric-blue violin named "Louie".
when Lisa's Americana beat holds court in the "One World Swamp", worlds collide.

"Lisa has the Spirit in her, big time... she's got it goin' on!
Her music just plain grabs you and takes you over!"
- KebMo', multi-Grammy winner, co-producer of Lisa's fourth album, "Talking to the Sun", on Ryko/Warner

"...enormous fun... makes people want to get up and enjoy themselves!"
- Sir George Martin (Beatles' producer), featuring Lisa in his music documentary "The Rhythm of Life"

· Just recorded new sixth album "King Cake" with producer Sylvia Massy (Johnny Cash, Tool, System of a Down, Cowboy Mouth, Mary Kate & Ashley, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Prince, etc.)

· Tours include US, Europe, Scandinavia and Canada – over 150 shows a year worldwide.

· Appearance for Hollywood Bowl Summersounds.

· As seen in Beatles' producer Sir George Martin's film, "The Rhythm of Life".

· Song "Reggie Alligator" broadcast on BBC and KNBC-TV features.

· Appearance at Disneyland New Years Eve 50th Anniversary – headline act.

· As seen with Little Richard on NBC-TV's "Las Vegas".

· As heard on Brian Setzer Orchestra's "Vavoom" and John Hiatt's "Walk On".

ALBUM CREDITS:

Brian Setzer Orchestra ("Americano" on "Vavoom", Interscope); John Hiatt ("Walk On", Capitol); Dave Coz ("December Makes Me Feel This Way", House of Blues); Toad the Wet Sprocket ("Pale", Columbia); John Barry (Capitol); Dramarama ("Vinyl", Chameleon/Elektra); Davie Allan & the Arrows ("Fuzz for the Holidays", Wicked Cool); Peter Himmelman ("Flown this Acid World") Paul Horn ("Traveler", Global Pacific); Mark Spiro ("Care of My Soul", Sony); Queen Ida ("Newport Folk Fest Live"); etc.

MOTION PICTURE - ON CAMERA:

- "The Beverly Hillbillies Movie", as redhaired fiddler Hortense Clampett (20th Century Fox);

- "The Thing Called Love" (w/River Phoenix) as Cajun Fiddler (Paramount);

- "Get to the Heart: The Barbara Mandell Story", as Barbara's fiddle player (CBS-TV movie);

- "Man in the Moon" Carnegie Hall orchestra, with Jim Carey (Universal);

- "Red Dragon" (Hannibal II) orchestra w/Sir Anthony Hopkins (Universal).

- Forgetting Sarah Marshall" (Jason Segel, dir Nick Stoller - Universal) Ghoul Band violinist.

MOTION PICTURE - ON SOUNDTRACK:

"The Waterboy" -solo violin (Adam Sandler/Hollywood Pictures); "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" (Julia Roberts); "Where the Red Fern Grows" (Kris Kristofferson); Mr. Atlas" 2 original tunes (HBO; Showtime); "The Thing Called Love" with River Phoenix (Paramount); "The Muppet Movie"; "The Warden" w/James Cohn & David Carradine (Viacom); National Lampoon's "Seven Deadly Sins"; "Once Upon A Time: Rapunzel" (HBO); "The Grave"; "Delta Heat"; "The Bridge".

TELEVISION - ON CAMERA:

- "Las Vegas" (NBC), performing an original song and with Little Richard;

- "The Tonight Show", guest musician with Randy Newman and Lyle Lovett;

- "The Rhythm of Life", (Beatles producer) Sir George Martin film, performance on BBC and Arts & Entertainment;

- "CD Highway", performance on 200 PBS and 70 foreign stations;

- "Firefly" (Fox TV) (Vondie Curtis-Hall director);

- "Home & Family Show" performance and interview on the Family Channel;

- Gloria Estefan Olympics video, "Puedes Llagar";

- Dolly Parton video, "When I Fall In Love"; Kenny G video;

- Music director on Emmy-winning "The Late Mr. Pete Show" (KTLA), performing with Steve Allen, Susan Anton, Martin Mull and Sam Kinnison);

TELEVISION - ON SOUNDTRACK:

"The New Addams Family"; "Mystic Knights"; "Matlock"; "Northern Exposure"; "Texas Rangers"; "Sabrina"; "Shanniah Twain Story".


Member: NARAS (GRAMMY); Recording Musicians Assn (RMA);

Freelance Musicians (FMA); BMI; L.A. Cultural Affairs Jazz Mentorship Program.

Endorsees: Yamaha, Peavey amplifiers, JBL, Thomastik strings, ProCo.

Lisa was the protégé of master Cajun accordionist Joe Simien.


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