It’s been a long and winding blues road for Debbie Bond, from her first solo guitar performance in
Sierra Leone, West Africa, at age 13, to her present-day deep blues musical life in her Alabama home.
Since moving to Alabama and joining forces with legendary bluesman Johnny Shines in the early
1980s until his death a decade later, Bond has immersed herself in the raw power of the blues and
absorbed the influences of Alabama’s famed Muscle Shoals sound. She’s an award-winning blues
activist and founder of the Alabama Blues Project, dedicated to promoting and preserving the state’s
blues heritage. As if that isn’t enough, Bond also makes memorable music with her band: British-born
husband “Radiator” Rick Asherson on keyboards and harp, Marcus “Jukeman” Lee on drums, “Magic”
Sam Williams on sax, and Bond adding vocals and her own guitar work.

This album, Live At The Song Theater, was recorded live at the intimate Song Theater in Columbiana,
AL, and shows off the joyful lyrical and musical interplay of Bond, Asherson and their bandmates on
nine of their original songs, with three smartly done covers. This concert performance works the magic
of all live blues shows, bringing fresh vitality to the essence of Bond’s music. Bond and Asherson write
gorgeous love songs, often with a personal twist, and they tackle social issues with straight-ahead
sensitivity. And they do it all with great music.