Bliss Blood

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Bliss Blood is a musician and songwriter from Houston, Texas. She moved to New York City, New York in 1996. She has recorded six albums from 1988-1995 with Houston noise rock band Pain Teens. She has also appeared on recordings with groups including The Melvins, Exit-13 and Angels of Light.

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Bliss Blood writes songs and plays ukulele in the 1920s & '30s jazz-themed New York City group The Moonlighters, formed in 1998. The Moonlighters have released 4 cds on their own label, Onliest Records, and toured Germany three times, in 2002, 2006 and 2007. Current lineup of the band includes actress/singer/screenwriter Cindy Ball on vocals and guitar, Mark Deffenbaugh on steel guitar, and Peter Maness on acoustic bass.

She currently leads several other New York bands, Nightcall, a "crime jazz" band also featuring Stu Spasm from Australian grunge rock band Lubricated Goat, Voodoo Suite (lounge/exotica), Cantonement Jazz Band (1920s jazz band, a piano, violin and horn section), Here's How (1950s cool jazz), and Delta Dreambox (Mississippi and Classic blues from the 1920s to '40s).