Moonlighters

The Moonlighters are a New York based jazz themed group founded in 1998 by Bliss Blood, who was previously a member of the Pain Teens. The current lineup of the band includes Bliss Blood, primarily a songwriter who writes songs and plays ukulele, Cindy Ball on vocals and guitar, John Pinella on steel guitar, Rus Wimbish on acoustic bass, Al Street on guitar, and Jim Fryer on horns.
==Links to Peel==
Peel met Bliss Blood, in 2000 in a record shop in New York City, where she gave him an album of her new band, The Moonlighters, a group which she formed after the Pain Teens split in 1995. Several tracks from the Moonlighters were played by Peel on his programmes. 
In 2002, Peel nominated the group's, Hello Heartstrings, as one of his albums of the month for March 2002 / April 2002 (Peel's Record Box).
==Shows Played==
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*17 August 2000: Honolulu March/12th Street Rag/I Like You (CD - Dreamland) white label
*22 August 2000: 'Hula Blues/Wassa Mala You?' (LP 'Dreamland') Moonlighters
*24 August 2000 (Radio Eins): Dreamland (CD - Dreamland) Onliest
*August 2000 (FSK): Hula Blues/Wasa Mala You? (CD - Dreamland) Onliest
*05 September 2000: Infatuation (LP - Dreamland) Moonlighters
*September 2000 (FSK): Hula Blues/Wasa Mala You? (CD - Dreamland) Onliest
;2002
*11 April 2002: Hawaiian Blues/Hawaiian War Chant/Me, Myself And I (LP – Hello Heartstring) Onliest
*May 2002 (FSK): Hawaiian Blues (CD - Hello Heartstring) Onliest
*30 May 2002 (Radio Mafia): Stirred By A Spoon (LP – Hello Heartstring) Onliest
==External Links==
*Wikipedia (Bliss Blood)
*Discogs
Category:Artists