Here we are backstage with B.B. Many thanks to Jacki Millet for the photograph.
Check out what's happening with Blues @ Home, a project by award-winning Mississippi artist H.C. Porter and renowned producer, composer and songwriter Tena Clark. This project will document Mississippi's living blues legends through Porter's mixed media paintings, oral histories and music recordings collected by Clark. We will blog our journeys with these amazing blues men and women on the road across Mississippi.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Backstage with B.B.
We met B.B. King last week as part of the Fifth Annual Mississippi Grammy Legacy Celebration at the Beau Rivage in Biloxi. Along with B.B., we met and mingled with many Mississippi blues supporters who were thrilled to hear about the Blues @ Home project. We will soon report on any news to follow this exciting event.
Here we are backstage with B.B. Many thanks to Jacki Millet for the photograph.
Here we are backstage with B.B. Many thanks to Jacki Millet for the photograph.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Eden Brent
We were so excited to add our first woman blues legend and first pianist to the Blues @ Home project.
Greenville native Eden Brent opened her home to us and shared her connection to Mississippi and the blues.
Eden sticks close to her Mississippi roots and her musical teachings from the late Mississippi bluesman Boogaloo Ames. Her career has earned her three blues music awards and the 2010 Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year Award.
She is our 15th living blues legend for Blues @ Home.
Greenville native Eden Brent opened her home to us and shared her connection to Mississippi and the blues.
She is our 15th living blues legend for Blues @ Home.
Mickey Rogers
We caught up with blues legend Mickey Rogers at Greenville's Walnut Street Blues Club for our 14th Blues @ Home shoot.
At 66, Mickey has a long list of credits, including playing bass guitar for the late Howlin' Wolf and performances with the Jackson 5 and Rolling Stones, to name only a few.
Mickey is just as well-known and celebrated for his solo performances, which he has shared with audiences across the world. We are thrilled to add this legendary Mississippian to Blues @ Home.
Mickey's gorgeous Peavey guitar, a gift from the Mississippi Blues Commission, proudly touts what Blues @ Home is all about: preserving the legacy of America's music.
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