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May 2019
Wildman country/blues with a splash of ZZ Top 2019 Blues Music Award nominee, Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band is a country/blues band led by Reverend Peyton, considered in music circles to be one of the premier finger pickers playing today. He has earned a reputation as a singularly compelling performer and a persuasive evangelist for the roots and country/blues styles that captured his imagination early in life and inspired him and his band to make pilgrimages to Clarksdale, Miss., to…
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Hard-working blues The Stevie James Trio has been deemed the hardest working blues trio in the area. Nominated twice in the Dallas Observer Music Awards for Best Blues, Stevie James was recently voted Best Guitarist. The group plays a variety of blues/rock ranging from BB King to Jimi Hendrix as well as their own originals. They have played weekly throughout the DFW Metroplex at popular venues such as Prophet Bar, Barcadia, Twilite Lounge and The Standard Pour. In addition, they've…
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BB King’s musicians carry on his legacy For more than half a century, BB King and BB King’s Band defined the blues with classics like “The Thrill Is Gone,” “Every Day I Have the Blues,” “How Blues Can You Get?” and “Why I Sing the Blues.” Combining more than 100 years of musical artistry, original members of the BB King Blues Band have gotten together to preserve BB King’s memory along with Fort Worth-based blues artist, Michael Lee, who was…
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Hannah Kirby's concert is part of Light UpArlington!, the city's annual Independence Day celebration with food and activities starting at 6 p.m. all around the pavilion and Downtown Arlington. Hannah will pause her concert at 9:45 p.m. for fireworks, then resume at 10 p.m. For Light Up Arlington! information and a schedule, please click here. Bluesy rock from a finalist on The Voice Hyper-stylized but incredibly honest, Hannah Kirby is a musician out of time, out of this world, and…
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The blues the way it was meant to be Before he was on The Voice, Nakia was a blues grifter, the age-old concept of stealing from the greats. When Nakia formed The Blues Grifters in 2010, the band quickly became a hit on the club circuit in Austin performing at the legendary "Home of the Blues," Antone’s, and the south Austin hot spot, C-Boy’s Heart & Soul while recording their first album. A video of Nakia's full-throated, soulful performances found…
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