Sat, Nov 15th 2008, 8 p.m.
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PART OF SERIES : 2008-09 Performance Season, Work, Worries and Revolution
At 6:30 p.m., performers will be available in the Carriage House for a question and answer session before they perform. Moderated by Lee Hildebrand.
Born in 1913, and still going strong, Pinetop Perkins may be the only blues artist alive today who can claim heritage to the direct lineage of Mississippi and Chicago blues. Like Otis Spann, whom he replaced in the Muddy Waters band in 1969, Pinetop take that most European of instruments, the piano, and turns it on its head making it growl and moan as deeply as any guitar or blues harp. - Wayne Horvitz, Music Curator
2006 Bay Area Blues Society West Coast Blues Band of the Year award-winner JC Smith is an outstanding performer noted for his energy and charisma. Prior to playing guitar, he was the drummer for the Back to Back Blues Band. The Back to Back Blues Band released two CDs that were well received by Blues lovers and critics alike. In 2000, he emerged from behind his drums, armed with a Gibson 335. At the tender age of 17, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith ventured to Chicago where he heard Muddy Waters for the first time. Willie was hooked on the blues and the attraction to the music persuaded him to stay in Chicago. Since then he has established his own niche within the tradition of the Delta Blues Sound by co-founding the Legendary Blues Band with Pinetop Perkins, Louis Myers, Calvin Jones, and Jerry Portnoy. James Wheeler never even played an instrument until he moved to Chicago in 1956 at the age of 19, and since then has become a force in the Chicago blues genre, playing with the likes of Otis Clay, the Impressions and Buddy Scott. At 95, Pinetop Perkins may be the only blues artist alive today who can claim heritage to the direct lineage of Mississippi and Chicago blues.
Moderator Lee Hildebrand is a freelance writer who covers blues and jazz. He is the author of Hammertime and Stars of Souls and Rhythm and Blues, among many others. Hildebrand has also produced over two dozen reissue CDs for the Specialty, Stax and High Tone labels and also has worked as a drummer with Charles Brown, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Mark Naftalin, Jimmy Rogers, Freddie Roulette and many others.
Additional information:
- JC Smith present the Young Guns on Friday, Nov. 14
- Read a review of Pinetop Perkins' DVD.
TICKET PRICE(S) : $40/30; $32/24 Members, or 20% off non-member price when purchased with Nov. 14 performance: $60/44 for both shows!
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Service fees are significantly lower when purchasing tickets through the Montalvo Box Office. Purchase tickets onsite M-F, 10am - 4pm or via phone. Box Office is open one hour prior to all show times.
