NOV 29-DEC 1 | Thanksgiving Blues Weekend
Nov 29, 2024
Miner Auditorium
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Original show description below.
An impressive lineup of modern blues greats converges on the Miner stage for this special event — a cross-section of artists representing the living soul of Texas, the deep Chicago blues tradition, and the signature sound of West Coast blues.
Houston-born vocal powerhouse Diunna Greenleaf is a winner of the Koko Taylor award from the Blues Music Awards, has worked with Pinetop Perkins, and recorded four acclaimed albums.
Plano, Texas guitar slinger Anson Funderburgh has led his hard-driving band The Rockets since 1978, mixing the Texas and Chicago sound on sixteen sublime albums and innumerable performances.
Known far and wide as “Mr. 43rd Street,” Chicago blues belter Oscar Wilson is the co-leader of the wildly popular Cash Box Kings and is a dynamic performer whose “powerful and deep voice harkens back to the golden age of Chicago blues” (Blues Music Magazine).
West Coast blues king Junior Watson is a founding member of The Mighty Flyers and has worked widely with L.A. blues/rock greats Canned Heat in addition to his recordings and performances with Big Mama Thornton, Charlie Musselwhite, John Németh, and Kim Wilson.
Bay Area music royalty and harmonica master Mark Hummel has defined the West Coast blues sound for four decades, leading the Blues Survivors and performing alongside Charles Brown, James Cotton, Charlie Musselwhite, and Willie “Big Eyes” Smith.
An impressive lineup of modern blues greats converges on the Miner stage for this special event — a cross-section of artists representing the living soul of Texas, the deep Chicago blues tradition, and the signature sound of West Coast blues.
Mark Hummel fronts a lineup which lays down a set of blues as rock-solid as each of their individual resumes.
Roots Music Report
Mark Hummel fronts a lineup which lays down a set of blues as rock-solid as each of their individual resumes.
Roots Music Report
Personnel
Diunna Greenleaf vocals
Oscar Wilson vocals
Anson Funderburgh guitar
Junior Watson guitar
Mark Hummel harmonica, vocals
Others TBA
These artists display a chemistry that evinces their decades of experience touring and performing with some of the top names in the genre.
Living Blues
Personnel
Diunna Greenleaf vocals
Oscar Wilson vocals
Anson Funderburgh guitar
Junior Watson guitar
Mark Hummel harmonica, vocals
Others TBA
These artists display a chemistry that evinces their decades of experience touring and performing with some of the top names in the genre.
Living Blues
Watch & Listen
Charlie Musselwhite
If It Wasn't for the Blues
Anson Funderburgh
Some Sunny Day
Charlie Musselwhite
If It Wasn't for the Blues
Anson Funderburgh
Some Sunny Day
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