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So wonderful to finally get back to the Delta! What a week!
It started off on Beale with a return to the Rum Boogie stage.
So many friends – early arrivals for the Blues Foundation’s combined Blues Music Awards and International Blues Challenge were in the house.
Thanks to the band, Memphis Deep (Bob Kelsey, David Dunn and Leroy Clay) for backing me up and to the musicians who came to sit in (Barbara Blue, Chris “Bad News” Barnes, Mick Kolassa, Matt Lomeo and Stratcat Willie Hayes).
It was wonderful to reconnect with Amanda Gresham and the United By Music North America band for two showcases.
Next up in this extraordinary week of music and friendship, I took part in the Annual Pinetop Perkins Boogie at the Clarksdale, MS infamous Ground Zero Blues Club where I go to play as a sideman for two of my favorite blueswomen – EG Kight (the Georgia Songbird) and the intrepid powerhouse singer, Diuna Greenleaf.
The capstone event followed on Sunday morning at Clarksdale’s Bluesberry Café where I did a solo acoustic set that also included a couple of tunes with my old friend, Watermelon Slim who is always a hoot and a half. I left town smiling and feeling so uplifted by reconnecting with so many I have missed these past couple of years.
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