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By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>, Entertainment Editor, The Times<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Reverend Peyton\u2019s Big Damn Band<\/p><\/div>\n

If it\u2019s country blues and top-flight fingerpicking you\u2019re looking for, then look in Reverend Peyton\u2019s direction.<\/p>\n

Reverend Peyton has performed many times at the Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, 215-257-5808, www.st94.com<\/a><\/u>) and he\u2019s coming back again on November 16.<\/p>\n

The Reverend Peyton\u2019s Big Damn Band, a 2019 Blues Music Award nominee, is billed as \u201csimply the greatest country-blues band in the world.\u201d The trio, which includes the Reverend\u2019s wife \u201cWashboard\u201d Breezy Peyton and drummer Max Senteney, is led by the Reverend Peyton, who most consider to be the premier fingerpicker playing today.<\/p>\n

He is both a singularly compelling performer and a persuasive evangelist for the rootsy, country blues styles that captured his imagination early in life and inspired him and his band to make pilgrimages to Clarksdale, Mississippi to study under such blues masters as T-Model Ford, Robert Belfour, and David \u201cHoneyboy\u201d Edwards.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe challenge of making the blues is that it takes work,\u201d said Peyton, during a recent phone interview. \u201cIn terms of writing, the first thing you have to do is study \u2013 put in the time to see where this stuff comes from. Then, you have to write for yourself. It has to be personal.\u201d<\/p>\n

The band\u2019s latest record, \u201cDance Songs for Hard Times,\u201d was\u00a0produced by Vance Powell (Jack White, Chris Stapleton) and debuted at\u00a0#1 on the Billboard and iTunes Blues charts.<\/p>\n

There has been no shortage of praise.<\/p>\n

No Depression\u00a0stated that\u00a0\u201cPeyton emphasizes his burly, commanding voice and eloquent original material, populating\u00a0\u201cDance Songs for Hard Times\u201d\u00a0with catchy tracks that have the zing of classic pop music, only greasier.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rolling Stone\u00a0wrote,\u00a0\u201cTheir full-throttle version (of \u201cShake Your Money Maker\u201d) deftly blends elements of roadhouse blues with the back-porch vibes of the Big Damn Band: listen to the clicks and pops produced by washboard player Breezy Peyton.\u201d<\/p>\n

American Songwriter\u00a0said, \u201cLike a trusted friend at a party, it grabs you by the hand and steadily walks you in; chatting you up as you come up the walk but leaving no doubt as to exactly when you\u2019ve stepped through the front door. Brilliantly comfortable yet electrifying as all get out.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDance Songs For Hard Times\u201d was released on April 9, 2021, on the Family Owned label and distributed through Thirty Tigers. It reached No. 1 on\u00a0Billboard\u00a0magazine’s Blues Albums chart for the week of April 24, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u2018With COVID, we waited until it was O.K.,\u201d said Peyton. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t until this year that things got back to normal. Unfortunately, a lot of venues closed because of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, we\u2019re on the road again \u2013 playing as well as ever. We\u2019ve played a lot and we\u2019re really hot.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the last few months, we\u2019ve been hitting it really hard. We just spent six weeks in Europe \u2013 a lot of countries in western Europe. Normally, we play Europe one or two times a year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Peyton\u00a0has been travelling his musical path for a long time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been playing music since I was 12,\u201d said\u00a0Peyton. \u201cI played a lot of music and gave lessons. When I was 18, I was told by a doctor that I\u2019d never be able to play again because I had issues with tendons in my hands.\u201d<\/p>\n

Doctors told\u00a0Peyton\u00a0that he would never be able to hold his left hand in fretting position again. At that point, he gave up on music.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo years later, I found a doctor who would operate,\u201d said\u00a0Peyton. \u201cThey had to cut away a bunch of scar tissue — in both hands. It was a miracle. Then, I met Breezy and the rest is history.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not long after the surgery, he met Breezy and the couple\u2019s whirlwind romance and shared love of music inspired him to pursue his potential. Breezy took up the washboard, and by 2006 the members of the Rev.\u00a0Peyton\u2019s Big Damn Band had sold their possessions and taken to the road.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe timing was perfect,\u201d said\u00a0Peyton. \u201cI was in a pretty dark place because I had played guitar since I was a kid. It\u2019s who I was. When I met Breezy, my hands were still in bandages. Two weeks later, I was playing guitar again. Breezy believed in the music.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy hand is doing good now. I had this cyst that grew really big \u2013 ganglion cysts — Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is a group of inherited disorders that affect your connective tissues \u2014 primarily your skin, joints and blood vessel walls. Connective tissue is a complex mixture of proteins and other substances that provide strength and elasticity to the underlying structures in your body.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to grind on the tendons,\u201d said Peyton. \u201cI can make them go away. I can open my hands wider than ever I\u2019ve been really good. I\u2019ve been healthy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Peyton is now playing his guitar better than ever.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like to create new music that is timeless,\u201d said Peyton. \u201cI like to write songs that are new but sound like they\u2019re old. Blues should be timeless \u2013 and stand the test of time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI first started listening to anything — classic rock then blues guys like Johnny Winter. I wanted to know who they listened to and through that I discovered guys like Muddy Waters.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I first heard finger-style country blues, it blew my mind. I became obsessed. I went all the way back to Charlie Patton. I realized that this was the roots of it. Charlie\u2019s stuff is so fun — so great to listen to. Country blues is the root of it. Muddy Water and Howlin\u2019 Wolf wanted to be Charlie Patton. Rural blues lends itself to storytelling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Peyton\u00a0not only listened to rural blues; he lived the life of an old rural bluesman.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been doing this for a lot of years,\u201d said\u00a0Peyton. \u201cThe first few years, we were homeless and lived in a van. We never had a rich benefactor — never had a record label. Everything we ever did was because people saw it and realized it matters. I\u2019m really proud of what we\u2019ve done.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s still possible to make blues music that is fresh. I want to make new music and keep this stuff going. With blues, you have to be yourself. I wanted to take country blues to a new level, and I think that\u2019s what we\u2019ve been able to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think there\u2019s something to be said for making albums. I think making albums is cool. I believe in doing it for the sake of music and art. I don\u2019t mind fighting back.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is something about seeing a good musician and playing it live. It has to be experienced. The algorithm is king. It\u2019s a strange world we\u2019re living in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for The Reverend Peyton\u2019s Big Damn Band — https:\/\/youtu.be\/Tw1g_2NPjoI<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at the Sellersville Theater on November 16 will start at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Tickets are $22.50.<\/p>\n

Other upcoming shows at the Sellersville Theater are Liz Longley on November 17, Joe Conklin on November 18 and comedian Bob Marley on November 19.<\/p>\n

In the world of rock music, internationally famous supergroups have been around ever since the late 1960s with bands such as Cream and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. The tradition has continued through the present time and, as usual, most of these groups exist for just a short period of time.<\/p>\n

Almost a full decade prior to the \u201cBritish Invasion\u201d featuring acts such as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and the Who, another supergroup existed. This group was like a supernova with a very brief but very brilliant duration.<\/p>\n

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Million Dollar Quartet<\/p><\/div>\n

On Tuesday December 4, 1956 in the Sun Record Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, there was an impromptu jam session that featured four of the major artists from rockabilly and the early days of rock and roll — Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, the session was recorded when engineer Cowboy Jack Clement realized that something very special was happening.<\/p>\n

That historic day has been celebrated with a hit musical appropriately called \u201cMillion Dollar Quartet.\u201d<\/p>\n

The original Tony Award-winning musical brought to life a legendary session that occurred on in early December 1956 when Sam Phillips, the \u201cFather of Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll,\u201d who was responsible for launching the careers of each icon, brought the four musicians together at the Sun Records studio for the first and only time.<\/p>\n

The Broadway play was nominated for three\u00a0Tony Awards\u00a0in 2010:\u00a0Best Musical,\u00a0Best Book of a Musical\u00a0for Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux, and\u00a0Best Featured Actor in a Musical\u00a0for\u00a0Levi Kreis.<\/p>\n

A few years ago, a special version of \u201cMillion Dollar Quartet\u201d was created \u2013 a holiday show titled \u201cMillion Dollar Quartet Christmas.\u201d<\/p>\n

From November 17-19, the\u00a0Playhouse\u00a0on Rodney Square (1007 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware, www.thegrandwilmington.org<\/a>) is presenting a three-day, four-show run of \u201cMillion Dollar Quartet Christmas.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Playhouse will feature these musical greats \u2013 bringing them together to celebrate the most wonderful time of the year. Sun Records is decked out in Christmas splendor with a Christmas tree, garland, and mistletoe. It rings with the sounds of the season and the chart toppers that made these four famous.<\/p>\n

This jukebox musical, written by Colin Escott, boasts a seasonal score of songs including \u201cBlue Christmas,\u201d \u201cGo Tell it on the Mountain,\u201d \u201cRockin\u2019 around the Christmas Tree,\u201d \u201cSilent Night,\u201d \u201cJingle Bell Rock\u201d and \u201cI\u2019ll Be Home for Christmas.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMillion Dollar Quartet Christmas\u201d lets the audience spend another magical night with incredible musical personalities that will create unforgettable new holiday memories. The gang is up to their usual antics in a joyful evening filled with nostalgic holiday hits, including \u201cRun Run Rudolph,\u201d \u201cSanta Claus Is Coming to Town,\u201d and \u201cMele Kalikimaka.\u201d<\/p>\n

The cast in Wilmington features Garrett Forrestal as Jerry Lee Lewis, Kurt Jenkins as Carl Perkins, Peter Kendall as Sam Phillips, Kathleen Macari as Dyanne, Bill Scott Sheets as Johnny Cash, Alex Swindle as Elvis, and Michael Potter as Elvis\/Perkins\/Cash understudy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just finished an all-day rehearsal here at the Playhouse,\u201d said Michael Potter, during a phone interview Wednesday evening from the theater. \u201cFriday will be the opening night for the tour and then we finish on December 23 in Spokane, Washington. After that, I\u2019ll fly back home to Saratoga Springs, Utah.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been doing \u2018Million Dollar Quartet\u2019 productions, but this is my first \u2018Million Dollar Quartet Christmas\u2019 show.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis show starts where the original left off when the original picture was taken. That picture comes down at the end of the original and our picture is up there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Obviously, the show focuses on holiday standards \u2013 but not exclusively.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are a few non-holiday songs,\u201d said Potter, who has played in several other productions of \u201cMDQ\u201d as both Cash and Elvis and has been in love with early rock and roll and classic country since his youth.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do \u2018Don’t Be Cruel,\u2019 which is an Elvis song, \u2018Cotton Top,\u2019 which was a Carl Perkins song and \u2018Ring of Fire,\u2019 which wasn\u2019t in the original \u2018Million Dollar Quartet\u2019 production. People always want to hear that song, so we\u2019re excited to be playing it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also play \u2018Chantilly Lace\u2019 and a \u2018Billboard Medley\u2019 with \u2018Que Sera Sera,\u2019 \u2018Let the Good Times Roll,\u2019 \u2018Hot Diggity\u2019 and \u2018Tutti Fruitti.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cWe play Elvis\u2019 \u2018Santa Claus Is Coming to Town,\u2019 which is set to the melody of \u2018Looking for Trouble, \u2018God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,\u2019 \u2018Jingle Bells\u2019 \u2018Mele Kalikimaka\u2019 and \u2018Run Run Rudolph.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Potter has performed a lot of Johnny Cash tributes. He also had the role of Cash in Norwegian Cruise Line\u2019s \u201cMillion Dollar Quartet\u201d aboard the Norwegian Getaway for a few seasons in a row, also playing Elvis in that show.
\n\u201cI just finished performing at Drury Lane Theater in Chicago where I played Johnny Cash in their production of \u2018Ring of Fire.\u2019,\u201d said Potter. \u201cI flew here just in time to get started with this show.<\/p>\n

\u2018One of the highlights of this show is \u2018Run Run Rudolph\u2019 done Chuck Berry style. It\u2019s probably the ultimate rockabilly Christmas song ever. We play it last, so the show closes with a bang.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a geographical side note, the play is being presented in Wilmington \u2013 not far from where Perkins was involved in a serious auto accident more than six decades ago.<\/p>\n

After playing a show in\u00a0Norfolk, Virginia, on March 21, 1956, the Perkins Brothers Band headed to\u00a0New York City\u00a0for a March 24 appearance on\u00a0NBC-TV’s\u00a0Perry Como Show. Shortly before sunrise on March 22, on Route 13 between\u00a0Dover\u00a0and\u00a0Woodside, Delaware, their vehicle hit the back of a pickup truck and went into a ditch containing about 12 inches of water.<\/p>\n

Perkins was pulled unconscious from the water. He sustained three fractured vertebrae in his neck, a severe concussion, a broken collar bone, and lacerations all over his body. Perkins remained unconscious for an entire day. The driver of the pickup truck, Thomas Phillips, a 40-year-old farmer, died when he was thrown into the steering wheel.<\/p>\n

In another Delaware connection, Wilmington-based George Thorogood and the Destroyers\u00a0covered Perkins\u2019 song \u201cDixie Fried” on their 1985 album,\u00a0\u201cMaverick.\u201d<\/p>\n

Co-incidentally, two days after the Wilmington Delaware run, the play will make a one-night stand in Wilmington, North Carolina.<\/p>\n

Video link for \u201cMillion Dollar Quartet Christmas\u201d \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/5AfNXj97BAA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at The Playhouse will be performed on November 17 at 8 p.m., November 18 at 2 and 8 p.m. and November 19 at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n

Ticket prices start at $50.<\/p>\n

The Grand Wilmington presents shows at several different venues in the heart of Wilmington \u2013 the Playhouse at Rodney Square, Copeland Hall, The Grand Opera House and the Baby Grand.<\/p>\n

On November 18, Graham Nash will perform at Copeland Hall and Musicians Giving Back: A Tribute to the Legends of Motown will play the Baby Grand.<\/p>\n

On November 17, Bees Deluxe will be making a return appearance at Jamey\u2019s House of Music (32 South Lansdowne Avenue, Lansdowne, 215-477-9985, www.jameyshouseofmusic.com<\/a><\/i><\/b>) \u2013 and making everybody happy\u2026the band\u2019s fans, Jamey and the band itself.<\/p>\n

Fronted by British guitar monster, Conrad Warre, with Carol Band on keyboards, harmonica and vocals. Bees Deluxe is grounded by Jim Gildea on bass and vocals and Paul Giovine on drums.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve played Jamey\u2019s before,\u201d said Warre. \u201cIt\u2019s like dying and going to heaven.<\/p>\n

Band added, \u201cThe people are there for the music.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bees Deluxe is an anything-but-basic blues band. Hell-bent on a mission to drag the electric-analog blues of 60\u2019s Chicago, the Blue Note catalog and the funk of New Orleans into the 21st century, the band has created a genre-bending sound it describes as \u201cacid blues.\u201d
\nBees Deluxe has won audiences from Maine to the Mississippi with their arresting and highly danceable originals and their innovative interpretation of less-traveled tunes by artists like Etta James, Joe Zawinul, J.B. Lenoir, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Albert Collins and the three Kings.<\/p>\n

The musicians each bring their own experience to the mix. Band was recruited from jazz bands that were playing the Boston circuit, notably Ryles Jazz Club in Cambridge. Giovine was discovered by the band playing rock and roll in a slew of punk rock clubs in New England and Gildea was drafted by drummer Giovine after sharing the stage with him at several country-bro festivals. Warre was in a high-school band in London with Paul Kossoff of the band Free.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m from London \u2013 from Notting Hill Gate, where the riots were,\u201d said Warre. \u201cI wrote Two-Tone music and toured with The English Beat and Joe Jackson. I moved to New York and played a lot at CBGB\u2019s.<\/p>\n

\u201cI found Carol playing jazz at Ryles Jazz Club in Boston. I got Paul in the band because he knew who Bernard Purdie was. Jim was a friend of his and they played country blues together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bees Deluxe has played with Ronnie Earl, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Matt Schofield, Roomful of Blues, Walter Trout and David Maxwell. The four-piece band celebrates the music of B.B. King, Robert Cray, Albert King, Tinsley Ellis, Freddie King and others.<\/p>\n

So, the band\u2019s background includes blues, rock, English ska, punk rock, jazz and country rock. Its current sound is all of that \u2013 and none of that.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur sound is more modern \u2013 more progressive \u2013 more edge,\u201d said Band.<\/p>\n

Warre, who is a British football fan and supporter of the Arsenal Gunners, said, \u201cThe communality is acid rock and blues. So many bands play the same songs the same way every night. When we play, we stretch it out and change it always. Arrangements are made up on the fly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bees Deluxe push the limits of the blues, color outside the lines of convention, and do it with impeccable musicality, originality, and a touch of insanity.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis kind of music appeals to fans of all ages \u2013 if they get to hear it,\u201d said Warre. \u201cWe\u2019re at our best when people are dancing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOr if they\u2019re hooting and hollering,\u201d added Ware. \u201cWe adjust our music to the audience. If it\u2019s not a dance crowd, we can stretch it out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hooting, hollering, stretching it out, dancing, jamming \u2013 expect a little bit of everything from the crowd at Jamey\u2019s on Friday night.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Bees Deluxe \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/vcl0t_Ux26g<\/a><\/i><\/b>.<\/p>\n

The show on November 17 will start at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door.<\/p>\n

On November 18, Jamey\u2019s will host the Gabe Stillman\u00a0Band.<\/p>\n

Stillman, an accomplished blues guitarist from Williamsport, seems to have found a home-away-from home in Delaware County.\u00a0This will be his fifth concert at Jamey\u2019s in the last year-and-a-half.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve stayed busy all through the last year-and-a-half,\u201d said Stillman, during a phone call from his home in the birthplace of Little League Baseball.<\/p>\n

Stillman\u00a0was busiest during a two-week period in April 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cI went to Austin in April and recorded my first album,\u201d said Stillman. \u201cIt was produced by Anton Funderbergh at Wire Recording.\u201d<\/p>\n

Funderbergh is top-flight guitarist\u00a0and\u00a0the bandleader\u00a0of\u00a0Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets\u00a0since 1978. Their style incorporates both\u00a0Chicago blues\u00a0and\u00a0Texas blues. He is also one of the most respected producers in Texas\u2019 capitol city.<\/p>\n

\u201cI met Anton at the International Blues Challenge a couple years ago,\u201d said Stillman. \u201cI\u2019ve been a fan of his since I was a teenager. He\u2019s in my top 10 list of blues players. And I loved his production work with other people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stillman\u2019s album, \u201cJust Say the Word,\u201d was released in August by the Vizztone Label Group.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a 15-song album \u2013 13 originals and two covers,\u201d said Stillman. \u201cThe covers were Bill Withers\u2019 \u2018Friend of Mine\u2019 and Bobby Blue Bland\u2019s \u2018I\u2019ll Take Care of You.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the album came out in August, it debuted at Number 10 on the Billboard Magazine Blues chart. It was also named one of the top blues albums of 2021 by Roots Music Report.<\/p>\n

\u201cI brought my rhythm section Bassist Colin Beatty and drummer Ray Hangen \u2013 down to Austin. In the studio, we used Taylor Streiff, a piano player from St. Louis, Austin\u2019s Texas Horns and had Sue Foley and Anton playing guitar on one track.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was a big step forward for Stillman, who\u00a0has been studying guitar for almost a decade-and-a-half.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started taking guitar lessons when I was 11,\u201d said Stillman. \u201cI\u2019m 25 now so I\u2019ve been playing for 14 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I started out, I wanted to play heavy rock and heavy metal. Listening to guitarists in those genres, I realized that their playing was very fast and technically complicated. A teacher told me to learn rock by getting into the blues.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, I started listening to a lot of blues guitarists like B.B. King, Freddie King, Albert King, Buddy Guy and Elmore James. I was also listening to guitarists such as Duane Allman and Derek Trucks. I realized \u2013 hey, I can do this. I got hooked on blues and R&B \u2013 and jazz. When I was 13 or 14, I started to perform live.\u201d<\/p>\n

A key stage in Stillman\u2019s development came at the Uptown Music Collective in Williamsport.<\/p>\n

For 20 years, the Uptown Music Collective has been providing exceptional modern music education grounded in traditional educational principles. Its programs engage students through an emphasis on modern genres including rock, pop, soul, blues, country, R&B, and funk.<\/p>\n

\u201cI studied at the Uptown Music Collective when I was younger,\u201d said Stillman. \u201cI also taught there after I got out of college.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stillman\u00a0spent his college years in Boston where he got a degree in \u201cProfessional Music\u201d with an emphasis on guitar performance and songwriting.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started my band in 2015 after graduating from Berklee,\u201d said Stillman, whose honors include making it to \u201cFinal Eight\u201d of the 35th Annual International Blues Challenge in Memphis Tennessee.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy band has been primarily a trio but at the Blues Challenge, I made it to the finals with the addition of a harmonica player in the group.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy bass player Colin Beatty, who is also from Williamsport, has been with me the whole time. We\u2019ve had different drummers come in and out. Right now, our drummer is Ray Hangen from Buffalo, New York.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the trio, we play mostly blues and American rock. There also is a little mix of R&B in there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Gabe Stillman\u00a0\u2014 https:\/\/youtu.be\/QGIJgb51Kw8<\/a><\/i><\/b>.<\/p>\n

The show on November 18 will start at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door.<\/p>\n

Jamey\u2019s features a popular \u201cJazz at Jamey\u2019s\u201d on Thursday featuring many of the best singers in the region performing a set from 7-8 p.m. with the backing of the Dave Reiter Trio and occasional guest musicians.<\/p>\n

This week\u2019s guest singer is Starlene Bey.<\/p>\n

Bey\u2019s musical roots began in South Philadelphia where she was singing before the age of five. Her first big performance was her kindergarten\u2019s graduation ceremony. She sang her very first solo, \u201cMe & My Teddy Bear,\u201d and that was the beginning. Most of her influence came from her musical family, the smooth velvety tenor voice of her uncle Salome Bey, her Father Melvin\u2019s deep baritone sound and the countertenor voice of her Godfather Sam.<\/p>\n

Together they sang amazing harmony and recorded albums as The Brotherhood. Bey followed her dad\u2019s suggestion to join a Gospel church and sing alto in the choir. She became a choir member and lead singer, which ignited her love of God. That musical shift was life changing. That was when she discovered her unique vocal power.<\/p>\n

Bey was educated musically in high school where she joined the school orchestra. She learned to play and read music and earned First Chair Honors by mastering the viola. Bey honed her vocal skills as a member of elite vocal groups, gospel choirs, music competitions and live band jam sessions.<\/p>\n

When she was still a teen, Bey recorded with jazz artists Alfi Pollit, Byard Lancaster and Stacey Harcum at Morning Star Studios. Her current recordings are with Emmy Award Winner Bill Jolly\u2019s Studio and Sera Phi Studios in Philly, New York\u2019s Jam Box Studio. They have been mastered by Grammy Award Winner Glenn Barratt\u2019s Morning Star Studios in Norristown. Impressively, Bey\u2019s music has been produced by the legendary Norman Connors. Connors has discovered and produced many great singers including Jean Carne, Michael Henderson, Phyllis Hyman and Glenn Jones.<\/p>\n

Lauren\u00a0Calve, who is performing at Elkton Music Hall (107 North Street, Elkton, Md., www.elktonmusichall.com<\/a>), has just released her debut album, \u201cShift.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShift\u201d is more than a title; it is an aural assessment of where\u00a0Calve\u00a0was when putting the songs together for the LP.<\/p>\n

\u201cI taught myself to play guitar when I was 15 or 16,\u201d said\u00a0Calve, during a phone interview from her home in Maryland. I played covers and went to open mics until about 10 years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce I started writing my own music, that\u2019s when things started to click. I was really into roots music. The new album, which is my first full length, is a little bit of a shift. While it still has some of a roots influence, it has a sound that is a little more generic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Calve\u00a0released her debut EP, \u201cBetween the Creek and the Tracks\u201d in 2014. She released a pair of singles in 2018 \u2013 \u201cBe My Home\u201d and \u201cSunny Day\u201d \u2013 and followed with the \u201cLight Dark\u201d EP later that year. Next was the \u201cWildfire\u201d EP in 2020.<\/p>\n

This year,\u00a0Calve\u00a0put out three more singles \u2013 \u201cShift,\u201d \u201cEverything at the Same Time\u201d and \u201cAlchemy\u201d \u2013 prior to the recent release of the \u201cShift\u201d album.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy early music was definitely acoustic blues \u2013 Delta Blues \u2013 slide guitar, resonator, lap steel,\u201d said\u00a0Calve. \u201cI was listening to blues greats like Son House, Elmore James, Robert Johnson and Lightning Hopkins.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started listening to a lot of folk recordings \u2013 Lomax recording and Smithsonian Folkways albums. I also loved Chicago blues. I definitely listened to it all.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was first writing, I was surprised to hear these blues influenced come through in my writing and vocals. Blues is a through line for everything. Some of that made it onto \u2018Shift.\u2019 I wanted to take my recording experience to the next level.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShift\u201d was recorded in Nashville at 3Sirens Music Group with producer, engineer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Dex Green (Margo Price, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Allison Russell).\u00a0Green brought heavy hitters into the studio: Fred Eltringham on drums (ACM Drummer of the Year, Drumeo Country Drummer of the Year, Sheryl Crow, Willie Nelson), Audley Freed on guitar (Sheryl Crow, The Black Crowes), Robert Kearns on bass (Sheryl Crow, Lynyrd Skynyrd), Marlon Patton on drums (Larkin Poe, Lera Lynn), Jared Reynolds on bass (Ben Folds) and Joe Costa on the board (Ben Folds).<\/p>\n

\u201cHe took songs that had never been road tested, songs that went directly from my living room to the studio, and effortlessly brought them to life,\u201d said\u00a0Calve.\u00a0\u201cNashville is home to some of the best musicians in the world.<\/p>\n

I felt like I got to work with the best of the best.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t just their technical ability; they approached every song with true artistry and infectious enthusiasm. As a developing artist and singer\/songwriter, you have to hire all these players.<\/p>\n

\u201cI went down to Nashville four times in 2020 and 2021. Each time, I came down with a new batch of songs. It gave me more time to write songs \u2013 thought-provoking songs that were more reflective of what I was going through.\u201d<\/p>\n

The shift was more than musical.<\/p>\n

During the 14-month writing and recording process,\u00a0Calve\u00a0was thriving on pushing herself outside of her comfort zone. In turn, Shift<\/a>\u00a0was the catalyst for major paradigm shifts in her life.\u00a0 Several months after wrapping up the album she ended an engagement and six-year relationship. And she finally stopped drinking after years of failed attempts, and the writing process forced her to examine the ways she had limited herself.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a shift in songs and a shift in personality,\u201d said\u00a0Calve. \u201cI was going through some serious personal changes. All the songs had this yearning for change. I wanted to make an album not a collection of songs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Lauren\u00a0Calve\u00a0— https:\/\/youtu.be\/uJegCHsActQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lauren\u00a0Calve\u2019s show at the Elkton Music Hall, which has Rhett Miller as the headliner, will start at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Tickets are $12 and $15.<\/p>\n

Other upcoming shows at the Elkton Music Hall are Elkton (107 North Street, Elkton, Md., www.elktonmusichall.com<\/a>) are Rachel Baiman with special guest Caleb Stine<\/a><\/i> on November 18 and Olivia Reynolds on November 22.<\/p>\n

This weekend\u2019s Reading Blues Fest (www.readingbluesfest.com<\/a>), which runs from November 17-19, will have a lot of top-flight blues musicians including Ruthie Foster and Jimmy Vivino.<\/p>\n

Another top caliber headliner will be Lil\u2019 Ed & The Blues Imperials on November 18 at DoubleTree by Hilton – Grand Ballroom (701 Penn Street, Reading).<\/p>\n

Electrifying Chicago blues masters\u00a0Lil\u2019 Ed & The Blues Imperials\u00a0— recently named by the\u00a0Chicago Reader\u00a0as the city\u2019s 2022 Blues Band Of the Year \u2013 will give six live performances at South Jazz Club (600 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, www.southjazzkitchen.com<\/a>) from July 14-16.<\/p>\n

Lil\u2019 Ed & The Blues\u00a0Imperials, beloved around the world as reigning champs of the raucous, slide-stoked Chicago sound, have spent more than 30 years cranking out high-octane blues on a series of critically acclaimed albums and in thousands of club, theatre and festival performances around the globe.<\/p>\n

With sales of more than 120,000 units under its belt, this legendary band is captured at the top of its game on its latest album \u2013 \u201cThe Big Sound of\u00a0Lil\u2019 Ed & The Blues\u00a0Imperials.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lil\u2019 Ed is Ed Williams, Chicago-born blues guitarist, singer and songwriter who has risen to fame on the strength of his standout slide guitar work.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wasn\u2019t working as much as I usually do because of the pandemic,\u201d said Williams, during a phone interview from his home in Hawthorn Woods, which is located approximately 40 miles northwest of downtown Chicago.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did some acoustic shows and some screenings \u2013 low key shows. I actually played a lot and did a lot of screenings, but it wasn\u2019t the same as a real live concert. In an ordinary year, we\u2019d play around 200 shows a year.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Big Sound of\u00a0Lil\u2019 Ed & The Blues\u00a0Imperials\u201d\u00a0is bursting with\u00a0Lil\u2019 Ed\u2019s rollicking slide-work and raw-boned vocals on a joyous blend of burning boogies, romping shuffles and heart-stopping slow blues. The ever-ready Blues\u00a0Imperials\u00a0continue to be his perfect sidekicks \u2014 laying down greasy, percolating grooves with reckless precision.<\/p>\n

Lil\u2019 Ed \u2018s backing band \u2014 The Blues\u00a0Imperials\u00a0\u2014 are bassist James \u201cPookie\u201d Young, guitarist Mike Garrett and drummer Kelly Littleton.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always used a four-piece band \u2014 two guitars, bass and drums,\u201d said Williams, during a recent phone interview. \u201cKelly, Mike and Pookie are my guys. This is a really tight band. These guys have been with me for about 30 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Williams and his half-brother Pookie Young, received childhood encouragement and tutelage from their uncle, blues guitarist, songwriter and recording artist J. B. Hutto.<\/p>\n

\u201cJ.B. would come and play for my family,\u201d said Williams. \u201cSlide guitar was the instrument for me because it shimmied. J.B. would play his slide and the 40-watt light bulbs in our house would dim.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started playing guitar when I was 11 or 12. J.B. would always play songs by Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed and Elmore James. The Muddy Waters songs always had a lot of slide guitar. That\u2019s what I really liked a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been 30 years since\u00a0Lil\u2019 Ed & The Blues\u00a0Imperials\u00a0released their debut album \u201cRoughhousin\u2019\u201d on\u00a0Alligator\u00a0Records.\u00a0All of Li\u2019l Ed\u2019s records over the last three decades have been on Alligator Records, a Chicago-based label specializing in blues music.<\/p>\n

\u201cBack around 1985, I was playing a North Side club here in Chicago and Bruce (Iglauer — producer and owner of Alligator Records) heard me play,\u201d said Williams. \u201cHe invited me to play a couple tracks on a compilation album called \u2018The New Bluebloods.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI went to their studio and did 15 songs. Then, we kept going. We cut 32 songs in a couple hours. That was where all the songs from \u2018Roughhousin\u2019 came from.<\/p>\n

\u201cI signed with Alligator Records then. Bruce and I shook hands and we\u2019re still together 30 years later.\u201d<\/p>\n

Williams has started working on his next album for Alligator, but no release date has been set.<\/p>\n

\u201cI kind of write as I go because I write about things that I see or little things people say,\u201d said Williams. \u201cA good example is my song \u2018Icicles in My Meatloaf.\u2019 My wife had made meatloaf \u2014 some of it was for dinner and she froze the rest for later.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen she defrosted it and served it, it wasn\u2019t heated up all the way. My mother-in-law started to eat it, came across a part that was still frozen and said \u2014 there\u2019s an icicle in my meatloaf.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou get that kind of vibe going. I look around me. I try to focus on what\u2019s going on around me in the world \u2014 all the things that happen in everyday living in all our lives. That\u2019s why people relate to my songs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a little studio in my house. I\u2019m always sitting down plucking on my guitar. I get a groove going and then decide if it\u2019s a heavy song or as happy song.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2013, the band was awarded the Living Blues Critics\u2019 and Readers\u2019 Awards for Best Live Performer. The band won this same distinction in the 2012 and 2011 Living Blues Critics\u2019 Poll. The group won the coveted 2009 Blues Music Award for Band Of The Year, the same honor they received in 2007.<\/p>\n

In his live shows, Williams presents fans with an overview of his career \u2014 and a heavy dose of the blues.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got so many songs that I can play,\u201d said Williams. \u201cEvery show, I try to mix up the material \u2014 old songs from 25 years ago along with newer songs. I also throw in some covers \u2014 Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Elmore James \u2014 all the good ones.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m always working on songs \u2013 trying to find new material.<\/p>\n

Williams comes to the blues naturally. He was born in Chicago on April 8, 1955 in the heart of Chicago\u2019s tough West Side and grew up surrounded by music. His uncle J.B. Hutto, taught him how\u00a0to feel, not just play the blues.<\/p>\n

Willliams and Young spent their teen years making music together, and in 1975 formed the first incarnation of The Blues\u00a0Imperials.<\/p>\n

They played their first gig at a West Side club called Big Duke\u2019s Blue Flame, splitting the $6 take four ways. Over the next few years, the group played every club in the neighborhood but still needed day jobs to pay the bills. Williams worked ten hours a day as a buffer at the Red Carpet Car Wash while Young drove a school bus.<\/p>\n

Through relentless touring, the group became tighter with each performance. The band\u2019s spontaneous live show became legendary among blues fans worldwide.<\/p>\n

Lil\u2019 Ed & The Blues\u00a0Imperials\u00a0have played the Chicago Blues Festival, The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Portland\u2019s Waterfront Blues Festival, The Tampa Bay Blues Festival, The San Diego Blues Festival, The Pennsylvania Blues Festival and dozens of other festivals around the country.<\/p>\n

They also have performed at festivals in Canada, Great Britain, France, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Japan, Australia, India, Turkey and Panama.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a fun bluesman,\u201d said Williams. \u201cA lot of blues songs are sad. Me \u2013 I\u2019m a happy blues player.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for\u00a0Lil\u2019 Ed & The Blues\u00a0Imperials\u00a0— https:\/\/youtu.be\/B2A6p9OA-EY<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at the Reading Blues Fest on November 18 will start at 1 p.m.<\/p>\n

Chapel Hill, North Carolina has a lot to like \u2013 a great university (University of North Carolina), one of the best coffee roasters in country (Counter Culture Coffee), exciting collegiate basketball rivalries (UNC, Duke, N.C. State) and an innovative band that combines a traditional\u00a0string band\u00a0format with a variety of modern influences (Mipso).<\/p>\n

Mipso, which is headlining a show at Johnny Brenda\u2019s (1201 North Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, www.johnnybrendas.com<\/a>) on November 19, features Wood Robinson (Bass, Vocals), Jacob Sharp (Mandolin, Vocals), Joseph Terrell (Guitar, Vocals) and Libby Rodenbough (Fiddle, Vocals).<\/p>\n

Mipso formed in 2012 as an excuse to play music between classes in Chapel Hill. Terrell came from a family of banjo-playing uncles and a guitarist grandma, and he\u2019d gotten curious again about the string band music he\u2019d heard as a kid. Sharp was raised on equal parts Doc Watson and Avett Brothers in the mountains of North Carolina, and he was hunting for a chance to sing some harmonies.<\/p>\n

Robinson added a Charlie Haden-esque interest in bridging jazz and grass sensibilities on the double bass, and Rodenbough soon joined on fiddle, unsatisfied by her classical violin training and attracted to Americana.When\u00a0Mipso\u00a0started out a decade ago, it was viewed as a rising young string band from North Carolina.<\/p>\n

Mipso\u00a0played a lot in the Research Triangle area, built up a strong fan base and eventually began to spread out to new areas. The band released its debut album \u201cDark Holler Pop\u201d in 2013.<\/p>\n

\u201cRemarkably, it\u2019s the same four of us,\u201d said Sharp, during a phone interview Wednesday afternoon. \u201cWe started at 19 and we\u2019re still doing it 10 years later. When we started, we were in college at UNC and were just playing for fun.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re all from North Carolina and met in college. Actually, Joseph and I met in hih school when we were touring the UNC campus. We started talking, ditched the tour and started playing music together. I graduated in 2013 with degrees in geography and international studies.\u201d<\/p>\n

When\u00a0Mipso\u00a0started, all four members were students at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. The three guys graduated in 2013 and Rodenbough collected her diploma in 2014.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaking music is our living,\u201d said Sharp. \u201cThe music industry wants acts to stay the same. That\u2019s not us. We\u2019ve always been willing to change.\u201d<\/p>\n

Their first album, \u201cDark Holler Pop,\u201d produced by Andrew Marlin (Watchhouse), included Terrell-penned fan favorites \u201cLouise\u201d and \u201cCouple Acres Greener\u201d and turned Mipso into a full-blown touring band. Although it hung out on the Billboard Bluegrass Top 10, its sonic mission statement was in the name. \u201cDark Holler Pop\u201d was groovier and catchier than its string band contemporaries.<\/p>\n

2015\u2019s \u201cOld Time Reverie\u201d earned them an invitation to perform in the Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving Day Parade where they rolled down Fifth Avenue on a 12-foot bucket of fried chicken. They got to have breakfast on the green room bus with Pat Benatar and Questlove, but in hindsight the whole experience was a little beside the point. They doubled down on touring, playing upwards of 175 shows a year, honing a telepathic, sibling-esque connection onstage.<\/p>\n

2017\u2019s \u201cComing Down The Mountain,\u201d produced by Brad Cook (Bon Iver, Waxahatchee) added drums, bass, and pedal steel and put the band on bigger stages with an expanded Americana sound, including the Rodenbough-fronted title track, another streaming hit and live staple.<\/p>\n

Post-pandemic Mipso is starting fresh again with a new album just released in August on 1RPM.<\/p>\n

The band is currently coming down the home stretch of their extensive North American tour in support of its powerfully poignant sixth studio album, \u201cBook of Fools.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe recorded the album in Eau Claire, Wisconsin because that\u2019s where our producer Shane Leonard is,\u201d said Sharp. \u201cWe also did some recording in California \u2013 Tiny Telephone Oakland \u2013 because we wanted to record to tape.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a lot of time to make it. We pulled ourselves off the road and had writing sessions. It was 15 months in the making. We wrote 40 songs, recorded 14 and used 10 for the album.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are some definite changes on the new album. It\u2019s different in sonic tone \u2013 more electric, more synthesizer. We\u2019re still a string band \u2013 but with more energy.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the live show, we\u2019re playing songs from all six albums \u2013 equal representation. Our show is more geared up tempo-wise \u2013 like Americana-influenced rock.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Mipso \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/dks1OPAlUJU<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at Johnny Brenda\u2019s on November 19 will start at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Tickets are $20.<\/p>\n

Other upcoming shows at Johnny Brenda\u2019s are Pansy Division on November 16, Bit Brigade on November 17, and Squawk Brothers on November 21.<\/p>\n

Many questions that were left unanswered in \u201cThe Wizard of Oz\u201d were answered at a later date — questions such as what the witches of Oz were doing before they encountered Dorothy and how they got to be the way they were.<\/p>\n

They were answered in \u201cWicked,\u201d the hit musical based on the best-selling novel by Gregory Maguire. \u201cWicked,\u201d the fourth-longest running Broadway production,\u201d is a winner of 15 major awards — including a Grammy Award and three Tony Awards. The show features the music and lyrics of Stephen Schwartz.<\/p>\n

The musical, which has already had several sold-out runs in Philadelphia dating back to the early 2000s, is back for another hot-selling visit. \u201cWicked\u201d is running now through November 26 at the Academy of Music (Broad and Locust streets, Philadelphia, www.kimmelculturalcampus.org<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

\u201cWicked\u201d\u00a0is the winner of over 100 international awards, including Grammy\u00ae\u00a0and Tony Awards\u00ae. Since opening in 2003,\u00a0\u201cWicked\u201d\u00a0has been performed in over 100 cities in 16 countries around the world (U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Japan,\u00a0Germany, Holland, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, The Philippines, Mexico, Brazil, Switzerland, and China) and has thus far been translated into six languages: Japanese, German, Dutch, Spanish, Korean, and Portuguese.\u00a0\u201cWicked\u201d\u00a0has been seen by over\u00a060 million people\u00a0worldwide and has amassed over\u00a0$5 billion\u00a0in global sales.<\/p>\n

The production is directed by Tony Award\u00ae\u00a0winner Joe Mantello with musical staging by Tony Award\u00ae\u00a0winner Wayne Cilento.\u00a0Wicked\u00a0is produced by Marc Platt, Universal Stage Productions, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt, and David Stone.<\/p>\n

The ultra-popular show depicts what the witches of Oz were doing before they encountered Dorothy and how they got to be the way they were.<\/p>\n

\u201cWicked\u201d, which carries the subtitle \u201cthe untold story of the witches of Oz\u201d, tells the story of two girls who meet in the Land of Oz. The one born with emerald green skin is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular.<\/p>\n

The show tells the tale of how these two unlikely friends end up as Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, and Glinda, the Good Witch. Their initial rivalry turns into the unlikeliest of friendships\u2026until the world decides to call one \u201cgood,\u201d and the other one \u201cwicked.\u201d<\/p>\n

Madame Morrible is the headmistress of Shiz University\u2019s Crage Hall, which Elphaba and Glinda attend. Elphaba and her friends suspect Morrible to be responsible for the murder of Doctor Dillamond.<\/p>\n

At one point, Madame Morrible proposes that Elphaba, Galinda, and Nessarose become future behind-the-scenes rulers in Oz, a proposal that they never willingly accept.<\/p>\n

Elphaba suspects that Madame Morrible has at least some magical powers and may have indeed controlled the fates of the three women. It remains unknown whether Elphaba murdered her or if she died of natural causes minutes before Elphaba\u2019s attempt.<\/p>\n

The cast features Celia Hottenstein as Glenda, Olivia Valli as Elphaba and Kathy Fitzgerald as Madame Morrible.<\/p>\n

With a thrilling score that includes the hits \u201cDefying Gravity,\u201d \u201cPopular\u201d and \u201cFor Good,\u201d\u00a0\u201cWicked\u201d\u00a0has been hailed by\u00a0The New York Times\u00a0as \u201cthe defining musical of the decade\u201d and by\u00a0Time Magazine\u00a0as \u201ca magical Broadway musical with brains, heart, and courage.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0NBC Nightly News\u00a0called the hit musical \u201cthe most successful Broadway show ever.\u201d<\/p>\n

With a thrilling score that includes the hits \u201cDefying Gravity,\u201d \u201cPopular\u201d and \u201cFor Good,\u201d\u00a0Wicked\u00a0has been hailed by\u00a0The New York Times\u00a0as \u201cthe defining musical of the decade\u201d and by\u00a0Time Magazine\u00a0as \u201ca magical Broadway musical with brains, heart, and courage.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0NBC Nightly News\u00a0called the hit musical \u201cthe most successful Broadway show ever.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an amazing family show. It\u2019s a great Broadway production. The songs are incredible. The dancing is amazing. It\u2019s funny. It\u2019s relatable. Everyone knows the story of the Wizard of Oz.<\/p>\n

Video link for \u201cWicked\u201d \u2013\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/WNIuOrz0Gt8<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWicked\u201d is running now through November 26 at the Academy of Music. Ticket prices start at $30.<\/p>\n

Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center (226 North High Street, West Chester, www.uptownwestchester.org<\/a>) is presenting one original act and two tribute bands this weekend.<\/p>\n

The schedule features Sara Michaels- Chapter One: Full Circle Album Release Party on November 16, AM Radio Tribute Band on November 17 and 33 1\/3 LIVE’s Killer Queen Experience on November 18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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