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SATURDAY NIGHT BLUES!

Center For Southern Folklore

August 2, 2008

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Blind Mississippi Morris And Brad Webb

At The Center For Southern Folklore Store

There’s something indescribably special about the combination of blues and hot August nights. Even though it’s deliciously air conditioned, the Center for Southern Folklore Store is the place to hear the best smoking, steamy blues this side of a Mississippi juke house. On August 2 the dynamic duo of Blind Mississippi Morris and Brad Webb return for another blistering night of hot Delta blues. Showtime is 9:00 p.m. at the Center for Southern Folklore Store, 123 S Main @ The Peabody Place Trolley Stop in downtown Memphis. Admission is only $5.00.

To put it bluntly, Blind Mississippi Morris is one of the finest harmonica players on the planet. Hailing from Clarksdale – the stomping grounds for many of the bluesmen and women that emerged from Mississippi - Morris was well schooled by various members of his family including two cousins in the legendary country blues band, The Mississippi Sheiks, and an aunt who played with the gospel group, The Harps of Melody. Of course, being a cousin of iconic writer/producer/performer Willie Dixon doesn’t hurt either.

Brad Webb wasn’t born into the blues life the way his partner, Morris, was. But the first time he heard Furry Lewis playing guitar in a Memphis train station, something clicked and he’s been playing the blues ever since. He spent much of his formative teenage years absorbing the guitar sounds of performers such as Johnny Winter, Bukka White, Fred McDowell and Lee Baker of Moloch. Brad devoted himself to becoming first a masterful guitar player and later a music producer while establishing himself as one of the best judges of talent in the region.

Morris and Brad have traveled many roads across the United States and Europe these past 20 years. Their shows are spontaneous, high energy affairs and a living reminder that the legacy of raw Mississippi Delta blues is very much alive.

For more information, check out: http://www.bradwebb.com/blindmississippimorris.html

Upcoming Events at the Center for Southern Folklore

August 4 and 18 Volunteer Orientation – Memphis Music and Heritage Festival

6:00 p.m. @ Folklore Hall, 119 S. Main Street

Volunteers are required to attend at least one of these meetings

August 9 The Daddy Mack Blues Band

August 16 Blind Mississippi Morris and Brad Webb

August 23 The Daddy Mack Blues Band

August 30 and 31 The Memphis Music and Heritage Festival

Two Days, Five Stages Featuring over 100 of the best Memphis and Mid-South Musicians, Artists, Craftspeople, Cooks, Talkers, Dancers and more.

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  Tickets: $5 at the door

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  August 2, 2008

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  9 PM

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  Center for Southern Folklore

  119 S. Main Street Memphis, TN 38103

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