We’re happy to welcome back the low country blues rockers, Southern Hospitality, this Saturday (11-19) on our main stage.
We’ve hosted this band of all-stars – Damon Fowler, J.P. Soars and Victor Wainwright – a few times over the years. When they come together from their various solo projects it’s a treat to have them here.
The show will also be a holiday celebration for our friends at the Suncoast Blues Society.
Another of our favorite bands, Backtrack Blues Band, will open the show. This time the Chicago-style blues outfit will be supplemented with backup vocalists.
For tickets and information visit www.mypalladium.org.
For more about Southern Hospitality, I’ve attached a writeup from Blues Wax E-Zine by Frank Bang. Check it out and I’ll see you this Saturday.
Southern Hospitality – A Group of Musical Masters
By Frank Bang
The South has long been known for hospitality and down home music. Recently the region has seen the emergence of a musical group of young musicians who are masters of their craft and embody the soul and spirit of Dixie. The Band creating all the buzz, called Southern Hospitality, is comprised of lap steel guitar master Damon Fowler, guitarist extraordinaire J.P. Soars, and keyboard wizard Victor Wainwright.
The three artists are musician’s musicians, each bringing a unique style and fresh translation of the great Southern soul, blues, and rock music that came before them. Together, their mutual chemistry, high energy and skill sets create a cohesive vision, with echoes of Muscle Shoals and Macon, that organically flows together into an entirely original and dynamic form of Americana, Southern soul roots music with a modern sensibility.
Damon Fowler is a master of the six string, slide guitar, lap steel and Dobro who’s been compared to Johnny Winter and Jeff Beck, while his slide guitar has a hint of the late Duane Allman. JP Soars and his band won the Blues Foundation’s International Blues Challenge in 2009 and he won the Albert King award as the best guitarist in the competition. A singer/songwriter and guitarist best known for his distinctive gypsy-swing jazz playing with plenty of rock potency, he was nominated this year for a Blues Music Award as the best “Contemporary Blues Male Artist.” Memphis-based Victor Wainwright is known for his high-octane boogie piano, big soul sounds, powerhouse blues, and roots rock’n’ roll. Victor was nominated this year for the “Pinetop Perkins Piano Player” Blues Music Award and won. Victor has been nominated three years in a row and has one both 2013/2014 consecutively.
… Southern Hospitality has significant players in the blues world taking notice. Fowler, Wainwright and Soars share much love for the songs of the South. The hot jazz and funk of New Orleans, classic country, gospel, soul, and blues that became rock ’n’ roll in Memphis and went global by way of a trucker named Elvis.
— Blues Wax
w/ Frank Bang https://frankbangmusic.com/
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