"Blues By Budweiser" - Duwayne Burnside Band
Schedule
Sat Apr 06 2024 at 07:00 pm
Location
RJ's Sports Grill | Pine Bluff, AR
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On Saturday, April 6, 2024 the "Blues By Budweiser" concert series will feature the "Duwayne Burnside Band". The event will be held at RJ's Grill & Bar located at 128 S. Main in downtown Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Doors will open at 7 PM, music will begin at 8 PM. Port City Blues Society members are admitted free, only $5 cover for others. The concert series is being sponsored by M.K. Distributors.Grammy nominated guitarist, singer and songwriter Duwayne Burnside is one of 14 children born to legendary North Mississippi musician R.L. Burnside and his wife, Alice. He has been a frequent performer with the North Mississippi Allstars since the early 1990s, when that group, fronted by Luther and Cody Dickinson, was formed. The young Burnside learned his first few guitar licks and chords from his father, but proved a quick study and soon began playing with local club owner Junior Kimbrough and the Soul Blues Boys. Growing up in Holly Springs, he was close to Memphis where he was able to have the opportunity to sit in with Little Jimmy King, Albert King, B.B. King, Bobby "Blue" Bland, and other blues greats.
Duwayne also began playing in his Dad's band, Sound Machine Groove, where he further honed his skills as a guitarist and showman. He recorded for Hightone and Fat Possum Records with his father's group before moving to Memphis, where he opened his own club, Burnside Kitchen and Grill, near Highway 61. He booked the musical acts, cooked the food, sold the beer, and had his own band perform there on a weekly basis.
In 1998, Duwayne traveled to Los Angeles to record his first album, “Live at the Mint”, as Duwayne Burnside & the Mississippi Mafia. After returning to Memphis, he decided to take a break from the bar business and settled back home in Holly Springs. In 2001, he joined the North Mississippi Allstars on-stage for the first time in Birmingham, Alabama, and that led to touring with the band. He recorded with them on their third album, Polaris, and is featured on two of the group's EP's. In 2004, he opened another version of the Burnside Blues Cafe in Holly Springs and formed a new band that fused soul blues with hill country blues. His albums under his own name include “Live at the Mint” (1998) and “Under Pressure” (2005), both with B.C. Records. An album celebrating his father's life and music remains in the works. One of the last things he asked his father to do (R.L. Burnside passed at age 80 in 2005) was sing with him at the massive, popular Bonnaroo Festival in Tennessee. Duwayne Burnside continues to tour, helping to keep the North County, Mississippi hill-style blues flourishing.
This will be a great night of Mississippi blues! Mark your calendar now!
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Where is it happening?
RJ's Sports Grill, 126 S Main St, Pine Bluff, AR 71601-4320, United States,Pine Bluff, ArkansasEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
