Carlos Elliot Jr.

From the coffee hills of Colombia to Clarksdale's juke joints, Carlos Elliot Jr. plays raw Mississippi Hill Country blues.
About this Event

Sunday, August 2
Show: 7:00 PM | Doors @ 5:15 PM
Admission: $20 - $50

Carlos Elliot Jr. carried Mississippi Hill Country blues all the way from the coffee hills of Pereira, Colombia. Chasing what he calls the pure root of the music, he made his way to Clarksdale and learned straight from the originators, among them T-Model Ford, Big Jack Johnson, Little Joe Ayers, and his mentor R.L. Boyce. He found a home at the legendary Red's Lounge and joined The Cornlickers, the juke joint house band that once backed Big Jack Johnson himself.

With that crew behind him, Elliot became the first artist ever to represent Colombia at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis in 2014. He plays guitar and fife in the raw tradition of Otha Turner and Jessie Mae Hemphill, blending North Mississippi grooves with the Indigenous and African rhythms of his homeland. His "Blues de la montaña" has carried him from the Americas to Shanghai and Varanasi, and tonight it lands on Mason Street.