EAST SIDE KINGS Opening Night Party at Justine's

8:00pm - 9:00pm Hubby Jenkins from the "Carolina Chocolate Drops"

9:20pm - 10:20pm Shy Perry & Bill Perry Jr.

Full schedule: https://www.eastsidekingsfest.com/index.html

About ESK

The Eastside Kings Foundation's mission is to preserve and promotes the cultural heritage of African American Blues, Jazz, and Gospel. Our initiative focuses on largely unknown African American musicians and aims to give them opportunities to showcase their music in live performances around the world.

In 1999, our founder, , recorded and released an album he called Eastside Kings on Dialtone Records. This recording was one of many in which Stout captured the talent of Austin's largely unknown but incredibly talented African American blues musicians such as Clarence Pierce, Willie Sampson, and Donald 'Duck' Jennings. The name Eastside Kings stuck and the musicians began to use it for their gigs. Naming the festival Eastside Kings seemed only appropriate as a tribute to those artists and to the East Austin post-war blues circuit where the festival takes place.

Hubby Jenkins

Hubby Jenkins is a talented multi-instrumentalist who endeavors to share his love and knowledge of old-time American music. Born and raised in Brooklyn he delved into his southern roots, following the thread of African American history that wove itself through America's traditional music forms. As an integral member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops and later Rhiannon Giddens band, Hubby has performed at festivals and venues around the world, earning himself both Grammy and Americana award nominations.

Today he spreads his knowledge and love of old-time

American music through his dynamic solo performances and engaging workshops.

Shy Perry & Bill Perry Jr

Shy Perry has been exposed to music her entire life. Coming from a musical family, she has a 20 year career singing, playing bass keyboard, songwriting, modeling, and dancing. She has traveled across the United States, and abroad, to showcase her talents. Shy began performing professionally, at the age of 16, with her family band The Perry's. The Perry's consisted of her talented brother, pianist- Bill Perry, Jr. and her legendary father, guitarist- Bill Howl-N-Madd Perry.

"The blues is a feeling, you can't get it out of no book. You can't write the blues on a piece of paper, you just feel the blues," John Lee Hooker

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