James Montgomery Band & Sean Chambers w/Savoy Brown Rhythm Section
Schedule
Sat May 11 2024 at 08:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
The Kate - Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center | Old Saybrook, CT
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James Montgomery BandThe James Montgomery Blues Band is recognized as one of the best of its kind in the country.
Almost every Blues enthusiast is familiar with the transition of Blues from its’ rural roots in the Delta of the deep South to the urban Blues of often industrialized Northern cities.
Among those who were part of this Great Migration were some of the South’s greatest Blues Masters including, among others, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, James Cotton, Jr. Wells, Buddy Guy and Matt Guitar Murphy.
What is often overlooked, is the reverse journey. The journey, or pilgrimage, of a subsequent generation of urban whites back to the Delta to experience first hand the ambience of cities like Clarksdale Mississippi in hopes of connecting with both the visceral and spiritual elements of the Blues that permeate these areas like a God struck slide guitar.
This Journey that started in Detroit in 1949 and culminated at the Crossroads. A journey that finally led to Clarksdale after years Detroit born and raised harp man and his band make their first trip to the Crossroads, to Clarksdale, to Ground Zero, to all the places that had so much meaning for them but they had never seen.
Sean Chambers w/Savoy Brown Rhythm Section
“Chambers has style all his own, unequaled by no other Blues artist.”
Rick Davis – Crossroads Blues Society
Florida born Sean Chambers began his career in the Blues back in 1998 when he toured with the legendary Hubert Sumlin as his guitarist and band leader until 2003. During Sean’s tenure with Mr. Sumlin, Britain’s own Guitarist magazine named Chambers as “One of the top 50 blues guitarists of the last century.”
In 2009, Chambers went into the studio to record his critically-acclaimed album “Ten Til Midnight.”
Recorded in March 2020 just before the coronavirus shut everything down, the Florida-based Chambers went into Showplace Studios in Dover, New Jersey, for the sessions of his 8th album. “That’s What I’m Talkin About ” was engineered and produced by Showplace owner Ben Elliott, who suddenly passed away shortly after the album was recorded.
In addition to Sean Chambers (guitar, vocals) and members of his band, “That’s What I’m Talkin About ” also features guest appearances from lauded keyboardists Bruce Katz and John Ginty. The 11 tracks on the new disc include 10 songs Sean regularly performed on the road as a member of Hubert Sumlin’s touring band, as well as “Hubert’s Song,” a Chambers original saluting Sumlin. The music showcases a tour-de force of Sean’s blazing guitar pyrotechnics.
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Where is it happening?
The Kate - Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, Kate, 300 Main St, Old Saybrook, CT 06475, United States,Old Saybrook, ConnecticutEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
