INC NEWS - Warehouse Blues at West Village

[Smith, Annette]

This summer enjoy great blues music at the Warehouse Blues series on
Friday nights at West Village (604 W. Morgan St.)  All concerts are held
at 6 p.m., free of charge and open to the public.  This Friday features
acoustic Piedmont blues with Tad Walters and Boo Hanks.  See below for
the entire series schedule.  For more information, call (919) 560-4355
or visit www.durhamnc.gov/departments/parks.  

Tad Walters

Raised in Raleigh, Tad Walters began playing the guitar at age 12. He
began his professional music career with the Bob Margolin Band in 1996
and was heavily influenced by Blind Boy Fuller, Robert Lockwood, Charlie
Patton, Robert Nighthawk, John Jackson, and many others. Throughout a
four year period he traveled the world and played with musicians like
Pinetop Perkins, Hubert Sumlin, Billy Boy Arnold, Cary Bell, and others.
In 2001 one Tad joined the Big Bill Morganfield band and stayed until
2004. Tad is now teaching guitar and harmonica lessons and concentrating
on Piedmont blues and old-time jazz with Dave Andrews.

 

Boo Hanks

James Arthur "Boo" Hanks is an acoustic blues guitarist with roots in
the Piedmont string band and blues traditions. He saved money for his
first guitar by selling packets of garden seeds, and with it picked out
the same old-time songs he heard his father playing after long days in
the tobacco field. As a young man in the 1940s, Hanks earned pocket
change playing guitar at barn dances with his cousins accompanying him
on mandolin and spoons. His rich musical repertoire reflects his
multiethnic heritage (his ancestors were white, African American,
Occaneechi Indian and family folklore believes they are descendants of
Abraham Lincoln's mother, Mary Hanks.) Drawing from the deep musical
well of his region, Boo Hanks showcases his virtuosity in the driving
time and delicate finger-style guitar of the classic Piedmont blues made
famous by Blind Boy Fuller.

Warehouse Blues
June 13 - Acoustic Piedmont Blues
Tad Walters and Boo Hanks 

June 20 - Electric Blues
Adolphus Bell and Dr. G.B. Burt

June 27 - Old Timey and Bluegrass
Benton Flippen and The Cadillac Stepbacks

July 11 - Acoustic Piedmont Blues
George Higgs and Lightnin' Wells

July 18 - Electric Blues
Cool John Ferguson 

July 25 - Electric Piedmont Blues
John Dee Holeman and Andy Coats 

August 1 - New Orleans Swamp Blues
Slewfoot and Sons

August 8  - Juke Joint Blues
Captain Luke, Macavine Hayes, Big Ron and Sol Creech Band

 

Warehouse Blues is sponsored by Durham Parks and Recreation, West
Village and Music Maker Relief Foundation

 

About Durham Parks and Recreation 

Durham Parks and Recreation provides opportunities for the Durham
community to "Play More." The department strives to help citizens
discover, explore and enjoy life through creative and challenging
recreational choices that contribute to their physical, emotional and
social health. 

 

 

Annette L. Smith

Recreation Manager of Administrative Services

Durham Parks and Recreation

p: 919-560-4355 x214

f: 919-560-4021

Annette.smith at durhamnc.gov <mailto:Annette.smith at durhamnc.gov> 

www.durhamnc.gov <http://www.durhamnc.gov> 

 

Durham Parks and Recreation provides opportunities for our community to
Play More!

 

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