INC NEWS - Good Music is Happening on CCB Plaza and Warehouse Blues

[Smith, Annette]

GOOD MUSIC IS HAPPENING IN DURHAM!

 

This week on Thursday and Saturday evenings, join Durham Parks and
Recreation for free music on the CCB Plaza (corner of Corcoran and
Parrish Streets in downtown Durham) 

 

On Friday evening, enjoy great blues music at the Warehouse Blues series
at West Village (604 W. Morgan St.)  This Friday features  Acoustic
Piedmont Blues with George Higgs and Lightnin' Wells.  All concerts are
free and open to the public.

 

CCB  PLAZA
Fontana and Malt Swagger
Thursday, July 10, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Indie Rock

Featuring members of ex-indie rock favorites and current bluegrass
leaders, Fontana sounds a bit like Neil Young's On The Beach with a dose
of levity. Pedal steel, feedback guitar and a pushy rhythm section are
stapled to sincerely severe world-weariness.   Fontana is a Durham band
for dreamers and weepers.    - Grayson Currin, Independent Weekly.  

Malt Swagger has been creating massive, cinematic soundscapes for well
over a decade. Lush walls of sound conjure lost spirits and pay homage
to forgotten places, sea serpents, ruined cities and uneasy dreams.  

 

Oscar Wright and Simba

Saturday, July 12, 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Jazz

 

After a 20-year hiatus from a professional career as a vocalist and
guitarist playing "everything from jazz to R&B, soul, rock and whatever
paid the bills," Oscar Wright picked up his guitar and began playing
with Brother Yusef Saleem and other local jazz musicians.  He recently
formed the mainstream jazz group, Simba, with Robert Trower, a big band
trombonist from New York.  Other musicians in the Simba rotation include
Orlandis, Freeman Ledbetter, AJ Brown and Cliff Wallace.  Don't miss the
chance to see the soulful sounds of one of Durham's hidden jazz
treasures! 

 

For more information, call (919) 560-4355 or visit
www.durhamnc.gov/departments/parks

 

Music on the CCB Plaza is sponsored by the City of Durham Parks and
Recreation and Downtown Durham, Inc.

 

 

WAREHOUSE BLUES AT WEST VILLAGE

Friday, July 11, 6 p.m.

George Higgs

George Higgs was born in 1930 in a farming community in Edgecombe County
near Speed, North Carolina ("a slow town with a fast name" as he is fond
of saying.) He learned to play the harmonica as a child from his father,
Jesse Higgs, who enjoyed playing favorite spirituals and folk tunes at
home during his spare time. He was later attracted to the guitar as a
teenager and reluctantly sold a favorite squirrel dog to a neighbor to
raise funds to purchase his first. As a result of their close proximity,
the dog spent more time at George's home than at his new owner's, so he
got to have the guitar and keep the company of his dog.

 

Lightnin' Wells

Mike "Lightnin'" Wells was raised in North Carolina and has had an
interest in traditional forms of music since childhood. An avid
collector of country and blues recordings, these formed the basis for
his developing style of playing and singing using a variety of acoustic
instruments, including the guitar, banjo, mandolin, ukulele, and
harmonica. Variety is a trademark of Wells' musical style and he
attempts to educate as well as entertain audiences in his various
performances. A Lightnin' Wells performance is a spirited, exciting
interpretation of folk blues classics and obscure material based on his
more than 20 years of experience, performance and research.

 

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

 

 

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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