Nov 16 2008
Jockeying for the Inaugural… yes, you can!
“Once in a lifetime you may experience a brief moment when the stars align and something truly extraordinary happens. This was the case in October 2004, when four of the greatest living blues legends were assembled in Dallas, Texas for one incomparable night of music. At the time they ranged in age from 89 to 94 and all had received the National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellowship Award, the highest honor in the USA for traditional arts.” ~Blue Shoe Project Website: “The Last of the Mississippi Delta Bluesmen”
It is really hard to believe it has been four years since the upstart Dallas non-profit Blue Shoe Project launched its mission to bring the history of Blues Music and Blues education back to public attention. That first night, the Project debuted “The Last of the Mississippi Delta Bluesmen” on the stage of Dallas’ Majestic Theater. There were four bluesmen that night: Henry Townsend, Robert Lockwood, Jr., David “Honeyboy” Edwards, and Joe Willie “Pinetop” Perkins. Last week, the now Grammy-Award Winning Blue Shoe Project again came to the stage in Dallas, with over 4,000 Dallas area students in attendance. This time at the Meyerson Symphony Center with the two remaining Mississippi Bluesmen, Perkins and Edwards.
Michael Dyson, Founder of the Blue Shoe Project made his case for the Blues Legends to be part of the upcoming Inaugural festivities in January 2009. Michael, as always, I yield the floor to you ~khl
We’re also making our case for appearing at the inaugural…tickets are damn near impossible to get right now. I think we’ll go up regardless; it’s only like three and a half hours from where we’ll be living, and I haven’t been to D.C. in maybe four or five years.
I hope the best for Dyson, though, Blue Shoe Project has done so much in such a short amount of time.
This vidoes sweet I love listening to some Stevie Ray myself you can really see how all the popular music of the last 70 years is based off that sound man….Pretty sweet….Nothing Rude to say because it was sweet….