The Mississippi Valley Blues Society announces that Daddy Mack will be playing at The Muddy Waters, 1708 State Street, Bettendorf, IA on Sunday, June 21 starting at 7:00 p.m. The cost to see this performance will be $5 if you are a Mississippi Valley Blues Society member, or $7 if you are have not joined the Blues Society (applications will be available at the door).
Mack Orr developed his talents sitting in with the Fieldstones at Green's Lounge, one of the most popular juke joints in Memphis, TN. He leads this four-piece group with his guitar and vocals in a down-home traditional blues sound. Teaming up with brothers Harold and James Bonner, drummer William Faulkner, and keyboardist Charlie Wood, their raw approach to blues is something too often missing in contemporary blues.
Since 1998, they have been the house band at the Center for Southern Folklore on Beale Street, where thousands of tourists from all corners of the world have experienced their natural and soulful musical blend. At a Blues Foundation party in April of 1999, Rolling Stones Keith Richards and Ron Wood sat in with the band and, as the story goes, they were able to keep up musically, but no one was shouting to hear "Jumpin' Jack Flash" either.
For more than a decade the Daddy Mack and his band have experienced playing for a broad spectrum of audiences. The band has played London, Paris, Las Vegas, and before a crowd of thousands at the 2006 Chicago Blues Festival. Mack isn't too shy to play a party for a gathering of governors from all across the United States or to walk right into the middle of a crowd with his wireless and play guitar licks while his sweat drips right onto the shoes of hollerin' blues fans.
Mack is not only doing his part to keep the blues alive for the 21st Century, he's not compromising what he thinks blues is supposed to be - fun, and with the right balance of showmanship and good music.
This event is being presented by The Mississippi Valley Blues Society. The objective of the Society is to educate the general public about the native art form of blues-related music through performance, interpretation and preservation, thus enhancing appreciation and understanding.
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