Songs that Shaped our Nation: How America Got the Blues
October 9 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Friday, October 9 at 7:30pm
Link Centre Concert Hall
FREE, An America250 Concert
America’s musical journey from Ellington to Elvis, from Jelly Roll Morton to Billy Joel, from Leadbelly to “Hamilton”
Join international favorite with guy-next-door charm, acclaimed pianist/vocalist/composer Gary Negbaur as he returns to Tupelo with his band to take a trip through 100 years of American song. An international favorite with guy-next-door charm, acclaimed pianist/vocalist/composer Gary Negbaur returns to Tupelo to lead a musical journey through two great American cities, sharing the sounds of Dixieland, Broadway, Folk, and Rock along the way.
Negbaur has grooved at the Superdome in New Orleans, knocked them out at Birdland in NYC, and raised the roof at South by Southwest in Austin. In Paris, he enchanted tout le monde at legendary Le Bilboquet, and he brought the audience to its feet at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival.