DEC 15, 2024JOHN PRIMER, DONNA HERULA, AND FRIENDS
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JOHN PRIMER, DONNA HERULA, & MARC EDELSTEIN
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3 time Grammy Nominated, Chicago Blues Hall of Fame artist, John Primer is truly “The Real Deal.” Growing up on Mississippi sharecropper land in 1945 he dreamed of becoming a star, playing the blues with his idol Muddy Waters and traveling all over the world with his music he had inside him at 8 years old. John made his first guitar attached to the front porch out of a broom wire, two nails and a brick to make it tight. John perfromed along with thesounds of Jimmy Reed, Muddy Waters, Little Milton, Elmore James, BB & Albert King reverberating through hisGrandmother Laura Nell’s tube radio, John was instantly hooked.
At the age of eighteen, John migrated to Chicago in the fall of 1963. He quickly found work at the legendary Maxwell Street with Pat Rushing and the Maintainers Band in an era when Chicago’s modern electric blues sounds were first taking shape. Forming his first band, The Maintainers in 1964, John and his old Harmony guitar rocked such west-side clubs as, The Place, The Bow Tie, and Lover’s Lounge. By 1968 John left The Maintainers when the opportunity arose to front the soul and R & B group, The Brotherhood Band.
John is a Blues Hall of Fame, legendary artist! He has 3 Grammy nominations as well as played guitar on Pinetop Perkins Grammy award winning CD, Joined at the Hip. He won a Blues Music Award in 2023, 2021, and 2016 for Traditional Blues Male Artist and one for Traditional Blues Album in 2012 with The Chicago Blues, A Living History Band. He has 3 Lifetime Achievement Awards and in 2018 John was given the “Muddy Award” for being a Traditional Blues Icon by the Jus’ Blues Foundation in MS. John is one of the very last traditional blues artists with
original Mississippi roots. He was taught by the founding father’s of the blues, the “old way” (some say the “right way”). We need to cherish his blues innovative history and celebrate his amazing music!
John will be joined by Folk Club favorites, Donna Herula and Marc Edelstein. Don't miss this fantastic trio!
CONCERT OPENER: JUDI Z
Folk Club member Judi Z will open the evening’s concert with her passionate and soulful song interpretations. Accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, Judi sings with a power and grace that is a welcome gift for the holidays. Judi is currently performing with Eastchester Sunset and Karma Coated, both bands that record and post original music on YouTube.
