Bessie Smith Strut gets $10000 donation from City of Chattanooga Chattanooga Times Free Press by Cliff Hightower The Bessie Smith Strut now only needs $10000 to make sure there is a June party. Organizers found the Strut was in the hole $60000 even after an anonymous donor contribution and went into fundraising mode collecting almost $40000 ... Council Hands Over 10k For StrutWDEF News 12
Bessie Smith Strut tickets on sale Monday Nooga.com By Mary Barnett For the first time in the event's 30-year history, tickets will be required to attend the annual Bessie Smith Strut Blues Festival on June 11. Hadden Sayers will be opening for Joe Louis Walker at the Bessie Smith Strut in June. Bessie Smith Strut tickets go on sale MondayWRCB-TV
Theater Listings for May 25-31 New York Times (Brantley) 'The Devil's Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith' Miche Braden plays the bawdy-talking, hooch-swilling Bessie Smith in this show that mixes Smith's songs with talk about her life, loves and career. That format seems a bit tired, ...
Robert Earl Keen on a Saturday night? Better get your tickets in advance Sierra Sun The first song he learned was Woody Guthrie's “This Land is Your Land,” then he picked up on a Bessie Smith tune. After he heard Taj Mahal, an eclectic musical path was carved. His voice sounds like a mix of Jackson Browne and Lyle Lovett with ...
Giveaway: Madeleine Peyroux TheaterJones Performing Arts News Beloved by fans and critics for her intimately arranged covers of early American blues and jazz music, she honed her vocal and guitar skills on the acoustic streets of Europe—inspired by Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong and other jazz ...
Karen Clancy Releases Self-Titled New Album Jazz-Quad Her collaboration with Mark Hodgson inspired the inclusion of several blues classics, such as Bessie Smith's "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home, " Rosa Henderson's "Don't Advertise Your Man, " and the standard, "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out ...
Bessie Lee Morris Peabody Gazette Bulletin She was born July 21, 1916, in Soper, Okla., to Henry and Bessie (Smith) Bryan. She moved to Potwin in 1939 and lived there a few years before returning to Boswell, Okla. In 1944, she moved to Peabody, where she worked as a medication aid until ...
