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The second weekend of Houston Jazz Festival, more blues-centric and fusion modern jazz based. Sunday Sept 25th will be a blues themed evening held at the Rustic DOWNTOWN location and will feature blues master guitarist Eric Gales. Houston’s own blues icon of international acclaim Diunna Greenleaf is second to close this evening. Also opening the night The Mighty Orq band and Mathias Lattin.
About Eric Gales:
As both an African-American left-handed guitarist of extraordinary ability and an expressive vocalist, it is natural for people to compare Eric Gales to Hendrix. But Gales has developed a unique hybrid blues/rock sound that also draws upon influences as diverse as Albert King and Frank Gambale. A unique amalgam of styles, Eric Gales stands head and shoulders among other guitarists in his genre. Eric Gales grew up in a musical family with four brothers, two of them who learned to play the guitar upside down and left-handed in the same fashion that Eric does. He released his first record at 16 for Elektra
records to an amazing response from the media and music fans around
the globe. Multiple releases followed. His latest albumn, Crown, was
released January 28, 2022 to rave reviews.
About Diunna Greenleaf:
Diunna Greenleaf, the leader of Blue Mercy, is a native Texan (Houston) who has a background steeped in gospel music. Influenced by the likes of Koko Taylor, Aretha Franklin, Rosetta Thorpe, Sam Cooke, Charles Brown and her own
parents Ben & Mary Ella Greenleaf (Gospel) she has developed & "Diunna’s style of Blues" in the same tradition as so many other great Texas blues men and women. She combines intricate patches of jazz, gospel and heartfelt soul to create a kind blues that takes one on an emotional roller coaster ride.
Diunna and her band Blue Mercy have performed throughout the United States
and Internationally. She has performed at the Lugano Blues Festival and the BernJazz Festival, both in Switzerland, as well as the Cahors Blues Festival in France. Diunna's commitment to Blues goes well beyond performing on stage. She served for three years as President of the Houston Blues Society, making history as the first woman ever elected to this position. During her presidency she used her professional guidance and grant writing skills to produce the Willie Mae Thornton Blues Festival, bringing in
such talent as “The Queen Of Blues” Mrs. Koko Taylor, Mr. Bernard Allison, Texas Johnny Brown, I.J. Gosey, Diane
Price, Mel Waiters, Betty Lewis, Gary Clark, Jr., Jeremy And The Hotboys, along with many others.
Diunna’s latest album “I Ain’t Playin’” was released on May 1, 2022.
Mighty Orq:
The Mighty Orq is one of Texas’s most exceptional and hardest working talents.
Long known as a stand-out singer and guitarist, Orq has matured both as a writer and arranger as heard on his 2016 release, “Love In A Hurricane,” and as a solo performer on his 2019 album “Solo at the Bugle Boy,” a live album recorded at the famed central Texas listening room and released on YAWP Records
Liineup:
Eric Gales 9pm
Diunna Greenleaf 7:45pm
Mighty Orq 6:45pm
Mathias Lattin 6pm
The Rustic DOWNTOWN location
Doors 5pm | Show 6pm
Tickets General Admission $35
ticket link
https://www.prekindle.com/promo/id/531433528576056341
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Rustic - Houston, 1836 Polk Street, Houston, United States
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