Warm up with the Ohio Winter Blues festival starring Sean Carney (International Blues Challenge winner), Ricky Nye (legendary boogie woogie king of the organ and New Orleans piano) Hoah Wotherspoon Albert King award winner, Doug Hart Dayton Blues challenge winner, with special guests: The Ohio Horns – presented by Crazy Mama’s Concerts and WCBE.Traditional blues, boogie woogie, and classic New Orleans jazz and R&B all come flying from the fingers of Cincinnati, OH pianist and vocalist RICKY NYE. The driving force behind the annual BLUES & BOOGIE PIANO SUMMIT held in Greater Cincinnati from 1999 to 2017, Ricky has been inducted into the International Boogie Woogie Hall Of Fame in 2013, voted “Blues Artist Of The Year 2019” in Cincinnati’s CEA Awards, and "Best Local Musician" by CityBeat Magazine's "Best Of Cincinnati 2018” readers poll.
Ricky began his performing career at age twelve with his family’s band, and in his twenties and thirties established working relationships and friendships with artist such as world renowned jazz guitarist Wilbert Longmire, Cincinnati blues icons Big Ed Thompson, H-Bomb Ferguson and fellow pianists Big Joe Duskin and Pigmeat Jarrett.
“Known for its rollicking, foot-stomping jubilance, the boogie-woogie sound erupted from the American South during the late 1920s. This piano-centric subgenre of the jazz tradition drew its structural elements from the blues and spirituals, but introduced an intoxicating rhythmic complexity that inspired generations of young dancers. Ricky Nye is one of the nation’s leading players and preservationists of boogie-woogie, stunning audiences with unmatched authenticity, virtuosic speed and playful arrangements”- Vail Jazz
Noah Wotherspoon, Albert king award winner, Ohio music icon has been thrilling blues fans across the midwest for many years.
Doug Hart has grown into a staple of the southwest Ohio blues scene, and have earned the right to complete in The International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN four times. These experiences allowed Doug to extend his musician network and provided him opportunities to play famous venues including Stevie Ray’s Blues Bar (Louisville, KY); Buddy Guy’s Legends (Chicago, IL); and B.B. King’s, Alfred's, The Rum Boogie Cafe and Club 152 in Memphis, TN. He has shared the stage or played the same festivals with Albert Cummings, Mike Zito, Noah Wotherspoon, Ana Popovich and Lonnie Baker Brooks, among countless others.
Award winning guitarist Sean Carney is Ohio’s only International Blues Challenge first place winner. He and his band will focus on their original material and salute Carney’s mentors such as Christine Kittrell and Joe Weaver.
Sean and his bands have won numerous awards throughout the world, and his reputation as a talent, a respecter of tradition and a humble and gracious person has become deservedly widespread. Sean is also the host of “Inside Blues”, a weekly music program airing on public radio station WCBE every Sunday night from 6 till 9 pm.
Food & Bar: Our full food and drink menu will be available before and during the show.
Event Venue
945 King Ave, Columbus, OH, United States, Ohio 43212
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