Lecture/performance by Fruteland Jackson

March 5, 2009 12:15 PM to March 5, 2009 1:15 PM

Davis Fine Arts stage

Fruteland Jackson will present Blues 101.  A lecture/performance on origins of blues music to its current popularity.  The event is free and open to the public.

Blues Concert - Fruteland Jackson

March 6, 2009 7:00 PM to March 6, 2009 8:00 PM

Davis Fine Arts Theater

http://www.fruteland.com/

Fruteland specializes in performing acoustic blues, from contemporary to traditional, from the blues of early field-holler songs and work songs to Delta and Piedmont Blues, as well as his own original works. FRUTELAND is one of a select group of Americans dedicated to gathering, preserving and performing Acoustic Blues, in all their various forms. As an Acoustic Blues Artist, he has taken his art to hundreds of venues in America, and has performed in Spain, France Britain and Italy, all to great reviews.

As an Oral Historian, he has taken his extensive knowledge of Blues history to schools, colleges and universities, all over America. Fruteland created the award winning "All About The Blues"™ series Blues in the Schools programs, to bring his love of the blues and its important contribution to music in the world to every venue and classroom he is invited. He has received awards and acclaim across the country for his research, innovation, curriculum and presentation of the history about the people and music that make up the blues.