Louisiana Red in Concert with Doug 'Harmonica' McLean at Brookhaven Lab
The American Primitive String Band to Open the Show, September 23
August 29, 2005
Note: All profits from this concert will be donated to the Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund with Brookhaven Science Associates, the company that manages Brookhaven National Lab, matching donations to double the contribution.
UPTON, NY -The veteran blues musician Louisiana Red will appear in concert with Doug "Hamonica" McLean, a local blues artist, in Berkner Hall at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory on Friday, September 23, at 8 p.m. The American Primitive String Band, another local group, will open the show with a performance based on the 1952 recording titled The Anthology of American Folk Music. Sponsored by the BNL Music Club and the Long Island Blues Society, the concert will be open to the public. All visitors to the Laboratory age 16 and over must bring a photo ID.
Performing for more than 50 years with such blues greats as B.B. King, Jimmy Rogers, Otis Spann and Muddy Waters, Louisiana Red is considered one of the best blues-musician storytellers. Through his guitar-work and singing, Louisiana Red has created his own style. His songs often express his current state of mind in spontaneous composition that goes back to Delta blues artists. Louisiana Red's albums have been critically acclaimed as masterpieces, and, in 1983, he won a W.C. Handy Award as best traditional blues artist.
Doug "Harmonica" McLean has played the Long Island blues scene since the 1970s, when he first played with Louisiana Red. A master of all styles of mouth harp, McLean has performed at Brookhaven Lab several times.
Composed of three of Long Island's top folk musicians - Kenny Holly, Ken Korb and Dee Harris -The American Primitive String Band will play American folk music that was originally commercially released on 78 rpm records between 1927 and 1935. These recordings have been extremely influential in shaping the popular music scene in the U.S. in the 1950s and later, inspiring contemporary musicians such as Bob Dylan.
Tickets for the concert cost $15 each. Tickets may be purchased in advance from ticketweb.com; from the Brookhaven Employees Recreation Association Sales Office on weekdays, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; or at the door on the evening of the performance. For more information, call (631) 344-3846.
The Laboratory is located on William Floyd Parkway (County Road 46), one-and-a-half miles north of Exit 68 of the Long Island Expressway.
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