Live Music in Chicago: Teena Marie, James Brown and B.B. King All Perform Dec – Feb
Since her debut in 1979, she is an outstanding singer, songwriter, producer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist (primarily guitar and piano) and performer – all rolled up into one explosive 5’1 package. Born in Santa Monica, California, and raised in the nearby melting pot of Venice, Teena Marie came to know music after many classes at an early age. Many of her songs include: “Behind the Groove” and “I need your Lovin” “Out on a Limb” “If I were a Bell”After many years away from the stage, Teena Marie returns with a new album entitled “La Dona” pronounced La donya. Her first new album of all with new material in ten years. She is signed to Cash Money Classics record label.
JAMES BROWN will be performing at the House of Blues on January 12th. Tickets are prices at $63.00
Currently touring in the U.S. and abroad, Mr. James Brown’s dynamic showmanship remains timeless. His style has been celebrated throughout generations. As one of the most sampled artists to date, he has more honors attached to his name than any other performer in music history.
Mr. Brown is a three-figure hit maker with 114 total entries on Billboard’s R&B singles charts and 94 that made the Hot 100 singles chart. Seventeen of these hits reached number one, a feat topped only by Stevie Wonder and Louis Jordan. Mr. Brown is still putting that “Good Foot” forward with new recordings. He will be performing at the House of Blues on January 12. Mr. Brown’s life history contains many triumphs over adversity.
He was born in South Carolina during the Great Depression. As a child, he picked cotton, danced for spare change and shined shoes. At 16, he landed in reform school for three years where he met Bobby Byrd, leader of a gospel group and life-long friend. Mr. Brown tried semi-pro boxing and baseball, but a leg injury put him on the path to pursue music as a career.
BB King at the House of Blues February 16th Tickets are on sale for $76.00
At age 76, he is still light on his feet, singing and playing the blues with relentless passion. Time has no apparent effect on B. B. other than to make him more popular, more cherished, more relevant than ever. He keeps popping up in a myriad of T.V. commercials, or laying down tracks for his next album. For more than half a century, B.B. King has difined the blues for a worldwide audience. Since he started recording in the 1940s, he has released over fifty albums, most of them classics. He was born September 16, 1925 on a plantation in Itta Bena, Mississippi, near Indianola. In his youth, he played on the street corners for dimes, and would sometimes play in as many as four towns a night.
Please check out all three of these performances for this holiday time. These could be great stocking stuffers for some of your loved ones. Just tell Santa that You’ve been super BAD.
