02/24 8:00 PM & 10PM - $27.50.00

Lucky Peterson Band / Opening Act: “Billie’s Blues”

Opening Act: BILLIE’s BLUES – A Theatrical Tribute to BILLIE HOLIDAY
starring Tamara Peterson and Lucky Peterson

WINNER – BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR – 2010

Grand Prix du Disque (FRANCE)

NOMINEE – BEST ACOUSTUC BLUES ALBUM – 2011

Blues Music Awards (USA)

Lucky Peterson was discovered by blues legend Willie Dixon when he was three years old, released his first record at five and soon after appeared on The Tonight Show. Trained by keyboardists Bill Doggett and Jimmy Smith, Peterson went on to play behind Little Milton, Bobby “Blue” Bland and Kenny Neal. On return from the “Young Blues Giants” tour of Europe, he signed first with Alligator, then Verve, Blue Thumb and Birdology/Dreyfus, where he recorded what Amazon.com called “his finest album,” Black Midnight Sun, in 2003. The New Yorker called him “a master of the guitar, organ and microphone.

His journey was not a smooth one, and Peterson spent the next few years in transition.  In 2010, Lucky came back stronger than ever, releasing the aptly titled You Can Always Turn Around.  An acoustic album recorded in New York’s Hudson Valley, it soared to the top of the Blues and Americana charts with radio hits (now concert favorites) “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free,” “Trouble” and “Statesboro Blues.”  Downbeat gave the album Four Stars (★ ★ ★ ★), and Chicago’s Illinois Entertainer  called it “”Perhaps the most moving and innovative blues CD of the year.”   Lucinda Williams raved that “Lucky Peterson’s version of my song, “Atonement” just blew me away! It is just spectacular!!!”

Lucky has since gone on to receive major awards, nominations and high praise around the globe for the recording, and for his re-vamped live show, now featuring his lovely and immensely talented wife Tamara Peterson on vocals.  Lucky and Tamara could very well be the hardest working couple in show business – their show is a high energy blues & soul revival; concert goers should expect to be sanctified and satisfied!

In BILLIE’S BLUES, Tamara Peterson gives a moving portrayal of music icon Billie Holiday. With blues legend Lucky Peterson providing the musical accompaniment, the program focuses much attention on Billie Holiday’s blues repertoire, much of which she composed independently or co-wrote, including the title song “Billie’s Blues,” “Fine and Mellow,” and the classic “Lady Sings the Blues.” Narrated by Dianne Tucker, the program tells Billie’s dramatic life story, with Tamara Peterson’s convincing portrayal of the iconic singer as she dramatizes those events and sings songs key to each era of Holiday’s life. From her hard-scrabble childhood in Baltimore, her treacherous early life in New York City, to the moment she discovers she can move people with song, from years onstage and on the road, to the moment her voice is silenced, Tamara leads listeners on a rich musical journey.

Featuring dialogue taken directly from Holiday interviews, quotes excerpted from biographies and Holiday’s autobiography.