Outreach Events
LEAF in Schools & Streets Presents:
Mac Arnold & Plate Full O’Blues
~ Blues Legend & Blues Music Award
2010 Recipient ~
Monday, May 16th, 2011
11:00 AM (10:30 AM doors)
The Orange Peel, 101 Biltmore Avenue, downtown Asheville, NC
$2 for children (under age 18) $3 for adults
Tickets: Orange Peel box office, online, phone: 1-866-468-3399
Additional fees: $1 at box office; $2 online purchase; $3 for charge-by-phone
All Ages
For More Information: outreach@theLEAF.org, 828/68-MUSIC (686-8742), theLEAF.org
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MAC ARNOLD & PLATE FULL O’BLUES will put on a special family-friendly, community outreach performance on the Monday after LEAF, May 16th, 2011.
Mac Arnold is a Blues legend and one of the last to have worked with everyone from Muddy Waters to James Brown. Mac is a 2010 recipient Best Historical Album from the 31st Blues Music Awards for his participation on the 1966 recording Muddy Waters - Authorized Bootleg: Live at the Fillmore Auditorium (Geffen Records). Mac Arnold’s first band included James Brown on piano and when he moved to Chicago Muddy Waters hired him on the spot. He has recorded LPs with Otis Spann and John Lee Hooker. Mac moved to Los Angeles and produced Soul Train with his friend Don Cornelius. He even played bass on the Sanford & Son television show when he wasn't playing bass for Otis Redding and B.B. King. Backed by his band, Mac Arnold does vocals, plays bass and his iconic Gas Can Guitars. Mac will showcase his Blues in the Schools program where he explains his legendary role in American Blues history.
Lake Eden Arts Festival brings many international and acclaimed artists to the festival. Through LEAF in Schools & Streets (LSS), many of the artists also REACH OUT to our local community through workshops, residencies, and enrichment programs. LSS has provided low-cost pricing to make this performance accessible and is focused on creating arts and cultural opportunities for families, school groups and the general community. If financial assistance is needed, contact LSS for more information.
Past community outreach programs have included:
Playing for Change Band
Sones de México Ensemble
The Lee Boys
Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience
Vieux Farka Toure
Shangri La Chinese Acrobats
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Jabali African Acrobats
BlueBrass Project
