King on “When Love Comes to Town” on Rattle & Hum recorded in 1990 at Sun Studios. That’s Reba on background vocals for U2 and B. She’s done background vocals for John Nemeth, Tracy Nelson, Huey Lewis & The News, Jimmy Thackery, and Jim Dickinson. I mean it was in your face seeing white and black people playing together.” “I got here and started hearing all this music and stuff. I’m not straight now, but my old man is.” Everybody was doing drugs, so it wasn’t hard to get. I took drugs the first time when I was 13 years old. “I was 10 or 11 years old when Martin Luther King got assassinated, Bobby Kennedy got assassinated, it just seemed like there was no future. “Within a week or two weeks of my daddy’s death, we were leaving this nice house and moving to Florida so my mama could be closer to her sister and lived in a little tiny, cheap, inexpensive house, and all the luxuries at that point were no more.
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Reba is as raw as her back story, and talking to her is like peeling back the skin of an onion. “Memphis is blues, but King Biscuit is the freaking deal. Reba expresses her love for the Biscuit in “Heaven Came to Helena.” The youngest of four children, she lost her father at age seven, moved to Memphis in her 20s and never looked back.
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The next day she’s my guest on the Fifth Annual Call and Response Blues Symposium, free to all, beginning noon at the Malco Theater on Cherry St. Reba Russell calls herself “a stepchild of the blues.” On “Blues Is Mine,” she sings, “I’m not privileged/I’m not rich/But I’m one hell of a blessed bitch.” A perennial favorite at the King Biscuit Blues Festival, she performs at the landmark festival Friday, October 9. Please remember you can customize the band size and the music to your liking.Reba Russell at last year’s King Biscuit (Photo courtesy Marilyn Stringer) To give you a better picture of the many options available when hiring Jeff Nevaras Entertainment, below are a few examples. THE 5-PIECE features the 4-piece with the addition of ONE of the following: keyboards, or female vocals.Īll of the above offerings are available with a D.J.THE 4-PIECE features the trio with the addition of female vocals or bass.THE TRIO, featuring Jeffrey Nevaras on guitar/vocals and Anthony Grant on keys/vocals/sax/flute with the addition of drums.Two Way Street: THE DUO, featuring Jeffrey Nevaras on guitar/vocals and Anthony Grant on keys/vocals/sax/flute Jeffrey Nevaras as a SOLO guitarist (with vocals or instrumental) We have got the music nailed all you need to do is enjoy!Ĭocktail Hours - Dinner Music - Ceremonies - Wedding Receptions - Parties - Corporate Events - Private Events - Restaurants - Clubs.Upon pre-arranged request, we also DJ a portion of the evening. Hire an extraordinary band with an optional add-on of a D.J!.
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