Mississippi blues musician Kenny Brown performs a Robert Johnson classic at the Beale Street Music Festival on Sunday afternoon, 5/5/13
Mississippi bluesman Kenny Brown played in R. L. Burnside’s last band, and the blues legend used to tell people that he had adopted Kenny. But …
#051 Kenny Brown @ River Arts Fest (by John Shaw)
Mississippi bluesman Kenny Brown performs on the Blues Foundation Stage at the River Arts Festival in Memphis, 10/27/12
Hill country bluesman Kenny Brown performs at the Blues Foundation Stage near the National Civil Rights Museum during the River Arts Festival in Memphis, 10/27/12
Hill country bluesman Kenny Brown performs live on the National Civil Rights Museum stage at the River Arts Festival, 10/27/12 (at National Civil Rights Museum)
Every year, the North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic is closed with an all-star jam of many of the great blues performers that appeared during the two days of the festival. This year’s jam included appearances from Kenny Brown, Duwayne Burnisde, Garry Burnside, Eric Deaton and Jimbo Mathus. It was definitely a great way to close out this year’s festival. 6/30/12
Bluesman Kenny Brown performs at the North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic at Waterford, MS, 6/30/12
Kenny Brown and Duwayne Burnside, Beale Street Music Festival, Memphis, 5/6/12
Hill Country bluesman Kenny Brown grew up near Mississippi Joe Callicutt in Desoto County, and was eventually mentored by the late R.L. Burnside. He has been tireless in his effort to preserve the Hill Country Blues tradition, not only through his performances and recordings but through he and his wife’s organization of the North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic which is held in Marshall County, Mississippi each June. Here Kenny and Duwayne Burnside perform at the Southern Comfort Blues Shack at the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, 5/6/12. You can purchase Kenny Brown’s most recent album “Can’t Stay Long” here:Â http://devildownrecords.com/
The Acoustic Stage was at the Sunflower River on Yazoo Avenue, next door to the Quapaw Canoe Company. This stage featured such artists as Kenny Brown, Lucious Spiller and Robert Belfour, August 13, 2011, Clarksdale, MS
