Jerron
"Blind Boy" Paxton
Blues
- Ragtime - Hokum - Old-Time - Appalachian Mountain
Touring
July & Oct 17th to Nov 1st
/www.blindboypaxton.com/
Bookings Page
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After
a sellout 2015 tour I'm very pleased for the return of Jerron
"Blind Boy" Paxton returning to the UK for Cambridge Folk
Festival on the 29th July this year,
Followed
by a return visit Oct 17th to 1st November.
Last year Blind
Boy Paxton featured on BBC2's "Reginald G Hunters -
Sounds from the South" here's a link to the clip "34 Blues" and
also a link to the Full BBC Episode
Paxton
seems to effortlessly embody the spirit of early music including
ragtime, 20's jazz
and Dust Bowl-era blues, delivering them through a dizzying display
of virtuosity on guitar, piano, banjo, and lately, fiddle. And his
delivery in dress, manner, speech, and humor of the period is so
spot-on that it seems impossible that it is all contained within
one so young.
He
can usually be found in smart overalls and a starched white shirt
buttoned to the top,
with a pocket watch and fob and either a derby hat or yarmulke
topping his cherubic face. With his perpetually wry expression,
Paxton is part old-school bluesman, part trickster. From looks
alone, you might think he was the great-grandson of Willie Dixon or
Lemon Jefferson.
Paxton's talents first came to light a few years ago on the Los
Angeles folk circuit with his
sometime playing partner and fellow musical time-machine traveler,
Frank Fairfield. Festival appearances and small gigs around the
country followed, and now Paxton's base of operations is New York
City, where he's an essential player in the old-time music scene
surrounding Brooklyn's Jalopy Theater.
When
Paxton sits down to a piano, the spirit of Fats Waller, Art Tatum,
and Willie "The
Lion" Smith springs forth in a cascade of notes raining from the
soundboard. When he picks up the guitar, Blind Lemon Jefferson and
Blind Blake are suddenly freed from the crackling Paramount shellac
grooves that have imprisoned them for over 80 years. And when
Paxton takes up the five-string banjo, the corn liquor-fueled manic
urgency of Uncle Dave Macon careens around the room in a dizzying
frenzy of old time delight.
After
having discovered the origins of American vernacular music at such
an early age, Pax-ton seems hell-bent on encompassing the entirety
of the tradition on multiple instruments with the slightly
rough-around-the-edges impatience of youth. While his vocal
approach is decidedly laid back and understated, his musicianship
is marked by urgency and enthusiasm.
Paxton appears to have absorbed more of the history and essence of
prewar music than
most performers three or four times his age, and there's little
doubt that we can expect exciting things in the future from this
emerging young artist.
by Bill Steber Living Blues Magazine
Please
contact me if you are interested in hosting a show or would like
more information. I'd be happy to send details regarding fees etc.
Feel free to forward this schedule to any associates who might also
be interested in hosting a show.
Jerron
will be travelling solo with a tour manager and a touring PA system
(if required).
Ideally,
we're looking for paid entry shows with door splits. However, we
would also consider fixed fees for festivals, concerts etc. If you
would like to discuss any of the above then please get in touch, I
look forwards to hearing from you.
Alan
rooke
07775526881
Owlsworld_at_gmail_dot_com
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