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Blues Workshop with Dr. David Evans

Presented by Blue Tavern Tallahassee at Blue Tavern

Master blues guitarist and scholar David Evans shares the wonders of the blues world

David Evans has been performing country blues (vocal and guitar) since 1962, having learned directly from many southern blues musicians of an older generation.

Much of this learning was gained in the course of field research on the country blues tradition, beginning in 1965. Evans is currently Professor of Music at the University of Memphis and has taught on a visiting basis at the University of Mississippi. He is the author of Tommy Johnson (1971), Big Road Blues: Tradition and Creativity in the Folk Blues (1982) and The NPR Curious Listener’s Guide to Blues (2005), along with many other publications, and he has produced over 50 LPs and CDs of his field and studio recordings of blues, gospel and folk music.

David will be performing that evening at Blue Tavern starting at 8 pm with a set by local country blues duo Belmont & Jones.

Admission Info

$30 for workshop, pre-paid at Blue Tavern before July 15, or call 850-264-6916 to arrange payment.

Admission to the evening concert is free for workshop participants.

Phone: 850-264-6916

Dates & Times

Dates: 2017/07/15 - 2017/07/15

Additional time info:

Workshop will feature the following:

See See Rider Blues – standard C (style of Babe Stovall)
One Dime Blues – standard E (style of Blind Lemon Jefferson)
Kind Hearted Woman Blues – standard A (style of Robert Johnson)
Big Road Blues – dropped D tuning (style of Tommy Johnson)

Also a review of bottleneck styles.

Accessibility Info

There is no wheelchair ramp, but the threshold is easy enough that several people have come in using chairs and scooters. If you need us to save you a parking space in front, please call ahead: 850-212-5204.