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November 4, 2005
Come out and welcome Marvalous Marva to the DC area
by Sylvia S Tognetti
This announcement was buried at the bottom of the last post, but for today, it is much more important than Brownie's e-mails, so I'm putting it at the top o' the blog. If you are in the DC area, please come out to Bangkok Blues in Falls Church this evening from 7-11 pm, and give a warm welcome to the Marvalous Marva Wright, Queen of the Blues, and some other displaced musicians who lost everything in New Orleans, including my friend and part-time music goddess, Margie Perez who will do the opening set with her band, Disaster Relief. The details:
A Special Fundraiser and Performance by Marva Wright, the Blues Queen of New Orleans
Marva Wright will be reunited with her close friend and bandleader, bass player and vocalist Benny Turner (brother of the late blues guitarist Freddie King). Both Marva and Benny lost everything in New Orleans and he is now based on the West Coast as she tries to rebuild her life here in the DC-Baltimore area. Joining Marva on stage will be one of the area's finest blues guitarists, Robert Lighthouse as well as Pete Locke on keyboard, L.T. King on drums and Tala Faral from Madagascar on sax. The evening will begin with a performance by the award-winning singer-songwriter Margie Perez and her band Disaster Relief featuring Fritz Myer on guitar and flute, Don Fede on bass, L.T. King on drums, and Tala Faral on sax . She too lost everything to the floods following Katrina.
Tickets: Minimum $15 (ahead) $20 (door)
Net ticket proceeds will go to Marva Wright.
Bangkok Blues is located at 926 W. Broad St. (or Rt. 7), Falls Church, VA; 703-534-0095 - they have a full menu of Thai food and appreciate advance notice of how many to expect. For more info about the performers see: Marva Wright ; Benny Turner ; and Robert Lighthouse
Posted by Sylvia S Tognetti at November 4, 2005 12:15 PM
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