Tonight – NOT ONLY do we have the incredible Mark “Muleman” Massey as our featured artist, but Heather Aubrey Lloyd and I will be celebrating our 20-year anniversary. I don’t know that we’ll get up to anything huge – but we ARE going to be together on this special night!
Open mic at the beautiful Sandy Spring Museum in Sandy Spring, MD! Come bask in a 360 degree environment of music and art every Tuesday, 7pm – 9.30pm. 2 pieces or 10 minutes whichever’s SHORTER – family friendly environment, webcast LIVE on Facebook, YouTube and Twitch. The evening is FREE but we hope you’ll bring a little something to support the night’s featured artist, or even donate to the museum or our sponsor, Institute of Musical Traditions… and thanks to a recent VERY GENEROUS donation we even have an 88-key Portable Grand Piano in the house (please note that you’d like to use it in the comments during your registration!)
COVID precautions mean that advance registration at https://www.sandyspringmuseum.org/programs-and…/calendar/ is required – on nights we’re indoors only the 1st 20 registrants will be admitted (and we’re probably indoors till the SPRING) – and proof of COVID vaccination is required (or negative test within the past 48 hours). The performance list is generated night-of. Currently masks are required inside the museum except while eating, drinking or during your performance.
You’re welcome to bring food or drink – there’s plenty of local restaurants that you can order from in advance, pick up and bring with.
Tonight our featured artist is Mark “Muleman” Massey! Mark learned the hard way how to play blues…in Parchman farm prison. Jr. Kimbrough’s son, David, showed him how, and when he got out of Parchman, 20 years ago, bluesman Big Jack Johnson became his mentor and dear friend, and gave Mark the nickname” The Muleman”.
Mark and band have played with B.B. King at his homecoming in Indianola, the Howling Wolf festival in West Point, Juke Joint Fest Clarksdale, The Chicago Blues Fest, Market street fest in Columbus, Ms.. Bentonia blues fest , and featured on the new web blues show Moonshine & Mojo Hands (coming fall of 2013..and many more live appearances all over the south…. Muleman also won 2 different times for the IBC Blues challenge in Indianola, Ms and Rosedale,Ms.