Cannonball Red — live event
Hi Cannonball Red, please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story. Music has been a guiding force of my life from birth. Thoroughly immersed in the realms of gospel and classical music by the age of 13 I had piano, bass guitar and all things percussion under my belt. I listened to bands like Earth Wind & Fire, Parliament Funkadelic, and artists like Prince and Lenny Kravitz. Given my influences, becoming a multi-instrumentalist was inevitable. As I got older, I began to experiment with producing music and learning how to use a mixing board – the background to building sound. Even with all of that exposure, the one genre I loved the most I didn’t experience until later and that was the Blues. My first introduction to the Blues was with Ray Charles on piano. My grandmother would play his music. When I heard that piano I was locked in and it had my undivided attention. I knew of the Blues greats like BB King, but they didn’t have as much of an impact on me as the piano legends like Ray Charles or Stevie Wonder. From 2012 to 2017 I was professionally playing piano at church and at different clubs. In 2015 I decided to take guitar more seriously. For one it was a lighter instrument to carry around for gigs but also I was invested in learning and perfecting my craft as an instrumental artist. I was already familiar with the fretboard from knowing the bass guitar so it took dedication and assistance from my guitar mentor, Derek Fewerda to help improve my skill set. I researched and studied all the notable players from Charley Patton, Son House and Robert Johnson to Muddy Waters, Freddie King, and Buddy Guy.
Starts: 2024-01-31T20:30:28Z
Ends: 2024-01-31T22:30:28Z
Where: 828 North Highland Avenue Northeast, Atlanta, Georgia 30306, United States
Price: $5.0