MBAS ‘HOUSE OF BLUES’ @ FLEMINGTON BOWLS CLUB
Tuesday 26th NOVEMBER 2024 • FREE ENTRY, all welcome!
8pm: Feature act: IVOR SIMPSON KENNEDY
9:00pm – 11pm: Blues Jam (Jammers to register by 8:30pm)
6:30pm: Doors open + KITCHEN OPEN FOR MEALS (6:30pm – 8:30pm)
FREE entry and walkups are always welcome, but attendees are encouraged to pre-book via the MBAS website for guaranteed table seating. Please ‘BOOK’ a single or multiple (group) ticket here: https://www.mbas.org.au/house-of-blues-26-11-2024
🎶🎥NOTE: The Feature Act is LIVESTREAMED on the night from 8:00pm via the MBAS Facebook Page.
IVOR SIMPSON KENNEDY is originally from Sydney, but the spiritual homeland of his music and homebase is now New Orleans. As one of a new generation of exciting blues talents, Ivor’s dark, smoke-filled voice and liquid smooth guitar styling pays homage to generations past while bringing a remarkably fresh approach to the table. A deliciously deep groove runs through his barebones approach, with strains of reggae, soul, and rock vying for their moment in a bevy of blues.
An early ten-year career in Australia saw Ivor perform with and support artists such as Diesel, Rick Price, Fiona Boyes, Ray Beadle, Truckstop Honeymoon and Warren ‘Pig’ Morgan among a litany of others, while also being fortunate enough to perform at the Rising Tide Festival, Sydney Blues Festival, Thredbo Blues Festival and venues such as The Basement, Lizottes, The Vanguard, The Brass Monkey, Brighton Up Bar, Old Manly Boatshed and the Spotted Mallard, to name a few.
Upon arriving in New Orleans, Ivor commenced a three-year weekly residency at the venerable Chickie Wah Wah, marinating in the city’s vibrant musical culture. An annual performer at the New Orleans Festival, Samantha Fish Cigar Box Guitar Festival, and New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Festival, he has also had the honor of appearing at the much-vaunted Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale, amongst continuing summer tours of Canada. Regular gigs in some the Crescent City’s most revered rooms, along with the opportunity to support a wide spectrum of artists such as Jon Cleary, Alvin Youngblood Heart, Jason Ricci, Smoky Greenwell, John Fohl, Meschiya Lake, Tom McDermott, Johnny Sansone and Ian Moore has found Ivor accrue a new legion of listeners in the Big Easy. Tours through the heartland of the Mississippi Delta and Gulf Coast – including stints at the legendary Ground Zero Blues Club – have firmly entrenched him in the culture of deep south blues. MBAS is proud to welcome back and present Ivor in the ‘House of Blues’ again this year.
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ABOUT THE MBAS: Formed in 1990, the Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society (MBAS) is a not-for-profit organisation run by a volunteer team of blues music lovers. MBAS hosts free Tuesday night live music events and jams at its clubhouse at Flemington Bowls Club, alongside producing special ticketed events and a free “Blues Weekly” e-newsletter. All MBAS initiatives – including the annual International Blues Challenge, Women ‘N’ Blues and Youth in Blues Programs – are funded by weekly raffle drives, Membership fees and donations.
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