Miss Blues’ Norman concert rescheduled for Sunday
Miss Blues (Photo by Amy Rymer/The Oklahoman Archives)
NORMAN – Sunday night’s outdoor concert featuring Miss Blues (AKA Dorothy Ellis) has been postponed for a week because of this weekend’s rainy weather.
Miss Blues will sing her signature “blues with an attitude” at 7:30 this Sunday, Sept. 20, at Andrews Park, 201 W Daws.
The show is part of the Performing Arts Studio’s Summer Breeze concert series. Concertgoers are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and picnic baskets to enjoy the free outdoor show.
Devoted to bringing to gutsy down-home blues experience to her audiences, Miss Blues is known for her singing with a passion that reclaims the emotion for all women who have been in the grip of heartache.
A native of Direct, Texas, Miss Blues began her singing career in 1943 at age 7. After singing “Good Mornin’ Blues,” she was billed as Little Miss Blues.
By the late 1940s, she was belting the blues in her cousin’s beer garden in Oklahoma City. A decade later, Miss Blues teamed with guitarist Little Eddie Taylor and formed the Rocking Aces Band. The band opened for such rock ‘n’ roll and blues legends as Bo Diddley and Jackie Wilson. She also has shared the stage with Taj Mahal, Kenny Neal, Koko Taylor and Watermelon Slim, Little Joe Blue, Drink Small, and Richard “Groove” Holmes.
Miss Blues was inducted into the Oklahoma Blues Hall of Fame in 2004. Her most recent CD, “Bad Prospects,” was released in 2008. Her other albums include “Miss Blues Sittin’ in with Blinddog Smokin’” (2001), “Reminiscence of the Blues” (2004) and “On the Front Porch” (2005).
Her band also includes Ron Harmon, keyboards; Robb Hibbard, guitar; Gates “Gator” Miskovsky, bass guitar; and Michael Hardwick, drums.
For more information, go to www.thepas.org.
-BAM
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