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Hosea Hargrove and The Recuperators

DiverseArts Blues Family Tree Project

July 28th

The Victory Grill

DiverseArts Blues Family Tree Project hosts The 2010 Austin Blues Masters Series at the historic Victory Grill on July 28th with Austin blues guitar legend Hosea Hargrove and The Recuperators. The event kicks off at 7 p.m. with dinner, followed by the concert and dance at 8 p.m.

Founded in 1990 as a non-profit documentary collective, the Austin Blues Family Tree (ABFT) was conceived as an oral history project intended to capture a vanishing, but distinct cultural community in East Austin. Harold McMillan, a University of Texas graduate with an M.A. in American Civilization, recognized the need to create - as well as preserve - documentation about the lives and work of African American blues,jazz and gospel musicians in Austin.

"These individuals not only helped develop the unique sound of Austin blues, but also nurtured young white musicians, newly awakened to the music long familiar to segregated Texas black communities," McMillan said.

Mandy of the now elderly - or deceased - musicians who were introduced into the Austin scene in the late 1940s through early 1950s drew on the influence of pianists and singers such as Grey Ghost, Robert Shaw and Dr. Hep Cat, and legendary Texas blues guitarists T-Bone Walker and Lightnin' Hopkins. The emerging country blues and gospel styles, and the touring territory jazz dance bands, connecting local musical roots to a distinct community-Black East Austin.

Witnessing the gentrification of the East Austin corridor, McMillian and DiverseArts took on the challenge of fortifying Austin's African American musical legacy to reaffirm Central East Austin as the birth place of Austin's blues and jazz scene. By systematically taping and collecting live performances of local blues and jazz artists - and by recording interviews with musicians and their agents - the group hopes to provide a more complete report on the rise and fall of the East Austin music scene.

The July 28th Austin Blues Masters Series event features Hosea Hargrove and The Recuperators, with Kaz Kazanoff, Derek O'Brien, Nick Connolly, and Art Kidd. Tickets are $7 for general admission, and reserved tables are available for $10 per seat.

The Victory Grill is located at 1104 E.11th Street. For more information and reservations, call (512) 291-6211 or visit www.HistoricVictoryGrill.org.




Hosea Hargrove and The Recuperators DiverseArts Blues Family Tree Project July 28th The Victory Grill DiverseArts Blues Family Tree Project hosts The 2010 Austin Blues Masters Series at the historic Victory Grill on July 28th with Austin blues guitar legend Hosea Hargrove and The Recuperators. The event kicks off at 7 p.m. with dinner, followed by the concert and dance at 8 p.m. Founded in 1990 as a non-profit documentary collective, the Austin Blues Family Tree (ABFT) was conceived as an oral history project intended to capture a vanishing, but distinct cultural community in East Austin. Harold McMillan, a University of Texas graduate with an M.A. in American Civilization, recognized the need to create - as well as preserve - documentation about the lives and work of African American blues,jazz and gospel musicians in Austin. "These individuals not only helped develop the unique sound of Austin blues, but also nurtured young white musicians, newly awakened to the music long familiar to segregated Texas black communities," McMillan said. Mandy of the now elderly - or deceased - musicians who were introduced into the Austin scene in the late 1940s through early 1950s drew on the influence of pianists and singers such as Grey Ghost, Robert Shaw and Dr. Hep Cat, and legendary Texas blues guitarists T-Bone Walker and Lightnin' Hopkins. The emerging country blues and gospel styles, and the touring territory jazz dance bands, connecting local musical roots to a distinct community-Black East Austin. Witnessing the gentrification of the East Austin corridor, McMillian and DiverseArts took on the challenge of fortifying Austin's African American musical legacy to reaffirm Central East Austin as the birth place of Austin's blues and jazz scene. By systematically taping and collecting live performances of local blues and jazz artists - and by recording interviews with musicians and their agents - the group hopes to provide a more complete report on the rise and fall of the East Austin music scene. The July 28th Austin Blues Masters Series event features Hosea Hargrove and The Recuperators, with Kaz Kazanoff, Derek O'Brien, Nick Connolly, and Art Kidd. Tickets are $7 for general admission, and reserved tables are available for $10 per seat. The Victory Grill is located at 1104 E.11th Street. For more information and reservations, call (512) 291-6211 or visit www.HistoricVictoryGrill.org.

		Hosea Hargrove (Photo courtesy DiverseArts)

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