The 1940’s was the decade of war and invention. The T-shirt was invented, along with the microwave, ballpoint pens, bikinis, polaroid cameras, the JEEP, the Atomic Bomb and the electric guitar. For music there was a blending of sounds, and new terms like “Folk”, “Country” and “Bebop” branched out of the blues going there own way, but the blues will always be the blues.
Boosie celebrates the blues artists in this show that topped the charts. Louis Jordan crossed over selling more singles than any other singers pressed on vinyl that decade.
Joining Louis is Billie Holiday, Ink Spots, Muddy Waters, T-bone Walker, Lightnin Hopkins, Ruth Brown and more…
Tony’s Coffee House, Fairhaven
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