Spring Dance Party & Fundraiser
South BC Blues Dance Party Fundraiser
Bring your dancing shoes and get ready to party when blues giants Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne & Russell Jackson tear up the bandstand for one incredible night of music and fun! Funds raised will go to the brand new Southern B.C. Blues Society, who will be bringing you the best of blues all year round!
Tickets and info at https:// southbcblues.com
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne
Legendary Blues and Boogie Woogie piano master Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne was inducted on August 9, 2017 into the Boogie Woogie Piano Hall of Fame at the Arches Piano Stage while performing at the Cincy Blues Festival in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 2023, The Blues Boss was honoured to receive the prestigious ‘Bobby Blue Bland’ Lifetime Achievement Award from JUS BLUES MUSIC FOUNDATION of Atlanta, Georgia!! He is hailed by LIVING BLUES magazine as “an artist bringing the piano back to the front ranks of contemporary Blues“. This 2006 Juno Award winner and a multi Maple Blues Award, 2024 Living Blues Magazine award and 2024 Blues Blast Magazine winner and a 2024 Blues Music Award winner is at the forefront of modern day blues piano practitioners.
Russell Jackson
A master of both electric and acoustic bass, Russell Jackson has a long and illustrious career spanning more than five decades. “The Groove Guru” spent seven years in BB King’s band, as well as working and/or recording with Katie Webster, Lucky Peterson, Kenny Neal, Matt Guitar Murphy, and Otis Clay, among the many.
