You don’t want to miss this unique opportunity to experience live unfiltered hypnotic sounds of Cotton Patch Soul Blues player Robert Kimbrough Sr. the youngest son of North Mississippi Blues legend Junior Kimbrough. Robert brings the Kimbrough style of mesmerizing trance inducing electric Blues to NYC with a few scheduled club bet dates in June.
6/2 SUN 7PM $15
Sunday Soul Scream w/ Jonathan Toubin Our Wicked Lady 153 Morgan Ave Brooklyn NY 11237 L – Montrose Ave.
Ladies Take Center stage at the RL BOYCE Picnic Sep. 3-5, 2022 Como Ms. Come On, RL waiting on u, and you n You
Official poster design by FANCY!
SAT. SEP. 3, 2022 Hill Country Blues Workshop Greg’s Guess Room 16830 Old Panola Rd. COMO , Ms. 38619 11am – 3pm $100 Kids under 16 $50 (Limited to 20) Get your Skoolin’ …Learn Licks and Tricks from North Mississippi Hill Country Legends w/ Big Blues Mane 2018 GRAMMY nominee and three time BMA nominee Como’s favorite Son RL BOYCE
Duwayne Burnside son of internationally celebrated Hill Country Blues legend R. L. Burnside., According to Dr. David Evans of University of Memphis and High Waters Records Duwayne Burnside is the greatest North Mississippi Blues musician alive today.
Ms SlideGuitar, Wendy Jean Garrison Oxford Ms. guitarist will show students and RL BOYCE a thing or two about North Mississippi slide guitar techniques.
Roderick “Keshun” Wooten ColdWater Ms. drummer for the Soul Children, is kin to the Turners. Keshun will share classic fife and drum rhythms from the region.
Students are invited to join the legends on the floor SAT. NITE CLUB Jam
SAT. NITE Club Jam w/ RL BOYCE 6pm $10 Special guest house band Greg Ayers and The Soul Children featuring Stacy and Virginia Johnson
SUN. SEP. 4, 2022
RL BOYCE In Pictures Exhibit Emily Pointer Library 104 Main St., Como Ms. 38619 Reception 2pm-5pm
Exhibition of photos, paintings, drawings, and sculpture of RL BOYCE plus other North Mississippi Blues musicians, and peoples from Tate and Panola Counties. Exhibit includes photos by William Ferris, Cheryl Thurber, Hunter Barnes, sculpture by Bernhard Rappold and much more. Exhibit is free and open to the public continues until Sep. 28, 2022
Photo by William Ferris, Gravel Springs, Sept. 4, 1970
RL BOYCE PICNIC 2022 COMO Community Park West. Street, COMO, Ms. 38619 4pm FREE Family Fun! Live Music! Food Trucks! Vendors! We got the Women taking center stage!!!!! w/ Wendy Jean Garrison, Andrea Staten, Beverly Davis with Garry Burnside Band, Lightnin’ Malcolm, Duwayne Burnside Band, and RL BOYCE!
MON. SEP. 5, 2022 Guided Hill Country Blues Tour w/ RL BOYCE Main St.Como Ms. 38619 Noon-3pm $25 Meet RL BOYCE at his Blues Trail Marker, Main St. Como Ms. Join RL as he leads guests to a variety of locations pertinent to North Mississippi Hill Country Blues legends and lore. Visit sites like LPs Ball field, Hunter Chapel Church, location where Fred McDowell’s trailer stood, pay homage to Como Blues royalty at the gravesites of Otha and Bernice Turner, Calvin Jackson, RL Burnside, Napoleon Strickland, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Rev. John Wilkins and more. Guests caravan in their own vehicles.
HCB Guided Tour w/ RL BOYCE
Foods Trucks, Vendors Spots, Sponsorships Reasonable Rates Need more info. visit http://www.rlboycepicnic.com Presented by MT. ZION Memorial Fund http://www.mtzionmemorialfund.org Funded by Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area Visit Mississippi Mississippi Arts Commission Sponsor WoodB Records A FANCY! Production
***Black History Month Celebration*** Hosted by RL Boyce Picnic SAT. FEB. 1ST, 2020 COMO FOLK Photos by John Shaw Opening reception 5-7PM Emily Jones Pointer Public Library 104 Main Street, Como MS. 38619 Exhibit continues until FEB. 29, 2020
JAM w/ the BIG BLUES MANE RL BOYCE ONE NIGHT ONLY SAT. FEB.1st, 2020 8PM -MIDNITE COMO Catfish Bar & Grill 204 Main Street COMO MS. DOOR: $10 DONATION RLBOYCEPICNIC.COM
In celebration of Black History Month the RL BOYCE Picnic & Blues Celebration is celebrating the African American residents of Como MS. with a photo exhibition by John Shaw, and live Blues Jam with Como’s BIG BLUES MANE Grammy Nominee and MAC Fellowship Grant Recipient RL BOYCE.
John Shaw, a Tennessee photographer has documented Folk Life in Mississippi for over twenty years. He is working towards his Master Thesis in Ethnomusicology at the University of Memphis. He is widely recognized by the Blues and Folk community from his wildly popular blog, The Delta Review. Opening reception SAT. FEB.1st, 2020 5-7PM The exhibit continues through the month, please check library for hours.
Following the opening reception shake ‘em on down at the Como Catfish Bar & Grill with Como’s biggest star Hill Country Blues Legend RL BOYCE
8PM-12MIDNITE DOOR:$10 DONATION Brought to you by RL BOYCE PICNIC & FANCY! RLBOYCEPICNIC.COM
Como Bluesman RL Boyce was first recorded in 1970. In Como played drums on his 15th birthday accompanied his Uncle, Othar Turner’s Fife and Drum band. In 2019 RL invites all to celebrate his 64th birthday. In Como at a traditional Mississippi Family Picnic.
SHOW OUT at the 3rd Annual RL BOYCE PICNIC and Blues Celebration Labor Day Weekend Sat. AUG. 31 & Sun. Sept. 1, 2019 COMO, MISSISSIPPI
IT’S GONE TO BE A DYNAMITE NITE.
YOU DONT DARE MISS THIS ONE.
OPENING RECEPTION SAT. AUG. 31, 2019 RL BOYCE, Ain’t the man, ALRIGHT! Photos and Films 1998- 2018, by Yancey Allison
Como Public
104 MAIN STREET, COMO, MS.
5-8PM
Exhibit continues until Sept. 30, 2019
Library Hours
Photos and Films by Yancey Allison
Yancey Allison a Como photographer first met and photographed RL Boyce in the late 1990s. Decades of shared memories captured on film, Yancey has rarely shown her photos of RL. From raucous yard party performance to tender images of RL cradling his daughter. Yancey’s intimate eye gives an honest glimpse into the life of a 21c. Afro-American Mississippi Blues musician.
SAT. AUG 31, 2019
AIN’T THE MAN ALRIGHT JAM
RL Boyce Live Jam with Friends
more of Yancey’s photos on display
9PM-12 midnight
Como Catfish Bar & Grill
204 Main Street, COMO MS 38619
$10 Donation
SUN. SEPT. 1, 2019
COMMENCEMENT 3:00pm
BOYCE FAMILY AND FRIENDS FIFE AND DRUM BAND ROLLS
BOYCE Family and Friends Fife and Drum Band MARCH from the Dunlap St. entrance inside Como Park to West Street entrance.
March with us.
COMO Community PARK 3:15pm-11:45pm
West Street, (Behind Windy City Grill) Como, Ms.
RL BOYCE birthday lineup BLASTS OFF!
Live music begins at 3:15 pm with Kent Burnside, Lil’ Joe Ayers, Andrea Staten, Jeffery Evans, Garry Burnside 78Band, Beverly Davis, Steve Tony, Kody Harrell, Australia Neal, Greg & Show Time, Dom Turner, Tracy Hullette, Eric Deaton Trio, Kenny Kimbrough, Boyce Family & Friends Fife & Drums, C-Mal- June2May Band, K.C. Conner, Pork Chop Willie, Guitar Lightnin’ Lee and his Thunder Band PLUS RL BOYCE!
FREE! BYOB! COOLERS! FREE!
SPONSORED by
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FANCY!
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PINs Downhome Blues
Like to get involved? Sponsorship, advertising, and benefactor opportunities available. FOOD TRUCKS Vendor space Reasonable rates, limited spots Volunteers wanted Need more info. Contact https://rlboycepicnic.com/
3rd Annual Kimbrough Cotton Patch Soul Blues Festival 2019
Hosted by Robert Kimbrough Sr.
MAY 17-19, 2019
HOLY SPRINGS, MS
Visit KimbroughFEST
🧡 FRI. 5/17 Kick OFF! Opening reception The Women Who Captured Junior Kimbrough photos by Yancey Allison and Lauri Lawson Leontyne Price Library Gallery 4-6PM 🧡FRI. 5/17 Open Floor Jam w/ Robert Kimbrough Sr. BluesConnection The Hut 7PM $10
🧡SAT. 5/18 Country Breakfast w/ Robert K. Sr. The HUT 7-10AM $5 Cotton Patch Soul Blues Workshop w/ Robert Sr., David Jr., and Kent Kimbrough, Lil’ Joe Ayers, and Duwayne Burnside ( limited to 25 ) The HUT 10AM-4PM $150 $75 Kids under 16
Soul Food Cooking w/ Necy Noon-2PM Includes Lunch The HUT $20 • Juke Joint Dance Lessons w/ Ms. Sherena Boyce The HUT 1PM-3PM $10 • Jam with the Legends Join the Originals on the floor in the juke plus special guests Memphis Gold, Jesse Cotton Stone, Lightnin’ Malcolm, One Hand Dan, Cameron Kimbrough, Janky and the Juke Joint Boys. 7PM $10 • 🧡 SUN 5/19 Country Breakfast w/ Robert K. Sr. 9-11AM $5 • Kimbrough Cotton Patch Soul Blues Guided Memorial Tour w/ Lil’ Joe Ayers 11AM-1PM $25 • Sunday Night at Junior’s w/ Robert Kimbrough Sr. BluesConnection, The Kimbrough Brothers, RL Boyce, Duwanye Burnside, Garry Burnside Band, Eric Deaton, Mark Mule Man Massey, Lucious Spiller, and Porkchop Willie Plus #1 Juke Joint Dancer Ms. Sherena Boyce 2PM $25 At DOOR CASH ONLY
🧡🧡Advanced tickets DEALS🧡🧡 Kimbrough Cotton Patch VIP – $175 SuperBad SuperSaver – $65 Price is Right -$40 Sunday at Juniors -$20
Meet Robert Kimbrough Sr. BluesConnection in tha city, NEW YORK CITY!
Robert Kimbrough Sr. the youngest son of North Mississippi Blues Legend Junior Kimbrough brings their style of Blues to the big city NEW YORK CITY! Spring 2019
Catch a ride on the Cotton Patch Soul Blues train with the hypnotic sweet soulful sounds of Robert Kimbrough Sr. BluesConnection. Original music created by a LEGEND. Mississippi grown, blues is in his blood.
Recently restored archival footage by UNC Southern FolkLife Collection, courtesy of Jas Obrecht and footage from the private collection of Johnnie Smith, sixty- five minutes of unseen footage of Junior Kimbrough circa 89/1990.
From the home movie collection of local Holly Springs, MS resident Johnnie Smith. Junior Kimbrough and the Soul Blues Boys play two songs at her father’s, John Smith’s horse farm located on Hwy 309 near Holly Springs. May 4, 1989 (8 mins. video) Joe Ayers smoking on bass, drums “Allabu Juju”.
Provided and filmed by acclaimed music writer Jas Obrecht, Junior Kimbrough seen playing inside the Chewalla Rib Shack, with Joe Ayers on bass and Calvin Jackson on drums. Excellent quality footage captures the atmosphere of a Mississippi juke joint unfiltered. After Junior performs he consents to an interview where he talks candidly about his style of music, Cotton Patch Blues. This part of the film served as the Q/A section of “Junior Kimbrough: Mississippi Juke Joint Blues,” Guitar Player “, Aug. ’95. Filmed Sept. 23, 1990, 58 mins.
Don’t Put out the man’s FIRE! 2nd Annual RL BOYCE PICNIC and BLUES CELEBRATION August 16-17, 2018 Como, MS
Como Bluesman RL Boyce was first recorded in 1970. Playing percussion on his 15th birthday with his Uncle, Othar Turner’s Fife and Drum band. Today in 2018 at 62 a recent Grammy nominee, we celebrate RL’s 63rd birthday. A lifetime of creating music we invite all to come and revel in his astounding achievements. Rooted in the family tradition Sherena Boyce RL’s daughter and famed #1 Juke Joint Dancer has put together a star studded Hill Country Blues line up to shake ‘em on down. To help everyone get in a hypnotic head Sherena bill two notable area family groups The Hurt Family Fife and Drum band, and Sharde Thomas and The Rising Stars. Plus a bunch of outstanding players including Kenny Brown, Dwayne Burnside, Joyce SheWolf Jones, Cam Kimbrough, Mark Mule Man Massey, Eric Deaton and many more.
THURSDAY AUGUST 16th
RL’s yard 103 Compress Road, 4:00 to 8:00 pm
Get skoolin’ and join the band. Learn the centuries old art of Fife and Drum music from the big blues man and friends. An art forum taught through Afro-American families throughout Mississippi. Spellbinding, hypnotic, and infectious fife and drum music origins date back to the end of the civil war. RL will be available to share his licks and inspire one’s own style. Fife & Drum instruction, and history will be shared by Willie Hurt, first cousin to RL Boyce.
$100
(limited to 10)
Interested please email for more details boycesherena039@gmail.com
FRIDAY AUGUST 17th
DON’T PUT OUT THE MY FIRE: RL BOYCE
Artist’s reception 3-5pm
Austin’s Barber & Stylist Shop 219 North Main Street, Como, Ms, 38619
Photos and Films by Yancey Allison
Yancey Allison a Como photographer first met and began photographing RL Boyce in the late 1990s. Decades of shared memories captured on film, Yancey has rarely shown her photos of RL. From raucous yard party performance to tender images of RL cradling his daughter. Yancey’s intimate eye gives an honest glimpse into the life of a 21c. Afro-American Mississippi Blues musician.
FRIDAY AUGUST 17th
COMMENCEMENT 4:45pm
HURT FAMILY FIFE AND DRUM BAND ROLLS
Willie will lead the Hurt Family Fife and Drum Band from Austin’s on Main Street to Como Park on West Street. March with us.
COMO Community PARK 5:00pm-11:45pm
West Street, (Behind Windy City Grill) Como, Ms.
RL BOYCE birthday lineup BLASTS OFF!
Live music begins at 5:00 pm with Lil’ Joe Ayers, Eric Crays, Andrea Staten, EJ Vanzandt, Cam Kimbrough, Jeffery Evans, Kody Harrell, Bill Gibbs, Greg Ayers, Tracy Hullette, Duwayne Burnside, Lightnin’ Malcolm, Mark Muleman Massey, Eric Deaton, Kenny Brown, Sharde Thomas & The Rising Stars Fife & Drums, Pork Chop Willie, Kent Burnside Band and RL BOYCE!
FREE! FOOD! BYOB! COOLERS! FREE!
SPONSORED by the fine folks at FANCY! and GO APE! RECORDS
Like to get involved? Sponsorship, advertising, and benefactor opportunities available.
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