{"id":954,"date":"2018-07-29T23:54:39","date_gmt":"2018-07-29T23:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fancymag.com\/?p=954"},"modified":"2018-07-30T01:06:18","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T01:06:18","slug":"rl-boyce-picnic-blues-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fancymag.com\/?p=954","title":{"rendered":"RL Boyce Picnic &#038; Blues Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Don\u2019t Put out the man\u2019s FIRE!<br \/>\n<strong>2nd Annual RL BOYCE PICNIC and BLUES CELEBRATION<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>August 16-17, 2018 Como, MS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-949\" src=\"http:\/\/fancymag.com\/superfancy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/RL-Picnic-poster_yellow_final_2sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"616\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"http:\/\/fancymag.com\/superfancy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/RL-Picnic-poster_yellow_final_2sm.jpg 616w, http:\/\/fancymag.com\/superfancy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/RL-Picnic-poster_yellow_final_2sm-324x473.jpg 324w, http:\/\/fancymag.com\/superfancy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/RL-Picnic-poster_yellow_final_2sm-416x608.jpg 416w, http:\/\/fancymag.com\/superfancy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/RL-Picnic-poster_yellow_final_2sm-103x150.jpg 103w, http:\/\/fancymag.com\/superfancy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/RL-Picnic-poster_yellow_final_2sm-342x500.jpg 342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><br \/>\nComo Bluesman RL Boyce was first recorded in 1970. Playing percussion on his 15th birthday with his Uncle, Othar Turner&#8217;s Fife and Drum band. Today in 2018 at 62 a recent Grammy nominee, we celebrate RL\u2019s 63rd birthday. A\u00a0lifetime of creating music we invite all to come and revel in his astounding achievements. Rooted in the family tradition Sherena Boyce RL\u2019s daughter and famed #1 Juke Joint Dancer has put together a star studded Hill Country Blues line up to shake \u2018em 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\u00a0 Brown, Dwayne Burnside, Joyce SheWolf Jones, Cam Kimbrough, Mark Mule Man Massey, Eric Deaton and many more.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BxNjjaiUonw?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>THURSDAY AUGUST 16th<\/strong><br \/>\nRL&#8217;s yard 103 Compress Road, 4:00 to 8:00 pm<br \/>\nGet skoolin\u2019 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&#8217;s own style. Fife &amp; Drum instruction, and history will be shared by Willie Hurt, first cousin to RL Boyce.<\/p>\n<p>$100<br \/>\n(limited to 10)<br \/>\nInterested please email for more details boycesherena039@gmail.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>FRIDAY AUGUST 17th<\/strong><br \/>\nDON\u2019T PUT OUT THE MY FIRE: RL BOYCE<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-955\" src=\"http:\/\/fancymag.com\/superfancy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/RL_YANCEY_POSTCARD-e1532908142670.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"http:\/\/fancymag.com\/superfancy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/RL_YANCEY_POSTCARD-e1532908142670.jpg 600w, http:\/\/fancymag.com\/superfancy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/RL_YANCEY_POSTCARD-e1532908142670-324x215.jpg 324w, http:\/\/fancymag.com\/superfancy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/RL_YANCEY_POSTCARD-e1532908142670-416x277.jpg 416w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\nArtist\u2019s reception 3-5pm<br \/>\nAustin\u2019s Barber &amp; Stylist Shop 219 North Main Street, Como, Ms, 38619<br \/>\nPhotos and Films by Yancey Allison<br \/>\nYancey 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\u2019s intimate eye gives an honest glimpse into the life of a 21c. Afro-American Mississippi Blues musician.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FRIDAY AUGUST 17th<\/strong><br \/>\nCOMMENCEMENT 4:45pm<br \/>\nHURT FAMILY FIFE AND DRUM BAND ROLLS<br \/>\nWillie will lead the Hurt Family Fife and Drum Band from Austin\u2019s on Main Street to Como Park on West Street. March with us.<\/p>\n<p>COMO Community PARK 5:00pm-11:45pm<br \/>\nWest Street, (Behind Windy City Grill) Como, Ms.<br \/>\nRL BOYCE birthday lineup BLASTS OFF!<br \/>\nLive music begins at 5:00 pm with Lil\u2019 Joe Ayers, Eric Crays, Andrea Staten, EJ Vanzandt, Cam Kimbrough, Jeffery Evans, Kody Harrell, Bill Gibbs, Greg Ayers, Tracy Hullette, Duwayne Burnside, Lightnin\u2019 Malcolm, Mark Muleman Massey, Eric Deaton, Kenny Brown, Sharde Thomas &amp; The Rising Stars Fife &amp; Drums, Pork Chop Willie, Kent Burnside Band and RL BOYCE!<br \/>\nFREE! FOOD! BYOB! COOLERS! FREE!<\/p>\n<p>SPONSORED by the fine folks at FANCY! and GO APE! RECORDS<br \/>\nLike to get involved? Sponsorship, advertising, and benefactor opportunities available.<br \/>\nEmail editor@fancymag.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t Put out the man\u2019s 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&#8217;s Fife and Drum band. 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