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Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne 07/03/2005

SHOWID 272049

Set I

My Nadine
Don't Rush To Judge Me
Wishing Well
Jump For Joy
Sweet Home Chicago
Better Off With the Blues
Blues Fallin' Down Like Rain
I'm Ready

Set II

 

Set III

 

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Waterfront Blues Festival

Zora Young
"Her rough-edged croon can raise welts or love bumps. She has the versatility to strut comfortably from back-alley funk to uptown jump sophistication." - Living Blues

"Young's voice contains the same contradictory mix of the tough and the vulnerable that distinguishes singers such as Bessie Smith and Big Maybelle." - Blues and Rhythm

Despite the prominent presence of celebrated blues artist Howlin' Wolf in her family tree, singer Zora Young grew up singing not blues, but gospel. Even when the Mississippi native shook off her roots at the age of seven to relocate with family to Chicago, she attended the Greater Harvest Baptist Church and continued to sing gospel. It wasn't until later that she switched to R&B, and evolved into a powerhouse blues vocalist. Her three decades of experience has included performing with such blues luminaries Junior Wells, Jimmy Dawkins, Bobby Rush, Buddy Guy, Albert King, and B.B. King. Her recording credits include collaborations with Willie Dixon, Sunnyland Slim, Mississippi Heat, Maurice John Vaughn, and Portland's Paul deLay, among others. Her own recordings as a solo artist include releases on the Deluge, Black Lightning, and Delmark labels. She is a veteran of more than 30 tours of Europe, and has been a featured performer many times at the Chicago Blues Festival. She has performed throughout North America, and on stages in Italy, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, France, Switzerland, and Greece, as well as Austria, Tai Pei, and Turkey.