Live Music Update Sponsored by North Central Florida Blues Society
Gainesville's Greatest
Showman and His
High-Energy Big Band
at Gainesville's High Dive
Limited Inside Seating!
LIVE Streaming Tickets Available.
SUNDAY, JULY 25, 2021
210 SW 2nd Avenue
Gainesville FL 32601
highdivegville.com (352)872-5949
The North Central Florida Blues Society is proud to present to you, for the first time in 2021 – live music from Little Jake Mitchell & the Soul Searchers, with special guest stars Sarasota Slim and Frankie Gearing, providing you an old school rhythm & blues review!
Little Jake Mitchell is an authentic Blues child prodigy and R&B singer who works as hard today as he did in his appearances at the Apollo Theater; as hard as he did on tour as “Mr. Excitement” with R&B immortals James Brown, Jackie Wilson, Sam Cooke, and Bobby Blue Bland, or at the Pensacola Blues Festival, when B. B. King encouraged him to stay in show business. The Silver-Sonic Horns were originally organized as The Blacklash Horns by Charlie Blade, and they trace their heritage back to 1969 when initially formed as the horn section for one of Florida’s R&B pioneer bands, Weston Prim & Blacklash. The band recalls authentic R&B stagecraft in support of a classic repertoire of soulful songs. Depending on the venue, Jake and the band treat audiences to sights and sounds seldom seen or heard since the golden age of R&B a dynamic, lead singer; a strolling horn section; a full-time emcee/announcer, Kenny “The Conductor” Eunice; and one of the funkiest rhythm sections around.
Little Jake Mitchell is one of Florida’s great native-son ambassadors in rhythm and blues music. Little Jake & The Soul Searchers deliver authentic style and classic repertoire at every performance.
Sarasota Slim has been part of the Tampa Bay Blues scene for decades. In the 1980s, Slim was a bandmate of Lucky Peterson, and he’s a regular at regional Blues festivals and has influenced many of the great musicians that have came up across Florida. His breed of the blues is highly influenced by classic R&B and soul, with some boogie-woogie thrown in for good measure.
Frankie Gearing, who (along with Mitchell) is featured in John Capouya’s book, Florida Soul, sang with The Laddins, The Steinways and The Glories. Gearing’s best-known work came in the 1970s as a member of another female trio, Quiet Elegance, named and managed by two of Motown’s Temptations. They recorded for Hi Records—Al Green’s label—and produced by legendary Willie Mitchell. Frankie’s biggest chart-making hit there was “You Got My Mind Messed Up.” Gearing and Quiet Elegance also toured internationally with Al Green and O.V. Wright.
Limited indoor capacity seating.
In person tickets:
$25 general admission
$15 NCFBS members
$15 beer garden tickets
Streaming tickets starting at $10.
Tickets available to sit outside in the beer garden
SUNDAY, August 22, 2021
21 Blue feat Longineu Parsons and Ted Shumate
and
Sheba the Mississippi Queen & the Bluesmen
SAFETY GUIDELINES
• Masks will now be optional inside, but strongly recommended for
those not fully vaccinated.
• These shows are at reduced capacity to allow for social distancing.
• Please be respectful of your fellow concert goers.
Thank you for supporting our efforts to be safe and creative in order to bring your the best entertainment Gainesville has to offer.
SHOW DETAILS
• 18 or over, unless accompanied by parent or legal guardian.
• NO SMOKING inside the venue.
• Smoking allowed outside in the Beer Garden!
• $3 under 21 fee charged at the door.
• All ticket sales are Non-Refundable unless the show is cancelled.
The North Central Florida Blues Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation, cultivation, nurturing and promotion of Blues Music. The Society also hosts monthly electric and acoustic jams. See website for more information and membership.
Funded in part by
Shane Dwight
This program/event is funded in part by a
grant from the City of Gainesville, Parks,
The BLUES has HISTORY in
GAINESVILLE!
SEVENTEEN YEARS OF BRINGING THE BEST BLUES
IN THE WORLD TO GAINESVILLE FLORIDA!
2021
Little Jake & the Soul Searchers
Doug Deming & the Jewel Tones
Eric Gales
Reverend Billy C. Wirtz
Pam Taylor & The Flyin' V's
2020
Pam Taylor & The Flyin' V's
Ruth Wyand & The Tribe of One
Doug MacLeod
Rev Shawn Amos
2019
Mac Arnold & Plate Full O' Blues
Vanessa Collier
Little Mike & The Tornadoes
Bridget Kelly Band
George Worthmore
Jason RicciShane Dwight
Damon Fowler
Tennessee Redemption
Patti Parks
Toronzo Cannon
Albert Castiglia
Roy Book Binder
Patti Parks
Toronzo Cannon
Albert Castiglia
Roy Book Binder
2018
Birthday Blues Bash-O-Rama w/ Anthony Gomes, Danielle Nicole & Bridget Kelly Band
BLUEZAPALOOZA: Ghost Town Blues Band & Betty Fox Band & Bridget Kelly Band
Lauren Mitchell
Rev Shawn Amos
21 Blue featuring Longineu Parsons and Ted Shumate
Bill "Sauce Boss" Wharton
Doug MacLeod
2017
Zora Young
Norman Jackson† Band
Selwyn Birchwood
Jason Ricci
Gracie Curran & The High Falutin’ Band
Albert Castiglia
Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials
2016
Annika Chambers
Cash Box Kings
Doug MacCleod
Matt Schofield
2015
Mac Arnold & Plate Full O' Blues
Long Tall Deb Feat. Colin John
Jeff Jensen
Samantha Fish
Terry Hanck
Zora Young
Tinsley Ellis
2014
Tas Cru
Selwyn Birchwood
Janiva Magness
Mac Arnold & Plate Full O’Blues
Joe Moss Band
2013
Brandon Santini
Matt Schofield
Nikki Hill
Albert Castiglia
2012
Jimmy Thackery
John Nemeth
Roomful of Blues
2011
Kenny Neal
JP Soars
Victor Wainwright
2010
Tommy Castro
Mike Zito
Watermelon Slim
Nick Moss
John Nemeth
Ana Popovic
2009
Janiva Magness
Duke Robillard
Michael Burks†
2008
Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials
Magic Slim†
Jimmy Thackery
Lurrie Bell
Mighty Lester
Tab Benoit
Nighthawks
2007
Chris Cain
Sean Costello†
Sauce Boss
Bryan Lee†
Mark Hummel and the Blues Survivors
2006
Eddie Kirkland†
Gary Primich†
Smokin’ Joe Kubek† & B’Nois King
Debbie Davies
2005
Delta Moon
Little Charlie† & the Nightcats
Pat Ramsey† & the Blues Disciples
Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets
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