2 Stones Events and the Brighton Center for the Performing Arts have teamed up to present the Brighton Blues Bash! — an evening featuring two of metro-Detroit's finest acts: Boogie-woogie blues piano master Mr. B, and Detroit’s Queen of the Blues, Thornetta Davis — presented by Cooper & Binkley Jewelers.
Tickets are just $15 for the balcony and $25 for the main floor; $20 and $30 day of event. Click HERE to purchase.
This event will include a food drive for the Livingston Hunger Council, and attendees are asked to bring a non-perishable item. Of course, they’ll also take a monetary donation — every dollar donated provides three meals locally.
Tickets are $25 for the Main Floor and $15 for the balcony online before Sept. 7. Prices will increase to $35 and $25 day-of at the door.
Special thanks to our Silver Partner, Single Barrel Social, and our Media Partners, LivingstonPost, WHMI 93.5 FM and The Marketeer.
ABOUT MR. B
Blues and boogie-woogie pianist Mark Lincoln Braun has become one of the premiere purveyors of a vanishing art. Having learned his craft first-hand from the early masters, he is a rare living link to the first generation of blues and boogie pianists. Steeped in the rich legacy of this tremendously exciting music, Mr. B learned directly from blues and boogie legends like Little Brother Montgomery, Boogie Woogie Red, and Blind John Davis.
In demand for both educational programs and concert performances, he has performed coast to coast and throughout Europe, Canada, Mexico, and South America. In 2002 and 2016, he was a guest artist at the Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival. He is also the organizer of the annual Mr. Bʼs Blues and Boogie Piano Celebration that attracts major figures in the blues and jazz piano world to Ann Arbor for collaborative performances with Mr. B.
Mr. B appears by arrangement with Great Lakes PAA, greatlakespaa.org.
ABOUT THORNETTA DAVIS
Crowned Detroit’s Queen of the Blues, international singer/songwriter/recording artist Thornetta Davis has opened for blues legends such as B.B. King, Ray Charles, Etta James, Koko Taylor, Johnny Johnson, Bonnie Raitt and more. A 2018 Kresge Foundation honoree, she also won the 2023 Blues Foundation Blues Music Awards for Best Soul/Blues vocalist female. A winner of over 30 Detroit Music Awards, Davis received six of those honors in 2018 and also won several in 2017 for her album Honest Woman (including Outstanding Record Producer, Outstanding Blues Recording, Outstanding Blues Vocalist and Outstanding Live Performance).
In 2017, the winner of awards from Blues Blast Magazine (Best Soul/Blues Album) and Big City Rhythm & Blues Magazine (Coolest Blues Song) also garnered international attention by winning first place in the International Songwriting Competition for Best Blues Song (“I Believe Everything Is Gonna Be Alright”), and the following year earned the prestigious French La Academie du Jazz Award for Best Blues Album (Honest Woman).
From Down Beat Magazine’s 2018 Monterey Jazz Fest performance review: “The follow-up at the Garden Stage on Saturday blew the crowd away. In her first time performing at Monterey, Detroit’s Queen of the Blues, Thornetta Davis, sang with no-nonsense sass, fearless in her missives against lovers, as she preached the Blues.”
COMMUNITY BENEFITS
Gleaners Community Food Bank operates five distribution centers, including one in Livingston County, and provides food to 499 partner soup kitchens, food pantries, shelters and other agencies throughout southeastern Michigan. On average, Gleaners distributes 89,000 meals each day, including providing nourishing food and nutrition education to 171,000 children a year.
The doors for the special Sunday show at the BCPA will open at 3 p.m. with Mr. B taking the stage at 4 p.m. followed by Thornetta Davis from 5:30-7 p.m.
