Dalton State College is pleased to welcome award-winning blues artist E. G. Kight back to campus for an evening of jazz, country, Southern rock, gospel and blues on Tuesday, Dec. 1, in the Goodroe Auditorium of Memorial Hall.
The concert, which will begin at 7:30 p.m., is sponsored by the Fine Arts and Lecture Series and is free and open to the public.
“E. G. Kight is a versatile entertainer who has performed at blues festivals and clubs both with her full band and as a solo artist,” said Jane Taylor, director of public relations at Dalton State. “She is frequently called the ‘Georgia Songbird,’ and she has the reputation for entertaining audiences with her rich vocals, her intriguing acoustic guitar talent, and her humorous stories of life in the South.”
Kight appeared at Dalton State earlier this year, said Taylor, and was very popular with the Dalton State student population and community members alike.
A native Georgian, Kight’s musical influences come from her mother, who was a singer, and her grandmother, who played guitar. Her gift for storytelling was influenced by her grandfather, a Southern preacher. By the age of 16, she was performing at civic events and festivals and had already written her first song.
Kight found herself performing on stage with country music legends like George Jones and Jerry Lee Lewis. She has co-produced and released six albums, with artists Koko Taylor, Lee Roy Parnell, Chris Hicks of the Marshall Tucker Band, Kim Forester of the Forester Sisters and Rolling Stones pianist Chuck Leavell adding their talents to her releases.
Her latest release, “It’s Hot in Here,” climbed to No. 1 on the Blues Roots chart and XM Radio’s Bluesville channel.
Kight is the only independent artist to be selected for inclusion on two “Get the Blues!” albums, where she joins artists Delbert McClinton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Keb’ Mo’, Robert Cray, Muddy Waters and Koko Taylor. In addition, she has shared the stage with notables Phoebe Snow, George Jones, Merle Haggard, Taj Mahal, Gregg Allman and Garrison Keillor.
For more information about the concert, please call (706) 272-4469.
Arts and Entertainment
November 17, 2009
Dalton State College welcomes blues singer E.G. Kight
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