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Ben Payton performs Friday
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Ben Payton
was born in Coila, Mississippi.
His early musical influences included his grandmother Mabel
Johnson's gospel piano playing and his Uncle Joe Birch's
blues guitar.
In his mid-teens they moved to Chicago, where Ben soon
became active in the city's blues scene and backed many
prominent artists also working as the house band at local
clubs. Ben also played in the R&B bands The Oops and the
band Womb From the Tomb.
In the summer of 2006 Ben performed at the Chicago Blues
Festival.
He performs regularly in Jackson, Oxford, Greenwood, and
Clarksdale, both solo and as a duet with percussionist Cyndi
Clark;
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Dr. E and the Voodoo Kings perform
Saturday night! |
 Originally
from NYC, Dr. E has been playing professionally for over 20
years. Prior to pursuing a PhD in Behavioral Neuroscience, Dr.
E played with many local and nationally touring acts.
Currently residing in Hattiesburg Mississippi, Dr. E is a full
time professor at USM in the department of psychology. Most
recently Dr. E can be seen performing locally with Dr. E and
the Voodoo Kings (chicago and delta style blues, and blues
based classic rock). You can also catch Dr. E playing
stripped-down acoustic; low down and dirty blues (the music is
a mixture of classy, fun blues and 50s style R&B). During
these bare-bones shows, Dr. E sings, plays slide guitar, blows
harmonica, and somehow still manages to keep the beat on a
bass drum. His live show is energetic and he really knows how
to work a crowd.
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