Jimmy Burns @ JUS BLUES Foundation Blues Music Awards, Biloxi, MS (original) (raw)

2024 JUS’ BLUES HONOREES

“NIGHT OF THE LIVING LEGENDS:”

| | Jus’ Blues Legends Blues Award​Outstanding contribution to preserving traditional BluesBluesman Jimmy Burns prefers sensitivity over shouting, and since he moved to Chicago from Mississippi in 1955, several sources outside the blues have shaped his fluid guitar tone—including gospel quartets and arena-rock bands. He turns 80 on February 27, and for the occasion he sat for a Reader interview that digs as far back as his childhood and looks forward to his new Live in Copenhagen (to be streamed via Danish music company Krudtmejer Productions). Burns harmonized in the 1950s doo-wop group the Medallionaires and strived for R&B stardom in the ’60s. He also participated in the 1970s folk scene, and from 1989 till the early 2000s he ran a west-side barbecue spot. By the 1990s he’d become a quietly assertive regular on the stages of local blues clubs, and with the help of Chicago label Delmark Records he finally started releasing full-length albums—many of which featured his imaginative compositions, alongside his versions of songs by such former associates as Curtis Mayfield. | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |

NURTURING THE SOUL OF THE BLUES

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Jus` Blues Music Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to Nurture the Soul of The Blues with a mission to protect and preserve Blues Heritage. Honoring the originators of the Blues and those who continue the legacy of the Blues. We have created Cultural Heritage Special Events and Historical Blues Educational Programming for our youth. Blues-Got-A-Soul is the educational platform that is designed to make sure this original art form and its accomplishments has its rightful place in American History.
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We celebrated our 22nd Annual Jus’ Blues Music Awards & Conference in August of 2022. This is the nation’s most important Blues music event honoring legendary Black Blues artists and industry professionals for their outstanding accomplishments in the genre of Blues and Soul Music. For the last several years, this Music Award show has been showcasing outstanding Live performances, powerful session conferences, and social events to come together in fellowship, network and celebrate the Blues!

Our annual event does more than just promote Blues Heritage, its a fundraiser in which the proceeds from the event go to the well-being of many students in our Blues-Got-A-Soul educational programs.
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