Blue Shoe Bluesfest II features free music and food June 13 in Colleyville

Information on the artists from blueshoeproject.org

Lucky Peterson – Dallas, Texas

Lucky Peterson played his first gig at age three. By the time he was five, he had already recorded his first single, produced by none other than the legendary Willie Dixon. Before Lucky turned six, his career had been propelled into the national spotlight with television appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show, The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and even What’s My Line?

Tutu Jones – Dallas, Texas

The son of Dallas-based R&B guitarist Johnny B. Jones, “Tutu” Jones was truly a product of his environment — growing up in a house frequently populated by guests including Freddie King, Little Joe Blue and Ernie Johnson, his own future as a bluesman was never in doubt. Born John Jones Jr. on September 9, 1966 in South Dallas, Texas. As a child, Tutu was constantly surrounded by blues luminaries such as Ernie Johnson, Little Joe Blue, and even Jones’ uncle L.C. Clark who was a fine guitar player in his own right. Tutu grew up steeped in in-house jam sessions of truly stellar quality.

Texas Johnny Brown – Houston, Texas

Texas Johnny Brown is truly one of the legendary figures of the American blues scene. Johnny began his professional musical career in Houston in the mid- 1940s with Amos Milburn’s “Aladdin Chickenshackers”. Johnny played guitar on many of Milburn’s recordings on Aladdin Records, and Milburn and other members of his band backed Johnny during his Atlantic Records recording session in 1949. Johnny also appeared on Ruth Brown’s first Atlantic Records recordings, which were cut during those sessions.

Marquise Knox – St. Louis, Missouri

At just 18 years old, Marquise “Big Daddy” Knox exemplifies the soul of a bluesman, demonstrating mastery of the guitar and vigorous that’s like going back in time to the Mississippi Delta and hearing the blues played as it was way back when.

Knox first fell in love with the guitar during a Black History Month event at age 13. His grandmother and uncle helped him learn how to play in the style of Jimmy Reed, a major blues musician in the late 1950s and 60s. Being from the Mississippi Delta, Knox has had no shortage of blues greats to look up to.