| Live @ NOON: Joe Guyton |
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Friday, July 22 2011, 12:00pm - 1:00pm |
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| The Center for Southern Folklore is proud to welcome
Joe Guyton to our FREE Live @ Noon Concert Series July 22nd from Noon to One 
"Born right here in Memphis, Tennessee, the Delta Blues capital of this
green earth, Joe Guyton is a guitar-strumming, harmonica-billowing folk
singer who writes and performs his own songs. A graduate of Memphis' White
Station High School, 19 year old Joe Guyton began playing guitar 21 months
ago the summer after graduating high school. His musical influences include
the likes of Neil Young, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin and
modern groups like MGMT, and William Elliott Whitmore. He also has a deep
fascination for the bluesmen and folksingers who can be found amongst the
sweet sounds of crackling vinyl. These guitarists and bards of old include
the likes of Mississippi John Hurt, Big Bill Broonzy and Skip James whose
records date back to the early 1920's. Joe feels that in some cases,
technology has taken the integrity out of much modern music and incorporates
a "back to roots" movement in his song writing and guitar playing." |
