We just came back from listening to Blues Legend Ernie Hawkins playing “Soul of a Man” with Harmonica Master Clint Hoover on the Saturday Light Brigade on WRCT Pittsburgh! It was something special, but if you’d like to hear them again before Saturday, tune into Whiskey Before Breakfast (also on WRCT) at 11am on Wednesday, where they’ll play another tune or two before Saturday’s SongSpace show. And then … come on out to this rare Ernie Hawkins performance with Very Special Guest Clint Hoover on harp!
Ernie’s played concerts, clubs, blues and folk festivals, workshops, colleges, museums, parties, fist fights and millennium celebrations all across the United States, Canada, Japan and Europe for years. He appears on Maria Muldaur’s Grammy and Handy nominated and Indie Award winning album “Richland Woman Blues” and he’s played with blues greats like Son House, Mance Lipscomb, Fred McDowell, Jim Brewer, Rev. Gary Davis and many others. He’s has been featured in SingOUT!, Fingerstyle Guitar, Dirty Linen, Acoustic Guitar, Blues Revue and Vintage Guitar magazines. In addition to “A Prairie Home Companion”, he’s appeared on “Mountain Stage” , “Woodsongs Old-Time Radio Hour” and XM radio.
“Ernie Hawkins is an important link in the unbroken chain of blues and gospel artists. His guitaristry and love of the style is incomparable. From the Rev. Gary Davis into the future with his own style Ernie is one of the special ones!” — Jorma Kaukonen
From pre-war blues to modern jazz, Clint Hoover has delved deep into the musical possibilities of the harmonica. A professional for over 30 years, Clint has lent his talents to movies, commercials, TV news themes, radio, theater, harmonica instruction books and countless CD projects for other artists. Two of his most notable recordings are the all original acoustic jazz CD Dream of the Serpent Dog (made in collaboration with Bobby E. and Jim Chenoweth) and Take Your Time Mr. Brown by the popular jug band-influenced group, The Sugar Kings (led by the highly respected folk musician Cam Waters). Both CD’s received rave reviews internationally. Here in Pittsburgh Clint plays with blues quartet Color Blind Willie and Django Reinhardt-flavored trio Sweet Atmosphere, among many others.
“Clint has a style that virtually transcends the instrument.” — Phil Lloyd, American Harmonica Newsmagazine
$15 advance, songspace.brownpapertickets.com
$20 at the door
$5 discount for students/reduced income.
First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh, Shadyside, 605 Morewood Avenue, Pgh., 15213. All ages; wheelchair accessible. For more information, 412.621.8008 or uusongspace@gmail.com or uusongspace.com.
