The show itself features a live symphony orchestra backing a blues band on stage in each market in addition to a visual component narrated by Freeman tracing the unique path of the blues as it moves north out of the Delta through places like Memphis and into Chicago, where it was first electrified, as well as its impact on rock and roll, influencing British Invasion acts like The Beatles and Rolling Stones. “This is kind of like any start up where you keep prototyping and piloting it but the general concept is remaining the same, which is, how do you take kind of the soulfulness and energy of blues music and pair it with kind of the refinement and gravitas of the symphony? The Ground Zero Arts Foundation stands as the philanthropic arm of Freeman and Meier’s club, with a portion of proceeds from the “Symphonic Blues Experience” finding direct placement within the Clarksdale community, a critical element of the outing.
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Published at: 2025-07-23 21:32:44
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