Norfolk
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Sun, August 24, 2014
Norfolk, CT
Show: 7:30 PM
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Public Onsale: 7/17/14 12 AM
Chris Thomas King
Featured in the motion picture, “Oh Brother Where Art Thou,” Chis Thomas King is the real deal. An amazing actor, musician and award winning Artist (Grammy - Blues Album of The Year, CMA - Country Album Of The Year)! "The King of the 21st Century Blues" returns to Infinity Hall in what is sure to be a packed house!
Chris Thomas King
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Artist Bio
Chris Thomas King has developed a singular sound and style that transcends his blues roots from his years of performing before loyal fans at packed clubs, major festivals, theaters and juke joints. King performed more than 88 sold-out concerts with the “Down from the Mountain” tour performing alongside Alison Krauss and Union Station, Emmy Lou Harris, Ralph Stanley and others.
Like Miles Davis and Bob Dylan before him, Chris Thomas King was originally celebrated as the young savior of an aging musical culture when he first arrived on the national scene. Branded as a rebel King was banned from blues festivals across the United States. He fled to Denmark to cool his heels in the more liberal environment that flourished in Europe. While in Denmark he recorded and released the critically acclaimed hip-hop blues album “21st Century Blues from da hood.” The French embraced him as a major artist with vision and the rest of Europe followed. He toured with his Danish band extensively across Europe playing major festivals and theaters but longed to return to New Orleans. Upon returning to the United States in 1995, he started his own independent production company and record label, 21st Century Blues. Soon after he found success as a film composer and actor. Winning three Grammy Awards by 2003 and several Country music CMA awards.
King's major acting debut in the Coen brothers' film O Brother, Where Art Thou in 2001 transcended blues and gained him an international mainstream audience. The movies tells the story of escaped convicts who become singers in Mississippi, the movie starred George Clooney and John Turturro. King played the role of Tommy Johnson, a true-to-life blues singer from the 1930s. His legend is perpetuated by a story that he was known to tell to anyone who would listen--he sold his soul to the devil in return for his musical talent. Of the songs on the movie's Grammy-winning soundtrack, King's "Hard Time Killing Floor Blues" was one of the only few recorded live during filming. The soundtrack reached number 1 on the billboard charts and has since sold ten million copies. King’s performance and the on screen field recording by legendary producer T-Bone Burnett is perhaps the most famous blues performance of all time.
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