New Orleans Blues Artist of the Year to perform at the Treehouse
Published 10:30 am Friday, April 7, 2017
Lynwood’s entertainment epicenter, the Treehouse Café welcomes back Luke Winslow-King for a special 21-and-older concert at 8 p.m. Friday, April 7.
Winslow-King never expected to win the New Orleans Blues Artist of the Year for 2015. He only moved there after his tour bus (OK, it was his car, full of instruments) broke down leaving him stranded there.
Winslow-King had gone to art school in his hometown of Cadillac, Michigan, studied music theory and always had a fascination with all kinds of music, from classical composition to jazz. He even won a scholarship to study abroad in Prague. But gigging the mean streets of the French Quarter was his real schoolin’, and it paid off.
He learned gospel and jazz standards accompanying John Boutté, picked up bottleneck slide guitar watching blues maestro Roberto Luti, performed in John Sinclair’s Blues Scholars, and immersed himself in the traditional jazz songbook while playing with Ben Polcer and The Loose Marbles Jazz Band. During this time he was also a member Meschiya Lake’s Little Big Horns and is featured on her album “Lucky Devil.”
This non-stop “woodshedding” helped Winslow-King hone his sound and become a leader among the vibrant scene of young traditionalists in New Orleans. By 2013, he was nominated as best male performer by Offbeat Magazine, alongside Dr. John and Boutte.
In 2015, he won Gambit Magazine’s New Orleans Blues Artist of the year.
Tickets are $15. Visit www.treehousebainbridge.com to learn more and purchase tickets.
