Doors 6:30, show 7 pm. Open seating, beer and wine availalable. $33 Advance / $38 Day of Show
12-TIME BLUES MUSIC AWARD NOMINEE, 4-TIME WINNER – 2019, 2020 & 2024 BMA WINNER “HORN PLAYER OF THE YEAR”
2022 BMA WINNER “CONTEMPORARY BLUES FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR” – 2022
& 2023 Blues Blast Award Winner “HORN PLAYER OF THE YEAR”
2024 BMA 3x NOMINEE FOR: “Horn Player of the Year” “Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year” and
“B.B. King Entertainer of the Year”!!
Singer/songwriter Vanessa Collier’s sixth album Do It My Own Way came
out September 13 via Phenix Fire Records. Recorded on analog gear with
the musicians largely in one room, Do It My Own Way is sonically
inspired by the classic Memphis soul sound of Stax and Hi Records,
especially that of the Staples Singers.
Multi-instrumentalist Collier takes on multiple roles, writing the
songs, producing the album, arranging horns and all instrumental and
vocal parts, playing acoustic and electric guitars and alto and tenor
saxophones, flute, as well as singing the lead and background vocals.
The songwriter/bandleader made her Chicago Blues Festival debut this
year, in front of tens of thousands. Best known in the blues world –
she’s a twelve-time Blues Music Award nominee and four-time winner,
including for the monumental Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the
Year, Horn Player of the Year, and B.B. King Entertainer of the Year
this year – Do It My Own Way finds her influenced by soul artists like
Mavis Staples, Sharon Jones, James Brown, and Aretha Franklin.
The award winning historic Sutter Creek Theatre is an intimate 215
seat former silent film theatre with superb sound. Voted Best Indie
Theatre multiple times (KCRA A-List)
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