Mama Lucky will be the featured performers of WSRE’s StudioAmped concert series on Friday, February 11 at 7 p.m. Born Linda Delgado, Mama Lucky grew up in east Texas in the 1950s, raised by a mom who owned a honky tonk on the Louisiana-Texas border. A product of the early Austin music scene, Mama Lucky rubbed shoulders with the likes of Townes Van Zandt and Shake Russell and spent two years opening for Willie Nelson in the mid-seventies. After being musically revived in 1999 by singing backup vocals for Jim White on his alt-country album in Pensacola, Florida, the formidable Mama Lucky began singing her own style of blues-influenced music. Mama Lucky is re-releasing the CD Barricades with two bonus tracks. Band members include: Linda Delgado (vocals, percussion); Gary Blount (keyboards, vocals); J.D. Cowen (drums, vocals); Pat Harvey (bass, vocals); and Mark Hawley (guitar, vocals). For more information on Mama Lucky, visit their website at myspace.com/mamaluckyfl.
If you like good, original music and are looking for something fun and free to do on Friday nights, StudioAmped, presented by GoPensacola.com, is the place to be. With a wide variety of musical genres including rhythm & blues, rock, reggae, indie, country and more, the series has drawn music-lovers of all ages. All concerts will last approximately 90 minutes. Each concert is being taped in high definition and will air on WSRE Thursdays starting April 14, 2011, 9 p.m. with a repeat the following Wednesdays at 10 p.m. For those that can’t make it to the concerts, TK101 will be streaming the audio live on their website at www.tk101.com.
WHAT: StudioAmped is a concert series featuring bands performing original material, produced by local PBS TV station WSRE.
WHEN: Every Friday night from January 14-March 4. Doors open at 6 p.m. Concerts start at 7 p.m.
COST: Free and open to the public.
WHERE: WSRE Jean & Paul Amos Performance Studio on Pensacola State College campus (corner of 12th Ave. and College Blvd.)
BONUS: Free food and drink will be offered before the shows to all attendees.
Bands scheduled to appear:
February 11 – Mama Lucky
February 18 – Morris Minor
February 25 – The Internationals
March 4 – Rumor Mill
StudioAmped is presented by GoPensacola.com and is sponsored by Michael Johnson – State Farm Insurance, AT&T, Bad Ass Coffee, Lemox Book Co. Inc., Land Shark Landing, Margaritaville Beach Hotel – Pensacola Beach, Seville Quarter, Truly Spokin’, Cox Communications, TK101, Dlux Printing & Publishing and Pensacola State College Student Leadership & Activities.
For more information on the StudioAmped concert series, visit www.wsre.org/StudioAmped or www.facebook.com/StudioAmped.
