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Southern Bayou Boogie
The Louisiana-raised Texas-born Marcia Ball is a pianist/vocalist/songwriter known for her bluesy swamp pop and
many years of touring musicianship. She is a natural, brought up in a family whose female members all played piano.
Deeply inspired by the music of Irma Thomas, Marcia boasts a 40-year music career that has been featured
in publications such as USA Today, Keyboard, and DownBeat. She has just released her 15th solo recording,
Roadside Attractions and she is headed for Eugene.
The queen of bayou boogie is not only an amazing songwriter but an absolutely killer pianist. Live,
she can grip her audience between the black and white ivories while spinning tales of classic southern
character, love and family ties. The songs she will be performing from Roadside Attractions differ
from those of her previous albums, as Ball has written or co-written each ballad — something she
had never before done over the course of her expansive career. Listeners will be in for a rootsy
roadhouse romp of keyboard mastery and authentic southern boogie. Marcia Ball plays at 8:30 pm
Saturday, April 16, at Cozmic Pizza; $23 adv., $25 door. — Dante Zuñiga-West
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