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Chris Thomas King at Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro

Courtesy of Ticketmaster | Posted on April 1, 2024

Where

Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro
626 Frenchmen Street
New Orleans, LA
Map
504-949-0696

When

Tue, April 23, 2024
9:30 pm

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Musicians

About

Chris Thomas King GRAMMY Award-winning Louisiana musician, actor, author, and entrepreneur Chris Thomas King is a modern blues griot of our time. As the son of the famed late swamp blues artist and entrepreneur Rockin Tabby Thomas, Chris witnessed his father, a legendary Excello Records recording artist, start his own record label and open his own club, Tabbys Blues Box in Baton Rouge, LA. In addition to releasing over two dozen acclaimed records, Chris Thomas King has also appeared in more than a dozen films and television shows, including the award-winning Ray Charles biopic Ray and the hit HBO series Trem, and most recently, published his first book, The Blues: The Authentic Narrative of My Music and Culture in 2021.Beyond his esteem as a traditional blues artist, Chris is also known as the pioneer of rap-blues fusion, having produced the first known sample-based blues concept album entitled 21st Century Blues from da Hood in the 1990s, and later creating his own record label under the same name.Tonights performance features Chris Thomas King on guitar and vocals.Shows at 7:30pm & 9:30pm Doors at 7:00pm & 9:00pm Restaurant is Open 5pm - 10pm for dinner before or after your showtime:Advance Ticket Holders can now automatically make dinner table reservations for the Dining Room online via OpenTable.com !Advance Ticket-Holders can also make table reservations for dinner by Emailing [email protected] after your tickets have been purchased online...

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