By K.D. Norris
St. Cecilia Music Center’s Michigan Folk and Blues Virtual Series 2021, a virtual extension of the Acoustic Café Folk Series, returns this week with the King Biscuit Trio performing on the Royce Auditorium stage and available Thursday, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m.
The performance is streaming free of charge on St. Cecilia’s Facebook and YouTube channels, and accessed through scmc-online.org.
King Biscuit Trio, according to supplied material, is a newly formed blues-based three-piece band “rooted in classic soul and great old rock n’ roll” that features a two-guitar, one-harmonica, tri-vocal approach to a “mixed bag of covers and original material.”
King Biscuit Trio is:
Chris Collins on lead vocals and guitar. He is also the lead singer and guitarist of the Thirsty Perch Blues Band, a West Michigan blues/rock staple for more than 10 years. For the past three years, Collins has been writing, recording, and performing with the Dr. Wu band of Fort Worth, Texas, according to supplied material. Dr. Wu features Buddy Washington, who spent 15 years with the great John Mayhall and the Blues Breakers.
Andy Ogrodzinski on lead guitar and backing vocals. He also plays guitar in the Thirsty Perch Blues Band, and plays gigs as a current member of the blues/rock/funk/reggae band The Kinsey Report, led by Donald Kinsey, well known for his years spent playing with Albert King, Peter Tosh, and Bob Marley.
Craig “Griff” Griffith on harmonica and vocals. He plays harmonica with The Verve Pipe and has been performing with the group for about 20 years. Griff was also the lead singer and harmonica player for the band Botfly throughout the 1990’s and early 2000’s.
Folk and Blue series continues
The Michigan Folk and Blues Virtual Series 2021 continues the partnership between St. Cecilia and the Acoustic Café radio show and its host Rob Reinhart, and will stretch into April.
The other free virtual concerts in the series include Rachel Davis and Dominic John Davis on March 25 (from their current home in Nashville), and Jen Sygit and Josh Rose on April 8 and back from the Royce Auditorium stage. The Kat Edmonson virtual concert on March 4 is also a free concert, also available on St. Cecilia’s Facebook and YouTube channel. But as an added attraction, Edmonson will be doing an interview with Reinhart as part of the Acoustic Café radio show.
For a complete list of all virtual concerts offered by St. Cecilia for home viewing, see scmc-online.org/virtual/.
