We are the Atlanta Blues Grinders! A full 6 piece band of seasoned professionals performing classic and contemporary blues songs intermixed with, soul, rock and pop songs and we are eager to please. We don’t go on stage just to put on a show, we are authentic, each of us sharing a love for that special and fully American style of music, the blues.
Here's a little information about Willie and his band.
Willie Jackson, Jr. was the only male child born to the late Rev. Willie Jackson, Sr. and Annie Pearl (Sharpe) Jackson. He was the youngest of 6 children. Born in 1959 in Millen, Georgia. at the age of 3 Willie moved to Savannah, Georgia where he resides today. As the only son, Rev. Jackson believed that if a man didn't work, he'd steal and so he started working at the age of 7 as a shoeshine boy in a local barbershop.
William “Blues Man” Reed and the Juke Joint Dukes play old-school blues the way it was done in the 1950s and ’60s, like Muddy Waters, Albert King, and early BB King. The group consists of two guitars, harmonica, drums, and bass.
Mr. Reed is authentic; the soul in his voice and stories in his songs will make you feel like you’re in an old Chicago club. The rhythm section plays with a feeling that brings to life the old-school blues experience of this band.