Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua: "JJ Grey and MoFro"

JJ Grey was nominated this year for the B.B. King International Blues Artist of the Year award. He grew up in the swamplands of northern Florida, which gave him his down-home roots-rock and blues-soul sound.Grey comes from a long tradition of Southern storytellers, and his songs oftent use the loss of his natural surroundings and the marginalization of the southern culture he grew up in as a metaphor for universal truths. His songwriting is influenced by some of the great musical storytellers: Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Otis Redding, Dr. John, Sly & The Family Stone, Van Morrison, as well as local personalities like street preachers and old-time radio DJs. The band MoFro delivers his music playing everything from funk, juke joint to country. For more information, contact Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua at 888-244-8368 or visit www.bigtop.org. The show begins at 7:30 p.m.