The YellowHouse Blues Band presents the “First Ladies of the Blues”, paying tribute to the pioneering female singers who’ve helped shape the Blues from the 1920’s to today! This set includes timeless songs like Bessie Smith’s 1929 recording of “Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out”, Memphis Minnie’s 1929 recording of “When the Levee Breaks” - famously covered by Led Zeppelin in 1971, Aretha Franklin’s 1968 “Ain’t No Way”, to songs by contemporary artists like Susan Tedeschi, Larkin Poe and

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