Jerron 'Blind Boy' Paxton
Jerron 'Blind Boy' Paxton
Entry Requirements: All Ages
Jerron ‘Blind Boy’ Paxton – A true American blues exponent!
Having opened up for Buddy Guy and Robert Cray, now it’s time Jerron takes centre stage. He’s a classy devotee to the school of American blues idols like Fats Waller & ‘Blind’ Lemon Jefferson.
Time Out New York – “Do what ever you have to do to see this young man play!”
Although still in his 20s, Jerron ‘Blind Boy’ Paxton has earned a reputation for transporting audiences back to the 1920's and making them wish they could stay there for good – one of the greatest multi-instrumentalists that you might never have heard of!
Jerron performed to a sold out audience at the Lead Belly Tribute at Carnegie Hall last year along with Buddy Guy, Eric Burdon, Edgar Winter, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and others. It is no exaggeration to say that his incredible performance at that star-studded show, his sent his star rising fast.
The last 12 months has seen him tour a vast amount of global festivals including: Woodford Folk Festival, Byron Bay Blues Festival in Australia, Calgary Folk, Freihofers Jazz Festival, Clearwater Festival and Cambridge Folk Festival here in the UK.
Plus Paxton appeared in the multi award winning music documentary AMERICAN EPIC produced by Robert Redford, Jack White & T-Bone Burnett.
This young musician sings and plays banjo, guitar, piano, fiddle, harmonica, Cajun accordion, and the bones (percussion). While using his eerie ability to translate traditional jazz, blues, folk and country into the here and now – mesmerizes his audiences with his humor and storytelling.
He's a world-class talent yet to be properly discovered… now is your chance before he’s South Bank or Barbican bound!
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