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THE KING BEES

 Event Production, Artist Representation, World Class Blues  

MellowDown  Music Productions creates inspired music events and festivals  presenting premier, internationally-touring Blues artists. They are  originators of NEW RIVER BLUES FESTIVAL~  THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS BLUES FEST, now in its 16th season. They have also produced THE SUNRISE BLUES CRAWL FESTIVAL  in Southern Pines, NC, WinterBlues Fests, in Blowing Rock & Boone, NC, Shriners' Happy  Daze Blues Festival, Betsey's Blues Festival and many  others.
MellowDown Music Productions is also proud to offer for booking the legends, lions, & lifeblood of the blues. These world class artists are available for performances in the US and internationally.

Sandra Hall Empress Of The  Blues.  As a teenager in the 1960's, Sandra led The  Exotics. People thought they were the Supremes, they were that  good! They opened for Otis Redding, Joe Tex, Johnny Taylor, B.B.  King, Jerry Butler, the Temptations, and the O’Jays  at the legendary Royal Peacock on Auburn Avenue in  Atlanta.  She soon  went solo and immersed herself in the Blues. . Sandra has performed all  over the world. This dazzling  singer has been the featured artist at  the world's most prestigious venues  including the MONTREAUX JAZZ FESTIVAL. She  has  performed in the capitals of Europe --London, Paris, Rome--and  taken her soul  stirring show from country juke joints to Russia, always  to wild acclaim. Ms.  Hall takes the Blues from rightious to raunchy,  soulful to sassy....she makes  damn sure her audience has a grand time.

Ike and Val Woods..Grammy nominated, soulful and joyous.  Mojo Ike and Val have brought their musical celebration throughout the United  States, Europe, and the Caribbean. Veterans of the deep-South music scene, their roots are profoundly   planted in the bedrock of gospel and blues. Ike's smoldering guitar, Val's passionate vocals, and their sparkling showmanship all combine to   raise blues to new levels of exuberance.  Living Blues Magazine:  "..uplifting..refreshing and genuine.. ..a remarkable guitarist.. ..top  notch..".  

  From Mississippi to the world stage.  Multiple-award  winning singer, songwriter, guitarist, arranger and producer, JOHNNY   RAWLS draws on the 1950s' and '60s' soul-blues tradition in his guitar   playing, yet his lyrics and singing are timeless. Rawls got his early  musical  education from his grandfather, John Paul Newson, a blind  guitarist who played  all over the Hattiesburg, MS area.    Johnny has  been the leader of some of the most eminent musical  groups, directing  the bands of  legends Joe Tex, Z.Z. Hill and  Little Johnny Taylor.   Fronting  his own phenomenal groups, he has traveled the world headlining major   festivals and thrilling audiences in the U.S and abroad. He has been  featured  multiple times at the Chicago Blues Festival, The King Biscuit   Festival and festivals all over Europe, as well as in Russia.   

BIG RON HUNTER   travels the world as  Ambasador Of The Good Time Blues. Big Ron has acquired the nick-name,  The  World's Happiest Bluesman, inspired by his sunny performing style, wonderful  sense of humor, and song writing that always uncovers the silver lining. Belying  his positive attitude, his background was rough hewn and arduous. The son of a  share cropper, Ron grew up near Winston-Salem in a cabin without electricity.  But there was love and Ron was encouraged from an early age to develop his  prodigious musical talent. As a youngster Ron garnered the attention of the  legendary Guitar Gabriel who mentored the eager musician to develop his own  voice and approach. Ron is equally talented on electric and acoustic guitars,  possesses a one-of-a-kind voice full of passion, honesty and optimism and wins  hearts the world over. 

Donald Ceasar, The Blues  Emperor is an artist of exceptional versatility, performing on  drums, harmonica, and keyboards while singing lead vocals and laying down  high-spirited dance steps. Ceasar hales from the bayous of Louisiana, in the  heart of Creole and Cajun country where his grandfather, Alphonse “Bois Sec”  Ardoin and other family members were pioneers and founding fathers of Cajun  Zydeco music. Ceasar has been entertaining audiences since childhood with his  Cajun family band and opening for and sharing the stage with legendary artists  such as Rocking Sidney, Fats Domino, Dr. John, The Nevilles, B.B. King, Allen  Toussaint, and James Brown. Ceasar delivers a sizzling musical-gumbo full of the  succulent flavors of Louisiana.  "..possibly the hippest entertainer in the  Carolinas.” Jim Otis, The State, Columbia,SC.