Hubby Jenkins was an integral part of the Grammy award winning Carolina Chocolate Drops from 2010 to 2014.
From 2015 to 2018 he was in Rhiannon Giddens band. Now Hubby’s focus is on solo performances around the world and he will be at the Rogue Folk Club on February 17.
Just before the concert, at 6:30pm in Room 120 of the St. James Square a special 45 minute presentation about Billy Waters takes place. Admission is free to anyone who has purchased a Hubby Jenkins ticket.
THE RENOWNED BILLY WATERS
c1776-1823 Musician, Dancer, Sailor, and African American Legend
Billy Waters was the first black popular performer to gain widespread fame, and is a vital link in the history of African American music and dance – 100 years before ragtime, jazz, and the blues.
Using 40 images plus audio and a video clip this free Powerpoint presentation, first made at the British Library in May, tells the moving and compelling story of Waters’ life – how he grew up in booming New York, joined the Royal Navy at the climax of the Napoleonic Wars, lost his left leg in a fall from the rigging, went to live in London’s worst slum, and became a legendary busker on the city’s mean streets – only to be cruelly exploited, and destroyed by racism.
THE RENOWNED BILLY WATERS c1776-1823 is the fruit of extensive research by Vancouver journalist Tony Montague, who has written articles for the UK’s Guardian newspaper and Songlines magazine, and a chapter in the British Library publication Beyond The Bassline – 500 years of Black British Music. A plaque commemorating Waters was unveiled last November in London.
Monday, February 17 at 6:30pm
The Mel Lehan Hall at St. James
3214 West 10th Avenue
Free Admission
www.roguefolk.bc.ca