Friday, August 14: Racine Public Library Hosts The Original Delta Fireballs to Help Eliminate Hunger in Racine County

Internationally acclaimed blues duo The Original Delta Fireballs - Featuring Geneva Red will perform at the Racine Public Library to help eliminate hunger in Racine County on Friday, August 14, 2008 starting at 7:00 p.m. The performance will be held in the Adult Service Area on the second floor of the library. Admission to this performance is a donation of two non-perishable food items per person to be donated to the Racine
County Food Bank. All ages welcome.

Jessica MacPhail the Director at the Racine Public Library and author of Yesterday's Papers: A Bibliography of the Rolling Stones, has connections in the national music scene and is a longtime fan of harmonica player Geneva Red. She is delighted that Geneva Red and her "juke joint style" duo, The Original Delta Fireballs has agreed to give a performance to help fight hunger in Racine county. "It's a great chance for young people who can't visit the night spots and other venues I play, to enjoy a performance and admittance is only two non-perishable food items. Just tell your parents you're going to the library!" said Geneva Red.

The Original Delta Fireballs are a classic sounding unit playing danceable "Juke Joint" music in that energetic rough and tumble style that is well known along the rural southern levee and plantation towns that dot the Mississippi river delta. Big City Rhythm & Blues Magazine says "Geneva Red is one of the top female "blues harp" players on the scene today." and "This pair has taken the humble duo format and revitalized it." Geneva Red, plays harmonica and sings, while her Roadster's guitarist Jackie 5 & Dime plays guitar and drums at the same time in the tradition of Memphis musician Joe Hill Louis. This "stripped down to basics" delta juke style ensemble pays homage to renowned musicians like: "Rice" Miller's (Sonny Boy Williamson II) band The King Biscuit Entertainers, The Jelly Roll Kings, Slim Harpo, Juke Boy Bonner, Dr. Ross, and others.


Geneva Red...

...Is one of the few female instrumentalists performing on the "blues harp" and leading her own band. Couple this with her outstanding harmonica ability, strong vocal talent, and high energy show, and you've got the chemistry that immediately establishes her as a rare and exciting performer. The influences of Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson I and II, Big Walter Horton, George "Harmonica" Smith, and Jimmy Reed are apparent in her own personal approach to her music.

...Tours nationally and internationally; has had CDs charted in "Top 25" blues radio playlists around the world; is featured in The Encyclopedia of the Harmonica by Mel Bay Books and also in IL Soffio dell'anima: armoniche e armoniciesti blues (The Breath of the Spirit: Harmonicas and Blues Harmonicists) book by Fabrizio Poggi, published in Italy;

...Has played blues festivals across the nation including three of the most important blues festivals in the most historical blues locations in the world: The Chicago Blues Festival, The King Biscuit Blues Festival in Helena, AR and The Sunflower River Blues Festival in Clarksdale MS.;

...Has recorded/performed with Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Bob Margolin, Sam Carr, Louisiana Red, Floyd Murphy, Phil Guy, John Primer, Jimmy Johnson, Little Smokey Smothers, Billy Branch, Paul deLay, Studebaker John, and others;

...Has headlined/performed at some of the most revered blues clubs in the world: Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago, IL. Buddy Guys Legends, Chicago, IL. B.L.U.E.S., Chicago, IL. Rosa's Chicago, IL. B.L.U.E.S. Etc., Chicago, IL. Ground Zero, Clarksdale, MS. The Delta Blues Room, Clarksdale, MS. The Blues Station, Clarksdale, MS. Huey's, Memphis, TN. The Black Diamond, Memphis, TN. Blues City Cafe, Memphis, TN. Blind Willie's, Atlanta, GA. The Zoo Bar, Lincoln, NE. The Key Palace Theatre, Redkey, IN. Salon 21, Mexico City, MX.;

...Has been featured on the cover of international blues magazines and other publications along with fellow harp players Charlie Musslewhite, Paul Oscher, Billy Gibson and Big George Brock.

...Has important items used during her career archived (harmonicas, microphone, clothing, recordings, etc.) in the permanent collection at the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale, Mississippi.

...Is an official contracted endorsee for the Hohner Harmonica Company since 1998. Her likeness is seen in Hohner's printed advertising world wide and is a featured "Artist" on Hohner's website.

For more information visit www.genevared.com.