Slick Ballinger and the Soul Blues Boyz give special performance in Columbus
By Kyle Shelton/Daily Times Leader

Daniel “Slick” Ballinger and the Soul Blues Boyz will perform at the Rozensweig Arts Theatre in Columbus Dec. 15.

The Howlin’ Wolf Blues Society of West Point and the Columbus Arts Council will sponsor the event, which will be limited to only 100 seats.

The price of admission for the special one-night-only performance will be $10 and $15.

Ballinger with Soul Blues Boyz Leon Baker and Blind Mississippi Morris will be performing “real lowdown Mississippi blues,” according to organizers.

Slick and company have been taking the blues world by storm with their powerhouse blues act. They have opened for BB King twice in the past few months and have just finished recording Ballinger’s first CD.

“Slick and the Soul Blues Boyz are one of the most powerful blues bands I have ever seen,” Howlin’ Wolf Blues Society Program Director Richard Ramsey said. “We just got back from Jim Gaines Studio recording Slick’s new CD.”

Who is Jim Gaines you ask? Pick up almost any of Carlos Santana’s CDs, including Supernatural, which credits Jim Gaines on the cover. Some of the artists Gaines has worked with include Stevie Ray Vaughn, Luther Allison, Journey, Van Morrison, and the Grammy Award-winning John Lee Hooker Healer CD with Bonnie Raitt.

“It was an honor for someone like Jim to be interested in Slick’s lowdown, dirt-road, old school style of blues. Joining Slick onstage will be Blind Mississippi Morris on harmonica and Leon Baker on drums,” Ramsey said. “The night promises to be one to remember.”

Tickets are available at the Columbus Arts Council.

For information about ticket availability or the show, call the Council at (662) 327-2787 or Ramsey at (662) 605-0770.