This will be Scott's THIRD (AND FORTH) shows at Little Lake Hill. His second show sold out in FIVE DAYS! (Scroll down for the 2nd and 30th shows). Drawing on the musical legacies of Delta Blues legends Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters, the East Coast's Blind Blake, and Durham's own Reverend Gary Davis and Blind Boy Fuller; Scott is a noted performer and scholar with more than a decade of experience teaching elements of African and African-American music to students of all ages, both in the classroom and from the stage. Coming of age during the Civil Rights era, Scott continues to have a deep reverence and affection for cross-racial exchange and approaches the tradition with the care and respect it is due. Scott honors the African and American roots of the tradition and presents a mesmerizing tour of both the music and the history of the Blues.
Scott is described as a magnificent musician and a mesmerizing historian, he presents concerts on the African roots and the American diversity of the blues, America's most influential indigenous music. Using anecdotes from the lives of original performers, history and sociology, Ainslie tracks the movement of African musical and cultural ideas across the Atlantic and across the South with visits to the East coast's ragtime blues, the Mississippi Delta's deep blues, slide guitar and early gospel music. He's written the best-selling book "Robert Johnson/At the Crossroads" on Mississippi blues legend Robert Johnson as well as produced a teaching video, "Robert Johnson's Guitar Techniques: on Starlicks Video's Master Sessions series. He has four popular CDs to his credit.
