The Rogue Folk Club presents

Hubby Jenkins

** CANCELLED **
 

Hubby Jenkins (USA)

Billy Waters

MONDAY

FEB
17
 
08
00
PM
 

MEL LEHAN HALL AT ST. JAMES i

3214 West 10th Ave, Kitsilano

Accessible All ages

Sorry this event has been cancelled.

Hubby has cancelled his entire tour and we are very sorry for any inconvenience.

Hubby Jenkins is a talented multi-instrumentalist who endeavors to share his love and knowledge of old-time American music. Born and raised in Brooklyn he delved into his Southern roots, following the thread of African American history that wove itself through country blues, ragtime, fiddle and banjo, and traditional jazz. Hubby got his higher musical education started as a busker. He developed his guitar and vocal craft on the sidewalks and subway platforms of New York City, performing material by those venerable artists whose work he was quickly absorbing. An ambitiously itinerant musician, he took his show on the road, playing the streets, coffee shops, bars, and house parties of cities around the country.

After years of busking around the U.S and making a name for himself, Hubby became acquainted with the Carolina Chocolate Drops. He was an integral part of the Grammy award winning Carolina Chocolate Drops from 2010 to 2014. Since 2015 to 2018 he was active in touring and as a recording member in the Rhiannon Giddens band. He was on her album “Tomorrow Is My Turn” in 2015 and in 2017 “Freedom Highway.” After these projects Hubby’s focus is on solo performances around the world.


In addition, at 6:30pm in Room 120 this special 45 minute presentation 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.                  


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