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Jo Gore at The Blue Note Grill
Courtesy of Etix | Posted on December 28, 2017
Where
The Blue Note Grill
4125 Durham Chapel Hill Boulevard
Durham, NC
Map
919-401-1979
When
Sat, February 17, 2018
8:00 pm
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Musicians
About
Josephine Gore grew up singing in Spring Hill Baptist Church alongside her father who was the church pianist and deacon. The daddy-daughter duo performed extensively at churches and revivals throughout southeastern North Carolina. Church audiences were enthralled with the four-year-old's ability to memorize an entire catalog of hymns and spirituals. She was the little girl with the big voice.
As a teenager, she would plunder through her grandfather's record collection, playing albums by Mahalia Jackson, Ray Charles, James Brown and Nina Simone. She's been hooked on jazz, blues, and soul ever since....